Christine Ro, Contributor

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Pay People To Take The Covid-19 Vaccine? Lessons From International Development

For decades, health organizations in low- and middle-income countries have been paying people to get vaccinated.

Ketamine Successfully Treats Snakebite Pain In Guinea

The first-ever study of ketamine for treating snakebite pain

Vaccine Multilateralism Is The Alternative To Vaccine Nationalism

Most countries are in talks to enter a global arrangement for financing and distributing vaccines. The holdouts are eyeing short-term political gains.

Why Health Workers In Sudan Have Been Leaving Their Posts Amid Covid-19

Lack of PPE is “the main reason that health workers in Sudan are abandoning their posts en masse”

Why Health Workers In Sudan Have Been Leaving Their Posts Amid Covid-19

Lack of PPE is “the main reason that health workers in Sudan are abandoning their posts en masse”

Meeting The Challenges Of Sharing Covid-19 Information In Rural Guatemala

“Like most of the world we were not prepared”

The English-Language Advantage In African Health Research

French-speaking countries in Africa have a higher burden of disease

Is Coronavirus Reducing Noise Pollution?

One (tiny) benefit of social distancing in cities is the newfound quiet that has urbanites reporting that birdsong, for instance, seems louder than ever before.

How To Help, Not Harm, While Volunteering During The COVID-19 Pandemic

“The one thing that is worse than no volunteers is an unhygienic volunteer.”

Washing Hands With Ash, And Other COVID-19 Information From Bangladeshi Community Radio

These 16 stations are non-commercial, donor-supported, locally run, and mostly volunteer-operated. They’re especially useful to communicate with people with low or no literacy.