The mission of all doctors is to treat patients, yet many of those living and working in Myanmar are currently unable to fulfil this purpose. For many of the medics […]
Global health
Peter Brindley: Covid’s third wave—another wake-up call for a complacent world?
It’s generally fine to be ignored if everything is going to plan. My nation, Canada, and my profession, intensive care medicine, is usually happy with this arrangement. The current worldwide […]
Covid-19 vaccines: a game of power jabs
Vaccines have enabled us to reduce and eliminate infectious diseases, including eradicating smallpox and nearly eradicating polio. Due to an extraordinary global effort, numerous covid-19 vaccines have been created and […]
We must redesign the WHO’s building blocks to create more resilient health systems for the future
Since its launch in 2007, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework for strengthening health systems’ has been widely considered as a global action plan to improve health outcomes. The framework […]
Julian Sheather: Ethics of research in public health emergencies—perspectives from Guinea on the response to covid-19
Research into public health emergencies of global concern is fraught with ethical challenge. Bitter lessons learnt during successive outbreaks of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa suggest that these […]
Covid-19: The lack of vaccine trial data creates another layer of inequality
Vaccines are being rolled out in Latin American for which we have little information beyond press releases The covid-19 vaccine race has highlighted the importance of the equitable distribution of […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]