Pharmaceutical companies’ failure on equal vaccine access contributed to human rights catastrophe in 2021
Report / 14th February 2022Despite urgent calls to ensure the equal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, pharmaceutical companies tragically failed to rise to the challenge of a once-in-a-century global health and human rights crisis.
Energy inequality plagues the world; US causes 585 times more climate emissions than Congo
Report / 31st January 2022An analysis by the Center for Global Development reports that the average Briton produced more carbon dioxide in the first two days of January than an average person from the Democratic Republic of Congo would in an entire year.
The poor die from COVID while the rich get richer, Oxfam warns
Report / 17th January 2022The coronavirus vaccine divide is costing lives and supercharging inequalities worldwide, a new report from Oxfam warns.
More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
Report / 14th December 2021New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage.
Global inequality ‘as marked as it was at peak of western imperialism’
Report / 10th December 2021Global inequality is as marked as it was in the early 20th century pinnacle of western imperialism after the capture by the super-rich of an increasing share of the world’s income, a new report has shown.