New books at the State Library of Queensland.

Fair Doses: An Insider's Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity by Seth Berkley https://www.amazon.com.au/Fair-Doses-Insiders-Pandemic-Vaccine/dp/0520413164/

#books #access2meds #health #vaccines #Covid #COVAX #thenextpandemic

While this book does provide a helpful inside account of the foundation and operation of COVAX, and insights into the struggles for vaccine equity, the failure to properly address the civil society debate over intellectual property and access to essential medicines was perplexing.

World agrees pandemic accord for tackling outbreaks of disease

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/20/world-agrees-pandemic-accord-for-tackling-outbreaks-of-disease-who-covid

Hailed as ‘a victory for public health,’ the agreement aims to build on the lessons of Covid-19 and protect the globe from pathogenic threats.

#access2meds #pandemictreaty #health #covid19 #thenextpandemic #WHO

Signs of the Times – September 2023

Contents
Will Russia collapse? Or blow us all up? Or win in the end?
World Youth Day – Is the Pope a Catholic?
Persecution in India
Uganda rejects loans tied to acceptance of homosexuality
Planning for the next pandemic
Iran turns to desert

#Catholicism #iran #persecutioninIndia #russia #SignsOfTheTimes #TheNextPandemic #Uganda #ukraine #WorldYouthDay

https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/current-issues/signs-of-the-times-september-2023/

“We are gravely concerned that the opportunity presented by the High-Level Meeting and the expected Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response is being squandered,” wrote Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark in an open letter released on Sunday. https://healthpolicy-watch.news/warning-that-un-high-level-meeting-on-pandemics-may-be-squandered-opportunity/

“The current draft of the political declaration… does not express the commitments required of heads of state and government to transform the international system of pandemic preparedness and response. Instead, it reads as a health resolution”. #pandemictreaty #covid19 #thenextpandemic #access2meds #globalhealth

The Next Pandemic: #LastWeekTonight with John Oliver (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v-U3K1sw9U

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