Diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics (DVT), and personal protective equipment (PPE) play a critical role in epidemic control. Based on results from a rapid assessment, this brief highlights the key gaps in the country’s readiness to ensure equity in access to essential COVID-19 DVT...

Ministry of Health (MOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes that Uganda has a high demand for COVID-19 testing services to identify, isolate and manage cases; trace contacts; guide decision-making on public health measures; and track the pandemic and the virus....

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, and then declared a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 (WHO, 2022c). COVID-19 has since affected millions of people all over...

After nearly two years of intense negotiations, member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has finally agreed on a deal that waives patents and other intellectual property rights (IPRs) on Covid-19 vaccines. However, the highly restrictive deal – “at best, a distant cousin...

On 17 June 2022, World Trade Organization (WTO) waived patent rights on Covid-19 vaccines, aiming to boost global supply with generic production to address vaccine inequity in developing countries that currently do not have the capacity to produce Covid-19 vaccines.