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Stop Blocking the Scale-up of Vaccines and Put Health over Profit!On the occasion of World Health Day, WFPHA has joined a broad coalition of civil society organisations across Europe urgently calling on governments and EU institutions to implement a COVID-19 response...

New Internship Opportunity!The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) is currently looking for 1 intern. WFPHA offers a unique environment for an internship for students in international health and development. Interns are given substantial...

Equity: COVID-19 Vaccines as a Global Public Good?The outstanding scientific achievement of 2020 was the rapid development of safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19. 2021’s challenge is to produce sufficient doses and immunize a planet of nearly 8 billion...

WHO’s Response to WFPHA and SHEM Open Letter on Inequitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines"Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines is forefront in my mind." On 3 March 2021, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, has responded the...

Public Health Answers: Digital Technology and the COVID-19 PandemicIn this episode of Public Health Answers, we talk to Audrey Tang, Digital Minister, Taiwan, to know how we can prevent infodemic and how using digital technology to protect population against the...

Now Is the Time for Effective Collaboration!The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed systemic frailties and shortcomings throughout health systems worldwide. Recently, the crisis surpassed a devastating milestone, with over 2.3 million people having died from COVID-19. Many...

WFPHA Has Joined the WHO's Campaign for #VaccinEquityHealth workers have been at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic response. In January 2021, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called all countries to work together in solidarity to...

Coalition of International NGOs Call for Equitable Access for Vaccines and Treatment during COVID-19 PandemicAround the world, governments are struggling to find ways to work together and control the spread of COVID-19. The virus does not recognize national...

Call to Governments to Support the TRIPS Waiver Proposal to End the COVID-19 PandemicThe time is now to stop vaccine nationalism, private profiteering, and stand in solidarity with the world for health equity and human rights. WFPHA joins the urgent call to...

Logistics and Distribution: Getting Shots into Arms2020 will be remembered as one of the most significant and devastating years in humanity’s history. The success story, amid all the chaos and suffering, was the unprecedented speed at which several vaccines against...