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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

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This map shows the ranking of COVID-19 as of Sept. 14, 2020 among all causes of death in the Global Burden of Disease study (rankings assume that all causes are evenly distributed through the year). The image shows a map with countries colored according to how high COVID-19 ranks as a cause of death. IHME image

Just How Do Deaths Due to COVID-19 Stack Up?

by Christopher Troeger

Coronavirus is now the #1 killer in New York, Brazil, and Peru, the #2 top cause of death in England, and #3 in Sweden

People waiting for treatment at a hospital after undergoing cataract removals from a free but shoddy eye surgery camp that caused them to lose their vision—in Amritsar, India, on December 5, 2014. The photo shows several people sitting on hospital beds. One man in the foreground is wearing dark glasses. REUTERS/Munish Sharma
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The WHO's Unheralded Role in Surgery

by Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman, Matthew Hey, Megan E. Bouchard

Why does the WHO matter? Its global health coordination makes surgical care more affordable and effective for everyone