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November 15, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, whole genomic sequencing (WGS)-based surveillance played a key role in identifying variants of concern, investigating their spread and transmissibility, and facilitating the design and optimization of medical countermeasures, including diagnostic tools and vaccines. How...
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November 13, 2023
Once again the links come to from a precariously balanced laptop, perched on cramped knees on a bus, packed cheek-by-jowl with other commuters. It's not a set-up that inspires great chattiness. Nor does Sri Lanka's ongoing attempt to plumb depths of cricketing incompetence never before plumbed, or—s...
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November 06, 2023
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) was founded in 2017 to address the continent’s public health challenges and strengthen the capacity of member state’s own public health institutions to prevent and respond to public health threats. Central to achieving this mission i...
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November 03, 2023
There is something about writing an email while perched on a tiny seat in a cramped bus with your laptop on your knees and your phone (to whose wifi you're tethered to) precariously balanced on a ledge that inspires brevity (yes, I appreciate the irony of me describing this as 'brevity', but you nee...
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October 30, 2023
In August 2021, as the world continued to grapple with the far-reaching effects of the ongoing global pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) took a significant step to help. Recognizing the unprecedented challenges faced by nations, the IMF issued an allocation of US$ 650 billion worth of S...
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October 27, 2023
While I usually like to blame any late distribution of the Friday links on technology (which really is the culprit a lot since we moved to an automated system) or on CGD website policies or freezes, this week—if you wind up reading this on Monday—it's all on me. After my usual sprint home from teach...
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October 23, 2023
For the next few weeks, I'll be writing the links on the bus home from Oxford after a morning of teaching, cheek-by-jowl with what seems like half the population of the city, so forgive me if they sound harrassed, grumpy or just a bit shorter than usual; it will be because they are. Still, there are...