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A boy shows a wound he sustained after a stray dog attacked him, at a rabies clinic in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 2, 2019.

Digitizing Supply Chains—Down to the Last Mile—to End Neglected Tropical Diseases

by Carla Johnson, Gesa Pellier

Limited visibility in procurement makes eliminating NTDs impossible

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Eight blue cans of baby formula with white, orange, and green labels that read "Similac" stand in stacks of two on a pharmacy shelf.

Behind Baby Formula and Drug Shortages

by Howard Sklamberg

How supply chains break down for life-saving products

A woman in a green sari receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, outside her house during a door-to-door vaccination drive on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on December 15, 2021.
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Building COVID-19 Vaccine Production Capacity in LMICs

by Reid Adler, Julia Barnes-Weise, Ana Santos Rutschman, Bridie Telford

Patents aren't really the problem—usually

Customers wearing facemasks are reflected in a mirror as they stand on an escalator inside the department store Le Printemps Haussmann in Paris, France, amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 28, 2020. The photo shows people on an escalator with the photo showing mirror images on the left and right of the frame. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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Commercial Determinants of Health in COVID-19

by Adnan Hyder, Meghan Werbick, Paul Ndebele, Nino Paichadze

Often part of the problem in pandemics, private sector businesses can be part of the solution as well and protect people

A statue of a hog with litter of suckling piglets. Pencil drawing by William Young Ottley (1771-1836). The picture is of a pencil drawing of a pig and her pups. CC BY 4.0 via Wellcome Collection
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Pig Pandemics and Other "Epizootic" Threats

by Ravensara S. Travillian

COVID-19 is scary, and so are disease outbreaks in animals—they cause great economic devastation and disrupt human lives

Youtubers wearing masks of pigs film a video at a shopping district, which has fewer people than usual amid the coronavirus outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, on May 19, 2020. The photo shows two people wearing pig masks and dark suits standing with clear plastic umbrellas open. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Food

Coronavirus and America's Food Supply

by Edward Mack

Swift action to ensure worker safety, robust food inspections, and sustained supply chains should be top U.S. priorities

Migrant worker Cesar Lopez works the fields amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Salinas Valley, California, on March 30, 2020. Picture shows Cesar working with a hoe in his hand. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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COVID-19 and America’s Migrant Workforce

by Meighan Stone, Haydn Welch

Need health care and groceries? Congress should protect the immigrant workforce—even if the Trump Administration won't

South Korean soldiers in protective gear sanitize a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea on March 4, 2020. The image is striking showing the soldiers dressed in silver space-suit looking protective gear walking down a more or less abandoned street in what appears to be a normally busy shopping district. REUTERS/Heo Ran
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Long-Term Impacts of Coronavirus in South Korea

by Scott Snyder

Despite South Korea’s high capacity for response, COVID-19's spread may incite human, economic, and political disasters