Coronavirus

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What Do We Really Know About COVID-19’s Impact on Essential Health Services?
Damian Walker et al.
February 18, 2021
In this blog, we describe some major global efforts that examine whether essential health services have been disrupted during the pandemic, summarize what they tell us, and highlight some of the remaining gaps in our understanding and knowledge.
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A COVID Vaccine Certificate: Building on Lessons from Digital ID for the Digital Yellow Card
Alan Gelb
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Anit Mukherjee
February 11, 2021
COVID-19 vaccination efforts are well and truly underway across the world. In addition to those in Europe and North America, vaccination campaigns are gathering pace across China, India, Russia, and the Middle East, though lagging in many other, mostly poor, countries. As more start scaling up their...
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It’s Been a Year Since Schools Started to Close Due to COVID-19
David Evans et al.
February 10, 2021
Twelve months ago, the world was watching as schools closed across China and millions of students began learning online from their homes. Most of us didn’t think for a moment that just a few weeks later, almost every country in the world would close their schools and the education of more than a bil...
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Release COVID-19 Vaccine Contracts
Charles Kenny
February 10, 2021
Drugs created with billions in government support, bought almost exclusively by governments and international agencies are shrouded in secrecy: who is paying how much for delivery of what by when is a matter of guesswork and estimate.
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How Will COVID-19 Impact Our Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage?
Y-Ling Chi et al.
February 10, 2021
Prior to the pandemic, many low-and middle-income countries were on track to expand Universal Health Coverage. To what extent can LMICs still make real progress as their economies enter some of the most severe recessions in centuries?
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We Can Stop Preventable COVID Deaths by Urgently Prioritising Medical Oxygen and Essential Critical Care
Joseph Kazibwe et al.
February 09, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is a critical illness crisis, with more than two million deaths worldwide and hospitals overburdened with 67 percent of COVID-19 admissions requiring oxygen. With the emergence of new variants and the rise of second or third epidemic waves, there is unprecedented demand for oxy...
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Social Protection in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico During the Pandemic
Merike Blofield et al.
February 04, 2021
COVID-19 has hit Latin America hard on the health, economic, and social fronts. Week after week, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico are among the countries with the highest number of COVID cases, and Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru among those with the highest deaths per hundr...