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A woman walks past a graffiti promoting the fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22, 2020. This is a striking photo of a woman in a blue dress wearing a facemask walking past a peach-colored wall with a graffiti of the Earth, also wearing a facemask, with bloodshot eyes and crying. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Falling Through the Cracks: COVID-19 and the Rise of Maternal Deaths in Africa

by Marleen Vellekoop, Meshack Acholla, Julia Hanne

Africa’s unified pandemic response has saved lives, but reduced access to routine services puts women’s health in danger

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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

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

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
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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