vaccines

Afghan burqa-clad women health workers administer polio vaccine drops to a child during a campaign in Jalalabad on August 21, 2023.

Polio Eradication Through Innovation

A woman gives a polio vaccine to baby.

Women Health Workers Hold the Key to Eradicating Polio

A child looks uncertain as he receives a polio vaccine at a health care center in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on April 3, 2023. Aditya Aji/AFP via Getty

Playing Catch-Up: Immunization Is Not a Game We Can Afford to Lose

Peter Jay Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.

Peter Hotez on Patent-Free Vaccines—and Texas, Tito’s, and Twitter

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