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A Pandemic Of Inequity And Injustice: How Should The World Respond?
Dr. Ayoade Alakija, Co-chair African Union’s African Vaccine Delivery Alliance & WHO Special Envoy for ACT-Accelerator has been at the forefront of the struggle to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines & tools. In this interview, she talks about…
Best Practices From The Delta Wave Can Help India Fight Omicron
India is experiencing a massive surge in Omicron right now. But valuable lessons and best practices from the second (Delta) wave could help the nation fight Omicron.
Covid-19 Wreaks Havoc With The Best Laid Plans To End Tuberculosis
The 2021 Global Tuberculosis Report, released today by WHO, shows that the Covid-19 pandemic has reversed years of progress in providing essential TB services and reducing TB disease burden. For the first time in many years, TB deaths have increased. G…
A Grim Diagnosis – Half The World’s Population Has Limited Access To Diagnostics
A newly released report, The Lancet Commission on Diagnostics, estimates that nearly half of the global population lack access to basic diagnostics for many common diseases
Charity And Good Intentions Will Not End The Covid-19 Pandemic
President Biden convened a Global COVID-19 Summit recently. The plan is to vaccinate 70% of the world by 2022. But experts and advocates argue that this target will not be met purely with good intentions and vaccine donations.
As Covid-19 Derails TB Progress, Advocates Demand Renewed Commitment To End TB
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on TB services. To recover and rebuild, TB advocates demand greater political commitment and investments in TB. They also call for greater engagement of TB survivors and communities living with TB.
A Prescription To Reform Canada’s Broken Eldercare System
Canada’s healthcare system is often held up as an example to other countries. But Canada has had an unacceptably high rate of Covid-19 deaths among elders. ‘Neglected No More’, a book by André Picard, provides insights into why Canada is failing in eld…
We Must Recognize Women For Their Valuable Contributions To Medicine And Science
We must change how we are approaching gender equity in medicine, says Dr Julie Silver, an academic who has done extensive research on this issue. A good place to start is recognizing women, especially women with intersectional identities, for their val…
We Can Use The Pandemic To Reimagine Global Health Teaching
The Covid-19 pandemic, combined with opportunities created by online teaching, has allowed professors in many settings to re-imagine global health teaching during this crisis
Ebola, Covid-19 And The Elusive Quest For Global Health Equity
Published during this pandemic, Paul Farmer’s new book, “Fevers, Feuds, And Diamonds,” is important, as it presents a critical dissection of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and the lessons we can learn from Ebola today, even as we struggle to contai…
