vaccine equity

A UN staff member in Benin receives the COVID-19 vaccine in the capital Cotonou.
UNICEF/Yannick Folly

COVID-19 vaccine shipments boost for Africa 

29 July 2021
Health

After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in Africa, delivers have ramped up in recent months, the UN health agency said on Thursday. 

Collen Vixen Kelapile of Botswana, the newly-elected President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
UN Photo/Mark Garten

New ECOSOC President aims to maximize ‘reach, relevance and impact’

23 July 2021
SDGs

The role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in promoting development has become “even more critical” as a way of guiding and informing the COVID-19 pandemic response worldwide, Collen Vixen Kelapile said on Friday, speaking for the first time as the UN body’s president. 

The Tokyo Olympic Games are set to start on July 23, 2021.
© 2021 - IOC/Yuichi Yamazaki

WHO’s Tedros backs Tokyo Olympic Games ‘power to inspire’

21 July 2021
Health

The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance to spread “hope to the world”.