vaccines

Students participate in a rural vaccination drive at a school in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on March 9, 2022. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Africa’s New Approach to Public Health

A newly opened pharmacy, equipped with adequate essential medicine, at a Mother & Child Health centre in Xaraf, Somalia.

Meeting the Moment: The Introduction of PCV in Somalia

Health workers walk from house to house during a polio vaccination campaign in Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano, Nigeria. April 22, 2017. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

The Last Mile: How We’ll Stop All Poliovirus in Africa

sther Sambiri, left, stands with fellow vaccine advocates outside the Nyanga, Zimbabwe, district government office on Dec. 16, 2021. Image: Farai Mutsaka

Infectious Diseases

In Zimbabwe, COVID-19 Vaccine Mistrust Stokes HPV Vaccination Fears

Argentines protest in Buenos Aires against new COVID-19 restrictions. April 17, 2021. Image: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Argentina and Covid-19: ‘The Worst Time Is Right Now’

Older adults in Quito, Ecuador receive their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine yesterday. Image: Rafael Rodriguez/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Tech Companies Have a Role in Expanding Vaccine Access, Information

Street scene in Coyoacan, Mexico City. Image courtesy of Angélica López Hernández

In Mexico, Vaccines Arrive, but Cases Rise

West Dhanmondi, Dhaka, March 31, 2021. Image:Taufique Joarder

In Bangladesh, Plenty of Vaccines but Few Takers

Doctors and nurses walk to a house to administer the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine to a resident during a house call in the village of Daldere, Turkey, Feb. 12, 2021. Image: Chris McGrath/Getty

Making Vaccines the New Social Norm

A worker displays syringes at the Hindustan Syringes factory in Faridabad as India ramped up production ahead of a coronavirus vaccine rollout. September 2, 2020 Image: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty

What It Means When Billions of People Must Wait Years for a COVID Vaccine

A statue representing a child receiving a vaccine in front of the WHO headquarters in Geneva, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, April 24, 2020. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty

Vaccine Hesitancy Post-COVID-19: Will Our Memory Fade or Last?

Thanks to development assistance to Uganda’s national response, HIV prevalence in Uganda dropped from 7.3% to 6% between 2011 and 2016. Image: Cynthia Changyit Levin

Cutting Foreign Aid Now Would Be a Bad Move