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Global health
Learning lessons from covid-19 to reduce global health inequity
Kiran CR Patel and colleagues outline six key ways in which we can improve equity during the pandemic and in its aftermath Scenes initially from Italy, then Brazil, and more […]
The legacies of colonialism: putting African covid-19 vaccination into context
Vaccination is an essential tool to stop the spread of infectious diseases. Yet, as the Delta variant of SARS-COV-2 spreads across the world, Africa, with a covid-19 vaccination rate of […]
Australia’s covid-19 experience—pride before the fall
The Australian covid-19 experience has been a rollercoaster. We greeted covid-19 head on. Our first outbreak was in April 2020 and the approach taken was to do all that we […]
The world’s most vulnerable people are suffering and dying from the effects of the “shadow pandemic”
The international community must recommit to the health of women, children, and adolescents, write Helen Clark, board chair of PMNCH and former prime minister of New Zealand, and Kersti Kaljulaid, […]
Transitioning from covid-19 elimination to sustainable endemicity in East Asia
What are the challenges and options for East Asian countries that pursued “elimination” strategies? […]
The changing pattern of respiratory viruses during covid-19—what does the future hold?
Recognition of how the pandemic has altered the infectious rhythm of viruses can lead to better preparedness in the health community, write Rabia Agha and Jeffrey R Avner […]
Will science deliver needed therapeutics for covid-19—and how can equitable access be ensured?
Global vaccine equity for covid-19 is the defining challenge of 2021, but we cannot neglect the need for therapeutics, write Rachel Cohen and colleagues […]
Iran’s covid-19 vaccination programme: using transparency to build public trust in immunisation
A lack of transparency could hold back Iran’s covid-19 vaccination campaign, say Mahan Ghafari, Mohammad Saeid Rezaee-Zavareh, Stefan Dascalu, and Aris Katzourakis […]
Tackling Hepatitis B virus in the shadow of the covid-19 pandemic
It is World Hepatitis Day today (28 July 2021). [1] While we are in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic crisis, let us not overlook the impact of covid on […]