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Global COVID-19 total blows past 13 million

Corona in India - Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsJul 14, 2020 Efforts are under way to use PAHO funds to help nations buy vaccine, and the group is advising them on trial participation. || Corona Cases http://dlvr.it/RbhDV8
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News Scan for Jul 14, 2020

Corona in India - COVID impact on HIV, TB, malariaCoronavirus risks in kidsPolio cases in 4 nationsHPV and prostate cancer || Corona Cases http://dlvr.it/RbhDTh

More than 150 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility

* Seventy-five countries submit expressions of interest to COVAX Facility, joining up to 90 further countries which could be supported by the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) * The COVAX Facility, and the AMC within it, is designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for every country in the world, rich and poor, to make rapid progress towards slowing the pandemic  * Interest from governments representing more than 60% of the world’s population offers ‘tremendous vote of confidence’ in the effort to ensure truly global access to COVID-19 vaccines, once developed Geneva/London, 15 July 2020 – Seventy-five countries have submitted expressions of interest to protect their populations and those of other nations through joining the COVAX Facility, a mechanism designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. The 75 countries, which would finance the vaccines from their own public finance budgets, partner with up...