Days after an investigation revealed that BioNTech paid a Malta-based consultancy to derail South Africa’s effort to replicate mRNA vaccines, the pharma company says it will send portable factories in shipping containers to produce …
Moderna Greed Cost Pandemic Response One Year and Counting
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today condemned Moderna for its more than year-long refusal to share vaccine know-how and concurrently voiced support for a scientific effort in South Africa that has …
Grants for Genomic Sequencing Aid COVID-19 Tracking
Two major obstacles to ending the pandemic are rich countries hoarding vaccines and pharmaceutical companies refusing to share the know-how to increase global vaccine production. But another often-neglected aspect of …
Olympic track star joins VOW campaign
Africa’s fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala, recently joined forces with AHF and the Vaccinate Our World (VOW) call-to-action in a race to beat vaccine hesitancy and get lifesaving doses to as …
US Vaccine Trickle Must be a Flood to End COVID-19
The White House announced today that the US has shipped 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines around the world, a milestone that AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) described as commendable but still far …
AHF Praises Merck for Generics – Urges Same from Vaccine Makers
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today applauded Merck and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) for their recent sublicensing agreements with 27 generic drug companies for the manufacturing of the oral COVID-19 antiviral medication …
AHF Echoes Lawmakers’ Call to Boost Global Vaccine Supply
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) expressed support today for a call by US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), who urged the Biden Administration “to substantially increase the global supply …
Top Moderna Shareholders Must Dump Stock
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) sent letters to the top investors of Moderna, Inc. this week, urging them to divest from the vaccine maker in the interest of corporate social responsibility. …
The World Must Challenge China’s Attack on Public Health Transparency
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) expressed alarm and disappointment today over China’s reported move to delete language supporting rapid World Health Organization (WHO) access to outbreak sites in future pandemics from …
Steep Price Cuts Are Imperative to Sustain Global Vaccine Drive
The United States government should require COVID-19 vaccine producers to donate or sell doses at cost to support the humanitarian push to vaccinate our world, according to a statement by …
