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Dr. Yogesh Jain examines a young boy who has sickle cell disease for pneumonia, located in a remote village clinic that does not have any x-ray facilities, in May 2017 at Jan Swasthya Sahyog community health program

From Zero to 50,000: The Making of a Community Health Program in Rural India

An interview with pediatric oncologist and Jan Swasthya Sahyog community health program cofounder Dr. Yogesh Jain

Governance
A cemetery worker puts flowers on the graves of people who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during The Day of the Dead celebration, as the outbreak continues, at La Bermeja cemetery in San Salvador, El Salvador November 2, 2020.

Tracking Lives We've Lost to COVID-19

by Emmanuela Gakidou, Katherine Paulson, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Stefanie Watson, Spencer Pease, Ryan Barber

It's surprisingly hard to answer how many lives we've lost to COVID-19

Dr. Yogesh Jain examines a young boy who has sickle cell disease for pneumonia, located in a remote village clinic that does not have any x-ray facilities, in May 2017 at Jan Swasthya Sahyog community health program
Poverty

From Zero to 50,000: The Making of a Community Health Program in Rural India

An interview with pediatric oncologist and Jan Swasthya Sahyog community health program cofounder Dr. Yogesh Jain

A cemetery worker puts flowers on the graves of people who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during The Day of the Dead celebration, as the outbreak continues, at La Bermeja cemetery in San Salvador, El Salvador November 2, 2020.
Governance

Tracking Lives We've Lost to COVID-19

by Emmanuela Gakidou, Katherine Paulson, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Stefanie Watson, Spencer Pease, Ryan Barber

It's surprisingly hard to answer how many lives we've lost to COVID-19

A parent carrying a child dressed in cartoon themed pajamas crosses a street in the rain in Singapore on January 10, 2021.
Governance

During This Pandemic, It Is Us that Our Children Need Protection From

by Gwendolyn Thong, Alfred M. Wu

Looking at resilience and mental health across Singaporeans during the pandemic

More than 200 people gathered on Washington Square Park to rally in support Asian community, against hate crime and white nationalism.
Migration

The Virus Doesn't Discriminate, But Hate Crimes Tell a Different Story

by Kailey Shanks

Addressing the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans

A man walks outside a tent during preparations to turn the long-term car park at Fiumicino airport into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre, in Rome, Italy, February 5, 2021.
Governance

Italy's Vaccination Strategy: Careful Planning and Building Trust

by Paola D'Errigo, Giada Minelli, Maria Elena Tosti, Graziano Onder, Fortunato D’Ancona, Maja Pašović

Despite challenges with vaccine shipments, Italy's vaccination campaign moves full speed ahead

Healthcare workers walk through Mount Sinai Hospital as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in New York, U.S., April 5, 2020.
Urbanization

One Year From the Front Lines of COVID-19 in New York City

by Sonya Stokes

Frontline providers found a solution to communication breakdown during the pandemic: talking to each other

Workers wipe down doors at a train station during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Singapore on August 17, 2020.
Governance

Does Healthier Mean Wealthier? Measuring Countries' Economic Performance During the Pandemic

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Sawyer Crosby, Joseph L. Dieleman, Samantha Kiernan

An effective government response to COVID-19 doesn't necessarily correlate with economic gain

People push a cart with culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6, 2020.
Governance

Limited Information Hampers Understanding of U.S. Farmed Mink Outbreaks

by Steve Pool

Comparing the U.S. and Danish responses to COVID-19 outbreaks in mink populations

A member of the LGBT community participates in the annual Diversity March, which this year has been downscaled amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay September 25, 2020.
Gender

Writing a More Inclusive Playbook: How COVID-19 Is Impacting LGBTQ+ Communities Around the World

by Samantha Kiernan, Dominic Bocci

Policymakers should heed lessons learned in 2020 to craft a more inclusive and effective pandemic response

Physician Alister Martin received one of the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from RN Jennifer Lisciotti at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 16, 2020.
Governance

Nursing Doubts About the Vaccine

by Susan Goodwin

Approximately two-thirds of U.S. nurses are hesitant or unwilling to accept the new coronavirus vaccines

A city employee wearing protective gear poses for a photo during a citywide personal care day, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Bogota, Colombia on April 17, 2020.
Governance

COVID-19: An Investment in Our Economy

by William A. Haseltine

Policymakers and leaders must recognize that an investment in the health of our people is an investment in our economy

Teacher Maura Silva, who works for public school Escola Municipal Frei Vicente de Salvador and who created a "hug kit" using plastic covers, embraces her student Yuri Araujo Silva at Yuri's home, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the 77 Padre Miguel slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 23, 2020.
Governance

Global Solidarity Can’t End With the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Keith P. Klugman

Global solidarity will help end the pandemic and other diseases that have killed too many people in low-income countries