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2. Global leaders cannot treat COVID-19 vaccines as 'apartheid,' says former Liberian president

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World Health Organization -- Officials and employees -- Distribution agreements, Distribution agreements, Distribution, International aspects, Comparative analysis, Officials and employees, Supply and demand, Company distribution practices, Chairpersons -- Interviews, Apartheid -- Comparative analysis, COVID-19 vaccines -- Distribution -- Comparative analysis -- Supply and demand, Ex-presidents -- Interviews, Pharmaceutical industry -- Distribution agreements, Health care disparities -- International aspects
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An effort to get COVID-19 vaccines to the world's least wealthy countries is picking up speed. The UN-backed program known as COVAX announced its initial distribution plan on Wednesday for [...]

Published
2021

3. Huge Global Variance In Testing Availability

Author

Apuzzo, Matt and Gebrekidan, Selam

Subjects
Diagnosis, Statistics, International aspects, Diagnostic equipment (Medical) -- Statistics, Epidemics -- Statistics, COVID-19 -- Diagnosis -- Statistics, Health care disparities -- International aspects, Vaccines, Scientists, Genetic code
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Decisions and blunders made months ago have caused testing disparities worldwide. The science, it turns out, was the easy part. Scientists around the world were waiting at their computers in [...]

Published
2020

4. COVID vaccine allocation and a dramatic telescope collapse

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Puerto Rico -- Accidents, World Health Organization -- Distribution, Arecibo Observatory -- Accidents, Accidents, Distribution, Analysis, International aspects, Supply and demand, Destruction, Company distribution practices, Building failures -- Accidents, COVID-19 vaccines -- Distribution -- Supply and demand, Health care rationing -- Analysis, Radio telescopes -- Destruction, Health care disparities -- International aspects
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Author Affiliations: COVID vaccine allocation and a dramatic telescope collapse At 8 a.m. on 1 December, the Arecibo telescope's instrument platform crashed into the dish below, tearing more gashes into [...], The latest science news, in brief. The latest science news, in brief.

Published
2020
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5. The men's health gap: men must be included in the global health equity agenda

Author

Baker, Peter, Dworkin, Shari L., Tong, Sengfah, Banks, Ian, Shand, Tim, and Yamey, Gavin

Subjects
Social aspects, International aspects, Health aspects, Men's health -- Social aspects -- International aspects, Gender equality -- Health aspects -- International aspects, Health care disparities -- International aspects, Men -- Health aspects
Abstract

In most parts of the world, health outcomes among boys and men continue to be substantially worse than among girls and women, yet this gender-based disparity in health has received [...]

Published
2014
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