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Devex: Study finds malaria drug can also prevent relapse in children “After a new study found a pediatric formulation of a malaria drug is effective in preventing relapse of the disease in children months after treatment, developers are hopeful this latest evidence would lead to regulatory approval of the drug.…

New York Times: ‘Like a Hand Grasping’: Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the CDC “Kyle McGowan, a former chief of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and his deputy, Amanda Campbell, were installed in 2018 as two of the youngest political appointees in the history of…

Bloomberg: The Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be the Ultimate Gateway Drug (Baker/Patel, 12/16). Bloomberg: Southeast Asia Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: Who Gets What, When (Sayson/Jiao, 12/16). Borgen Magazine: America’s Role in the Fight Against Global Poverty (Wallman, 12/14). Devex: Fragile countries are ‘backdoors’ for Russian attacks, says former Trump official (Igoe, 12/15).…

Devex: Opinion: A call to boost African manufacturing for COVID-19 and other vaccines Perrer Tosso, senior manager of advanced manufacturing technologies at USP, and Skhumbuzo Ngozwana, CEO of Kiara Health, chair of the board of Biovac, and board member of the Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (12/16). Financial Times:…

Al Jazeera: COVID cases skyrocket in Brazil with no vaccination start date “…Long queues for intensive care beds are forming outside public healthcare systems across Rio de Janeiro with wait times of more than 15 days for some COVID-19 patients. … Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been at odds with…

POLITICO: Africa visit by E.U. officials set off coronavirus super-spreader fears “A visit to Addis Ababa in October by a high-level delegation including E.U. foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was designed to showcase a donation of 7.5 tons of coronavirus testing kits. Instead, it ended up setting off fears of…

BMJ Opinion: The people’s vaccine: How a covid-19 vaccine will be a test of global accountability and equity Brenda Killen, member of the U.N. Secretary-General’s Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP), and director of governance at GAVI, the Global Vaccine Alliance, and colleagues (12/15). Global…

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Antigen Test as First Over-the-Counter Fully At-Home Diagnostic Test for COVID-19 “… ‘Today’s authorization is a major milestone in diagnostic testing for COVID-19. By authorizing a test for over-the-counter use, the FDA allows it to be sold in places like drug stores, where a…

Financial Times: BioNTech set to become first foreign jab to enter China market “BioNTech will supply 100m doses of its coronavirus vaccine to Chinese partner Fosun Pharma for use in mainland China next year in the country’s first publicly announced order of a foreign jab against the disease…” (Shepherd, 12/16).…