World Health Organization

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The Problem With Declaring Africa To Be Free of Wild Polio

Jordan Schermerhorn 30/10/2020

A three-year certification period should not apply where populations...

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Inside the Fall of the CDC

James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg, ProPublica 17/10/2020

How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought...

Soumya Swaminathan

Harder for Women to Get Grants, Have Results Published: Soumya Swaminathan

The Wire Staff 14/10/2020

Speaking at an online conference, Swaminathan said that she...

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WHO’s COVAX Vaccine Access Initiative Won’t Succeed Without India’s Help

Ruturaj Gowaikar and Shambhavi Naik 30/09/2020

In turn, joining COVAX could help India expand the...

Africa COVID-19

How Does Africa Have Such Low Fatality Rates from COVID-19?

Alexander Winning 29/09/2020

Hospitals in many African countries say COVID-19 admission rates...

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Non-Communicable Diseases: Time To Shift Focus From Adult To Child Health Literacy

Arathi P. Rao, Parul Malik, Sudhamshi Beeram and Urvashi Priyadarshini 29/09/2020

For example, we could introduce children to the concept...

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India: If People Lose Trust in a COVID-19 Vaccine, We Will Lose Everything

Dr Jammi Nagaraj Rao 21/09/2020

The path to a successful vaccine is neither easy...