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Recent outbreaks in Africa require investments in local vaccine manufacturing and ownership over allocation and access.

Vaccines for Africa by Africa

by Mariëlle Bemelmans, Moses Mulumba

Recent outbreaks require investments in local vaccine manufacturing and ownership over allocation and access

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An employee inspects tablets as they move along the production line at a pharmaceutical plant of Lupin.

Pharma's Influence on India's Global Health Engagement

by Kavya Shah, Rebecca Katz

India must balance its advocacy on behalf of developing countries with the interests of its growing domestic industry

Zambian villagers display a mosquito net in Matongo village, in Zambia, on April 23, 2008.
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Health Care’s Climate Footprint: Saving Lives without Costing the Earth

by Vincent Bretin

How climate change and health supply chains are inherently connected

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on April 10, 2020, in Bosnia. The photo shows a woman holding a small vial to her face. She is wearing a mask and gloves and the vial reads, COVID-19. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
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A New Way to Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Development

by Adrian Towse, Kalipso Chalkidou, Rachel Silverman

How a "benefit-based advance market commitment" could build on existing Gavi COVAX and EU Joint Procurement initiatives

Nurse Tatsanee Onthong, 26, receives help putting on PPE before attending to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 22, 2020. Picture shows a nurse being helped into her PPE. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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COVID-19: It Ain’t Over Until There’s PPE All Over

by Madeleine Ballard, Carey Westgate, The Community Health Impact Coalition

None of us are safe until all health workers are protected. The time to start is now.

A health worker in a demonstration calling on federal and local authorities to provide more Personal Protective Equipment outside New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan on April 9, 2020. The image shows a man wearing a mask and holding a small sign above his head that says, "We need protection equipment." REUTERS/Mike Segar
Governance

How to Future-Proof Medical Supplies

by Peter Gourevitch, Deborah Seligsohn

Building resilience in COVID-19's wake will require multiple strategies, including strengthening our medical stockpile

Migrant workers and homeless people wait on the banks of Yamuna river in Delhi on April 15, 2020, as police arrange buses to transfer them to shelters after India extended a nationwide lockdown. This is an eerie and haunting photo with several people sitting on the ground in an outdoor location in low lighting. They are bathed in a dark red light. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Migration

Coronavirus in India

by Poonam Muttreja

Mitigating the health effects of COVID-19 beyond the immediate

A homeless man stands in a queue as he waits for food during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India on April 3, 2020. The image is very striking showing the man with a large wrap around his head and mouth against a creamy, out of focus, colorful background. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Coronavirus in South Asia Takes Hold as April Arrives

by Erik Fliegauf, Alyssa Ayres

Density of crowds in India and Pakistan is thwarting social distancing measures as mass unemployment looms across region

Masks are seen on a production line manufacturing masks at a factory in Shanghai, China January 31, 2020. New York City alone could face a shortage of millions of masks in the coming months. The image shows a human hand with two bright orange bandaids on the thumb and middle finger picking its way across a huge pile of masks. REUTERS/Aly Song
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A Truce in the Trade War Will Save American Lives

by Susan Shirk, Yanzhong Huang

Immediately lifting all tariffs on personal protection equipment will enable doctors and nurses to safely do their work