Children in conflict-affected contexts have been left behind: Insights from the WUENIC vaccine coverage estimates and polio cases in 2024

  In mid-July 2024, Fatima gave birth to her first child in a town in South Kordofan. Just a day later, paramilitary forces attacked her town, forcing her to flee to a remote village without healthcare. In August 2024, famine was declared in the same region she fled. Fatima’s child is now nearly one year […]

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COVID-19 vaccination in India: we need equity

  Just a few days after starting its own COVID-19 vaccination program , India provided vaccines as grant- in-aid to other countries1 . This was in sharp contrast to some high-income countries which stockpile vaccines,  and block proposals to suspend intellectual property rights in World Trade Organisation2. India now is in the midst of a […]

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