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Protecting Uganda’s overstretched health workers through COVAX
Over 50 health workers in Uganda have lost their lives to COVID-19 – a huge toll for a country with just 0.17 doctors per thousand people in some areas. With remaining health workers overworked and vulnerable, some relief has come in the form of…
The World’s First Vaccination Campaign
At the turn of the 19th century, news of a 1796 medical breakthrough called 'vaccination' started to spread around the world. A fascinating recent book, War Against Smallpox by Michael Bennett, traces the subsequent dissemination of the actual…
Rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in Rwanda
Kigali – Forty-eight hours after Rwanda received shipments of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccinations began in earnest, with high-risk population given priority. The country plans to vaccinate a third of the population in 2021 and double that figure next…
Getting from zero to 100% – ensuring every child has routine immunisation
New data shows that investing in getting that first vaccination to children can be a turning point in getting them fully immunised.
Lockdown mental fatigue rapidly reversed by social contact, study finds
The study found people bounce back from their mental sluggishness soon after emerging from isolation.
A year of #VaccinesWork in 10 articles answering your most frequently asked questions
To mark one year of #VaccinesWork, we look back at some of the articles that answer the most frequently asked questions about COVID-19 during an unprecedented year for global health.
Protecting human rights in the COVAX roll-out
The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest economic and social crisis of a lifetime. Human rights are key in shaping our collective pandemic response, both for the public health emergency and the broader impact on people’s lives and livelihoods.
