Global inequity creates local insufficiency: A qualitative study of COVID-19 vaccine implementation challenges in low-and-middle-income countries

Editorial Material Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Global vaccine equity demands reparative justice - not charity

Sophie Harman et al.

BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH (2021)

Review Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Integrated health service delivery during COVID-19: a scoping review of published evidence from low-income and lower-middle-income countries

Md Zabir Hasan et al.

Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, low/lower-middle-income countries primarily implemented integrated health service delivery systems through systematic horizontal integration, led by specific policy measures. The government's stewardship, decentralized decision-making capacity of local institutions, and multisectoral collaboration were critical facilitators for integrated health service delivery.

BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH (2021)

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Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Impact of Public Health and Social Measures on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States and Other Countries: Descriptive Analysis

Sophia Alison Zweig et al.

Summary: The study suggests that early, consistent, prolonged, and high adherence to public health and social measures are key factors in reducing COVID-19 transmission. National income positively correlates with cumulative COVID-19 incidence, indicating that wealth plays a less important role in controlling the pandemic compared to rapid, centralized, and consistent public health action.

JMIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SURVEILLANCE (2021)

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Article Medicine, General & Internal

Fragmented health systems in COVID-19: rectifying the misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage

Arush Lal et al.

Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of strengthening global health security and universal health coverage, as well as the need for integration, financing, resilience, and equity in governance, policies, and investments for better health outcomes. By comparing different health systems' responses to the pandemic, essential lessons can be drawn for creating a more sustainable future.

LANCET (2021)

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Editorial Material Medicine, General & Internal

From Vaccine Nationalism to Vaccine Equity - Finding a Path Forward

Ingrid T. Katz et al.

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2021)

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Article Immunology

Recommendations for acceleration of vaccine development and emergency use filings for COVID-19 leveraging lessons from the novel oral polio vaccine

Natalie Thiel et al.

Summary: The new oral polio vaccine nOPV2 is the first to seek WHO Emergency Use Listing, lessons learned from its accelerated development plan include regulatory, clinical development, chemistry manufacturing and controls, post-deployment monitoring, and adaptation of findings to COVID-19 vaccine candidates. The effort aims to familiarize vaccine developers with the EUL process and provide general guidance for faster development and launch preparation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NPJ VACCINES (2021)

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Editorial Material Infectious Diseases