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POLIO Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC); WHO/OCHA Emergencies

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Emergencies

POLIO
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)

Polio this week as of 26 May 2021
:: Come and join the virtual launch of the Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026, at an online event on Thursday 10 June 2021 (at 2pm, Central European Summer Time).  More information, including registration details, are available here, where you will find the ‘Save the Date’.
:: Understanding gender-related barriers to immunization is essential to achieve polio eradication. But what is gender? What is the difference between gender and sex? How do sex and gender influence health, including immunization? This newly released Q&A examines the links between gender and health, highlighting WHO’s ongoing work to address gender-related barriers to healthcare, advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity, and achieve health for all.

Summary of new WPV and cVDPV viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives):
:: Pakistan: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
:: Burkina Faso: one cVDPV2 case
:: Congo: one cVDPV2 case
:: DR Congo: five cVDPV2 cases
:: Guinea: one cVDPV2 case
:: Liberia: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
:: Madagascar: three cVDPV1 cases and one cVDPV1 positive environmental sample
:: Mali: one cVDPV2 case
:: Tajikistan: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples

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WHO/OCHA Emergencies

Editor’s Note:
Continuing with this edition, we include information about the last apparent update evident on the WHO emergency country webpages, recognizing almost universal and significant interims since last update regardless of the level of the emergency listed.

WHO Grade 3 Emergencies [to 29 May 2021]

Democratic Republic of the Congo – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 3 May 2021]
Mozambique floods – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 3 November 2020]
Nigeria – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 29 Jun 2020]
Somalia – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 13 July 2020]
South Sudan – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 4 February 2020]
Syrian Arab Republic – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 24 October 2020]
Yemen – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 30 June 2020]

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WHO Grade 2 Emergencies [to 29 May 2021]
Afghanistan – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 5 July 2020]
Angola – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 16 March 2021]
Burundi – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 04 July 2019]
Burkina Faso – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 21 mai 2021]
Cameroon – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 22 August 2019]
Central African Republic – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 12 June 2018]
Ethiopia – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 22 August 2019]
Iran floods 2019 – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 2 March 2020]
Iraq – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 12 May 2021
Libya – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 7 October 2019]
Malawi – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 22 April 2021
Measles in Europe – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 26-04-2021]
MERS-CoV – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 8 July 2019]
Mozambique – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 03 November 2020]
Myanmar – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 29 March 2021]
Niger – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 16 avril 2021]
occupied Palestinian territory – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 4 September 2019]
HIV in Pakistan – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 27 August 2019]
Sao Tome and Principe Necrotizing Cellulitis (2017) – No new digest announcements
Sudan – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 24 June 2020]
Ukraine – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 1 May 2019]
Zimbabwe – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 10 May 2019]

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WHO Grade 1 Emergencies [to 29 May 2021]

Kenya
:: Urgent immunization response launched to tackle polio outbreak in 13 counties
21 May 2021

Chad – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 30 June 2018]
Djibouti – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 25 novembre 2020]
Mali – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 3 May 2017]
Namibia – viral hepatitis – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 20 July 2018]
Tanzania – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 21 October 2019]

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UN OCHA – Current Emergencies
Current Corporate Emergencies
Ethiopia
Ethiopia – Tigray Region Humanitarian Update Situation Report, 20 May 2021
HIGHLIGHTS
:: Humanitarian needs continue to be grave, exceeding to current capacities.
:: While some areas were accessible, others remain hard to reach due to movement restrictions and ongoing conflict.
:: An alarming number of cases of acute malnutrition among children has been reported.
:: Only about 2 per cent of the targeted 720,000 school children have access to learning opportunities.
:: About US$200 million is needed to respond to humanitarian needs until the end of July.

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WHO & Regional Offices [to 29 May 2021]

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WHO & Regional Offices [to 29 May 2021]
https://www.who.int/
29 May 2021
News release
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 29 May 2021

28 May 2021
Statement
Statement by the Malaria Policy Advisory Group on the urgent need to address the high prevalence of pfhrp2/3 gene deletions in the Horn of Africa and beyond

28 May 2021
Departmental news
World Health Assembly adopts new resolution on malaria

28 May 2021
News release
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 28 May 2021

28 May 2021
News release
WHO supports people quitting tobacco to reduce their risk of severe COVID-19

28 May 2021
Departmental news
Public notice and comment on new Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) members

27 May 2021
Statement
The President of the Republic of Costa Rica and the Director-General of the World Health Organization call once again on all WHO Member States to actively support the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP)

27 May 2021
News release
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 27 May 2021

27 May 2021
Statement
COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021

27 May 2021
Departmental news
World Health Assembly adopts decision to recognize 30 January as World NTD Day

26 May 2021
Departmental news
Kangaroo mother care started immediately after birth critical for saving lives, new research shows

26 May 2021
Statement
COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) reviews cases of mild myocarditis reported with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

25 May 2021
Statement
IOAC statement at the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly, 25 May 2021

24 May 2021
Departmental news
World No Tobacco Day 2021 awards – the winners

24 May 2021
News release
WHO and Switzerland launch global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis

 

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Weekly Epidemiological Record, Vol. 96, No. 21, pp. 173–196 28 May 2021
:: Dracunculiasis eradication: global surveillance summary, 2020194
:: Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-March 2021196
:: Elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis as public health problem)

 

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WHO Regional Offices
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
WHO African Region AFRO
:: Inside Africa’s drive to boost medicines and vaccine manufacturing 27 May 2021
With COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa slowing down, the continent is working to boost its own manufacturing capacities for vaccines, medicines and vital health technologies.

WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
No new digest content identified

WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
:: 23 May 2021 News release
As COVID-19 cases surge, WHO provides over 340 MT of essential supplies to countries in South-East Asia Region

WHO European Region EURO
:: WHO recognizes decades of service of Ukrainian researchers in radiation medicine 28-05-2021
:: The Beautiful Game: keeping spectators, players and communities safe 28-05-2021
:: World No Tobacco Day 2021: awards for tobacco control in the WHO European Region 26-05-2021
:: Using big data to inform health care: opportunities, challenges and considerations 26-05-2021
:: WHO/Europe launches a new Russian-language podcast on the hottest health topics 25-05-2021

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: Many countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region lagging behind in vaccination efforts
Cairo, 26 May 2021 – Almost 6 months into 2021, the Eastern Mediterranean Region is still far from vaccinating 20% of each country’s population, the initial goal that WHO had set for 2021. Only 2 out of 22 countries in the Region have administered at least 1 dose of vaccine to over 50% of their populations. Most of the other countries have…

WHO Western Pacific Region
No new digest content identified

MMWR News Synopsis Friday, May 28, 2021

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MMWR News Synopsis Friday, May 28, 2021
:: HIV Viral Load Monitoring Among Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy — Eight Sub-Saharan Africa Countries, 2013–2018
:: Mask Use and Ventilation Improvements To Reduce COVID-19 Incidence in Elementary Schools — Georgia, November 16–December 11, 2020 (Early Release May 21, 2021)
:: COVID-19 Testing To Sustain In-Person Instruction and Extracurricular Activities in High Schools — Utah, November 2020–March 2021 (Early Release May 21, 2021)

China CDC

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China CDC
http://www.chinacdc.cn/en/
CCDC Weekly – Weekly Reports: Current Volume (3)
2021-05-28 / No. 22
PDF of this issue
No new digest content identified.

National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China [to 29 May 2021]
http://en.nhc.gov.cn/
News
May 29: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
On May 28, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 16 new cases of confirmed infections.

Xi’s remarks on promoting global cooperation against COVID-19 pandemic
Updated: 2021-05-28
Xinhua

National Medical Products Administration – PRC [to 29 May 2021]
http://english.nmpa.gov.cn/news.html
News
Over 560 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China
2021-05-28
More than 566.72 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Wednesday, the National Health Commission said on May 27.

Organization Announcements

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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.

Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group    [to 29 May 2021]

https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/frontiers-group/news-press/

News

No new digest content identified.

BARDA – U.S. Department of  HHS   [to 29 May 2021]

https://www.phe.gov/about/barda/Pages/default.aspx

News

No new digest content identified.

BMGF – Gates Foundation  [to 29 May 2021]

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

Press Releases and Statements

No new digest content identified.

Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute    [to 29 May 2021]

https://www.gatesmri.org/

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 29 May 2021]

News

05.27.2021  | 

CARB-X is funding SNIPR BIOME to develop a CRISPR-engineered drug to eradicate Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria in cancer patients to prevent deadly infections

   CARB-X is awarding SNIPR BIOME ApS, a CRISPR- and microbiome-biotechnology company in Copenhagen, Denmark, up to US $3.9 million to develop an innovative new drug to prevent E. coli infections in cancer patients, which can be life-threatening. Under the award, SNIPR BIOME may be eligible for up to $6.3 million in additional funds from CARB-X if the project achieves certain milestones, subject to available funds.

Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy – GE2P2 Global Foundation   [to 29 May 2021]

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.

:: [NEW] Informed Consent: A Monthly Review – May 2021 is now posted here


CEPI – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations  [to 29 May 2021]

http://cepi.net/

Latest News

COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021

   Now more than ever, at the peak of the pandemic, we need ambitious, global solutions.

27 May 2021

[See COVID above for full text]

CEPI funds expansion of “mix and match” vaccine study, led by Oxford University

   Expanded study will assess the use of mixed COVID-19 vaccine regimens, specifically to include the Moderna and Novavax vaccines

COVID-19

26 May 2021

CEPI and SK bioscience expand partnership to advance multiple COVID-19 variant vaccines and scale-up manufacturing

   CEPI to provide up to US$173.4 million of additional funding to SK bioscience for its COVID-19 vaccine programme.

24 May 2021

DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency  [to 29 May 2021

https://www.darpa.mil/news

News

No new digest content identified.

Duke Global Health Innovation Center  [to 29 May 2021]

WEEKLY COVID VACCINE RESEARCH UPDATE

Last dated update: FRIDAY, April 16, 2021

EDCTP    [to 29 May 2021]

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

No new digest content identified.

Emory Vaccine Center    [to 29 May 2021]

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

Vaccine Center News

No new digest content identified.

European Vaccine Initiative  [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.euvaccine.eu/

Latest News

No new digest content identified.

FDA [to 29 May 2021]

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/default.htm

Press Announcements /Selected Details

May 28, 2021 – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: May 28, 2021

May 26, 2021 – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Additional Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment of COVID-19

May 25, 2021 – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: May 25, 2021

[See U.S. COVID Actions above for detail]

Fondation Merieux  [to 29 May 2021]

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

News, Events

Mérieux Foundation co-organized event

8th Annual meeting of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC)

June 8 – 10, 2021 – Virtual Event

Gavi [to 29 May 2021]

https://www.gavi.org/

News Releases

27 May 2021

Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021

[See COVID above for full text]

GHIT Fund   [to 29 May 2021]

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

GHIT was set up in 212 with the aim of developing new tools to tackle infectious diseases that

No new digest content identified.

Global Fund  [to 29 May 2021]

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

News & Stories

No new digest content identified.

Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness [GloPID-R] [to 29 May 2021]

News

No new digest content identified.

Hilleman Laboratories   [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.hillemanlabs.org/

Website not responding at inquiry

Human Vaccines Project   [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.humanvaccinesproject.org/media/press-releases/

Less Antibody than Expected May be Enough To Knock Out SARS-CoV-2  

Danny Altmann, Ph.D.
Professor of Immunology
Imperial College London

IAVI  [to 29 May 2021]

https://www.iavi.org/newsroom

PRESS RELEASES/FEATURES

No new digest content identified.

International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities [ICMRA]

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

Selected Statements, Press Releases, Research

No new digest content identified.

ICRC  [to 29 May 2021]

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

Selected News Releases, Statements, Reports          

DR Congo: The population of Goma flees a volcano’s menace as a major humanitarian crisis looms

28-05-2021 | News release                  

5 years on, there has not been significant change: access to health care continues to be impeded

Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, in the the Side Event on Protection of Health Care of the United Nations protection of civilians in armed conflict week.

26-05-2021 | Statement

International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association [IGBA]

https://www.igbamedicines.org/

News

No new digest content identified.

IFFIm

http://www.iffim.org/

Press Releases/Announcements

No new digest content identified.

IFRC   [to 29 May 2021]

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

Selected Press Releases, Announcements

Americas

Pandemic not over, as transmission increases and health systems are at risk of collapsing in the Americas, IFRC warns

   Panama City/Geneva, 28 May – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC) is warning that the pandemic is far from over in the Americas as cases continue to surge. The region has the highest incidence of COVID-19 cases pe …

29 May 2021

Bangladesh, India

India/Bangladesh: Millions threatened as cyclone spells double trouble

   Kuala Lumpur/Delhi/Dhaka, 25 May – Red Cross and Red Crescent teams are helping people stay safe in India and Bangladesh as a major cyclone threatens millions of people and devastating COVID-19 surges continue in both countries. While India has been fa …

25 May 2021

Global

No-one is safe until everyone is safe – why we need a global response to COVID-19

    Equitable vaccine distribution is a humanitarian imperative. There is a choice. The world of the next 10 years can be one of greater justice, abundance and dignity. Or it can be one of conflict, insecurity and poverty. We are at a turning point. …

24 May 2021

Institut Pasteur   [to 29 May 2021]

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

Press Info

No new digest content identified.

IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 29 May 2021]   

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

News

COVID-19 Behind Unprecedented Changes in the Number of Migrants Moving Across East and Horn of Africa: IOM Report

2021-05-25 15:35

Nairobi – At least 300,000 migrants across the East and Horn of Africa have been affected by COVID-19 in 2020, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s annual flagship report on migration trends and population movements in the region, released this week… The highest concentration of displaced persons is in Shire, where 575,115 IDPs are residing in overcrowded collective shelters, including schools, within the host community and in open spaces. The majority are from Western and Northwestern Tigray. Other urban areas with high displacement concentrations included Adwa (188,910), Sheraro (165,223), and Mekele Zone (200,909)…

IRC  International Rescue Committee  [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.rescue.org/press-release-index

Media highlights [Selected]

No new digest content identified.

IVAC  [to 29 May 2021]

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

Updates; Events

No new digest content identified.

IVI   [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.ivi.int/

Selected IVI News, Announcements, Events

No new digest content identified.

JEE Alliance  [to 29 May 2021]

https://www.jeealliance.org/

Selected News and Events

No new digest content identified.

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security   [to 29 May 2021]

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

Center News

New Report: School Ventilation: A Vital Tool to Reduce COVID-19 Spread
May 26, 2021

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security receives a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to deliver COVID-19 Response Research as part of the Exemplars in Global Health program
May 25, 2021

MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières  [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.msf.org/

Latest [Selected Announcements

Myanmar

All parties must ensure unimpeded access to healthcare in Myanmar

Press Release 28 May 2021

Attacks on medical care

Trauma continues long after the bombing stops in Gaza

Project Update 28 May 2021

National Academy of Medicine – USA  [to 29 May 2021]

Selected News/Programs

News

Expert Papers from the National Academy of Medicine Identify Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs for Health Care Payers and Clinicians and Professional Societies after COVID-19

May 26, 2021

   WASHINGTON – In response to the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the American health system, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has convened experts in 9 sectors of health, health care, and biomedical research to review how each sector responded to COVID-19, identify challenges encountered in combating the pandemic, and outline what opportunities exist to […]

National Vaccine Program Office – U.S. HHS  [to 29 May 2021]

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

Upcoming Meetings/Latest Updates

No new digest content identified.

NIH  [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases

News Releases 

No new digest content identified.

UN OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs[to 29 May 2021]

https://www.unocha.org/

Press Releases

No new digest content identified.

PATH  [to 29 May 2021]                                     

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

Press Releases

STANDARD G6PD Test receives regulatory approval by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration

May 25, 2021 by PATH

Point-of-care test critical to improving the treatment and elimination of relapsing malaria receives regulatory approval.

   PATH congratulates SD BIOSENSOR for the regulatory approval by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) on April 21, 2021, of their STANDARD™ G6PD Test. The STANDARD G6PD Test is the first point-of-care test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency that can support safe access to the currently available drugs that treat Plasmodium vivax malaria in both men and women. The recent approval by the TGA certifies that the test is appropriate for use in point-of-care settings and meets rigorous quality standards…

Sabin Vaccine Institute  [to 29 May 2021]

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

Statements and Press Releases

Sabin Vaccine Institute Names Richard Adegbola and Yacine Djibo to Board of Trustees

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

   Washington, D.C. – The Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) announced that Professor Richard Adegbola and Yacine Djibo have been elected to the Board of Trustees. Professor Adegbola is a microbiologist, public health advocate and professor in Lagos, Nigeria. Ms. Djibo is founder and executive director of Speak Up Africa, a policy and advocacy action tank promoting public health and development based in Dakar, Senegal…

UNAIDS [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.unaids.org/en

Selected Press Releases/Reports/Statements

25 May 2021

UNAIDS supports the Partnership for Accelerated COVID-19 Testing in Ghana

25 May 2021

How the LGBTI community is surviving the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

UNDP  United Nations Development Programme [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter.html

Latest from News Centre

No new digest content identified.

UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [to 29 May 2021]

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

Selected News Releases, Announcements

Older refugees at heightened risk of exclusion as COVID-19 continues to strike the Americas

26 May 2021

Statement: No-one is safe until everyone is safe – why we need a global response to COVID-19

24 May 2021

[See COVID above for detail]

UNICEF  [to 29 May 2021]

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

Selected Press Releases, Statements

Statement  05/27/2021

COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021

[See COVID above for detail]

News note  05/27/2021

UNICEF signs supply agreement for Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

[See COVID above for detail]

News note  05/25/2021

Geneva Palais Briefing Note on COVID-19 in South Asia

[See COVID above for detail]

Statement  05/24/2021

No-one is safe until everyone is safe – why we need a global response to COVID-19

 [See COVID above for detail]

Unitaid  [to 29 May 2021]

Featured News

No new digest content identified.

Vaccination Acceptance & Demand Initiative [Sabin)  [to 29 May 2021]

https://vaccineacceptance.org/

Announcements

No new digest content identified.

Vaccine Confidence Project  [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/

News, Research and Reports

Coronavirus global impact

   Launched April 2, 2020 and recurring every 3 days, Premise Data is utilizing its global network of Contributors to assess economic, social, and health sentiment surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Vaccine Education Center – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia  [to 29 May 2021]

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

News

Vaccine Update for Providers

May 25, 2021

Announcements: Updated and new COVID-19 resources; essay contest deadline approaching

Wellcome Trust  [to 29 May 2021]

https://wellcome.ac.uk/news

News and reports

No new digest content identified.

The Wistar Institute   [to 29 May 2021]

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

Press Releases

No new digest content identified.

WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations  [to 29 May 2021]

Latest News

WFPHA at WHA74: WFPHA Diplomats of the Global Charter for the Public’s Health: A Call for Pandemic Preparedness

May 28, 2021

WFPHA at WHA74: A Pandemic Treaty to Fight Inequalities & Health Emergencies

May 26, 2021

World Bank [to 29 May 2021]

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

Selected News, Announcements

Jordan: The World Bank Group Adapts its Strategy to Support COVID-19 Response, Inclusive and Resilient Recovery, and Continued Reforms

The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors Approves the Performance and Learning Review of the Country Partnership Framework for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan AMMAN, May 29, 2021 – Approved today…

Date: May 29, 2021 Type: Press Release

New $30 million Grant to Support Palestinian Reforms in Digital Economy, Governance and Pandemic resilience

WASHINGTON, May 28, 2021 –The World Bank approved today a US$30 million Development Policy Grant (DPG) to support the digital foundations of the Palestinian economy, strengthen recovery and resilience…

Date: May 28, 2021 Type: Press Release

World Customs Organization – WCO  [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.wcoomd.org/

Latest News – Selected Items

28 May 2021

The WCO Secretariat Note on the cross-border movement of vaccines enhanced with further guidance and good practices

[See COVID above for detail]

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)   [to 29 May 2021]

https://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/press-releases/2021/

Press Releases

News

New official disease status recognised by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

27 May 2021

    Two countries were the first to receive the endorsement of their dog-mediated rabies control programmes and 13 new official disease status were recognised by OIE Delegates… Having gathered evidence that their official control programmes comply with OIE international Standards, Namibia and the Philippines will be able to advocate for support from their governments to progressively prevent and control the disease. The ultimate objective will be to eventually eliminate the disease from their territories and self-declare its freedom, thus contributing to the ‘Zero by 30’ global goal to eliminate human deaths from dog-mediated rabies…

News

A new strategy propels international community to improve aquatic animal health and welfare worldwide

26 May 2021    

   The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is a leader in animal disease reporting. The recent innovation of the World Animal Health Information System (OIE-WAHIS) system is a testimony to the OIE’s progressive evolution of its digital services. The platform provides Members with a new tool for animal disease surveillance for strengthened risk analysis and the monitoring during disease emergencies…

Striving for One Health resilience

25 May 2021

   The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is using lessons learned to re-envision its role, and that of its Members, on wildlife health, emergency management and sustainable laboratories. A specific Resolution addressing global vulnerabilities identified before and during the COVID-19 era in these domains will be proposed for adoption with the aim to better prepare against future health threats.

WTO – World Trade Organisation [to 29 May 2021]

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

WTO News and Events

Webinar to explore role of regulatory cooperation in easing access to medical technologies

28 May 2021

   On 2 June 2021, a panel of experts will discuss regulatory cooperation and its role in facilitating access to medical technologies, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Goods barometer reveals strength of trade recovery, depth of COVID-19 shock

28 May 2021

   Global merchandise trade is continuing to recover in 2021 following a steep but brief pandemic-induced drop in the second quarter of last year, according to the latest WTO Goods Trade Barometer released on 28 May.

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ARM [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine]  [to 29 May 2021]

Press Releases – Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (alliancerm.org)

Selected Press Releases

Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, and European Association for Bioindustries Call for Advanced Therapies to be Exempt from EU GMO Legislation

May 25, 2021

BIO    [to 29 May 2021]

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

Press Releases

No new digest content identified.

DCVMN – Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network  [to 29 May 2021]

http://www.dcvmn.org/

News; Upcoming events

No new digest content identified.

ICBA – International Council of Biotechnology Associations   [to 29 May 2021]

https://internationalbiotech.org/news/

News

EU Healthcare Biotech Policy Priorities for SMEs

3 JUN. 2021 — 03 Jun. 2021

   Join the EuropaBio Healthcare Biotechnology Team for a dive into EU policies that impact your current operations and will shape your future strategies.  With EU-level strategies within Pharmaceuticals, Intellectual Property, Orphan Medicines and the proposed ‘European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)’…

IFPMA   [to 29 May 2021]

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

Selected Press Releases, Statements, Publications

Global biopharmaceutical industry sees upcoming World Health Assembly as a critical milestone to take stock

   24 May 2021, Geneva – The 74th World Health Assembly, taking place in extraordinary circumstances, represents a critical milestone in analyzing the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Member States will engage in conversations on improving current systems for pandemic surveillance and response, against the backdrop of having multiple effective, safe and quality COVID-19 vaccines available.

   Since the last World Health Assembly, innovative vaccine manufacturers and biotech companies – from both developed and developing countries – have broken records in drug innovation and collaboration.        

   In a matter of months, they have developed multiple COVID-19 vaccines, and have forged collaborations in order to ramp up production.

   With nearly 300 partnerships and collaborations among manufacturers worldwide, production has increased, in just a few months from zero to 2.2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of May, with an astounding estimate of 11 billion doses by the end of 2021[1].

   Critically, however, COVID-19 vaccines currently are not equally reaching all priority populations worldwide. Innovative vaccine manufacturers and biotech companies committed last week to a five-step plan that will deliver results in the short-term…

PhRMA    [to 29 May 2021]                                                                                                             

http://www.phrma.org/

Selected Press Releases, Statements

A year later: Reflections on the meaning of equity

May 25, 2021

   Over the past year, we have committed ourselves to this work, anew, through our Equity Initiative.

Courtney Christian is a Senior Director of Policy and Research at PhRMA/

Journal Watch

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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

Ending the HIV Epidemic

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AMA Journal of Ethics
Volume 23, Number 5: E371-433 May 2021
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/ending-hiv-epidemic

 

Ending the HIV Epidemic
A human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic began in the United States in the 1970s. “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America” was launched in October 2019 by the US Department of Health and Human Services, with the goal of stopping the spread of HIV by 2030. Accomplishing this goal demands not only expanding existing programs, but recognizing and responding to clinically, ethically, socially, and culturally relevant features of contemporary patients’ experiences of stigma, oppression, and living with HIV. This issue considers ethical and clinical complexities patients and clinicians encounter in HIV care today.

Modes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and evidence for preventive behavioral interventions

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BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 29 May 2021)

 

Modes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and evidence for preventive behavioral interventions
COVID-19 is a novel disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. During the global vaccination rollout, it is vital to thoroughly understand the modes of transmission of the virus in order to prevent further spread of varian…
Authors: Lucas Zhou, Samuel K. Ayeh, Vignesh Chidambaram and Petros C. Karakousis
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:496
Content type: Review
Published on: 28 May 2021

Favipiravir for the treatment of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 29 May 2021)

 

Favipiravir for the treatment of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Favipiravir possesses high utility for treating patients with COVID-19. However, research examining the efficacy and safety of favipiravir for patients with COVID-19 is limited.
Authors: Toshie Manabe, Dan Kambayashi, Hiroyasu Akatsu and Koichiro Kudo
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:489
Content type: Research article
Published on: 27 May 2021

Stakeholders’ perspectives on research integrity training practices: a qualitative study

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BMC Medical Ethics
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmedethics/content
(Accessed 29 May 2021)

 

Stakeholders’ perspectives on research integrity training practices: a qualitative study
Even though research integrity (RI) training programs have been developed in the last decades, it is argued that current training practices are not always able to increase RI-related awareness within the scien…
Authors: Daniel Pizzolato and Kris Dierickx
Citation: BMC Medical Ethics 2021 22:67
Content type: Research article
Published on: 28 May 2021

Intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: results from a population-based survey in Canada

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BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 29 May 2021)

 

Intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: results from a population-based survey in Canada
The success of any COVID-19 vaccine program ultimately depends on high vaccine uptake. This study determined overall intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and identified factors that predict intentions to be…
Authors: Gina S. Ogilvie, Shanlea Gordon, Laurie W. Smith, Arianne Albert, C. Sarai Racey, Amy Booth, Anna Gottschlich, David Goldfarb, Melanie C. M. Murray, Liisa A. M. Galea, Angela Kaida, Lori A. Brotto and Manish Sadarangani
Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1017
Content type: Research
Published on: 29 May 2021

Attitudes of Lebanese adults regarding COVID-19 vaccination

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BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 29 May 2021)

 

Attitudes of Lebanese adults regarding COVID-19 vaccination
COVID-19 was first detected in Lebanon on February 21, 2020; it reached its peak in January 2021, with a total number of 418,448 confirmed cases and 5380 deaths (until March 15, 2021). Gaining insight into fac…
Authors: Carina Kasrine Al Halabi, Sahar Obeid, Hala Sacre, Marwan Akel, Rabih Hallit, Pascale Salameh and Souheil Hallit
Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:998
Content type: Research
Published on: 27 May 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Trials: Rethinking the Recruitment of Healthy Young Adults First

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Ethics & Human Research
Volume 43, Issue 3 Pages: 1-44 May–June 2021
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25782363/current

 

Underrepresented populations in clinical research Human infection challenge trials
Articles
SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Trials: Rethinking the Recruitment of Healthy Young Adults First
Kenji Matsui, Yusuke Inoue, Keiichiro Yamamoto
Pages: 37-41
First Published: 06 April 2021

Underrepresented populations in clinical research Human infection challenge trials

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Ethics & Human Research
Volume 43, Issue 3 Pages: 1-44 May–June 2021
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25782363/current

 

Underrepresented populations in clinical research Human infection challenge trials
Articles
SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Trials: Rethinking the Recruitment of Healthy Young Adults First
Kenji Matsui, Yusuke Inoue, Keiichiro Yamamoto
Pages: 37-41
First Published: 06 April 2021

Demonstrating trustworthiness when collecting and sharing genomic data: public views across 22 countries

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Genome Medicine
https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles
[Accessed 29 May 2021]

 

Demonstrating trustworthiness when collecting and sharing genomic data: public views across 22 countries
Public trust is central to the collection of genomic and health data and the sustainability of genomic research. To merit trust, those involved in collecting and sharing data need to demonstrate they are trustworthy. However, it is unclear what measures are most likely to demonstrate this.
We analyse the ‘Your DNA, Your Say’ online survey of public perspectives on genomic data sharing including responses from 36,268 individuals across 22 low-, middle- and high-income countries, gathered in 15 languages. We examine how participants perceived the relative value of measures to demonstrate the trustworthiness of those using donated DNA and/or medical information. We examine between-country variation and present a consolidated ranking of measures.
Authors: Richard Milne, Katherine I. Morley, Mohamed A. Almarri, Shamim Anwer, Jerome Atutornu, Elena E. Baranova, Paul Bevan, Maria Cerezo, Yali Cong, Alessia Costa, Christine Critchley, Josepine Fernow, Peter Goodhand, Qurratulain Hasan, Aiko Hibino, Gry Houeland…
Citation: Genome Medicine 2021 13:92
Content type: Research
Published on: 25 May 2021

Socio-economic determinants of global COVID-19 mortalities: policy lessons for current and future pandemics

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Health Policy and Planning
Volume 36, Issue 4, May 2021
https://academic.oup.com/heapol/issue/36/4

 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Socio-economic determinants of global COVID-19 mortalities: policy lessons for current and future pandemics
Nicholas Ngepah
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 36, Issue 4, May 2021, Pages 418–434, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa161

Impact of campaign-style delivery of routine vaccines: a quasi-experimental evaluation using routine health services data in India

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Health Policy and Planning
Volume 36, Issue 4, May 2021
https://academic.oup.com/heapol/issue/36/4

Impact of campaign-style delivery of routine vaccines: a quasi-experimental evaluation using routine health services data in India
Emma Clarke-Deelder, Christian Suharlim, Susmita Chatterjee, Logan Brenzel, Arindam Ray …

 

Health Policy and Planning, Volume 36, Issue 4, May 2021, Pages 454–463, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab026

Localisation and local humanitarian action

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Humanitarian Exchange Magazine
Number 79, May 2021
https://odihpn.org/magazine/inclusion-of-persons-with-disabilities-in-humanitarian-action-what-now/

 

Localisation and local humanitarian action
by HPN October 2020
The theme of this edition of Humanitarian Exchange is localisation+ and local humanitarian action. Five years ago this week, donors, United Nations (UN) agencies,  non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) committed within the Grand Bargain to increase multi-year investments in the institutional capacities of local and national responders, and to provide at least 25% of humanitarian funding to them as directly as possible. Since then, there is increasing consensus at policy and normative level, underscored by the Covid-19 pandemic, that local leadership should be supported.  Localisation has gone from a fringe conversation among policy-makers and aid agencies in 2016 to a formal priority under the Grand Bargain. Wider global movements on anti-racism and decolonisation have also brought new momentum to critical reflections on where power, knowledge and capacity reside in the humanitarian system. Yet progress has been slow and major gaps remain between the rhetoric around humanitarian partnerships, funding and coordination and practices on the ground.

Overview of the Issue

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Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU)
Volume 32, Number 2, May 2021 Supplement
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/44396

 

Table of Contents
Overview of the Issue
Kevin B. Johnson, Tiffani J. Bright, Cheryl R. Clark
…The importance of techquity—defined as the strategic development and deployment of technology in health care and health to advance health equity—was even more apparent after the events of 2020. COVID-19 upended access to care and illuminated the impact of structural racism as a cause for a widening gap of access during the pandemic. Black Lives Matter became more than a trending hashtag on Twitter, or a movement resulting in peaceful protests and calls for policy reform: it put additional focus on the issue of race as a social and not a biological construct and called into question the rationale for common practices in health care that were triggered by race. A notable example was the emerging realization that kidney function assessment was tied to race and hardwired into many of our electronic health records. The real-world evidence around our lack of techquity was incontrovertible.
This Supplemental Issue of JHCPU provides articles that describe challenges to techquity, frameworks to improve the role of technology in care, and examples of how technology can transform health, public health, and health care…

The “Legal Epidemiology” of Pandemic Control

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New England Journal of Medicine
May 27, 2021 Vol. 384 No. 21
http://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

 

Perspective
The “Legal Epidemiology” of Pandemic Control
Scott Burris, J.D., Evan D. Anderson, J.D., Ph.D., and Alexander C. Wagenaar, M.S.W., Ph.D.
The centrality of law as a public health intervention has been undeniable during the Covid-19 pandemic. In just the first half of 2020, more than 1000 laws and orders were issued by federal, state, and local authorities in the United States in an effort to reduce disease transmission. Legal interventions include stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and travel restrictions, as well as more particular rules for business operations, alcohol sales, curfews, and health care. Given their heavy use, importance, and obvious socioeconomic side effects, and the social and behavioral complexities of their implementation, one might have expected the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other research funders, and the research community to jump to the work of determining the right mix, intensity, and enforcement approaches of legal restrictions to control transmission with the least and most equitably distributed harms. No organized research program emerged…

A Hidden Opportunity — Medicaid’s Role in Supporting Equitable Access to Clinical Trials

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New England Journal of Medicine
May 27, 2021 Vol. 384 No. 21
http://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

 

Perspective
A Hidden Opportunity — Medicaid’s Role in Supporting Equitable Access to Clinical Trials
Samuel U. Takvorian, M.D., M.S.H.P., Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E., and William L. Schpero, Ph.D.
Hidden deep within the $2.3 trillion omnibus spending and relief package passed by Congress in December 2020 lies a little-known but powerful provision intended to promote equitable access to clinical trials. Beginning in January 2022, coverage of the “routine costs” associated with clinical trial participation will be guaranteed for all Medicaid beneficiaries for the first time in the program’s history. The absence of federal policy in this area until now has most likely suppressed the representation of low-income and minority populations in the clinical research that underlies therapeutic advances, thereby limiting equitable access to potentially state-of-the-art therapies and compromising the generalizability of research findings…

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rabies reemergence in Latin America: The case of Arequipa, Peru

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
http://www.plosntds.org/
(Accessed 29 May 2021)

 

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rabies reemergence in Latin America: The case of Arequipa, Peru
Brinkley Raynor, Elvis W. Díaz, Julianna Shinnick, Edith Zegarra, Ynes Monroy, Claudia Mena, Micaela De la Puente-León, Michael Z. Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra
Research Article | published 21 May 2021 PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009414

Impact of influenza vaccination in the Netherlands, 2007–2016: Vaccinees consult their general practitioner for clinically diagnosed influenza, acute respiratory infections, and pneumonia more often than non-vaccinees

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PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 29 May 2021]

 

Impact of influenza vaccination in the Netherlands, 2007–2016: Vaccinees consult their general practitioner for clinically diagnosed influenza, acute respiratory infections, and pneumonia more often than non-vaccinees
Saverio Caini, John Paget, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Joke C. Korevaar, Adam Meijer, Mariëtte Hooiveld
Research Article | published 28 May 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249883

Willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials; a survey among a population of healthcare workers in Uganda

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PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 29 May 2021]

 

Willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials; a survey among a population of healthcare workers in Uganda
Jonathan Kitonsa, Onesmus Kamacooko, Ubaldo Mushabe Bahemuka, Freddie Kibengo, Ayoub Kakande, Anne Wajja, Vincent Basajja, Alfred Lumala, Edward Ssemwanga, Robert Asaba, Joseph Mugisha, Benjamin F. Pierce, Robin Shattock, Pontiano Kaleebu, Eugene Ruzagira
Research Article | published 27 May 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251992

Booster immunization of meningococcal meningitis vaccine among children in Hangzhou, China, 2014-2019

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PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 29 May 2021]

 

Booster immunization of meningococcal meningitis vaccine among children in Hangzhou, China, 2014-2019
Xinren Che, Yan Liu, Jun Wang, Yuyang Xu, Xuechao Zhang, Wenwen Gu, Wei Jiang, Jian Du, Xiaoping Zhang
Research Article | published 25 May 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251567

Factors indicating intention to vaccinate with a COVID-19 vaccine among older U.S. adults

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PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 29 May 2021]

 

Factors indicating intention to vaccinate with a COVID-19 vaccine among older U.S. adults
Janeta Nikolovski, Martin Koldijk, Gerrit Jan Weverling, John Spertus, Mintu Turakhia, Leslie Saxon, Mike Gibson, John Whang, Troy Sarich, Robert Zambon, Nnamdi Ezeanochie, Jennifer Turgiss, Robyn Jones, Jeff Stoddard, Paul Burton, Ann Marie Navar
Research Article | published 24 May 2021 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251963

A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment

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PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
May 11, 2021; vol. 118 no. 19
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/19

 

Brief Reports Open Access
A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment
Katherine L. Milkman, Mitesh S. Patel, Linnea Gandhi, Heather N. Graci, Dena M. Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Modupe Akinola, John Beshears, Jonathan E. Bogard, Alison Buttenheim, Christopher F. Chabris, Gretchen B. Chapman, James J. Choi, Hengchen Dai, Craig R. Fox, Amir Goren, Matthew D. Hilchey, Jillian Hmurovic, Leslie K. John, Dean Karlan, Melanie Kim, David Laibson, Cait Lamberton, Brigitte C. Madrian, Michelle N. Meyer, Maria Modanu, Jimin Nam, Todd Rogers, Renante Rondina, Silvia Saccardo, Maheen Shermohammed, Dilip Soman, Jehan Sparks, Caleb Warren, Megan Weber, Ron Berman, Chalanda N. Evans, Christopher K. Snider, Eli Tsukayama, Christophe Van den Bulte, Kevin G. Volpp, and Angela L. Duckworth
PNAS May 18, 2021 118 (20) e2101165118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101165118

Socioeconomic inequalities in HIV knowledge, HIV testing, and condom use among adolescent and young women in Latin America and the Caribbean

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

 

25 May 2021
Socioeconomic inequalities in HIV knowledge, HIV testing, and condom use among adolescent and young women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Original research | English |

Resurgence of SARS-CoV-2: Detection by community viral surveillance

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Science
28 May 2021 Vol 372, Issue 6545
http://www.sciencemag.org/current.dtl

 

 

Reports
Resurgence of SARS-CoV-2: Detection by community viral surveillance
By Steven Riley, Kylie E. C. Ainslie, Oliver Eales, Caroline E. Walters, Haowei Wang, Christina Atchison, Claudio Fronterre, Peter J. Diggle, Deborah Ashby, Christl A. Donnelly, Graham Cooke, Wendy Barclay, Helen Ward, Ara Darzi, Paul Elliott
Science28 May 2021 : 990-995 Open Access
Representative community antigen sampling can improve situational awareness and help evaluate interventions at low SARS-CoV-2 prevalence.

Evidence on collaboration of traditional and biomedical practitioners in the management of antimicrobial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa over 15 years: a systematic review protocol

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Systematic Reviews
https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles
[Accessed 29 May 2021]

 

Evidence on collaboration of traditional and biomedical practitioners in the management of antimicrobial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa over 15 years: a systematic review protocol
The overuse of prescribed antimicrobials, concurrent use of traditional medicine, and prescribed antimicrobials have led to antimicrobial resistance. The absence of collaboration between traditional health pra…
Authors: Aganze Gloire-Aimé Mushebenge, Mukanda Gedeon Kadima, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson and Manimbulu Nlooto
Citation: Systematic Reviews 2021 10:158
Content type: Protocol
Published on: 28 May 2021

Ethics and execution of developing a 2nd wave COVID vaccine – Our interim phase I/II VSV-SARS-CoV2 vaccine experience

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Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 21 Pages 2811-2906 (18 May 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/21

 

Discussion Full text access
Ethics and execution of developing a 2nd wave COVID vaccine – Our interim phase I/II VSV-SARS-CoV2 vaccine experience
Yotam Levin, Noa Madar Balakirski, Yoseph Caraco, Eytan Ben-Ami, … Hadar Marcus
Pages 2821-2823

Vaccination willingness, vaccine hesitancy, and estimated coverage at the first round of COVID-19 vaccination in China: A national cross-sectional study

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Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 21 Pages 2811-2906 (18 May 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/21

 

Research article Full text access
Vaccination willingness, vaccine hesitancy, and estimated coverage at the first round of COVID-19 vaccination in China: A national cross-sectional study
Chao Wang, Bingfeng Han, Tianshuo Zhao, Hanyu Liu, … Fuqiang Cui
Pages 2833-2842

Incorporating equity in infectious disease modeling: Case study of a distributional impact framework for measles transmission

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Vaccine
Volume 39, Issue 21 Pages 2811-2906 (18 May 2021)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/39/issue/21

 

Research article Open access
Incorporating equity in infectious disease modeling: Case study of a distributional impact framework for measles transmission
Tigist Ferede Menkir, Abdulrahman Jbaily, Stéphane Verguet
Pages 2894-2900