Make WHO-recommended new COVID-19 drugs accessible, affordable, demands MSF
US pharma giant Eli Lilly has the patent for Baricitinib, which will affect its availability and accessibility. MSF has called on governments to take immediate steps to ensure that patent monopolies do not stand in the way of access to this drug
How health activists got Australia to back patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines
Months-long campaigning and advocacy efforts have played a large part in mobilizing public opinion in favor of a TRIPS waiver for the vaccines. Australia was among the few member-nations in the WTO to oppose the waiver
Rescue ship with 300 refugees finally docks at Spain
The rescue ship operated by Open Arms was denied permission to dock at ports in Italy and Malta. The refugees were rescued from near the Libyan coast
Revoking the registration of Mediterranean migrant rescue ship put thousands of lives in peril
The ship was leased by SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières and was instrumental in saving the lives of around 10,000 refugees stranded at sea
- Anti-fascists in Serbia slam bid to rehabilitate notorious Chetnik commander
- On hunger strike for 162 days, Khalil Awawdeh’s health deteriorates in Israeli prison
- UNAMA condemns series of terror attacks in Afghanistan, calls for more security
- Iran awaits US response to its demands in latest move to revive the nuclear deal
- Fight breaks out among Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen’s Shabwah province
