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DT 4 / 2020

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Special Report

Billion-dollar pneumonia vaccine fund closes after first non-Western firm wins tender. Donors transfer remaining money to COVID19

Over 12 years donors have granted more than USD 1 billion in subsidies to the two Western pneumonia vaccine producers, GSK and Pfizer, from an aid-financed fund called the AMC. Two days after India’s Serum Institute signed a Gavi contract to supply a new and much cheaper vaccine, breaking this global duopoly, donors pulled out all remaining funds from the AMC and transferred them to a new fund for COVID19.

News June 16, 2020

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Corona pandemic sparks transformation of Nordic NGOs

The COVID19 pandemic has already changed the way Nordic NGOs work and it will likely affect operations...

News June 11, 2020

OECD: grants to CEPI for corona vaccine research do ‘not count as ODA’

Back in March, Development Today asked the OECD whether donors’ contributions to CEPI for work on developing...

News June 16, 2020

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GAVI’s COVID19 vaccine initiative under fire for being hasty and secretive

The GAVI secretariat is rushing through a proposal for a multi-billion-dollar financing mechanism for...

News June 02, 2020

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Coronavirus vaccine, ODA and the need for transparency

Plans are underway for an aid-financed mechanism, the Gavi Covax Advance Market Commitment (AMC), that...

Opinion Editorial June 16, 2020

Swedfund estimates coronavirus losses of SEK 435 million

By the end of March the Stockholm-based development finance institution Swedfund wrote down the value...

Business June 16, 2020

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Why Sweden funds a vaccine institute in Korea and not Oslo-based CEPI

The International Vaccine Institute, based out of Seoul, has a mandate to develop vaccines for diseases...

News May 24, 2020

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Costa Rica behind WHO initiative for pooled corona patents, weak support from rich countries

The OECD’s newest member Costa Rica has called for a platform to pool knowledge and intellectual property...

News May 29, 2020

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Changes in USAID anti-terror clause can open for renewed cooperation with Norwegian People’s Aid

USAID has revised the anti-terror clause in its certification process for NGOs receiving funding from...

News May 22, 2020

Nordic ministers agree on new capital injection for Nordic Development Fund

Nordic development ministers have agreed to start negotiations for a joint capital injection in the Nordic...

Business May 24, 2020

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Global aid under strain from multiple corona appeals and shrinking aid budgets

While donors reach into their aid budgets to finance the coronavirus response, overall ODA is shrinking...

News May 22, 2020

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Most of Norway’s corona pledge is not being counted by EU in global tally

The bulk of Norway’s billion-dollar pledge to this week’s corona summit will not be counted in the official...

News May 08, 2020

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