More testing and better access to healthcare are critical to curbing the impact of the virus. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of universal health coverage.
In the last few years about 88% of doctors in Nigeria sought employment abroad.
The Covid-19 pandemic has painfully exposed the gaps in health systems and infrastructure.
Vaccine access in most of the Global South is still too low, while the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations keeps on rising.
Chile faces a paradoxical situation, between a successful vaccination campaign and an increase in cases that brought hospital occupancy to a critical level and strict quarantines. What happened?
How can Africa address its vaccine needs for this pandemic and other emerging and endemic diseases?
Southern Voice network members were invited to present proposals for the digital consultation called ‘We the Peoples’ that will feed into the “Our Common Agenda” by the UN Secretary-General.
As governments make room for private sector involvement in the vaccine purchase, disparities in access will only widen further. Issues of equity lie at the core of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
How can we use this opportunity to create more resilient healthcare systems and strengthen our approaches to pandemic response?
The aim is to cover up to 20% of the most vulnerable population by the targeted date of June 2021 and carry out coordinated and equitable deployments.
Southern Voice was invited to present its COVID-19 Digital Knowledge Hub to Global Affairs Canada staff at its headquarters [...]
