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November 09, 2020
This morning, America (and much of the world) woke up to a snippet of terrific news: Pfizer and BioNTech announced their SARS-CoV2 vaccine candidate showed 90 percent efficacy. But for policymakers in low- and middle-income countries, today’s news offers limited cause for celebration—and the Pfizer/...
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October 28, 2020
COVID- 19 has brought a sense of urgency to decision-making that typically would have taken many months and years of deliberation. Central to this uncertainty is the glaring lack of knowledge on just how big the burden of COVID-19 truly is. The pandemic has highlighted concerning gaps in data and we...
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October 20, 2020
Governments around the world have taken drastic measures to control the spread of coronavirus. Public debate has understandably focused on the differences across countries; however, there has been surprising uniformity in the severity of lockdowns and other containment measures between rich and poor...
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October 15, 2020
COVID-19, of course, is not behind us—it may return and may again severely test the government’s management capacity. To prepare for this, the lessons learnt from coping with the crisis as it has unfolded thus far will be valuable both to Pakistan to manage a possible second wave, as well as to othe...