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Map of the world shows number of COVID deaths per 100,000 people

Countries Hit Hardest by COVID-19

by Maja Pašović, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Christopher Troeger, Katherine Paulson, Theo Vos

The numbers may surprise you

Poverty
Frank Huntley looks at his sculpture made out of the opioid pill bottles he got when addicted, set up outside Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign event in Somersworth, New Hampshire, U.S., February 5, 2020.

Opioid Deaths and Lockdowns

by Alton Lu

A complicated story

DOCUMENT DATE: April 01, 2020 A woman exhales after vaping in Times Square, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in New York City, U.S., March 31, 2020.
Governance

E-Cigarettes and the U.S. Menthol Ban: A Missed Opportunity to Protect Youth

by Louisa Johnson, Luisa S. Flor, Emmanuela Gakidou

The FDA's recent promise to ban menthol-flavored tobacco needs to go further, nixing flavors in all tobacco products

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 nurse prepares a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mass vaccination program for the elderly, at the Bolivarian Technology Institute in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 15, 202
Governance

Time for a Health Check: the Reality of Vaccine Rollout in Ecuador

by Irene Torres, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Daniel López Cevallos, Bernardo Cañizares

Immunizing nine million people in one hundred days will take careful strategy

Workers hold up their station signs to signal they are ready for a patient at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination site at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington on March 13, 2021.
Governance

Reducing Inequity in the United States' Vaccine Rollout

by Katie Welgan, Robert C. Reiner

We need to rethink what vaccine access means

An Ebola survivor plays with a boy suspected of being infected with Ebola virus in a transit centre in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 15, 2018.
Governance

How Congo's 2018 Ebola Outbreak Can Inform the Middle East's Response to COVID-19

by Serena Tohme

Countries in the MENA region can learn from both the successes and failures of past outbreaks in conflict zones

Alejandra Arrieta joined IHME in 2020, after working as a Research Analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and as a consultant for the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC).
Gender

Through Understanding and Empathy, We Can Convince Women to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

by Alejandra Arrieta, Emmanuela Gakidou, Heidi Larson, Erin Mullany, Christopher Troeger

Many are concerned about side effects, and want to wait and see if the vaccine is safe

map of all vaccine donations
Trade

The Politics of Vaccine Donation and Diplomacy

by Samantha Kiernan, Serena Tohme, Kailey Shanks, Basia Rosenbaum

Is a friend in need a friend indeed?

COVID-19 is the leading cause of death in France, England, Mexico, and Brazil, and the second leading cause in the U.S.
Governance

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

by Christopher Troeger

Despite a likely undercount in many places, COVID-19 is the leading killer in most of Latin America and Western Europe

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

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

A demonstrator takes part in a march to mark International Women's Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan March 8, 2021.
Gender

Violence Against Women

by Cory Spencer, Jack Cagney, Emmanuela Gakidou

Addressing the most shameful human rights violation

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