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Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges
MSF responds to potential compromise on the ‘TRIPS Waiver’
COVID-19 and social inequalities: a complex and dynamic interaction
COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries
Why Responding to COVID-19 Requires Justice, Not Charity
The COVID-19 pandemic response: A microcosm of neocolonialism that hurts us all
China’s soaring COVID case load raises concerns about costs of containment
Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 7-10 March 2022
Fourth COVID Vaccine Jab Provides Little Extra Protection to Healthy Individuals – NEJM
COVID mRNA Vaccines Do Not Harm Fertility – But The Virus Does
COVID and the Heart: It Spares No One
With Less Than 1% Vaccinated, DRC Trains ‘Rumour-Busters’ to Tackle COVID Misinformation
EU member states agree to extend COVID certificate by one year
New WHO Negotiating Body on ‘Pandemic Instrument’ Meets Amid Civil Society Appeal
How COVID Has Affected the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Measles Outbreak Kills 142 Children in Afghanistan
Stop attacks on health care in Ukraine: Joint statement from UNICEF, UNFPA, and WHO
Why the European Union Needs Anticorruption Sanctions
Saudi aid agency, UNICEF sign $5bn deal for safe water supplies in Yemen
Millions face severe hunger as situation ‘deteriorating rapidly’ in Somalia, UN warns
Ukraine war poses growing threat to global food security
The Strategy of Hope by Sharman Apt Russell
CSOs Participation in Food Security and Other Issues at FAO by Claudio Schuftan
South Africa most unequal country in the world: Report
Why we need an international body to rein in hate speech during conflict
‘Invisible’ soy linked to deforestation hides in animal products, report shows
Drought and deforestation: How Madagascar’s children are paying the price
Australia climate change: Court overturns teenagers’ case against minister
Public health institutes and the fight against climate change