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We can repair broken global solidarity and accelerate efforts toward COVID-19 vaccine equity
Inequity in access to COVID-19 medical countermeasures continues to be the bane of the global response to this pandemic.
Nepal braces for a fourth wave
Having vaccinated over 80% of its population, Nepal is prioritising children five and above, and the unvaccinated, to head off a possible fourth wave of COVID-19.
Infectious diseases originating in wild animals are high and may be increasing. This is a sign that ecosystem degradation is undermining the planet’s capacity to sustain human wellbeing.
Monkeypox, Lassa and a pandemic: Lagos fights off a new COVID-19 wave with vaccination drive
In Lagos, state authorities and health workers are going the extra mile to ensure residents take the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the face of multiple health threats.
How COVID-19 lockdown measures — and their outcomes — varied in cities around the world
Examining how COVID-19 lockdowns and stay-at-home orders were implemented in Toronto, Johannesburg and Chicago reveals the impact they had on vulnerable communities.
Where routine immunisation is anything but routine: vaccinating Rohingya children in Bangladesh
Health workers are pulling out all the stops to protect Royingya children in Cox’s Bazar.
Quelling the pandemic in the world’s largest refugee camp
As part of its national COVID-19 vaccination programme, Bangladesh is making sure that the Rohingya people aren’t left out.
Mosquitoes: there’s malaria, plus 5 other diseases they pass on to humans
It is estimated that half of world’s population is at risk of being infected by an arbovirus.
Political animals: tracking rats and mapping human health in Brazilian favelas
Rats spread leptospirosis, which means rats are the problem. Or does it?
Routine immunisation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
A new policy brief outlines key learnings from a webinar series hosted by the Gavi CSO Constituency in collaboration with RESULTS UK, UNICEF, Save the Children, USAID, Geneva Learning Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Monkeypox decision a shot in the arm for African health
WHO says countries must target intervention in communities with high transmission rate. Monkeypox has now been discovered in 75 countries and 11 are in Africa. Africa accounts for approximately 12 per cent of all reported cases.
Over half of infectious diseases made worse by climate change
The floods, storms and heatwaves caused by a warming planet are changing the way pathogens are spread and increasing our risk of disease.