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Girls stand in a truck during a campaign to raise awareness about illegal and false drugs in Abobo, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on October 11, 2018.

What the African Medicines Agency Needs Most to Succeed

by Michelle D. Gavin

The formation of the AMA is a milestone for drug safety and trust in Africa

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reflected in a woman's eye as she watches his address to the nation following the outbreak of coronavirus in Manchester, England, on September 22, 2020. The photo shows a macro lens image of an eye with the image of the PM reflected in it. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Britain's Moral Bankruptcy Over COVID-19 Vaccines

by William A. Haseltine

Why a study set to deliberately infect people with coronavirus is unethical, unnecessary, and likely to be uninformative

Addressing pandemic preparedness after COVID-19 will require going deeper than the surface. Here a worker sanitizes surfaces inside the Inox Leisure movie theatre in Mumbai, India, October 13, 2020. The photo is striking, showing a worker spraying disinfectant wearing a blue suit descending down a theater staircase where all the seats and carpet are bright red. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
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Back to Basics After COVID-19

by Sonya Stokes

Investing in Primary Care Now Will Prepare the U.S. for the Next Pandemic

People at a coronavirus testing center on July 2, 2020 in Mugda Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where half of the medical equipment in public health facilities goes unused according to the authors. The photo shows a crowd of people wearing masks waiting on line in chairs while a health worker in full protective gear walks beside them. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
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Who Gets What and Why?

by Héctor Castro

Countries need informed decision-making through health technology assessment to allocate resources during the pandemic

Volunteers wait for their names to be called before testing and taking part in a COVID-19 clinical trial at the Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 27, 2020. Picture shows a waiting room full of people. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Vaccine Nationalism and Africa

by Evaborhene Aghogho Nelson 

African Union calls for a “People's Vaccine” as African Academy of Sciences begins mapping local clinical trials sites

The "Fearless Girl" statue is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange following first trading session since its March coronavirus lockdown in the Manhattan borough of New York City on May 26, 2020. The photo shows the statue with a huge American flag in the background. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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Patent Pools and the Pandemic—A Renewed Debate

by Bashar Malkawi

In light of COVID-19 we need to revisit patent pools and their potential for pro-competitive and anticompetitive effects

Is this the stuff vaccines are made of? This publicity photo shows two samples of a vaccine against COVID-19, capped in Russian colors, at the Gamaleya Research Institute in Moscow on August 6, 2020. Picture shows two vials, one with a red cap and one with a blue. REUTERS/Russian Direct Investment Fund
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Vaccine Dreams and Russian Reality

by Judy Twigg

Putin's gamble on an untested cure has high stakes—it could pay off if it actually works but will cost lives if it fails

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney
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Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

by Chip Lyons, Chris Collins

Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic

A drug addict uses a glass water pipe to smoke methamphetamine at an undisclosed drug den in Manila, Philippines, on June 20, 2016. The photo is a closeup of a man smoking from a glass pipe. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
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Coronavirus is a Public Health Nightmare—Now Comes One More

by A. Taylor Thomas, Emily Briskin

As the pandemic chokes off opioid supplies from China and unemployment skyrockets, U.S. meth addiction is set to explode

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
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

Combination of photos show people wearing face masks at the re-opening of the Rood-Wooko city central market, amid the spread of coronavirus in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on April 20, 2020. The picture is a photo montage showing an array of people wearing a variety of masks. REUTERS/Anne Mimault
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Coronavirus Drugs—To Have and Have Not

by Joelle Dountio O.

Africa's least developed countries should apply a WTO patent waiver, to import generic versions of future COVID-19 drugs

A health worker in a demonstration calling on federal and local authorities to provide more Personal Protective Equipment outside New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan on April 9, 2020. The image shows a man wearing a mask and holding a small sign above his head that says, "We need protection equipment." REUTERS/Mike Segar
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How to Future-Proof Medical Supplies

by Peter Gourevitch, Deborah Seligsohn

Building resilience in COVID-19's wake will require multiple strategies, including strengthening our medical stockpile

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
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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