Media Centre
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ONE responds to the two-year anniversary since WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic
Reflecting on tomorrow’s two-year anniversary (11 March) since the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic, Jenny Ottenhoff, ONE’s Senior Policy Director, said: “While the eyes of the world are on the escalating tragedy in Ukraine, today’s milestone should be a reminder that we are still caught up in a global pandemic that…
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ONE Responds to impact of aid cuts on women and girls
“By being left in the dark, NGOs can not properly scrutinize the effect of the cuts, and are unable to hold the FCDO to account – something the Taxpayer rightly expects to ensure value for money.”
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ONE responds to UK’s ‘Living with Covid’ strategy
ONE Responds to UK’s ‘Living with Covid’ strategy: “There can be no viable plan to begin the recovery from the pandemic here in the UK, if there isn’t a viable plan to end the threat of the virus everywhere.
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ONE reaction to the AU EU Summit – Europe ignores African leaders call on waiving vaccine patents
Brussels – African and European leaders met for the first time since 2017 for the 6th AU EU summit in Brussels. As part of this, the EU also announced half of the Global Gateway package, potentially worth €150 billion, would be allocated to Africa flagship initiatives focusing on health, transport and education. The EU committed…
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AU-EU Summit – Africa is speaking with one voice. Is Europe listening?
Brussels – European and African leaders will meet for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, when the 6th African Union and European Union Summit takes place in Brussels on the 17-18 February. The Summit was initially convened for 2020 but postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and political tensions. The ONE Campaign…
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ONE reacts to BioNTech plans to increase mRNA vaccine production in Africa
Marburg – BioNTech announced the construction of manufacturing sites for mRNA-based vaccines called “BioNTainer” in South Africa, Senegal, Ghana and Rwanda. Macky Sall, Paul Kagame and Nana Akufo-Addo met with Development Minister Schulze, EU Commission Commissioner Hahn and the CEOs of BioNTech in Marburg to consolidate the announcement made by BioNTech last October. Edwin Ikhuoria,…
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ONE responds to the IMF World Economic Outlook report
Today, the IMF released its flagship World Economic Outlook report where it reveals that global growth is expected to slow down from 5.9% to 4.4% in 2022, and warns that the divergence between advanced economies and emerging markets and developing countries will persist. In response to the new analysis, Amy Dodd, Policy Director at the…
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UK should prioritise vaccinating other countries over boosters at home – poll
The UK public supports sharing vaccines with people in developing countries over receiving more boosters at home, according to a new Savanta ComRes poll commissioned by ONE.
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ONE welcomes appointment of new WHO Special Envoy on vaccines
In a reactive statement on the new appointment of Dr Alakija as WHO special Envoy, ONE Executive Director, Engagement and Mobilisation, Serah Makka Ugbabe said: “Two years into this pandemic it is appalling that vaccine apartheid continues to be the biggest barrier to defeating COVID-19. We need renewed efforts by world leaders to scale up…
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As leaders prepare for crucial Summit with Africa, ONE urges action to deliver on EU promise of solidarity
5 questions EU leaders must answer ahead of major Africa Summit Brussels – Ahead European Council on 16-17 December where EU leaders will discuss the spread of new COVID19 variant Omicron and the preparations for a crucial Summit with African partners, anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign is highlighting the need for faster, transparent vaccine deliveries,…
