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students wearing colorful clothing enter a terracotta colored building in Kenya

The Steep Price of Education in Africa

by Emilie Maddison, Angela E. Micah

Education is unaffordable for many families in low- and middle-income countries

Governance
The legs and feet of students wearing blue dresses, white stockings, and black shoes can be seen standing in queues at the Viqarunnisa Noon School & College, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 12, 2021.

Getting School Health Right in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

by Luke Shors, Linda Schultz

School nutrition and health programs took a hit during COVID, now it's time to reinforce these school-based safety nets 

Students wear protective face masks as they have their temperature checked before entering a class, after the government allowed the reopening of schools from grade six to eight amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Peshawar, Pakistan September 23, 2020.
Governance

How to Keep Schools Open in the Face of Delta

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Maja Pašović

Face masks and vaccines are just some of the methods schools can use to stay open

A child arrives at a primary school on the first day of the new school year after summer break in Vertou, France, on September 2, 2021.
Governance

Supporting Kids With Long COVID as They Head Back to School

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Maja Pašović

Schools will need to accommodate children with lingering post-virus symptoms

UAEM UCLA students organize outside the Board of Regents meeting on the campus to demand they drop the patent on a life-saving prostate cancer drug.
Governance

Student-Led Activism Transforming the Access to Medicines Movement

by Ambika Verma

Universities are crucial allies to the global movement pushing to broaden access to vaccines

Teachers and their children wait to board a government chartered bus bringing people back to schools of countryside towns in Dakar, Senegal on May 28, 2020.
Gender

Gender Equality in the Global Return to School

by Joseph Friedman, Silvia Montoya, Emmanuela Gakidou

COVID-19 is threatening to unravel decades of progress on women's education

U.S. school systems are stuck between two bad choices. A classroom chair rests between two dismantled water fountains at Edmondson Westside High School in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 28, 2020. The photo shows a red chair in a beige-colorored hallway where two porticos feature white porcelain basins now dry for the pandemic. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Environment

The Kids Are (Not) Alright

by Kevin O’Rourke, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Theo Vos

Analyzing the evidence against—and in support of—reopening schools during COVID-19

Each state's progress towards reduction in symptoms and cases, health system readiness, and increased testing. The image shows a map of the united states with four colors according to outbreak status. SOURCE: Covid Exit Strategy
Governance

COVID-19 This Week—The Looming Question: Internal Travel Restrictions

by Tom Frieden

To reduce risk, we must close bars and other indoor spaces, reduce crowds, mask up, wash hands, and increase distancing

Share of COVID-19 tests that are positive globally. The image is a graph. CC-BY/Our World in Data
Governance

COVID-19 This Week: The Tide Is Beginning to Turn, But Is Still Very High

by Tom Frieden

The better we understand coronavirus, our risk, and our response with real-time intelligence, the better we can fight it

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 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

Indonesians queue to get free food without social distancing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogor, Indonesia, on April 20, 2020. The photo shows a crush of people, many of them wearing face masks, crowded in all parts of the shot's frame. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Yulius Satria Wijaya
Governance

Models, Math, and COVID-19: A Public Health Response

by Nina Schwalbe, ​​​​​​​Nathaniel Hupert

Instead of focusing solely on deaths, policymakers should consider the totality of the pandemic's impact

A medical professional shows a negative test for novel coronavirus in front of Mane Garrincha Stadium, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 21, 2020. The photo shows a health worker holding a test at the camera with a stadium in the background. the photographer is using a telephoto/macro lens so that everything is blurred out in the shot, including the man, with the exception of the small plastic cassette-like test. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Trade

Don’t Discriminate Against Those Who Remain Uninfected

by David J. Scheffer

Could barring people who were never sick from returning to work and school perversely incentivize getting COVID-19?