AHF: Ten Ways WHO Catastrophically Failed the World
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 4:30PM IST (11:00AM GMT)
Los Angeles, United States:
With the upcoming World Health Assembly at the end of May, and indications that the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general plans to seek a second term in office, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS care globally, calls on the United Nations Member States to consider and address the many ways in which the WHO did not measure up to the task of protecting the world from COVID-19.
“It is now fourteen months since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and the world was thrown into chaos. Vaccinations are ramping up, but much too slowly in many parts of the world – and countries like India are on ‘fire,’” said AHF President Michael Weinstein. “Coordinated international efforts to control COVID-19 have been virtually non-exi
AIDS Healthcare Foundation: AHF: Ten Ways WHO Catastrophically Failed the World
With the upcoming World Health Assembly at the end of May, and indications that the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general plans to seek a second term in office, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world s largest provider of HIV/AIDS care globally, calls on the United Nations Member States to consider and address the many ways in which the WHO did not measure up to the task of protecting the world from COVID-19. It is now fourteen months since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and the world was thrown into chaos. Vaccinations are ramping up, but much too slowly in many parts of the world and countries like India are on fire, said AHF President Michael Weinstein. Coordinated international efforts to control COVID-19 have been virtually non-existent, raising the question-why was the world so unprepared for this pandemic? And more importantly, why did the institution with the primary
AIDS Healthcare Foundation: AHF Salutes President Biden for Supporting Vaccine Patents Waiver
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world s largest provider of HIV/AIDS care globally, applauded today President Biden s historic decision to support a proposal to waive intellectual property (IP) rights protections for COVID-19 vaccines.
The announcement was made on May 5 in a statement by United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai. The decision is exceedingly timely because the World Trade Organization (WTO) is set to debate the IP waiver once again this week after a handful of wealthy countries had blocked previous attempts to adopt it. Ambassador Tai went on to say in the statement that the U.S. Government will actively participate in the WTO debate on the waiver to make that happen, with the goal of getting as many people vaccinated as possible.
MUSICAL actress, radio presenter, choreographer, director, writer, teacher and model Claire Pulpher will direct the Bev Jones Music Company in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice s Jesus Christ Superstar at Rowntree Park, York, on July 12 at 3pm and July 13 at 2pm and 5pm. Claire also will play Mary Magdalene in the York company s first full-scale musical production post-pandemic lockdown, in a safe outdoor setting in the park s secluded amphitheatre, where audience members can sit in bubbles of up to six people, allocated on the day. Bring picnic chairs, rugs and possibly umbrellas too. Joining her in the principal roles will be Chris Hagyard, Terry Ford and Larry Gibson, her fellow Strictly Cabaret performers in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre s reopening show on May 21 at 7.30pm.