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More funding is needed to galvanise
Nigeria’s health system as medical research is not well funded.
South Africa needs to ensure regulations on formula foods for babies are enforced.
There are two ways to look at it: self-interest versus altruism.
Why the argument that authoritarian regimes are better at handling pandemics isn’t that simple.
Provision of breastfeeding support and information within the community can lead to a significant increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates.
Combating vaccine misinformation on social media requires blocking sources of misinformation – and giving researchers access to data about how misinformation spreads.
As Los Angeles County again mandates masking indoors – even for the fully vaccinated – local health officials in the U.S. are closely eyeing their own COVID-19 vaccination and infection rates.
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear — nothing short of people’s lives are at stake at the Tokyo Olympics. No amount of money can justify a single preventable death.
Scientists have been eager to edit genomes to eliminate certain diseases. New WHO reports outlines ethical approaches to research and treatment.
The strong disapproval of the South African government’s handling of the pandemic is a warning that crafting persuasive pro-vaccine messages is not enough.
There are several earlier examples of people studying infectious pathogens being infected in the laboratory, even while working under strict biosafety conditions.
Around the globe, 823,000 child deaths could be prevented annually with appropriate breastfeeding. Formula makers continue to defy a 40-year-old international code on marketing their product.
The inefficient vaccine allocation rules currently in place must be replaced by new cooperative institutional structures and more concrete steps by the Group of Twenty (G20) countries.
The Gambia’s success in eliminating trachoma means that resources previously allocated to combating the disease can now be reallocated to other public health conditions
Does it matter where COVID came from? In the ongoing war of words between the US and China, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’.
The World Health Organization has created more memorable and less stigmatising names for coronavirus variants.
South Africa’s approach to smoking doesn’t adequately support current smokers who want to quit.
Even where vaccines are available, one barrier to progress is vaccine hesitancy: the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate.
If there ever was a global health system, then it has gone sadly missing when we needed it most.
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