The central role of vaccines in fighting major diseases during human history is undeniable. Effective and continued campaigns worldwide were responsible for keeping some serious and deadly diseases – like mumps, measles, polio, chickenpox among many others – under control and even eradicated some of them thanks to the ever-evolving research and development of vaccines […]
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The Struggle of Indigenous People in Brazil to Survive COVID-19 Vandson Galdino (Legal Counsel for the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform in Brazil) Indigenous peoples in Brazil face unique challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic. The unstable politics, the collapse of the public health system, and a lack of an efficient strategic plan to
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Vaccines Are Here. Now What? Part II: Becoming a Mother During the Pandemic Written by: Pei-Hsuan Wu (Molecular Biologist and COVID-19 Action Hub Manager) Women are facing unique challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic, a topic we discussed in an earlier article1. Worldwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines that aims to protect the general public leads to
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Vaccines Are Here. Now What? Part I: Challenges of Distributing Vaccines Written by: Pei-Hsuan Wu (Molecular Biologist and COVID-19 Action Hub Manager) In less than a year since the COVID-19 outbreak, dozens of countries (as of 1 February 2021) began to distribute vaccines against the devastating coronavirus. As discussed in our earlier post (2), vaccine
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COVID-19 and Gender Equality – Selected Challenges for the Achievement of SDG 5 Written by: Bruna Silva (International Relations Analyst and COVID-19 Action Hub Manager) The COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant challenge to all aspects of social life and to the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 3 “good health and
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Governmental Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Written by: Pei-Hsuan Wu (Molecular Biologist, COVID-19 Action Hub Manager) Several countries have received praises for their timely responses that helped curb the spread of COVID-19. Very different countries made the list, including Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Iceland, the U.A.E, Greece, and Argentina1. On
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