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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Africa: Tackling Safety Concerns for Optimal Uptake

by Alemayehu Duga, Dorothy Njagi, Mary Nyikuri, John Ojo, Mosoka P. Fallah, Tajudeen Raji

To accelerate vaccine uptake, African countries have to battle the growing reservations toward the vaccine

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A child is seen at a community vaccination center, ahead of an expected border reopening with China, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, January 4, 2023.

Vaccine Confidence After COVID-19

An interview with Ali Mokdad on how the pandemic affected trust in vaccines

Benjamin Makele, logistician responsible for the cold chain with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), prepares to plug a vaccine temperature log into his computer in Boso-Manzi in Mongala province in the Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2020.
Trade

Why Investing in Cold Chain Technologies Will Improve Health Outcomes

by Vaibhav Gupta

Failure to maintain an unbroken cold chain is among the top reasons vaccines are discarded.

An unmasked couple makes their way through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after the Biden administration announced it would no longer enforce a mask mandate, on April 19, 2022.
Migration

The United States Should Rethink Its COVID Entry Requirements

by Caroline Stein, Hasan Nassereldine, Katherine Leach-Kemon

The science shows that infection provides as much protection as vaccination

A protester holds a banner at a rally against mandates for the vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York.
Governance

Religious Liberty in the Time of COVID-19

by Elle Ruggiero

Experts weigh in on vaccine exemptions and the role of religion in public health

A doctor checks a patient in the hospital in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, China, on October 19, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Governance

Letting Omicron Loose

by Chen Chen

A look at vulnerabilities in health-care capacity in China 

A production scientist works with samples during a visit by representatives of the Medicines Patent Pool, France and other European Union member states, at the Afrigen Biologics' site in Cape Town, South Africa, February 3, 2022.
Governance

In Africa, Open Biologics and Tech Transfer Pave the Way for Local Vaccine Manufacturing

by Aggrey Aluso

How the development of Africa's first home-grown mRNA COVID-19 vaccine could shape the future of vaccine innovation

A health worker prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccines at Ndirande Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi.
Trade

A "Radical Plan" to Produce Vaccines Locally

Science reporter Amy Maxmen discusses "the hub" and the making of her new podcast for Big Picture Science

Women wearing protective face masks and colorful red and white saris stand in front of a purple wall and a color mural as they watch a dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade, in New Delhi, India, on January 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Gender

HPV Vaccination and the Quest to Solve India's Cervical Cancer Problem

by Anoushka Arora, Parth Sharma

Misinformation, stigma, and health disparities have stalled HPV vaccination

Women in lavender, blue, and burgundy burkas who are part of an immunization team write a message on the wall of a stone house during a vaccination campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan on January 28, 2020.
Poverty

Measles is Raging In Afghanistan

by Emaad Hassan, S. Deblina Datta, Pratima L. Raghunathan, James L. Goodson

A nationwide vaccination campaign is urgently needed, say CDC measles experts

Names of countries taking part to the 8th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference are pictured taped onto rows of chairs for delegates, in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 15, 2011.
Trade

Trade Law Confronts an Exceptional Global Health Crisis

by Kathleen Claussen

How should the trade system change after the pandemic?

A close-up image of a child's hand being marked with a purple pen after he is administered polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 20, 2020.
Governance

New Polio Cases Highlight the Urgency of Eradication

by John E. Lange

Global efforts need to finish the job

A grey-haired bearded man in a blue tank top and sunglasses walks past a turquoise wall with a rainbow poster that reads "Protect your community and the people you party or play with. Know the signs and symptoms" placed there by the New York Department of Health
Gender

Monkeypox and What Health Experts Are Not Saying About Sexual Transmission

by Marcelo Agudo Pujol

Frank and positive messaging on sex is the first step to curbing spread and protecting the most vulnerable

A woman in a white and black t-shirt wears a face mask uses a handheld fan as she walks on a street on a hot day, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China July 19, 2022. A colorful white, green, pink and yellow mural is pictured in the background.
Governance

Omicron BA.5: What to Know About COVID-19's Latest, More Contagious Variant

Public health expert Ali H. Mokdad answers our COVID questions this week