The WHO estimates that 71 vaccines candidates are in pre-clinical evaluations and at least five have already entered clinical trials. [1] At this point in time, it is difficult to […]
Global health
New patterns of violence against healthcare in the covid-19 pandemic
Tributes to health workers are pouring in from around the world amid the covid-19 pandemic, as they are saluted as heroes and receive standing ovations from balconies. Nevertheless, an increasing […]
Intersectionality offers a radical rethinking of covid-19
Covid-19 has disrupted modern society. Globally, the refrain of “we’re all in this together” resounds. However, covid-19 does not impact everyone equally, prompting calls to account for the needs, vulnerabilities, […]
Covid-19 has forced a reckoning—the UK has much to learn from low income settings
The UK should draw from some of the low cost, high impact strategies used in countries that have recently experienced epidemics, say Samuel Boland, Gillian McKay, Benjamin Black, and Susannah […]
Nora Espiritu: the impact of covid-19 in Peru is being felt most by the poor
Peru has a population of around 32 million of whom over a third live in its capital Lima.1 Like the rest of the world, it has been hit by the […]
China experience: infection prevention and control in the FangCang hospitals of Wuhan
Liuyi Li and colleagues take a closer look at the challenges and countermeasures taken to develop stringent infection prevention and control procedures for the dedicated covid-19 hospitals in repurposed buildings […]
How can healthcare workers best support each other across borders?
Health partnerships across borders can provide mutual support during this time of adversity, say Claudia Aguirre, Ben Simms, Sheba Gitta, and Johann Malawana […]
Patients in Pakistan are actively participating in relief activities during the covid-19 pandemic
The way that the Pakistan government have collaborated with patient and community organisations during this pandemic sets a great example for other countries, says Hussain Jafri […]
On International Nurses’ Day, we thank our nursing colleagues
2020 is Florence Nightingale’s bicentennial year, designated by World Health Organisation (WHO) as the first ever global Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Announced early last year, WHO can have had little idea how […]
Covid-19: Public health policies can reduce inequalities as we come out of lockdown
Population-level public health policies have an important part in supporting the transition out of lockdown […]