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Better tracking is ensuring vaccines get where they’re needed in under-resourced regions
What does it take to get a vaccine made in India to a rural clinic in Malawi, or a diagnostic kit assembled in China to a town in Senegal? Miles of travel, hours of storage and lots of planning. But it’s an imperfect process, thanks to an absence…
Lesotho mothers welcome the reintroduction of HPV vaccine
Seven years after it ended, Lesotho has relaunched its HPV vaccination programme.
Trendspotting: why pandemic preparedness needs to include big data
Professor Marion Koopmans has been instrumental in investigating the animal origins of everything from bird flu to COVID-19. She is now looking at how we can prevent the next pandemic.
Papua New Guinea looks to rebuild its small business sector
The PNG government is looking to stimulate the small business sector by injecting funds into the economy.
The last to receive COVID vaccines are the hardest and most critical to reach
There must be a way to help people cover gaps in health care costs without forcing them to be public about their most private concerns.
COVID-19 has brought the potential impact of zoonotic diseases back into deadly focus. VaccinesWork spoke to the head of a new ‘One Health’ Institute in Germany, investigating the centre of the Venn diagram between human and animal health.
What is behind the sudden international spread of mpox?
The virus may be exploiting a change in population behaviour and increased global travel but it can still be stopped from spreading further, say scientists.
COVID-19 could derail SDGs for next five years – report
COVID-19 will remain uncontrolled in many countries unless coordinated action is taken, warn scientists. SDGs progress was already lagging before the pandemic. Inequities in all sectors must be addressed to avoid worst-case scenario. UN…
The pandemic is far from over: how can the private sector help us fight it?
We are still in the acute phase of the pandemic, with cases continuing to rise in many countries and vaccination rates stagnating. The private sector could play a key role in finally bringing COVID-19 under control.
Pakistan’s drive to end tuberculosis
TB, the single biggest killer among the world’s infectious diseases, is a major concern in Pakistan. But a concerted government strategy to find and treat hidden patients all over the country is paying off.
Monkeypox isn’t like HIV, but gay and bisexual men are at risk of unfair stigma
We need to learn the lessons from the HIV/AIDS epidemic and avoid stigmatising men who have sex with men.
Funding the Polio Eradication Endgame
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that cutting back on eradication efforts could cause a global resurgence of polio that ten years from now could paralyze up to 200,000 children a year. The final five-year push to eradicate…
