Mitigating Hesitancy Key to COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness

Countries around the world are rapidly assessing and advancing their readiness for COVID-19 vaccines, but success ultimately hinges on whether individuals are willing to accept the vaccine.
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Beyond PPE: Protecting the Health Workforce during Crises

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, there has been much in the news about providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to individuals and acknowledgment of hospitals being at capacity, but far less discussion on other critical ways to support and further protect the health workforce.
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The Next Pandemic: Three Ways to Prepare

COVID-19 has overwhelmed health systems in countries like the United States, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. We must act now to mitigate the potentially catastrophic impacts on many developing countries where cases are swiftly increasing.
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To Squash Superbugs, Look to Behavior Change

The misuse of antimicrobials is driving the rise of drug resistant pathogens. How can social and behavior change techniques compel individuals to use these life-saving drugs responsibly?
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Ready. Set. Prepared: How the One Health Approach Strengthens National Epidemic Response

A unilateral sector approach is insufficient in the face of epidemics that don’t respect borders or species. USAID’s HRH2030 One Health activity facilitates multisectoral coordination and collaboration to increase local capacity to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to epidemic threats.
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Are We Better Prepared to Confront Ebola?

A new tool will help countries better prepare so that their health supply chains are ready during disease outbreaks and other emergencies.
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Pandemic Preparedness: African Solutions to Global Problems

How can African countries become more prepared for pandemics like Ebola? Clement Jaidzeka offers four locally driven strategies to protect Africans and the rest of the world.
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How Can We End Malaria? We May Already Have the Answer

On World Malaria Day, Mai-Anh Hoang calls for the international community to leverage the unrealized potential of an approach that could help roll back malaria.
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