COVID-19 (coronavirus)

Excess under-five mortality due to COVID-19 related economic downturn

Excess under-five mortality due to COVID-19 related economic downturn

Katelyn Jison Yoo, Joseph Millward, David Makram Bishai, Marcelo Cardona Cabrera, Alison Gemmill|
Health

Pandemic, prices, and poverty

The world’s poorest have faced two extraordinarily difficult years. The pandemic has caused unprecedented reversals in poverty reduction that are further exacerbated by rising inflation and the…

Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Nishant Yonzan, Ruth Hill, Christoph Lakner, Haoyu Wu, Nobuo Yoshida|
Poverty

A ticking clock: are our health systems prepared to address the impacts of climate change?

A ticking clock: are our health systems prepared to address the impacts of climate change?

Tamer Samah Rabie, Stephen Dorey|
Climate Change, Health

Learning from Burundi’s political pivot on COVID-19 vaccines

While there has been ongoing discourse about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among African citizens, this is in sharp contrast to the relative silence on hesitancy from a political standpoint.

Veronique Kabongo, Omer Zang|
Health

Better mental health in the time of COVID

A telephone based counseling intervention for rural women shows remarkable effects during COVID lockdowns

Markus Goldstein|