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    Trade

    Six Proactive Steps in a Smart Trade Approach to Fighting COVID-19

    by Jennifer A. Hillman

    Tariffs, subsidies, waivers, licensure, and what a trade agenda to support the fight against coronavirus might look like

    Container ship RDO Concord sails through the Suez Canal on November 17, 2019. The picture places the viewer in the wake of a massive freighter stacked high with metal shipping containers as a smaller patrol-type boat passes in the foreground. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
    Governance

    Weighing Biden's First Executive Orders to Address COVID-19

    by William A. Haseltine

    Plaudits and missed opportunities

    U.S. President Joe Biden looks on as he prepares to sign executive orders at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2021.
    Governance

    A Path Forward on COVID-19 in Tanzania

    by Elaine O. Nsoesie

    There is no time to waste in saving lives

    Workers prepare face shields from recycled plastics at the Zaidi Recyclers workshop as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus disease in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on May 21, 2020.
    Gender

    Fighting COVID-19 With One Hand Tied Behind Our Backs?

    by Roopa Dhatt, Ann Keeling, Toyin Saraki

    For better health security, it's time to end gender biases that keep women out of global health leadership positions

    The hands of a nurse are seen during a demonstration of an isolation chamber for the treatment of infectious diseases at the Germany army medical centre, Bundeswehr Clinic, in Koblenz, Oct. 16, 2014.
    Governance

    Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

    Governments have an obligation to guarantee the continued protection of the public's rights during and after a pandemic

    People wearing protective face masks wait for their rapid antigen test results outside a community center, amidst the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on September 17, 2020. The photo shows a large crowd of people from behind the bars of an iron fence. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
    Governance

    How Congo's 2018 Ebola Outbreak Can Inform the Middle East's Response to COVID-19

    by Serena Tohme

    Countries in the MENA region can learn from both the successes and failures of past outbreaks in conflict zones

    An Ebola survivor plays with a boy suspected of being infected with Ebola virus in a transit centre in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 15, 2018.
    Governance

    COVID-19 This Week: On the Brink

    by Tom Frieden

    The United States is a global outlier—a long way from vaccines or containment, even as we consider reopening schools

    Chairs are pictured on top of tables in a classroom at Watlington Primary School during the last day of school, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Watlington, Britain, on July 17, 2020. The photo shows a number of tables with chairs stacked upon them. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
    Governance

    COVID-19 and the Far Right's Diminishing Memory of the Holocaust

    by Gideon Weiss

    Anti-Semitism is on the rise, and it's dangerous for health

    a protestor in a red shirt appropriates the Star of David
    Poverty

    Bridging the Data Divide in COVID-19

    by Tom Achoki

    Collaborative health data networks and open access would give boundless opportunities to advance disease surveillance

    Migrant workers protect themselves from heat as they wait to board a train to their home state of eastern Bihar, at the end of the coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi, India, on May 21, 2020. The image shows two men sharing a yellow scarf. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
    Migration

    The Ripple Effect of U.S. Immigration Policies During COVID-19

    by Tomas Arango, Caroline Lee, Hannah Todd

    Self-inflicted problems of unsafe detentions and deportations of people with coronavirus impede effective U.S. responses

    Migrants in the "Remain in Mexico" program queue in Juarez, Mexico, on July 8, 2020 to renew their permission to stay legally in Mexico to wait for their immigration hearing in the United States. This is a powerful image showing people lined up seated with their backs to a chain-link fence covered in barbed wire. Some of them hold packets of papers. One of them has his head resting in his hands. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
    Governance

    Preparing for the COVID-19 Surge in the United States

    by Ali H. Mokdad

    States such as Louisiana, New York, Michigan, and North Carolina are likely to be among the hardest hit

    Normally bustling tourist mecca Bourbon Street lies deserted in the early afternoon during shelter in place orders to slow the spread of coronavirus in a photograph of New Orleans on March 27, 2020. The photo shows a view of the entrance to Bourbon street, which would normally be packed with tourists and other people, almost completely empty. REUTERS/Drone Base
    Food

    Online Grocery Shopping During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    by Kirsten Arm, Lindsey Miller, Anna Claire Tucker

    Opportunities to support equitable access to food

    Fresh orange carrots lie in bunches side by side for sale at a grocery store in Del Mar, California, on June 3, 2020.