Trade : Proponents of TRIPS waiver issue documents to facilitate discussions (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
In the face of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic that has already claimed 2 million lives globally, the proponents of the waiver proposal to suspend certain provisions in the WTO's TRIPS Agreement in combating the pandemic have upped the ante by releasing documents aimed at facilitating a constructive discussion at the WTO in order to reach an agreement on the waiver, sources told the SUNS.

COVID-19 : Need for global effort to secure access to safe & effective vaccines (PRIV)
(IPS, Geneva)
A year into the COVID-19 crisis, countries across the globe continue to face alarming levels of pressure on their health and social services.

Peru : Dengue - an epidemic within a pandemic (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
While the world is grappling with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru is still dealing with an epidemic that it has not been able to control - the mosquito-borne viral disease known as dengue.