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    What It Means To Be Fully Vaccinated

    by John P. Moore

    It depends on how you look at it

    Women hold umbrellas to cover from rain as they wait to receive a dose of COVISHIELD vaccine, a COVID-19 vaccine made by Serum Institute of India, at a vaccination centre in Kolkata, India, August 31, 2021.
    Governance

    Billions Committed, Millions Delivered

    by Samantha Kiernan, Serena Tohme, Gayeong Song

    The mixed record of vaccine donations and diplomacy

    People wait in line to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, donated to Kenya by the UK government, in Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2021.
    Governance

    No Fall Zone

    by Sonya Stokes, Craig Spencer

    This winter, there is zero room for error in emergency medicine

    A nurse, seen in profile with a long row of American flags behind her, watches an ambulance driving away outside of Elmhurst Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Queens, New York, on April 20, 2020.
    Poverty

    Rethinking the Future of Global Health

    by Vaibhav Gupta

    There can be no better time to reimagine our health security based on global cooperation, equity, trust, and solidarity

    A man offers funeral prayers for a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2020. The photo shows a man dressed entirely in protective gear with his head bowed in font of an ambulance and before what appears to be a corpse wrapped in white sheets. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
    Migration

    In Thailand, Noncitizen Health Matters

    by Titiporn Tuangratananon, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Piya Hanvoravongchai, Swee Kheng Khor

    National progress on migrant health is expansive, effective, and has helped Thailand avoid the worst of the coronavirus

    A girl from a migrant worker family that came to Thailand from Myanmar and lost their jobs due to COVID-19, lines up for free food in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 23, 2020. The photo shows a small girl wearing a facemask looking at the camera. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
    Governance

    Big Data Requires Big Thinking on Data Governance

    by Stefan Germann

    We need concrete guidelines now to secure data privacy and address missing data, missed use of data, and misuse of data

    A student watches an online lecture in a digital mobile education library—which provides mobile phones to children who lack access for education during COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, on October 16, 2020. The photo shows a small child at a school desk with a mobile phone on the table in front of them. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
    Governance

    The Crisis of Trust in Public Health

    by Jack Leslie

    Sociopolitical trends influence people's confidence in public health institutions

    A woman attends a protest of conspiracy theorists and other demonstrators at Rosa Luxemburg Platz, amid the spread of COVID-19, in Berlin, Germany, on May 9, 2020.
    Migration

    Coronavirus in South Asia Takes Hold as April Arrives

    by Erik Fliegauf, Alyssa Ayres

    Density of crowds in India and Pakistan is thwarting social distancing measures as mass unemployment looms across region

    A homeless man stands in a queue as he waits for food during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India on April 3, 2020. The image is very striking showing the man with a large wrap around his head and mouth against a creamy, out of focus, colorful background. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
    Governance

    Contact Tracing Requires Building Trust

    by Sandra Mullin, Denene Jonielle Rodney

    As states gear up their contact tracing efforts, here’s how they should approach getting buy-in within their communities

    A militarized approach to contact tracing is shown here as National Guard members at the Washington State Department of Health support contact tracing efforts in Tumwater, Washington—on May 20, 2020. The photo shows the guard members standing around a cubicle space talking. A table in the foreground is decorated with a drawing of a dinosaur and emblazoned with the words "I eat COVID-19 for breakfast. REUTERS/Jason Redmond
    Urbanization

    The Africa We Want: Protecting Health and Livelihood

    by Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene

    Deepening economic integration to boost intra-African trade requires an equal investment in public health structures

    A masked-trader carriers two female-form mannequins as he closes his business ahead of the lockdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya.
    Governance

    Time for a Health Check: the Reality of Vaccine Rollout in Ecuador

    by Irene Torres, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Daniel López Cevallos, Bernardo Cañizares

    Immunizing nine million people in one hundred days will take careful strategy

    A nurse prepares a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mass vaccination program for the elderly, at the Bolivarian Technology Institute in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 15, 202
    Governance

    Why Mass Vaccination in the West Could be Bad News for Chinese Leaders

    by Yanzhong Huang

    To narrow the immunity gap, China could be forced to prioritize its domestic vaccine needs

    A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed China flag in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020.