The World AIDS Day commemoration of 2020 took place in the midst of a global pandemic. It served as another reminder that people are not only susceptible to pathogens, but to the political, social and economic inequities that determine vulnerability…
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Why the WHO, often under fire, has a tough balance to strike in its efforts to address health emergencies
The Trump administration recently declared, in the midst of the coronavirus emergency, that it would suspend the United States’ financial support for the World Health Organization, a United Nations agency that coordinates a wide range of international health efforts. The…
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E-learning could train community health workers to help COVID-19 efforts
UK researchers say an emergency program to train thousands of community health workers could help vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Writing in a comment piece today in The Lancet, they suggest a large-scale program could train a workforce to…
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