Madlen Davies

Gas giant spreads misinformation on oxygen plants in Namibia

Africa Madlen Davies & Tuyeimo Haidula - 22 Sep 2021

An investigation exposed how Afrox charges N$510 to refill a cylinder containing 1 400 litres of oxygen, enough to help a severely ill Covid-19 patient breathe for about two hours

After India: The countries on the brink of another Covid oxygen crisis

Coronavirus Madlen Davies & Rosa Furneaux - 25 May 2021

The need for medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries has more than doubled in the past two months, and many of these countries faced oxygen shortages before the pandemic

Pfizer backs down over ‘unreasonable’ terms in South Africa vaccine deal

Coronavirus Madlen Davies & Rosa Furneaux - 19 Apr 2021

Government, according to Mkhize, is “relieved” as Pfizer eventually conceded and removed the “problematic term”

‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

Health Madlen Davies, Rosa Furneaux, Iván Ruiz & Jill Langlois - 23 Feb 2021

Pfizer is accused of bullying Latin American governments by demanding they grant indemnity against potential civil claims relating to the vaccine

Another Covid crisis: A vaccine apartheid endangering us all

Health Madlen Davies & Rosa Furneaux - 7 Feb 2021

The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come

Under cover of Covid, Uganda targets LGBTQ+ shelter

Africa Madlen Davies - 25 Nov 2020

Pandemic rules were used to justify a violent raid on a homeless shelter in Uganda, but a group of victims is pursuing a criminal case against the perpetrators