The success of the NHS covid-19 vaccination programme shows the benefits of national leadership and local delivery in healthcare. Working at speed and scale, the programme put in place a […]
Month: April 2021
Building forward fairer for vulnerable women, children, and adolescents
This year’s World Health Day, celebrated today (7 April 2021), focuses on the critical need to enhance equity for the most vulnerable communities worldwide. Covid-19 has further highlighted this need, […]
Eric Kutscher: Remembering a year of the covid-19 pandemic through the masks I’ve collected
In my living room are two bags filled to the brim with used N95 masks. Since March 2020, I’ve worn out every N95 I’ve been given to its fullest, taken […]
Covid vaccine costs and equity: a delicate balance as yet unachieved
Ending the covid-19 pandemic requires widespread, global vaccination, but vaccine costs and logistics present serious obstacles. Over 12 billion doses of covid-19 vaccines have been procured, and high income countries […]
Richard Smith: Time for a radical pivot in the welfare state, including the NHS
Every so often we encounter a book, or even an article, that says something important and changes our thinking. Often they are books that express clearly something that we have […]
The catastrophic Brazilian response to covid-19 may amount to a crime against humanity
Cases of covid-19 are rising in Brazil, as the more transmissible P1 variant spreads across the country. […]
Contrasting figures on adherence to self-isolation show that support is even more important than ever
As the UK government announce plans to expand testing rollout, Stephen Reicher and colleagues argue that testing without support for self-isolation won’t work […]
Solving global vaccine inequity requires new incentives for pharmaceutical companies
Abraar Karan and Thomas Pogge look at how we could subsidize the healthcare needs of the world’s poorest people into effective market demand […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—2 April 2021
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Preparing for the next pandemic requires public health focused industrial policy
Every time that the world faces a major epidemic outbreak, we are reminded of how ill-prepared we are to effectively deal with the emergence of new infectious diseases. This is […]