Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health

Public health in Africa: Ensuring equal access and self-sufficiency

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Adelana Akindes takes part in a demonstration against racial injustice by the Coalition to March on the Democratic Convention outside the site of the DNC, which will be a largely virtual event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The pandemic showed why social and structural determinants of health matter. Now it’s time for policymakers to act.

Anthony Barr, Ariel Gelrud Shiro, and Andre M. Perry

Friday, February 18, 2022

A nurse prepares a dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Figure of the week: Vaccine inequity in Africa

Sakinatou Djantchiemo and Tamara White

Friday, February 4, 2022

A boy who was addicted to the internet, has his brain scanned for research purposes at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. Military-style boot camps, designed to wean young people off their addiction to the internet, number as many as 250 in China alone. Picture taken February 22, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 20 OF 33 FOR PACKAGE 'CURING CHINA'S INTERNET ADDICTS'TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'INTERNET BOOT CAMP'

Invest in brain health to combat America’s crisis of despair

Carol Graham and Fred Dews

Friday, January 28, 2022

Image of COVID-19 vaccine on top of $100 bills

When a universal coronavirus vaccine arrives, we should test payments for vaccine recipients

Robert E. Litan

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

A health worker holds an Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine vial in Kibera Slum.Despite the everyday challenges and effects of a change in climate and weather conditions, lack of proper health care systems, lack of jobs opportunities and employments including the poor housing and living conditions, residents of Kibera Slums struggle up and down to make all ends meet as they try to get back to normalcy despite the loses made in businesses a midst the corona Virus pandemic. Most residents have taken advantage of the free covid-19 vaccinations provided by the government around the surrounding villages inside the community. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Vaccine inequity: Ensuring Africa is not left out

Monday, January 24, 2022

Brookings Africa Growth Initiative Foresight Africa 2022

Foresight Africa 2022

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Foresight 2022, chapter 2

Public health: Ensuring equal access and self-sufficiency

Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Mexican Red Cross paramedics press on her arm after receiving a booster shot of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

4 positive stories about global development prospects in 2022

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Cover photo

Is ‘long Covid’ worsening the labor shortage?

Tuesday, January 11, 2022