Africa CDC [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.africacdc.org/
News
Outbreak Brief 114: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Date of Issue: 14 March 2022
… As of 6 p.m. East African Time (EAT) 21 March 2022, a total of 11,301,084 COVID-19 cases and 250,646 deaths (CFR: 2.2%) have been reported by the 55 African Union (AU) Member States (MS). This represents 2.4% of all cases and 4.1% of all deaths reported globally. Thirty-five (64%) AU MS are reporting CFRs higher than the global CFR. Since the detection of COVID-19 on the African continent in February 2020, 53 (96%) AU MS have experienced three COVID-19 waves, 47 (72%) countries have experienced four waves and nine countries have experienced five waves. One country (Mauritius) is currently experiencing a sixth wave… Despite a test positivity rate of 11.1%, the daily reported number of new cases across the continent is on a downward trend. In the past week, more than 572 thousand new tests were conducted, which is a 32% decrease in the number of tests conducted in week 11 compared to the previous week…
China CDC http://www.chinacdc.cn/en/
China CDC http://www.chinacdc.cn/en/
National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China [to 26 Mar 2022]
News
Chinese mainland reports 1,301 new local COVID-19 cases
2022-03-25
The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 1,301 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, down from 2,010 on Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Friday.
National Medical Products Administration – PRC [to 26 Mar 2022]
News
Chinese mainland reports 1,301 new local COVID-19 cases
2022-03-25
The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 1,301 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, down from 2,010 on Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Friday.
CCDC Weekly Reports: Current Volume (4)
2022-03-25 / No. 12 CHINA PIN ISSUE
View PDF of this issue
- Foreword: Performing Laboratory Network Surveillance to Monitor the Emergence and Spread of Infectious Diseases
- Healthy China: Chinese Pathogen Identification Net: A Laboratory Network for Surveillance and Response of Bacterial Infectious Diseases
- Vital Surveillances: Phylogenetic Analysis of Serogroup O5 Vibrio cholerae that Caused Successive Cholera Outbreaks — Guangdong Province, China, 2020–2021
- Vital Surveillances: Trans-Regional and Cross-Host Spread of mcr-Carrying Plasmids Revealed by Complete Plasmid Sequences — 44 Countries, 1998−2020
- Outbreak Reports: Anaplasma bovis Infection in Fever and Thrombocytopenia Patients — Anhui Province, China, 2021
- Outbreak Reports: Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi Outbreak by Waterborne Infection — Beijing Municipality, China, January–February 2022
Organizational 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 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.airfinity.com/insights
INSIGHTS & COMPANY NEWS
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Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://alleninstitute.org/news-press/
News
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BMGF – Gates Foundation [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center
Press Releases and Statements
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Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute [to 26 Mar 2022]
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
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News
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Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy – GE2P2 Global Foundation [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.net/
:: Informed Consent: A Monthly Review – March 2022is now posted here
:: Past weekly editions and posting of all segments of Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review are available here.
CEPI – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations [to 26 Mar 2022]
Latest News
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DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [U.S.] [to 26 Mar 2022
News
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Duke Global Health Innovation Center [to 26 Mar 2022]
No new digest content identified.
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
24 March 2022
24 March 2022
World TB Day 2022: EDCTP invests to End TB
On this year’s World TB Day, EDCTP joins the global health community in a call to urgently raise investments to achieve the commitments to end TB made by global leaders. Although funding towards TB research and development did not decrease as significantly as expected during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is still below half of the $2 billion annual financing target committed to by governments at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on TB in 2018. In recognition of this chronic underfunding, EDCTP has made substantial investments in TB research and, together with our partners, recently launched the Global TB vaccine R&D roadmap and published several tools to accelerate TB vaccines R&D.
Emory Vaccine Center [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.vaccines.emory.edu/
Vaccine Center News
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European Vaccine Initiative [to 26 Mar 2022]
Latest News, Events
24 March 2022
Invest into new, effective TB vaccines to save lives!
Evidence Aid [to 26 Mar 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.
Pharmacotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Added March 24, 2022
Fondation Merieux [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.fondation-merieux.org/
Project
March 22, 2022 – Antananarivo, Madagascar
On March 18, 2022, the stakeholders of the APRECIT project met in Madagascar and remotely for the project’s second steering committee for the improvement of the management of latent tuberculosis infection (LTI)…
News Releases
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https://www.ghitfund.org/newsroom/press
No new digest content identified.
https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/
News & Stories
25 March 2022
Global Fund Praises Germany’s Commitment to the ACT-Accelerator and the COVID-19 Response Mechanism
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria commends the announcement by Minister Svenja Schulze on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day to make available an additional EUR175 million to the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism, p…
22 March 2022
Global Fund Calls for Renewed Urgency in Fight to End TB
On World TB Day, 24 March, the Global Fund is urgently calling for the world to reignite the fight to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030.
Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness [GloPID-R] [to 26 Mar 2022]
News
23/03/2022
Researchers and funders around the world rely on the COVID-19 Research Project Tracker and associated Living Mapping Review (LMR) to funnel resources where needs are greatest by tracking the latest COVID-19 research trends and gaps. For the first time, the LMR features an analysis of research projects on our Tracker mapped against the pillars and priorities outlined in the UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery…
07/03/2022
The second webinar in the ZonMw series ‘Response to COVID-19 vaccine in patients with a hematological condition and primary immunodeficiencies’… Monday April 4, 2022, from 5pm to 6pm CET.
Hilleman Laboratories [to 26 Mar 2022]
News & Insights
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HHMI – Howard Hughes Medical Institute [to 26 Mar 2022]
Press Room
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Human Vaccines Project [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.humanvaccinesproject.org/
News
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IAVI [to 26 Mar 2022]
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ICRC [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.icrc.org/en/whats-new
What’s New
Thank you to the Ambassador of Mexico for organising this meeting and thank you for the opportunity to join all of you today.Just yesterday the Security Council met to discuss Syria which has now entered its 11th year of conflict.
25-03-2022 | Statement
ICRC President completes visit to Russia to speak about humanitarian issues in armed conflict
Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has completed a two-day visit to Moscow where he continued ongoing humanitarian discussions with the Russian authorities.
24-03-2022 | News release
Having access to water is increasingly a matter of survival in conflict zones
Vice-President of the ICRC Gilles Carbonnier addresses the issues of water access and the impact of conflicts and climate change at the ninth World Water Forum in Dakar.
21-03-2022 | News release
International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities [ICMRA]
http://www.icmra.info/drupal/en/news
Selected Statements, Press Releases, Research
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IFFIm
Press Releases/Announcements
No new digest content identified.
IFRC [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/news/press-releases/
Afghanistan: Food shortages escalate as spring fields remain bare
“In Ukraine, the needs are growing every day,” says Red Cross President
Institut Pasteur [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.pasteur.fr/en/press-area
No new digest content identified.
IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases
News – Selected
23 Mar 2022
IOM Launches Cash Assistance Programme in Ukraine
22 Mar 2022
IOM, UNHCR Welcome the First Flights of Refugees Out of Moldova to EU Member States
21 Mar 2022
Almost 6.5 Million People Internally Displaced in Ukraine: IOM
ISC / International Science Council [to 26 Mar 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.
Combating predatory journals and conferences through systemic change in scientific publishing
So-called ‘predatory’ activities in academic publishing and conferences are on the increase worldwide and ‘risk becoming engrained in research culture’, according to a new InterAcademy Partnership report, which draws on a global survey of researchers.
IVAC [to 26 Mar 2022]
No new digest content identified.
IVI [to 26 Mar 2022]
March 24, 2022
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/news/center-news/
Center News
No new digest content identified.
MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 26 Mar 2022]
Latest [Selected Announcements]
Bangladesh
Unprecedented increase of scabies cases in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps
Project Update 25 Mar 2022
Tajikistan
Helping kids to beat TB in Tajikistan
Project Update 23 Mar 2022
National Academy of Medicine – USA [to 26 Mar 2022]
News
No new digest content identified.
National Academy of Sciences – USA [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/
News
Designing COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements and Incentive Programs ‘ New Expert Consultation
March 23, 2022
Vaccination mandates and requirements can be effective in increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates but their success depends on being targeted and on building trust says a new rapid expert consultation which also outlines considerations for using incentives to promote booster uptake.
National Vaccine Program Office – U.S. HHS [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.hhs.gov/vaccines/about/index.html
Upcoming Meetings/Latest Updates
Vaccines Federal Implementation Plan 2021-2025
On Wednesday March 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit stakeholder written public comments on the draft Vaccines Federal Implementation Plan 2021-2025- PDF*. HHS values input from all stakeholders and will take all public comments into consideration before finalizing this document.
We encourage your input or comments and ask that you circulate this information to others who may also wish to provide comments. Information about how to provide written public comment is found on HHS.gov and the deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. EST Tuesday March 29, 2022.
The Vaccines Federal Implementation Plan is a companion document to the Vaccines National Strategic Plan 2021-2025 published in January 2021. This plan outlines the federal government’s broad national vaccination goals and offers a framework to eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases through safe and effective vaccination over the lifespan, for both federal agencies and external partners.
The implementation plan focuses on the specific actions that federal agencies can take to further those same national vaccination goals.
http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases
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OECD [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/publicationsdocuments/bydate/
Newsroom/Library
Shortages of medicines in OECD countries
Working Paper, English, 24 Mar 2022, 54 Pages:
Suzannah Chapman, Guillaume Dedet, Ruth Lopert
Even in wealthy economies, access to medicines is increasingly affected by medicine shortages – an issue exacerbated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper was to examine the extent and nature of medicine shortages in OECD countries (pre-COVID-19) and explore the reasons for this growing global problem. Although differences in monitoring mechanisms make multi-country analyses challenging, a sample of 14 OECD countries reported a 60% increase in the number of shortage notifications over the period 2017-2019. While the complexity of pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains hampers root cause analyses, available literature suggests that shortages, as reported by marketing authorisation holders, are predominantly due to manufacturing and quality issues. Nevertheless, commercial factors – and the policy settings that influence them – may play an important role. Although several OECD countries have implemented policy measures to mitigate, monitor and prevent shortages, more robust data and further analyses of root causes and effective policy responses are needed. The way forward should involve a global approach that engages all relevant actors and looks beyond the health care sector alone.
PATH [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.path.org/media-center/
Press Releases
PATH and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office supported the Vietnam Ministry of Health in developing Vietnam’s COVID-19 digital vaccination certificate
March 22, 2022 by PATH
The Vietnam Ministry of Health, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and PATH came together for the dissemination workshop of a project to internationalize Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine data and certificates.
Hanoi, Vietnam, March 22, 2022—The Vietnam Ministry of Health (MOH), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), PATH, and implementing partners hosted the dissemination workshop for a six-month collaboration to support the development of Vietnam’s COVID-19 digital vaccination certification. The workshop was attended by the Deputy Minister of the Vietnam MOH, Tran Van Thuan; the British Ambassador to Vietnam, Gareth Ward; and representatives of implementing partners.
The project is funded by the Vaccine Data Co-Lab, a component of the Frontier Technology program and an FCDO-led collaboration supporting actionable solutions that improve data-driven prioritization, allocation, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. In May 2021, the UK-funded program launched an open call for technical proposals to identify organizations working directly with local and national governments in low- and middle-income countries to ensure sustained capacity for vaccine deployment. PATH was the first organization to receive a grant from the Vaccine Data Co-Lab…
Sabin Vaccine Institute [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.sabin.org/updates/pressreleases
Statements and Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
UNAIDS [to 26 Mar 2022]
Selected Press Releases/Reports/Statements
24 March 2022
Working together to help refugees in the Republic of Moldova
23 March 2022
23 March 2022
21 March 2022
Eastern Cape becomes the first South Africa province to campaign on U = U
UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/media-centre.htmlS
Selected News Releases, Announcements
UNHCR lauds Philippines’ accession to 1961 statelessness convention
Number of displaced Nicaraguans in Costa Rica doubles in less than a year
A month since the start of the war, almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population are displaced
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
One year after Palma attacks, thousands continue to flee violence in northern Mozambique
UNHCR and partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe
IOM, UNHCR welcome the first flights of refugees out of Moldova to EU Member States
UNHCR condemns deadly attack on displaced people in DR Congo
High Commissioner’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Statement by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
21 March 2022
https://www.unicef.org/media/press-releases
Press Releases, News Notes, Statements [Selected]
More than half of Ukraine’s children displaced after one month of war
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/more-half-ukraines-children-displaced-after-one-month-war
Girls in Afghanistan must go back to school without any further delays
UNICEF signs supply agreement with Pfizer for oral COVID-19 treatment
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-signs-supply-agreement-pfizer-oral-covid-19-treatment
[See COVID above for detail]
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s humanitarian briefing at the World Economic Forum
Polio immunisation campaign begins in four countries after case confirmed in Malawi – UNICEF
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/polio-immunisation-ESAR
Featured News
24 March 2022
[See COVID above for detail]
23 March 2022
Geneva – In advance of World TB Day, 24 March, Unitaid reaffirms its commitment to bring innovative approaches to the fight against TB.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on health programmes worldwide, but tuberculosis (TB) efforts have been disproportionately affected. Disruptions and delays to crucial services caused deaths from TB to increase for the first time in over a decade.
“In a rapidly changing world, the need to confront new challenges with updated tools and strategies is more salient than ever,” said Dr Philippe Duneton, Executive Director of Unitaid. “The tuberculosis bacteria was identified 140 years ago. Yet it continues to cause 1.5 million deaths each year, and millions of people around the world still lack access to the best tools, treatments, and prevention.
“The COVID-19 pandemic puts this in a particularly stark light. Since it began just over two years ago, we have developed and deployed rapid at-home tests, several powerful vaccines, multiple treatments that avert severe disease and mobilized billions in financing. And though there remains much to do, we are hopeful that we’re starting to turn a corner…
Vaccine Equity Cooperative [nee Initiative] [to 26 Mar 2022]
News
No new digest content identified.
Vaccination Acceptance & Demand Initiative [Sabin) [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.vaccineacceptance.org/
Announcements, Blog
No new digest content identified.
Vaccine Confidence Project [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/
News, Research and Reports
No new digest content identified.
Vaccine Education Center – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center
Vaccine Update for Providers , March 2022
In this issue:
Wellcome Trust [to 26 Mar 2022]
News. Opinion, Reports
Explainer
Explained: How climate affects health
20 March 2022
Climate change is a global health problem already impacting millions of people around the world. Here’s what you need to know.
The Wistar Institute [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.wistar.org/news/press-releases
No new digest content identified.
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations [to 26 Mar 2022]
Latest News – Blog
No new digest content identified.
World Bank [to 26 Mar 2022]
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/all
More than 120,000 Jordanian households to benefit from additional financing Washington DC, March 22, 2022 – The World Bank has approved US$350 million in additional financing for Jordan’s COVID-19…
Date: March 22, 2022 Type: Press Release
World Customs Organization – WCO [to 26 Mar 2022]
Latest News
Customs controls for COVID-19-related goods discussed with ASEAN Ambassadors
25 March 2022
WCO and INCB unite to support access to controlled medicines in Ukraine and neighbouring countries
22 March 2022
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.oie.int/en/media/news/
Press Releases, Statements
UN Environment Programme joins alliance to implement One Health approach
18 March 2022
Joint FAO/OIE/WHO/UNEP Press release
Strengthened partnership aims to accelerate coordinated strategy on human, animal and ecosystem health
Rome/Paris/Geneva/Nairobi – Work to tackle the challenges of human, animal and ecosystem health using a more integrated approach has seen significant progress in the past year, leaders of three international organizations cooperating across these sectors said, as they expanded their group to include a fourth body, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
At its annual executive meeting this week, the Tripartite partnership for One Health, bringing together the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), formally became the Quadripartite as it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNEP.
The One Health approach aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals, ecosystems and the wider environment. It mobilizes multiple sectors, disciplines and communities to work together to foster well-being and tackle threats to health and ecosystems. And it addresses the collective need for clean water, energy and air, safe and nutritious food, action on climate change, and contributing to sustainable development…
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ARM [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine] [to 26 Mar 2022]
Selected Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
BIO [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.bio.org/press-releases
Press Releases, Letters, Testimony, Comments [Selected]
New Season of Biotech Podcast Builds Trust in Science
March 22, 2022
DCVMN – Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network [to 26 Mar 2022]
No new digest content identified.
ICBA – International Council of Biotechnology Associations [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://internationalbiotech.org/news/
News
No new digest content identified.
http://www.ifpma.org/resources/news-releases/
Selected Press Releases, Statements, Publications
Joint Industry Statement on the War in Ukraine
21 March 2022 – The global research-based pharmaceutical industry stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and condemns the invasion of their country and the suffering it continues to cause. Overcoming the challenges that this unprecedented humanitarian crisis poses for patients is our main concern.
We are united in our mission of providing treatments and vaccines to all those affected by the war, wherever they are. Safe passage of medical products remains a top priority.
The industry is working in a variety of ways to support those affected by the unfolding humanitarian crisis. This includes providing free essential medicines and giving financial support to NGOs on the ground. We are monitoring for supply chain disruptions and building supply capacity where it’s needed as well as working with the wider health community to address issues as they arise.
To learn more about individual company efforts, please visit the website set up by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations’ (EFPIA), found here.
International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association [IGBA]
https://www.igbamedicines.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations – IAPO [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.iapo.org.uk/news/topic/6
Press and media [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
PhRMA [to 26 Mar 2022]
Latest News [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
Journal Watch
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
Tactical Health and Law Enforcement
AMA Journal of Ethics
Volume 24, Number 2: E107-163 Feb 2022
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/tactical-health-and-law-enforcement
Tactical Health and Law Enforcement
Tactical health involves providing field-based clinical support to law enforcement operations during frontline crisis interventions and prehospital emergency care. Health professional skill can inform individual officers’ occupational health maintenance and help agents of the state navigate primary and secondary trauma and posttrauma experiences in field- and clinic-based settings. Tactical health expertise can also inform department- and agency-level policies, decisions, and responses to community health and safety threats. Ethical questions considered in this issue focus on the nature and scope of health professionals’ collaborations with law enforcement personnel during and following critical event preparation and responses.
Disease transmission and mass gatherings: a case study on meningococcal infection during Hajj
BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 26 Mar 2022)
Disease transmission and mass gatherings: a case study on meningococcal infection during Hajj
Mass gatherings can not only trigger major outbreaks on-site but also facilitate global spread of infectious pathogens. Hajj is one of the largest mass gathering events worldwide where over two million pilgrim…
Authors: Laurent Coudeville, Amine Amiche, Ashrafur Rahman, Julien Arino, Biao Tang, Ombeline Jollivet, Alp Dogu, Edward Thommes and Jianhong Wu
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:275
Content type: Research article Published on: 22 March 2022
Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccines for reducing susceptibility to infection with the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of SARS-CoV-2
BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 26 Mar 2022)
Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccines for reducing susceptibility to infection with the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of SARS-CoV-2
From January to May 2021 the alpha variant (B.1.1.7) of SARS-CoV-2 was the most commonly detected variant in the UK. Following this, the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) then became the predominant variant. The UK CO…
Authors: Karan Pattni, Daniel Hungerford, Sarah Adams, Iain Buchan, Christopher P. Cheyne, Marta García-Fiñana, Ian Hall, David M. Hughes, Christopher E. Overton, Xingna Zhang and Kieran J. Sharkey
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:270
Content type: Research article Published on: 20 March 2022
Ethical and regulatory implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the medical devices industry and its representatives
BMC Medical Ethics
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmedethics/content
(Accessed 26 Mar 2022)
Ethical and regulatory implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the medical devices industry and its representatives
The development and deployment of medical devices, along with most areas of healthcare, has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has had variable ethical implications, two of which we wil…
Authors: Brette Blakely, Wendy Rogers, Jane Johnson, Quinn Grundy, Katrina Hutchison, Robyn Clay-Williams, Bernadette Richards and Guy Maddern
Citation: BMC Medical Ethics 2022 23:31
Content type: Debate Published on: 23 March 2022
Indicators and criteria of consciousness: ethical implications for the care of behaviourally unresponsive patients
BMC Medical Ethics
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmedethics/content
(Accessed 26 Mar 2022)
Indicators and criteria of consciousness: ethical implications for the care of behaviourally unresponsive patients
Assessing consciousness in other subjects, particularly in non-verbal and behaviourally disabled subjects (e.g., patients with disorders of consciousness), is notoriously challenging but increasingly urgent. T…
Authors: Michele Farisco, Cyriel Pennartz, Jitka Annen, Benedetta Cecconi and Kathinka Evers
Citation: BMC Medical Ethics 2022 23:30
Content type: Debate Published on: 21 March 2022
Cross-country evidence on the role of national governance in boosting COVID-19 vaccination
BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 26 Mar 2022)
Cross-country evidence on the role of national governance in boosting COVID-19 vaccination
Frequent mutations of the COVID-19 virus, such as the Delta and Omicron variants, have prolonged the pandemic. Rich countries have approved the booster shots (3rd doses) of vaccine, but this causes further delay …
Authors: Takeshi Aida and Masahiro Shoji
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:576
Content type: Research Published on: 23 March 2022
Willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination in urban China during the low-risk period: a cross-sectional study
BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 26 Mar 2022)
Willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination in urban China during the low-risk period: a cross-sectional study
Regular testing and vaccination are effective measures to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence on the willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing is scarce, and the willingness and uptake of vac…
Authors: Suhang Song, Shujie Zang, Liubing Gong, Cuilin Xu, Leesa Lin, Mark R. Francis and Zhiyuan Hou
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:556
Content type: Research Published on: 21 March 2022
Advocating for evidence-informed decisions to make healthcare fit for each person
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
April 2022 – Volume 27 – 2
https://ebm.bmj.com/content/27/2
Editorial
Advocating for evidence-informed decisions to make healthcare fit for each person (10 March, 2022)
Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Kerry Dwan, Luis Ignacio Garegnani, Marleen Kunneman, Eva Madrid, Maria-Inti Metzendorf, Nicolás Meza, David Nunan, Georgia C Richards, Paula Riganti, Areti Angeliki Veroniki
Age-based exclusions in clinical trials: A review and new perspectives
Contemporary Clinical Trials
Volume 114 March 2022
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/contemporary-clinical-trials/vol/114/suppl/C
Research article Abstract only
Age-based exclusions in clinical trials: A review and new perspectives
Diep Nguyen, Grace Mika, Anh Ninh
Article 106683
Tools for assessing the scalability of innovations in health: a systematic review
Health Research Policy and Systems
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content
[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]
Tools for assessing the scalability of innovations in health: a systematic review
The last decade has seen growing interest in scaling up of innovations to strengthen healthcare systems. However, the lack of appropriate methods for determining their potential for scale-up is an unfortunate …
Authors: Ali Ben Charif, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Amédé Gogovor, Mamane Abdoulaye Samri, José Massougbodji, Luke Wolfenden, Jenny Ploeg, Merrick Zwarenstein, Andrew J. Milat, Nathalie Rheault, Youssoufa M. Ousseine, Jennifer Salerno, Maureen Markle-Reid and France Légaré
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2022 20:34
Content type: Review Published on: 24 March 2022
Using qualitative research to develop an elaboration of the TIDieR checklist for interventions to enhance vaccination communication: short report
Health Research Policy and Systems
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content
[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]
Using qualitative research to develop an elaboration of the TIDieR checklist for interventions to enhance vaccination communication: short report
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased interest in communication with the public regarding vaccination. Our recent Cochrane qualitative evidence synthesis points to several factors that could influence …
Authors: Claire Glenton, Benedicte Carlsen, Brita Askeland Winje, Renske Eilers, Manuela Dominique Wennekes, Tammy C. Hoffmann and Simon Lewin
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2022 20:31
Content type: Research Published on: 19 March 2022
Association of Homologous and Heterologous Vaccine Boosters With COVID-19 Incidence and Severity in Singapore
JAMA
March 22/29, 2022, Vol 327, No. 12, Pages 1109-1194
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/currentissue
Research Letter
Association of Homologous and Heterologous Vaccine Boosters With COVID-19 Incidence and Severity in Singapore
Sharon Hui Xuan Tan, MPH; Rachael Pung, MSc; Lin-Fa Wang, PhD; et al.
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JAMA. 2022;327(12):1181-1182. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.1922
This study estimates SARS-CoV-2 infections and disease severity with the receipt of a booster and by type of booster.
COVID-19 Update March 26, 2022
JAMA Network
COVID-19 Update March 26, 2022
These articles on COVID-19 were published across the JAMA Network in the last week.
Use of Community Listening Sessions to Disseminate Research Findings to Past Participants and Communities
Journal of Community Health
Volume 47, issue 2, April 2022
https://link.springer.com/journal/10900/volumes-and-issues/47-2
Original Paper
Use of Community Listening Sessions to Disseminate Research Findings to Past Participants and Communities
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
Jennifer Cunningham-Erves
Elizabeth C. Stewart
Stephania T. Miller
Published: 08 October 2021
Pages: 201 – 210
Active Surveillance of Adverse Events in Healthcare Workers Recipients After Vaccination with COVID-19 BNT162b2 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, Comirnaty): A Cross-Sectional Study
Journal of Community Health
Volume 47, issue 2, April 2022
https://link.springer.com/journal/10900/volumes-and-issues/47-2
Active Surveillance of Adverse Events in Healthcare Workers Recipients After Vaccination with COVID-19 BNT162b2 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, Comirnaty): A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
Giancarlo Ripabelli
Manuela Tamburro
Michela Lucia Sammarco
Content type: Original Paper
Published: 09 October 2021
Pages: 211 – 225
Influenza Vaccination During COVID-19 in a Rural Community: A Cross-sectional Survey
Journal of Community Health
Volume 47, issue 2, April 2022
https://link.springer.com/journal/10900/volumes-and-issues/47-2
Influenza Vaccination During COVID-19 in a Rural Community: A Cross-sectional Survey
Authors
Rebecca E. Marcus
Victor O. Kolade
Content type: Original Paper
Published: 13 October 2021
Pages: 226 – 231
Motivations to Vaccinate Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine
Journal of Community Health
Volume 47, issue 2, April 2022
https://link.springer.com/journal/10900/volumes-and-issues/47-2
Motivations to Vaccinate Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
Ramey Moore
Rachel S. Purvis
Pearl A. McElfish
Content type: Original Paper
Published: 23 October 2021
Pages: 237 – 245
COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among College Students at a Midwest University
Journal of Community Health
Volume 47, issue 2, April 2022
https://link.springer.com/journal/10900/volumes-and-issues/47-2
COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among College Students at a Midwest University
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
Amy J. Wotring
Matthew Hutchins
Linda Behrendt
Content type: Original Paper
Published: 20 November 2021
Pages: 292 – 297
Using social media listening and data mining to understand travellers’ perspectives on travel disease risks and vaccine-related attitudes and behaviours
Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2022
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/issue
Original Articles
Using social media listening and data mining to understand travellers’ perspectives on travel disease risks and vaccine-related attitudes and behaviours
Catherine Bravo, PhD, Valérie Bosch Castells, MSc, Susann Zietek-Gutsch, MBA, Pierre-Antoine Bodin, MSc, Cliona Molony, PhD …
Evaluating COVID-19 vaccines in the real world
The Lancet
Mar 26, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10331 p1201-1278, e17-e19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current
Comment
Evaluating COVID-19 vaccines in the real world
Edward J Mills, Gilmar Reis
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness against malaria of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs in Tanzania: a four-arm, cluster-randomised trial
The Lancet
Mar 26, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10331 p1201-1278, e17-e19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current
Articles
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness against malaria of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs in Tanzania: a four-arm, cluster-randomised trial
Jacklin F Mosha, et al.
Effectiveness of rAd26-rAd5, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, and BBIBP-CorV vaccines for risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and death due to COVID-19 in people older than 60 years in Argentina: a test-negative, case-control, and retrospective longitudinal study
The Lancet
Mar 26, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10331 p1201-1278, e17-e19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current
NCD Countdown 2030: efficient pathways and strategic investments to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 in low-income and middle-income countries
The Lancet
Mar 26, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10331 p1201-1278, e17-e19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current
Health Policy
NCD Countdown 2030: efficient pathways and strategic investments to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 in low-income and middle-income countries
NCD Countdown 2030 collaborators
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening, and HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Egypt
Maternal and Child Health Journal
Volume 26, issue 3, March 2022
https://link.springer.com/journal/10995/volumes-and-issues/26-3
Original Paper
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening, and HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Egypt
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
Mariam Lotfy Mohamed, Ayat Mahmoud Tawfik, Sally Fawzy Elotla
Published: 21 January 2022
Pages: 565 – 574
The alarming rise of complex genetic testing in human embryo selection
Nature
Volume 603 Issue 7902, 24 March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/603/issues/7901
Editorial | 21 March 2022
The alarming rise of complex genetic testing in human embryo selection
Companies are marketing polygenic risk scores as part of IVF well ahead of a full understanding of the potential benefits — or dangers.
This is no time to stop tracking COVID-19
Nature
Volume 603 Issue 7902, 24 March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/603/issues/7901
Editorial | 23 March 2022
This is no time to stop tracking COVID-19
To live with the coronavirus, we cannot be blind to its movements.
Vaccinating women against COVID in world’s largest refugee camp
Nature
Volume 603 Issue 7902, 24 March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/603/issues/7901
Correspondence | 22 March 2022
Vaccinating women against COVID in world’s largest refugee camp
Ali Alam
Last year’s vaccination campaign in the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, which houses some 900,000 Rohingya refugees who fled genocide in Myanmar in 2017, led to more than half of the eligible population being fully vaccinated in 4 months (see go.nature.com/3q7ukca). Vaccine uptake was notably successful among women.
Among marginalized people, the vaccination rate for women is usually lower than for their male counterparts (see, for example, go.nature.com/3i6wask). This is down to gender-specific misinformation and gender gaps in accessing information and vaccination centres, for example. Nevertheless, more than 80% of women in the target group for COVID-19 vaccines were vaccinated in the first month of the Cox’s Bazar programme (see go.nature.com/3kfopy2).
Engagement with community leaders over gender-based barriers to vaccination led to education programmes designed to combat false rumours. This in turn led to the recruitment of female vaccinators, and to vaccine misinformation being discussed at women-only radio listeners’ clubs and religious group-study sessions.
As a health-care researcher who has worked with Rohingya refugees, I think this reflects the importance of including women themselves in such campaigns.
Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia
Nature
Volume 603 Issue 7902, 24 March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/603/issues/7901
Review Article | 28 January 2022
Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia
The COVID Human Genetic Effort examines the molecular, cellular and immunological determinants of the various SARS-CoV-2-related disease manifestations by searching for causal errors of immunity.
Qian Zhang, Paul Bastard, Jean-Laurent Casanova
Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa
Nature
Volume 603 Issue 7902, 24 March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/603/issues/7901
Article | 07 January 2022 | Open Access
Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa
The genomic profile and early transmission dynamics of the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2.
Raquel Viana, Sikhulile Moyo, Tulio de Oliveira
Understanding the nature of science through COVID-19 reports
Nature Human Behaviour
Volume 6 Issue 3, March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nathumbehav/volumes/6/issues/3
World View | 07 February 2022
Understanding the nature of science through COVID-19 reports
Teaching students the nature of science can be difficult, but the COVID-19 pandemic offers a range of teachable examples in a form of ‘living textbook’, explains Wei-Zhao Shi.
Wei-Zhao Shi
An epidemic of uncertainty: rumors, conspiracy theories and vaccine hesitancy
Nature Medicine
Volume 28 Issue 3, March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nm/volumes/28/issues/3
Perspective | 10 March 2022
An epidemic of uncertainty: rumors, conspiracy theories and vaccine hesitancy
In this Perspective, the authors discuss the new digital communications landscape in relation to vaccines and argue that trust is key to overcoming vaccine hesitancy.
Ed Pertwee, Clarissa Simas, Heidi J. Larson
Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public
Nature Medicine
Volume 28 Issue 3, March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nm/volumes/28/issues/3
Review Article | 10 March 2022
Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public
This Review provides an overview of the psychology of misinformation, from susceptibility to spread and interventions to help boost psychological immunity.
Sander van der Linden
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland
Nature Medicine
Volume 28 Issue 3, March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nm/volumes/28/issues/3
Article | 13 January 2022 | Open Access
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland
Findings from the COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study reveals low levels of vaccination uptake by pregnant women compared to women in the general population and that not being vaccinated is associated with increased risk of severe complications of COVID-19 in pregnancy, including perinatal mortality.
Sarah J. Stock, Jade Carruthers, Rachael Wood
Addressing Vaccine Inequity — Covid-19 Vaccines as a Global Public Good
New England Journal of Medicine
March 24, 2022 Vol. 386 No. 12
https://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal
Editorial
Addressing Vaccine Inequity — Covid-19 Vaccines as a Global Public Good
List of authors.
David J. Hunter, F.Med.Sci., Salim S. Abdool Karim, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., Lindsey R. Baden, M.D., Jeremy J. Farrar, M.D., Ph.D., Mary Beth Hamel, M.D., M.P.H., Dan L. Longo, M.D., Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., and Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
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Perceived risk and perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine: A survey among general public in Pakistan
PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]
Research Article
Perceived risk and perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine: A survey among general public in Pakistan
Bilal Mahmood Beg, Tariq Hussain, Mehmood Ahmad, Sadaf Areej, Arfa Majeed, Muhammad Adil Rasheed, Muhammad Moin Ahmad, Qurat-ul-Ain Shoaib, Sadaf Aroosa
Research Article | published 24 Mar 2022 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266028
Ethical, regulatory, and practical barriers to COVID-19 research: A stakeholder-informed inventory of concerns
PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]
Ethical, regulatory, and practical barriers to COVID-19 research: A stakeholder-informed inventory of concerns
Bryan A. Sisk, Kari Baldwin, Meredith Parsons, James M. DuBois
Research Article | published 24 Mar 2022 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265252
Potential factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy: A systematic review
PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]
Potential factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy: A systematic review
Debendra Nath Roy, Mohitosh Biswas, Ekramul Islam, Md. Shah Azam
Research Article | published 23 Mar 2022 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265496
Knowledge attitudes and practices toward seasonal influenza vaccine among pregnant women during the 2018/2019 influenza season in Tunisia
PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]
Knowledge attitudes and practices toward seasonal influenza vaccine among pregnant women during the 2018/2019 influenza season in Tunisia
Sonia Dhaouadi, Ghassen Kharroubi, Amal Cherif, Ines Cherif, Hind Bouguerra, Leila Bouabid, Nourhene Najar, Adel Gharbi, Afif Ben Salah, Nissaf Bouafif ép Ben Alaya, Jihene Bettaieb
Research Article | published 22 Mar 2022 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265390
Inequality in science and the case for a new agenda
PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
March 8, 2022 | vol. 119 | no. 10
https://www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/119/10
Perspective February 24, 2022 Open Access
Inequality in science and the case for a new agenda
The history of the scientific enterprise demonstrates that it has supported gender, identity, and racial inequity. Further, its institutions have allowed discrimination, harassment, and personal harm of racialized persons and women. This has resulted in a …
Joseph L. Graves, Maureen Kearney, […] Shirley Malcom
Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy among Thai pregnant women and their spouses: a prospective survey
Reproductive Health
http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content
[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]
Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy among Thai pregnant women and their spouses: a prospective survey
Vaccination is one of the most reliable interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although pregnant women’s attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination are well studied, husbands’ views toward COVID…
Authors: Kotchakorn Pairat and Chadakarn Phaloprakarn
Citation: Reproductive Health 2022 19:74
Content type: Research Published on: 24 March 2022
Primary health care expenditure in the Americas: measuring what matters
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en
23 Mar 2022
Primary health care expenditure in the Americas: measuring what matters
Special report | Spanish |
Combination of COVID-19 vaccines and their efficacy: a theoretical proposal
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en
23 Mar 2022
Combination of COVID-19 vaccines and their efficacy: a theoretical proposal
Brief communication | Spanish |
Hepatitis B in indigenous people in Latin America: a literature review
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en
23 Mar 2022
Hepatitis B in indigenous people in Latin America: a literature review
Review | Spanish |
Estimating national excess mortality from subnational data: application to Argentina
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en
23 Mar 2022
Estimating national excess mortality from subnational data: application to Argentina
Brief communication | English |
Feasibility of using artificial intelligence for screening COVID-19 patients in Paraguay
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
https://www.paho.org/journal/en
Selected Articles
23 Mar 2022
Feasibility of using artificial intelligence for screening COVID-19 patients in Paraguay
Original research | Spanish |
Will the European Health Data Space change data sharing rules?
Science
Volume 375| Issue 6587| 25 Mar 2022
https://www.science.org/toc/science/current
Policy Forum
Will the European Health Data Space change data sharing rules?
BY Mahsa Shabani
24 Mar 2022: 1357-1359
Questions of consent and public interest research loom large
vaccines and global health :: ethics and policy 