Vaccination challenges for middle and low-income countries
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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Angelo Moreno, a 20-year-old medical student from Ecuador studying at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito. He is affiliated to the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the topic, nor The European Sting’s one.
During 1920, humankind was living one of the toughest times of its history. The world was coursing World War I, then a new type of deadly influenza appeared. It was named Spanish flu, Spain had better count and reporting cases, but the first cases were reported in the US. The Spanish flu reached 20-50 million deaths, but Homo Sapiens did not have the methods to answer: What is causing the pandemic? How to stop the pandemic?
WHO executive board meeting: Bangladesh wants quick supply of vaccine to developing countries
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Bangladesh has urged the WHO, Vaccine Alliance, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and UNICEF to play a visible and effective role to urgently ensure supply of coronavirus vaccines under the COVAX facility to developing countries, particularly the low- and the middle-income countries.
The call was made by Bangladesh s Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva, Mustafizur Rahman, at the 148th Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization Wednesday. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the limitations of the global public health system, he said, according to a statement of the Bangladesh public representative to the UN in Geneva today.