Organization Announcements

Editor’s Note:

Careful readers will note that the number and range of organizations now monitored in our Announcements section below has grown as the impacts of the pandemic have spread across global economies, supply chains and programmatic activity of multilateral agencies and INGOs.

Airfinity    [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.airfinity.com/insights

INSIGHTS & COMPANY NEWS

Airfinity downgrades its global COVID-19 vaccine revenue forecast to $64.1B

Published by Airfinity

Apr 10, 2022

   Airfinity has downgraded its global sales forecast for COVID-19 vaccines this year from $80.8bn to $64.1bn.

Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group    [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://alleninstitute.org/news-press/

News

No new digest content identified.

BMGF – Gates Foundation  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center

Press Releases and Statements

No new digest content identified.

Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute    [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.gatesmri.org/news

The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute is a non-profit biotech organization. Our mission is to develop products to fight malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrheal diseases—three major causes of mortality, poverty, and inequality in developing countries. The world has unprecedented scientific tools at its disposal; now is the time to use them to save the lives of the world’s poorest people

No new digest content identified.

CARB-X   [to 16 Apr 2022]

Home

News

No new digest content identified.

Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy – GE2P2 Global Foundation   [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.net/

News/Analysis/Statements

:: Past weekly editions and posting of all segments of Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review are available here.

:: Informed Consent: A Monthly Review – April 2022is now posted here

:: Statement on ICF [Informed Consent Form] Posting for Clinical Trials Involving Gene Editing/Gene Therapies – Invitation to Endorse

:: Patients, Politics, Pressure :: Pharma Stays Steady [Mostly] In Russia Sanctions Context

Observations at 30 March 2022     David R Curry

CEPI – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://cepi.net/

Latest News

No new digest content identified.

DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [U.S.] [to 16 Apr 2022

https://www.darpa.mil/news

News

No new digest content identified.

Duke Global Health Innovation Center  [to 16 Apr 2022]

Home

Our Blog

No new digest content identified.

EDCTP    [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.edctp.org/

The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) aims to accelerate the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines, microbicides and diagnostics against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as well as other poverty-related and neglected infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on phase II and III clinical trials

News

No new digest content identified.

Emory Vaccine Center    [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.vaccines.emory.edu/

Vaccine Center News

No new digest content identified.

European Vaccine Initiative  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.euvaccine.eu/

Latest News, Events

No new digest content identified.

Evidence Aid   [to 16 Apr 2022]

Evidence Aid aims to save lives and livelihoods in disasters by providing decision-makers with the best available evidence and by championing its use.

http://www.evidenceaid.org/

New Resources

No new digest content identified.

Fondation Merieux  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.fondation-merieux.org/

News, Events 

Mérieux Foundation & University of Geneva co-organized event

22nd Advanced Vaccinology Course (ADVAC)

May 9 – 20, 2022 – Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier-du-Lac (France)

Gavi [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.gavi.org/

News Releases

No new digest content identified.

GHIT Fund   [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.ghitfund.org/newsroom/press

Press Releases

No new digest content identified.

Global Fund  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/

News & Stories

No new digest content identified.

Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness [GloPID-R] [to 16 Apr 2022]

Latest News

News

No new digest content identified

Hilleman Laboratories   [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.hilleman-labs.org/

News & Insights

No new digest content identified

HHMI – Howard Hughes Medical Institute    [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.hhmi.org/news

Press Room                    

No new digest content identified.

Human Vaccines Project   [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.humanvaccinesproject.org/

News

No new digest content identified.

IAVI  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.iavi.org/

Latest News

No new digest content identified.

ICRC  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.icrc.org/en/whats-new

What’s New   [Selected]

Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination is a humanitarian imperative

   Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the United Nations Security Council, New York 11 April 2022. Delivered by Dr. Esperanza Martinez, Senior Advisor to the Office of the Director-General.

12-04-2022 | Statement

[See COVID above for detail]

International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities [ICMRA]

http://www.icmra.info/drupal/en/news

Selected Statements, Press Releases, Research

No new digest content identified.

IFFIm

http://www.iffim.org/

Press Releases/Announcements

No new digest content identified.

IFRC   [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/news/press-releases/

Press Releases [Selected]

14/04/2022

Tonga: Red Cross tackles triple disaster – COVID-19, volcanic fallout, tsunami

14/04/2022

IFRC to support more than 2 million people affected by the conflict in Ukraine with its largest ever

Institut Pasteur   [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.pasteur.fr/en/press-area

Press Documents

Press release   14.04.2022

Decoding a direct dialog between the gut microbiota and the brain

Gut microbiota by-products circulate in the bloodstream, regulating host physiological processes including immunity,…

Press release   13.04.2022

Colon cancer: how mutation of the APC gene disrupts lymphocyte migration

In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, a genetic disease predisposing to colon cancer, mutations of the APC…

Press release   12.04.2022

HIV: The Antibodies of “Post-treatment Controllers”

A very small percentage of people with HIV-1, known as “post-treatment controllers” (PTCs), are able to control their…

IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 16 Apr 2022]    

http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases

News – Selected

No new digest content identified.

ISC / International Science Council  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://council.science/current/

ISC is a non-governmental organization with a unique global membership that brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils.

News  Blogs  Podcasts Events

Blogs

A call to ISC Members: how to assist displaced Ukrainian scholars

11.04.2022

IVAC  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/ivac/index.html

Updates; Events

World Immunization Week 2022: Webinars

April 2022

   During World Immunization Week 2022 the International Vaccine Access Center, along with global immunization and indigenous health partners, will host a three webinars. Registration is free, and we encourage all to sign up and save these dates on their calendars. Enabling Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Indigenous Populations When: April 26, 2022 from 6:00 […]

IVI   [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.ivi.int/

IVI News & Announcements

No new digest content identified.

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security   [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/news/center-news/

Center News

No new digest content identified.

MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.msf.org/

Latest [Selected Announcements]

War in Ukraine

Finding our most useful role in our response in and around Ukraine

Project Update 11 Apr 2022

National Academy of Medicine – USA  [to 16 Apr 2022]

Programs

News

No new digest content identified.

National Academy of Sciences – USA  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/

News

No new digest content identified.

National Vaccine Program Office – U.S. HHS  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.hhs.gov/vaccines/about/index.html

Upcoming Meetings/Latest Updates                          

No new digest content identified.

NIH  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.nih.gov/

News Releases 

[Website not responding at inquiry]

OECD  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/publicationsdocuments/bydate/

Newsroom/Library

COVID-19 assistance to developing countries lifts foreign aid in 2021 – OECD

   Foreign aid from official donors rose to an all-time high of USD 179 billion in 2021, up 4.4% in real terms from 2020 as developed countries stepped up their help for developing countries grappling with the COVID-19 crisis, according to preliminary data collected by the OECD.

PATH  [to 16 Apr 2022]                                      

https://www.path.org/media-center/

Press Releases

No new digest content identified.

Sabin Vaccine Institute  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.sabin.org/updates/pressreleases

Statements and Press Releases

No new digest content identified.

UNAIDS [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.unaids.org/en

Selected Press Releases/Reports/Statements

14 April 2022

Life-saving logistics in Ukraine

UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/media-centre.htmlS

Selected News Releases, Announcements

UN Refugee Agency opposes UK plan to export asylum

14 Apr 2022

Spiraling costs, surging conflict, and soaring climate disasters create a desperate future for millions of refugees across Eastern Africa

WFP and UNHCR Joint News Release

13 Apr 2022

Statement on risks of trafficking and exploitation facing refugees from Ukraine attributed to UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection

The following statement is attributed to Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection

12 Apr 2022

UNICEF  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.unicef.org/media/press-releases

Press Releases, News Notes, Statements  [Selected]

Remarks

04/12/2022

“We must take the rapid action needed to accelerate vaccination.”

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/we-must-take-rapid-action-needed-accelerate-vaccination

[See COVID above for detail]

Unitaid  [to 16 Apr 2022]

Home

Featured News

13 April 2022

World Chagas Day: Unitaid remains committed to improving access to testing and treatment to reduce mother-to-child transmission of Chagas  

   … Unitaid’s efforts, underway in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Paraguay, seek to demonstrate new approaches to testing, treatment and care for Chagas disease that will generate valuable evidence to facilitate the adoption of feasible and cost-effective health strategies for combatting Chagas disease across the region and globally…

Vaccine Equity Cooperative [nee Initiative]   [to 16 Apr 2022]

News

News

No new digest content identified.

Vaccination Acceptance & Demand Initiative [Sabin)  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.vaccineacceptance.org/

Announcements, Blog

No new digest content identified.

Vaccine Confidence Project  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/

News, Research and Reports

No new digest content identified.

Vaccine Education Center – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center

News

No new digest content identified.

Wellcome Trust  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://wellcome.ac.uk/news

News. Opinion, Reports

No new digest content identified.

The Wistar Institute   [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.wistar.org/news/press-releases

Press Releases

No new digest content identified.

WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations  [to 16 Apr 2022]

HOME

Latest News – Blog

No new digest content identified.

World Bank [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/all

Selected News, Announcements

Green Fiscal Reforms can Protect Vulnerable Households and Boost COVID-19 Recovery Efforts in Europe

BRUSSELS, April 14, 2022 – Green fiscal reforms can help protect vulnerable households and support pandemic recovery efforts in European countries on the road to climate neutrality by 2050, says a new…

Date: April 14, 2022 Type: Press Release

Joint Statement: The Heads of the World Bank Group, IMF, WFP, and WTO Call for Urgent Coordinated Action on Food Security

 Proposed actions to help vulnerable countries include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries; facilitating unhindered trade; investing in sustainable…

Date: April 13, 2022 Type: Press Release

Joint Statement: The Heads of the World Bank Group, IMF, WFP, and WTO Call for Urgent Coordinated Action on Food Security

Proposed actions to help vulnerable countries include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries; facilitating unhindered trade; investing in sustainable…

Date: April 13, 2022 Type: Statement

World Customs Organization – WCO  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.wcoomd.org/

Latest News

No new digest content identified.

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)   [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.oie.int/en/media/news/

Press Releases, Statements

No new digest content identified.

WTO – World Trade Organisation [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm

WTO News and Events [Selected]

World Bank, IMF, WFP and WTO call for urgent coordinated action on food security

13 April 2022

The heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the WTO issued a joint statement on 13 April urging coordinated action to help vulnerable countries address growing threats to food security. The proposed actions include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries, facilitating unhindered trade, and investing in sustainable food production and nutrition security.

WHO, WIPO, WTO launch trilateral COVID-19 technical assistance platform

11 April 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO launched on 11 April 2022 their new Trilateral COVID-19 Technical Assistance Platform. This new tool aims to help members and WTO accession candidates address their capacity building needs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[See COVID above for detail]

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ARM [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine]  [to 16 Apr 2022]

Press Releases

Selected Press Releases

No new digest content identified.

BIO    [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.bio.org/press-releases

Press Releases, Letters, Testimony, Comments [Selected]

No new digest content identified.

DCVMN – Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network  [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.dcvmn.org/

News; Upcoming events

No new digest content identified.

ICBA – International Council of Biotechnology Associations   [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://internationalbiotech.org/news/

News

No new digest content identified.

IFPMA   [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.ifpma.org/resources/news-releases/

Selected Press Releases, Statements, Publications

COVID-19 vaccines and treatments output continues apace; as health systems and last mile hurdles remain

13 April 2022

[See COVID above for detail]

IFPMA statement at public hearings regarding a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response

13 April 2022

   The biopharmaceutical industry is committed to working with stakeholders to improve pandemic preparedness for the future and to ensure equitable access to medical countermeasures.

   Any system should be built on what worked well during the COVID-19 pandemic with robust IP frameworks enabling collaborations, as well as immediate sharing of pathogens.

   As the INB enters deeper discussions on a new instrument we believe these should be informed by a few core principles:

International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association [IGBA]

https://www.igbamedicines.org/

News

No new digest content identified.

International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations – IAPO  [to 16 Apr 2022]

https://www.iapo.org.uk/news/topic/6

Press and media [Selected]

No new digest content identified.

PhRMA    [to 16 Apr 2022]

http://www.phrma.org/

Latest News [Selected]

No new digest content identified.

Journal Watch
Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review continues its weekly scanning of key peer-reviewed journals to identify and cite articles, commentary and editorials, books reviews and other content supporting our focu-s on vaccine ethics and policy. Journal Watch is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicative of themes and issues the Center is actively tracking. We selectively provide full text of some editorial and comment articles that are specifically relevant to our work. Successful access to some of the links provided may require subscription or other access arrangement unique to the publisher.
If you would like to suggest other journal titles to include in this service, please contact David Curry at: david.r.curry@centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.org

AMA Journal of Ethics
Volume 24, Number 4: E249-341 Apr 2022
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/health-equity-us-latinx-communities

 

Health Equity in US Latinx Communities
Latinx communities in the US include over 60 million people with a plurality of political beliefs, cultural practices, and wealth. This diversity is also expressed in population health data: some health indicators suggest advantages of Latinx community membership while other data demonstrate inequitable disease burden and maldistribution of environmental and occupational risk. Legacies of colonial conquest of the Americas persist in discrimination and marginalization today and are embodied by members of our Latinx communities.

American Journal of Public Health
April 2022 112(52)
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/current

 

Supplement 2 2022 = Global Opioid Crisis

BMC Health Services Research
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmchealthservres/content

 

(Accessed 16 Apr 2022)
Studying SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy among health professionals in Tunisia
People’s lives were seriously affected by the emergence and the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Several vaccines were developed in record time to overcome this pandemic. However, putting an end to this public …
Authors: Nawel Zammit, Amani El Gueder, Aïcha Brahem, Imen Ayouni, Rim Ghammam, Sihem Ben Fredj, Chaima Sridi, Asma Chouchene, Houda Kalboussi, Olfa El Maalel, Souhaeil Chatti, Jihene Maatoug, Hassen Ghannem and Néjib Mrizak
Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:489
Content type: Research Published on: 12 April 2022

BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 16 Apr 2022)

 

Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the novel coronaviral disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Iran: an alarming concern for severity and mortality of the disease
The rapid worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections led to public health crises globally and the number of pediatric patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (CO…
Authors: Setareh Mamishi, Babak Pourakbari, Mehrzad Mehdizadeh, Amene Navaeian, Hamid Eshaghi, Bahareh Yaghmaei, Reihaneh Hosseinpour Sadeghi, Shiva Poormohammadi, Yasmine Mahmoudieh and Shima Mahmoudi
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:382
Content type: Research article Published on: 15 April 2022

BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 16 Apr 2022)

 

Determinants of measles vaccination dropout among 12 − 23 months aged children in pastoralist community of Afar, Ethiopia
Measles is a viral disease and a leading vaccine-preventable childhood killer. More than 95% of measles deaths occur in countries with low incomes and weak health infrastructures. In response to this, Ethiopia…
Authors: Chekole Hailu, Girmatsion Fisseha and Aregawi Gebreyesus
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:376
Content type: Research article Published on: 14 April 2022

BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 16 Apr 2022)

 

Barriers to and strategies to address COVID-19 testing hesitancy: a rapid scoping review
Testing is a foundational component of any COVID-19 management strategy; however, emerging evidence suggests that barriers and hesitancy to COVID-19 testing may affect uptake or participation and often these a…
Authors: Mark Embrett, S. Meaghan Sim, Hilary A. T. Caldwell, Leah Boulos, Ziwa Yu, Gina Agarwal, Rhiannon Cooper, Allyson J. Gallant AJ, Iwona A. Bielska, Jawad Chishtie, Kathryn Stone, Janet Curran and Andrea Tricco
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:750
Content type: Research Published on: 14 April 2022

BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 16 Apr 2022)

 

Considering social inequalities in health in large-scale testing for COVID-19 in Montréal: a qualitative case study
Evidence continues to demonstrate that certain marginalised populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. While many studies document the impacts of COVID-19 on social inequalities in health, none h…
Authors: Marie-Catherine Gagnon-Dufresne, Lara Gautier, Camille Beaujoin, Ashley Savard Lamothe, Rachel Mikanagu, Patrick Cloos, Valéry Ridde and Kate Zinszer
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:749
Content type: Research Published on: 14 April 2022

BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 16 Apr 2022)

 

Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccination efforts and dose allocation within Madagascar
While mass COVID-19 vaccination programs are underway in high-income countries, limited availability of doses has resulted in few vaccines administered in low and middle income countries (LMICs). The COVID-19 …
Authors: Fidisoa Rasambainarivo, Tanjona Ramiadantsoa, Antso Raherinandrasana, Santatra Randrianarisoa, Benjamin L. Rice, Michelle V. Evans, Benjamin Roche, Fidiniaina Mamy Randriatsarafara, Amy Wesolowski and Jessica C. Metcalf
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:724
Content type: Research Published on: 12 April 2022

BMC Research Notes
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcresnotes/content
(Accessed 16 Apr 2022)

 

A network of change: united action on research integrity
Authors: Thomas Rhys Evans, Madeleine Pownall, Elizabeth Collins, Emma L. Henderson, Jade S. Pickering, Aoife O’Mahony, Mirela Zaneva, Matt Jaquiery and Tsvetomira Dumbalska
Citation: BMC Research Notes 2022 15:141
Content type: Commentary Published on: 14 April 2022
Abstract
The last decade has seen renewed concern within the scientific community over the reproducibility and transparency of research findings. This paper outlines some of the various responsibilities of stakeholders in addressing the systemic issues that contribute to this concern. In particular, this paper asserts that a united, joined-up approach is needed, in which all stakeholders, including researchers, universities, funders, publishers, and governments, work together to set standards of research integrity and engender scientific progress and innovation. Using two developments as examples: the adoption of Registered Reports as a discrete initiative, and the use of open data as an ongoing norm change, we discuss the importance of collaboration across stakeholders.

Cell
Apr 14, 2022 Volume 185 Issue 8 p1261-1444
https://www.cell.com/cell/current

 

Conversations
Learning lessons from lipids to make COVID-19 vaccines
A game-changing intervention in the COVID-19 pandemic has been the rapid implementation of highly effective vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. The 2022 Canada Gairdner International Award recognizes Pieter Cullis, Katalin Karikó, and Drew Weissman “for their pioneering work developing nucleoside-modified mRNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) drug delivery: the foundational technologies for the highly effective COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.” Cell editor Cheri Sirois caught up with Pieter to discuss how a long interest in basic and applied questions in lipid biology led to this fortuitous collaboration. Excerpts of the conversation are presented below.

Cell
Apr 14, 2022 Volume 185 Issue 8 p1261-1444
https://www.cell.com/cell/current

 

Voices
The voices of Ukrainian and Russian scientists
Rostyslav Stoika, Nikita Gudimchuk, Halyna R. Shcherbata, Andrey Zaraisky, Oleksandr Shcheglovitov,
Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, Viktor Korolchuk
The brutal attack on Ukraine by the Russian Federation has shocked the world. While the world works to end the violence and help refugees, as a scientific journal, our thoughts are also with those in the scientific community who are directly or indirectly impacted by the war. We have been inspired by and applaud the labs around the world that have opened their doors to displaced scientists and remain committed to supporting scientists, whoever and wherever they are. Because science requires collaboration and trust, we urge the scientific community to continue efforts like this and to remain united, especially in times as difficult as these. In this Voices piece, we feature short comments from scientists from Ukraine and scientists from Russia. This small sampling is far from exhaustive, but our sincere thanks go to those scientists who were willing to share their thoughts on this volatile and emotionally charged situation; the views expressed are those of the contributors alone. We join the world in hoping for a swift resolution to the conflict, for the good of humanity.

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 111, Issue 4 Pages: 705-971 April 2022
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15326535/current

 

Therapeutic Innovations in Neuroscience
The theme of this issue of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (CPT) encompasses neuroscience in the broad sense to include neurology and psychiatry, nonclinical and clinical aspects, novel clinical trial methodologies, and modeling and simulation approaches applicable to central nervous system (CNS) drug development and therapy. While naturally the last two years have been dominated by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is important not to forget that drug development for other indications has not been stopped, albeit many trials were affected in terms of delays in recruitment and collection of clinical data.

Globalization and Health
http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/
[Accessed 16 Apr 2022]

 

What is the impact of intellectual property rules on access to medicines? A systematic review
It is widely accepted that intellectual property legal requirements such as patents and data exclusivity can affect access to medicines, but to date there has not been a comprehensive review of the empirical e…
Authors: Brigitte Tenni, Hazel V. J. Moir, Belinda Townsend, Burcu Kilic, Anne-Maree Farrell, Tessa Keegel and Deborah Gleeson
Citation: Globalization and Health 2022 18:40
Content type: Review Published on: 15 April 2022

JAMA Network
COVID-19 Update April 16, 2022

 

These articles on COVID-19 were published across the JAMA Network in the last week.

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
April 2022 – Volume 76 – 4
https://jech.bmj.com/content/76/4

 

Commentary
Assessment of the proposed intellectual property waiver as a mechanism to address the COVID-19 vaccine scarcity problem (9 February, 2022)
Julia Barnes-Weise, Ana Santos Rutschman, Reid Adler

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 1 Pages: 1-72 March 2022
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17565391/current

 

ARTICLES
An overview of methodological approaches in systematic reviews
Prabhakar Veginadu, Hanny Calache, Mark Gussy, Akshaya Pandian, Mohd Masood
Pages: 39-54
First Published: 13 April 2022

Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 225, Issue 4, 15 February 2022
https://academic.oup.com/jid/issue/225/4

 

REVIEW
Waning Immunity After Receipt of Pertussis, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Polio-Related Vaccines: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisGet access
Huizhi Gao, Eric H Y Lau, Benjamin J Cowling
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 225, Issue 4, 15 February 2022, Pages 557–566, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab480
Our results supported the notion that secondary vaccine failure may be the reason for reemergence of pertussis and diphtheria. Tetanus and polio vaccines provided more sustained protection.

Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 225, Issue 4, 15 February 2022
https://academic.oup.com/jid/issue/225/4

 

MAJOR ARTICLES AND BRIEF REPORTS
COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Global HIV Cohort
Evelynne S Fulda, Kathleen V Fitch, Edgar T Overton, Markella V Zanni, Judith A Aberg …
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 225, Issue 4, 15 February 2022, Pages 603–607, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab575

The Lancet
Apr 16, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10334 p1441-1572, e37
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

 

Comment
Understanding of COVID-19 from infection–fatality ratio
Xiaoying Gu, Bin Cao

The Lancet
Apr 16, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10334 p1441-1572, e37
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

 

Understanding of COVID-19 from infection–fatality ratio
Xiaoying Gu, Bin Cao

The Lancet
Apr 16, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10334 p1441-1572, e37
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

 

Articles
Variation in the COVID-19 infection–fatality ratio by age, time, and geography during the pre-vaccine era: a systematic analysis
COVID-19 Forecasting Team
Open Access

The Lancet
Apr 16, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10334 p1441-1572, e37
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

 

Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: an exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021
COVID-19 National Preparedness Collaborators
Open Access

The Lancet
Apr 16, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10334 p1441-1572, e37
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

 

Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
COVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators
Open Access

Nature
Volume 604 Issue 7905, 14 April 2022
https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/604/issues/7905

 

Analysis | 06 April 2022 | Open Access
A joint NCBI and EMBL-EBI transcript set for clinical genomics and research
Matched Annotation from NCBI and EMBL-EBI (MANE) delivers joint transcript sets from Ensembl/GENCODE and RefSeq for standardizing variant reporting in clinical genomics and research.
Joannella Morales, Shashikant Pujar, Terence D. Murphy

Nature Biotechnology
Volume 40 Issue 4, April 2022
https://www.nature.com/nbt/volumes/40/issues/4

 

Editorial | 04 April 2022
Licensing for profit and for good
The Broad Institute’s enlightened licensing approach to CRISPR–Cas9 intellectual property stands out in the otherwise regrettable spat for patent rights over the foundational technology.

Nature Genetics
Volume 54 Issue 4, April 2022
https://www.nature.com/ng/volumes/54/issues/4

 

Article | 11 April 2022
Expanded COVID-19 phenotype definitions reveal distinct patterns of genetic association and protective effects
GWASs based on self-reported phenotypes in 736,723 individuals show distinct associations between risk loci and eight COVID-19 outcomes, suggesting differences in genetic susceptibility to infection upon exposure and severe and symptomatic disease.
Genevieve H. L. Roberts, Raghavendran Partha, Kristin A. Rand

Nature Genetics
Volume 54 Issue 4, April 2022
https://www.nature.com/ng/volumes/54/issues/4

 

Analysis | 28 March 2022 | Open Access
Global landscape of SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance and data sharing
Analyses on the global diversity of SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance across 118 countries and the extent of public availability of genomic data provide evidence to better inform SARS-CoV-2 surveillance policy.
Zhiyuan Chen, Andrew S. Azman, Hongjie Yu

New England Journal of Medicine
April 14, 2022 Vol. 386 No. 15
https://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

 

Perspective
From Resentment to Reconnection — Reflections on Caring for the Unvaccinated A.C. Garfinkel

PLoS Biology
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/
(Accessed 16 Apr 2022)

 

Biosecurity in an age of open science
James Andrew Smith, Jonas B. Sandbrink
Essay | published 14 Apr 2022 PLOS Biology
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001600
Abstract
The risk of accidental or deliberate misuse of biological research is increasing as biotechnology advances. As open science becomes widespread, we must consider its impact on those risks and develop solutions that ensure security while facilitating scientific progress. Here, we examine the interaction between open science practices and biosecurity and biosafety to identify risks and opportunities for risk mitigation. Increasing the availability of computational tools, datasets, and protocols could increase risks from research with misuse potential. For instance, in the context of viral engineering, open code, data, and materials may increase the risk of release of enhanced pathogens. For this dangerous subset of research, both open science and biosecurity goals may be achieved by using access-controlled repositories or application programming interfaces. While preprints accelerate dissemination of findings, their increased use could challenge strategies for risk mitigation at the publication stage. This highlights the importance of oversight earlier in the research lifecycle. Preregistration of research, a practice promoted by the open science community, provides an opportunity for achieving biosecurity risk assessment at the conception of research. Open science and biosecurity experts have an important role to play in enabling responsible research with maximal societal benefit.

PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 16 Apr 2022]

 

Research Article
A scholarly network of AI research with an information science focus: Global North and Global South perspectives
Kai-Yu Tang, Chun-Hua Hsiao, Gwo-Jen Hwang
Research Article | published 15 Apr 2022 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266565

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

 

Selected Articles
Realistic evaluation mechanisms in primary health care interventions in rural and marginal urban populations
Review | Spanish |
13 Apr 2022

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

 

Selected Articles
Realistic evaluation mechanisms in primary health care interventions in rural and marginal urban populations
Review | Spanish |
13 Apr 2022

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

 

Geospatial models for SARS-CoV-2 outbreak control in Cartagena and Barranquilla, Colombia, 2020
Original research | Spanish |
13 Apr 2022

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

 

Scientific publication speed and retractions of COVID-19 pandemic original articles
Original research | English |
13 Apr 2022

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en

 

Management and impact of interventions to reduce COVID-19 cases in Costa Rica
Original research | Spanish |
13 Apr 2022

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
https://www.dovepress.com/risk-management-and-healthcare-policy-archive56
[Accessed 16 Apr 2022]

 

Original Research
Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among High-Risk Occupations in a Port City of China and Multifaceted Strategies for Increasing Vaccination Coverage: A Cross-Sectional Study
Sun Y, Li B, Li N, Li B, Chen P, Hao F, Sun C
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy ²⁰²², 15:643-655
Published Date: 14 April 2022

Science
Volume 376| Issue 6590| 15 Apr 2022
https://www.science.org/toc/science/current

 

Policy Forum
Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society
BY Anna C. F. Lewis, et al.
14 Apr 2022: 250-252
We must embrace a multidimensional, continuous view of ancestry and move away from continental ancestry categories

Science Translational Medicine
Volume 14| Issue 640| 13 Apr 2022
https://www.science.org/toc/stm/current

 

Reviews
Point-of-care diagnostic tests for tuberculosis disease
BY Jia Mei Hong, et al.
06 Apr 2022
Advances in biomarkers and microfluidics technology facilitate the development of TB disease diagnostic point-of-care tests.

Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 13 Pages 1913-2122 (18 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/13

 

Review article Open access
Epidemiology and economic burden of meningococcal disease in Germany: A systematic review
S. Gruhn, J. Witte, W. Greiner, O. Damm, … M. Knuf
Pages 1932-1947

Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 13 Pages 1913-2122 (18 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/13

 

Research article Open access
Long-term effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccines among adult women: A real-world scenario
Ga Young Lee, Perapong Inthasorn, Piyawat Laowahutanont, Saranath Lawpoolsri, … Punnee Pitisuttithum
Pages 1968-1976

Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 13 Pages 1913-2122 (18 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/13

 

Research article Full text access
Promoting immunization equity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Case studies, lessons learned, and their implication for COVID-19 vaccine equity
Isabella L. Chan, Robin Mowson, Juan Pedro Alonso, Javier Roberti, … Martha Velandia-González

Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 13 Pages 1913-2122 (18 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/13

 

Research article Open access
Impact of the Sinopharm’s BBIBP-CorV vaccine in preventing hospital admissions and death in infected vaccinees: Results from a retrospective study in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Farida Ismail AlHosani, Anderson Eduardo Stanciole, Bashir Aden, Andrey Timoshkin, … Farah Mustafa

Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 13 Pages 1913-2122 (18 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/13

 

Research article Open access
Unmet need for COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Kenya
Samuel K. Muchiri, Rose Muthee, Hellen Kiarie, Joseph Sitienei, … Victor A. Alegana
Pages 2011-2019

Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 13 Pages 1913-2122 (18 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/13

 

Research article Full text access
The correlates and dynamics of COVID-19 vaccine-specific hesitancy
Eric Merkley, Peter John Loewen
Pages 2020-2027

Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 13 Pages 1913-2122 (18 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/13

 

Research article Full text access
Public perceptions and the willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19: Lessons from Israel
Oren Heller, Yung Chun, Yaniv Shlomo, Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, … Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 13 Pages 1913-2122 (18 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/13

 

Research article Open access
Conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 in Nigeria: Implications for vaccine demand generation communications
Chizoba Wonodi, Chisom Obi-Jeff, Funmilayo Adewumi, Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke, … Ruth Faden

Pre-Print Servers

 

Gates Open Research
https://gatesopenresearch.org/browse/articles

Open Letter metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
Women’s groups and COVID-19: An evidence review on savings groups in Africa [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Olayinka Adegbite, Leigh Anderson, Sybil Chidiac, Osasuyi Dirisu, Jenna Grzeslo, Julia Hakspiel, Chinmaya Holla, Emily Janoch, Krishna Jafa, Shubha Jayaram, Grace Majara, Tabitha Mulyampiti, Eve Namisango, Eva Noble, Bukola Onyishi, David Panetta, Garima Siwach, Munshi Sulaiman, Rebecca Walcott, Sapna Desai, Thomas de Hoop
Peer Reviewers Invited
Funder
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PUBLISHED 12 Apr 2022

 

medRxiv
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/about-medrxiv
medRxiv is a free online archive and distribution server for complete but unpublished manuscripts (preprints) in the medical, clinical, and related health sciences. Preprints are preliminary reports of work that have not been certified by peer review. They should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior and should not be reported in news media as established information. medRxiv is for the distribution of preprints – complete but unpublished manuscripts – that describe human health research conducted, analyzed, and interpreted according to scientific principles…

COVID-19 vaccine coverage among immigrants and refugees in Alberta: a population-based cross-sectional study
Shannon E MacDonald, Yuba Raj Paudel, Crystal Du
medRxiv 2022.04.11.22273644; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.11.22273644

Can We Really Trust the Findings of the COVID-19 Research? Quality Assessment of Randomized Controlled Trials Published on COVID-19
Athira S Joshy, Christy Thomas, Saphal Surendran, Krishna Undela
medRxiv 2022.04.15.22273881; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.15.22273881

Mondo: Unifying diseases for the world, by the world
Nicole A Vasilevsky, Nicolas A Matentzoglu, Sabrina Toro, Joe E Flack, Harshad Hegde, Deepak R Unni, Gioconda Alyea, Joanna S Amberger, Larry Babb, James P Balhoff, Taylor I Bingaman, Gully A Burns, Tiffany J Callahan, Leigh C Carmody, Lauren E Chan, George S Chang, Michel Dumontier, Laura E Failla, May J Flowers, H A Garrett Jr., Dylan Gration, Tudor Groza, Marc Hanauer, Nomi L Harris, Ingo Helbig, Jason A Hilton, Daniel S Himmelstein, Charles T Hoyt, Megan S Kane, Sebastian Kohler, David Lagorce, Martin Larralde, Antonia Lock, Irene Lopez Santiago, Donna R Maglott, Adriana J Malheiro, Birgit HM Meldal, Julie A McMurry, Moni Munoz-Torres, Tristan H Nelson, David Ochoa, Tudor I Oprea, David Osumi-Sutherland, Helen Parkinson, Zoe M Pendlington, Ana Rath, Heidi L Rehm, Lyubov Remennik, Erin R Riggs, Paola Roncaglia, Justyne E Ross, Marion F Shadbolt, Kent A Shefchek, Morgan N Similuk, Nicholas Sioutos, Rachel Sparks, Ray Stefancsik, Ralf Stephan, Doron Stupp, Jagadish Chandrabose Sundaramurthi, Imke Tammen, Courtney L Thaxton, Eloise Valasek, Alex H Wagner, Danielle Welter, Patricia L Whetzel, Lori L Whiteman, Valerie Wood, Colleen H Xu, Andreas Zankl, Xingmin A Zhang, Christopher G Chute, Peter N Robinson, Christopher J Mungall, Ada Hamosh, Melissa A Haendel
medRxiv 2022.04.13.22273750; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.13.22273750
There are thousands of distinct disease entities and concepts, each of which are known by different and sometimes contradictory names. The lack of a unified system for managing these entities poses a major challenge for both machines and humans that need to harmonize information to better predict causes and treatments for disease. The Mondo Disease Ontology is an open, community-driven ontology that integrates key medical and biomedical terminologies, supporting disease data integration to improve diagnosis, treatment, and translational research. Mondo records the sources of all data and is continually updated, making it suitable for research and clinical applications that require up-to-date disease knowledge.

Triangulating evidence in health sciences with Annotated Semantic Queries
Yi Liu, Tom R Gaunt
medRxiv 2022.04.12.22273803; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.12.22273803

Profile of Brazilian inpatients with COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection and risk factors for unfavorable outcome
Matheus Alexandre Santos de Jesus, Natália Satchiko Hojo-Souza, Thiago Rocha de Moraes, Daniel Ludovico Guidoni, Fernanda Sumika Hojo Souza
medRxiv 2022.04.12.22273589; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.12.22273589

Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against hospitalization and death in Canada: A multiprovincial test-negative design study
Sharifa Nasreen, Yossi Febriani, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Geng Zhang, Mina Tadrous, Sarah A. Buchan, Christiaan H. Righolt, Salaheddin M. Mahmud, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Mel Krajden, Gaston De Serres, Jeffrey C. Kwong
medRxiv 2022.04.13.22273825; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.13.22273825

Health Economic Burden of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia
Khalidah A. Alenzi, Hamdan S. Al-malky, Ali F. Altebainawi, Hamidah Q. Abushomi, Fahad O. Alatawi, Moosa H. Atwadi, Moosa A. Khobrani, Dlal A. Almazrou, Nariman Alrubeh, Zainab A. Alsoliabi, Abdulaziz M. Kardam, Shakr A. Alghamdi, Abdulrahman Alasiri, Thamir M. Alshammari
medRxiv 2022.04.08.22273439; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.08.22273439

Effectiveness of the BNT162b vaccine fourth dose in reducing SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers in Israel, a multi-center cohort study
Matan J Cohen, Yonatan Oster, Allon E Moses, Avishay Spitzer, Shmuel Benenson, the Israeli-hospitals 4th vaccine Working Group
medRxiv 2022.04.11.22273327; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.11.22273327

The relation between COVID-19 vaccinations and public governance to improve preparedness of next pandemic impacts and crisis management: a global study
Mario Coccia, Igor Benati
medRxiv 2022.04.10.22273663; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.10.22273663
Abstract
The goal of this study is to analyze the relationship between COVID-19 vaccinations and public governance performing a global analysis of more than 110 countries worldwide. Methodology applies the Independent Samples T-Test that compares the means of two independent groups (countries with high/low level of vaccinations) to determine whether there is statistical evidence that the associated population means of indicators of public governance are significantly different. Findings suggest that high levels of governance can support a better function of health systems in the rollout of vaccinations to cope with COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This study may assist long-run policy of governments to improve good governance and health systems of countries in order to reinforce the preparedness to face next pandemic threats and in general future crisis management in society.

Economic vulnerability and poor service delivery made it more difficult for shack-dwellers to comply with COVID-19 restrictions: The impracticability and inequitable burden of universal/unstratified public health policies
GTH Ellison, RB Mattes, H Rhoma, T De Wet
medRxiv 2022.04.07.22273499; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.07.22273499

COVID-19 vaccine for people who live and work in prisons worldwide: A scoping review
Nasrul Ismail, Lara Tavoschi, Babak Moazen, Alicia Roselló, Emma Plugge
medRxiv 2022.04.07.22273414; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.07.22273414

Novel Privacy Considerations for Large Scale Proteomics
Andrew C. Hill, Elizabeth M. Litkowski, Ani Manichaikul, Leslie Lange, Katherine A. Pratte, Katerina J. Kechris, Matthew DeCamp, Marilyn Coors, Victor E. Ortega, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, Robert E. Gerzsten, Clary B. Clish, Jeffery Curtis, Xiaowei Hu, Debby Ngo, Wanda K O’Neal, Deborah Meyers, Eugene Bleecker, Brian D. Hobbs, Michael H. Cho, Farnoush Banaeikashani, Russell P. Bowler
medRxiv 2022.04.06.22269907; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.06.22269907

COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake
Alexander Karaivanov, Dongwoo Kim, Shih En Lu, Hitoshi Shigeoka
medRxiv 2021.10.21.21265355; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.21.21265355 Revision

Acceptance of and preference for COVID-19 vaccination in healthcare workers: a comparative analysis and discrete choice experiment
Chuanxi Fu, Zheng wei, Fengchang Zhu, Sen Pei, Shunping Li, Liuren Zhang, Xiaohui Sun, Yue Wu, Ping Liu, Mark Jit
medRxiv 2020.04.09.20060103; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.09.20060103 Revision

SARS-CoV-2 reinfections with BA.1 (Omicron) variant among fully vaccinated individuals in the northeast of Brazil
Francisco P. F. Neto, Diego G. Teixeira, Dayse C. S. da Cunha, Ingryd C. Morais, Celisa P. M. Tavares, Genilson P. Gurgel, Sanderson D. do Nascimento, David C. dos Santos, Alexandre de O. Sales, Selma M.B. Jerônimo
medRxiv 2022.04.08.22272726; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.08.22272726

Wellcome Open Research [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/browse/articles
[Accessed 16 Apr 2022]

Wellcome Open Research provides all Wellcome researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing. All articles benefit from rapid publication, transparent peer review and editorial guidance on making all source data openly available.

Data Note metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
An open dataset of Plasmodium vivax genome variation in 1,895 worldwide samples [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
MalariaGEN, Ishag Adam, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Sisay Alemu, Chanaki Amaratunga, Roberto Amato, Voahangy Andrianaranjaka, Nicholas M Anstey, Abraham Aseffa, Elizabeth Ashley, Ashenafi Assefa, Sarah Auburn, Bridget E Barber, Alyssa Barry, Dhelio Batista Pereira, Jun Cao, Nguyen Hoang Chau, Kesinee Chotivanich, Cindy Chu, Arjen M. Dondorp, Eleanor Drury, Diego F. Echeverry, Berhanu Erko, Fe Espino, Rick Fairhurst, Abdul Faiz, María Fernanda Villegas, Qi Gao, Lemu Golassa, Sonia Goncalves, Matthew J Grigg, Yaghoob Hamedi, Tran Tinh Hien, Ye Htut, Kimberly J Johnson, Nadira Karunaweera, Wasif Khan, Srivicha Krudsood, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Marcus Lacerda, Benedikt Ley, Pharath Lim, Yaobao Liu, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Chanthap Lon, Tatiana Lopera-Mesa, Jutta Marfurt, Pascal Michon, Olivo Miotto, Rezika Mohammed, Ivo Mueller, Chayadol Namaik-larp, Paul N Newton, Thuy-Nhien Nguyen, Francois Nosten, Rintis Noviyanti, Zuleima Pava, Richard D Pearson, Beyene Petros, Aung P Phyo, Ric N Price, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Awab Ghulam Rahim, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Julian C Rayner, Angela Rumaseb, Sasha V Siegel, Victoria J Simpson, Kamala Thriemer, Alberto Tobon-Castano, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, Ivan D Vélez, Sonam Wangchuk, Thomas E Wellems, Nicholas J White, Timothy William, Maria F Yasnot, Daniel Yilma
Peer Reviewers Invited
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Medical Research Council UK and the Department for International Development (DFID)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PUBLISHED 14 Apr 2022

Research Article metrics
Revised
Stage 2 Registered Report: How responsibility attributions to self and others relate to outcome ownership in group decisions [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Matt Jaquiery, Marwa El Zein
Peer Reviewers John A. Dewey; Nura Sidarus
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Medical Research Council
University of Oxford
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 11 Apr 2022

Research Article metrics
Revised
A survey to gather perspectives of DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance-funded researchers on public engagement with science [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Sarah Iqbal, Banya Kar
Peer Reviewers Marina Joubert; Mary Chambers and Han Dong Thai Tran
Funder
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 08 Apr 2022

Think Tanks
 
 
Brookings
http://www.brookings.edu/
Accessed 16 Apr 2022
[No new digest content identified]
 
 
Center for Global Development [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.cgdev.org/
Research [Selected]
POLICY PAPERS
Beyond India’s Lockdown: PMGKY Benefits During the COVID-19 Crisis and the State of Digital Payments
Alan Gelb et al.
April 11, 2022
India imposed a lock-down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and began a gradual re-opening in June. A telephonic survey in April examined the early effectiveness of information and the massive PMGKY social protection program (Policy Paper 217). This paper analyzes a second-round sur…
 
 
Chatham House [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.chathamhouse.org/
Accessed 16 Apr 2022
[No new digest content identified]

 
 
CSIS
https://www.csis.org/
Accessed 16 Apr 2022
Upcoming Event
Equity in Immunization Services to Ensure “A Long Life for All”
April 28, 2022

Upcoming Event
Innovation and IP’s Role in Combatting the Covid-19 Pandemic
April 27, 2022

Upcoming Event
AMR as a Global Security Threat: Destabilizing Food Systems and Healthy Communities
April 25, 2022

Commentary
Removing Patent Rights to Lower Drug Costs Is a Dangerous Precedent
April 14, 2022 | By Walter G. Copan

 

Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/search/?post_type=press-release
Accessed 16 Apr 2022
Accessed 16 Apr 2022
[No new digest content identified]
 
 
ODI [Overseas Development Institute] [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://odi.org/en/publications/
Publications
Accessed 16 Apr 2022
[No new digest content identified]
 
 
Rand [to 16 Apr 2022]
https://www.rand.org/pubs.html
Reports, Selected Journal Articles
Report
How Extremism Operates Online: A Primer
In this Perspective, the second in a RAND Corporation series on online extremist material, the authors explore how the internet affects extremist activities and how exposure to or consumption of such content influences the behavior of internet users.
Apr 12, 2022
Alexandra T. Evans, Heather J. Williams