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Global health
Can covid-19 vaccines be global public goods?
“Covid-19 vaccines must be considered a global public good. No country can overcome this crisis in isolation.” So said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. [1] Many other world leaders and […]
Myanmar’s covid-19 vaccines: The latest military strategy to undermine resistance
People in Myanmar, from healthcare workers to the vulnerable, have rejected vaccinations for covid-19 to refute the military regime that offers them. As a huge wave of covid-19 arrives in […]
Kent Buse: Healthy societies—fixing systems not people
Feminists of all stripes and genders point to the patriarchal, gender unequal, and at times, misogynistic “system” that discriminates against women and other groups burdened by inequalities in power—holding them […]
Covid-19 in the Everest region
Nepal reported its first case of covid-19 in January 2020 and experienced a surge of cases in the capital and urban cities in the months that followed. The Government of […]
Coronavirus disease-associated mucormycosis warrants timely collaborative registers
Coronavirus disease-associated mucormycosis (CAM), the so-called black fungus, has emerged as a significant healthcare challenge, with more than 30,000 cases reported until June 2021 in India alone. [1] While previous […]
Our response to covid-19 must not be gender blind nor a gender battle
The covid-19 pandemic has underscored how gender responsive health systems are a crucial path forward, say Peter Baker, Ann Keeling, Arush Lal, Chadia Wannous, and Mahesh Puri […]
Feminist movements are key to public health equity
We need greater investment in feminist movements, one of the most effective ways to advance health outcomes for women and girls and to achieve public health equity, say Emma Fulu […]
Understanding local power dynamics can help overcome resistance to comprehensive sexuality education
Examples from diverse contexts show how challenges to implementing and scaling up comprehensive sexuality education can be overcome to support the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls, […]
Covid-19 vaccine trials in low and middle-income countries: what’s the benefit?
Low and middle-income countries that hosted trials for approved vaccines are not receiving vaccine doses as expected There is a great inequity in the distribution of vaccines worldwide. Eighty-five per […]