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What is the missing ingredient in global pandemic preparedness and response?

September 16, 2021

There is an emerging global consensus for a political compact to prevent future crises on the scale of the covid-19 pandemic, writes Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]

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Covid-19 and the new merchants of doubt

September 13, 2021

How best can scientists push back against science denialist campaigns? David Gorski and Gavin Yamey suggest some evidence based strategies […]

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Non-communicable diseases are being left behind in prisons

September 10, 2021

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cause 71% of deaths globally and present a challenge to healthcare systems. [1] NCDs disproportionately affect poorer and marginalised groups across the world. One of the universal […]

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Training and upskilling Ethiopia’s female physicians will promote gender equity and improve care

September 10, 2021

Ethiopia, which is one of the most populous countries in the world, has one of the most acute shortages of physicians in sub-Saharan Africa. Across the country the number of […]

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The women and children of Afghanistan need urgent assistance

September 8, 2021

In 2002, the international community came together to assist Afghanistan in addressing its dire health indicators, especially for women and children. At the time, the major causes of death among […]

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Staring into the darkness: women health workers in Afghanistan

September 6, 2021

Any limitations on the autonomy and mobility of women and girls will add a significant burden to an already strained healthcare system, write Laura Jung, Lilly Khorsand, Anita Afzali, Mariam […]

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UN food systems summit leaders must not remain silent on its inadequate rules of engagement with commercial actors   

September 1, 2021

The pre-summit to September’s United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), held in Rome at the end of July 2021, confirmed the fears of a broad range of international actors that […]

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Mohammad Razai: What are we losing by abandoning Afghanistan? 

August 31, 2021

Many human rights and health gains have been made in Afghanistan over the past two decades. The international community must ensure that these are not reversed under Taliban rule, says […]

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The global health security agenda rewards rich nations for their selfish behaviour 

August 20, 2021

One reason why the covid-19 pandemic is predicted to last until at least 2028 is that rich countries are hoarding vaccines, leaving very few doses for low- and middle-income countries […]

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Afghanistan is at a crossroads again—preventing a descent into chaos

August 19, 2021

Afghanistan once again appears in the throes of a cataclysmic change. The sight of people gathering in throngs at Kabul airport and desperately clinging to military aircrafts—reminiscent of the ignominious […]

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