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Don't blame climate change for Madagascar's food crisis
Gender equality takes one step forward, three back during COVID
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In South Africa, Omicron travel curbs spell more economic misery
News Package
Coronavirus vaccine inequality
In Depth
Generation COVID: How young people are bouncing back
As Omicron spreads, calls mount to waive COVID vaccine patents
explainer
With Omicron, has COVID-19 vaccine inequity put the world at risk?
Logistical challenges hamper COVID-19 vaccination drives in Africa
Ethiopia's speed schools give child labourers a second chance
Global deal to give COVID antibody test tech free to poor nations
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Can my employer make me get a COVID-19 vaccine?
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Countries making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory
COP26: What are the COVID rules?
'What about us?' Thai budget businesses fear premium tourist focus
EXCLUSIVE-WHO-led programme aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills ...
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Lack of vaccination passport, testing threaten Japan's reopening
India vaccine effort slows as gap between doses outpaces rollout
Merck COVID-19 pill risks further vaccine inequality
More vaccines, climate help needed for poorer nations- say UN, NAM
U.N. chief appeals for $8 bln to equitably vaccinate 40% of world
PAHO says in advanced talks to buy more COVID-19 vaccines
NY hospitals face staff shortages as vaccine mandate kicks in
African sex workers face digital abuse as COVID pushes them online
How unequal has the global coronavirus vaccine rollout been?
Germany to end quarantine pay for those without vaccinations
Biden pledges new vaccine donations in bid to rally global pandemi
U.N. chief grades world on vaccine rollout: 'F in Ethics'
World leaders return to U.N. with focus on pandemic, climate
EU's chief executive warns against 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'
WHO-backed vaccine hub for Africa to copy Moderna COVID-19 shot
How will US vaccine mandate impact workers, companies?
U.S. presses Facebook, Amazon on curbing vaccine misinformation
Send vaccines to Africa and ditch unproven third shot, AU says
With pandemic rebound, Latin America's working mothers fall behind
Singapore to ease COVID-19 restrictions for migrant workers
India evictions during COVID-19 a 'human rights crisis'
All aboard! Thai bus brings vaccines to Bangkok's vulnerable
Florida teachers on edge as mask war, COVID mark school return
COVID disruption causing many TB, AIDS deaths in poorest countries
Is Britain's insurance hike unfair for Black and Asian workers?
Climate groups call for COP26 summit delay over vaccines, costs
In Buenos Aires downtown, a city seeks new post-pandemic life
Vietnam's biggest city proposes economic restart
Thailand makes COVID-19 protective gear out of upcycled bottles
Brazil's Bolsonaro signs law that could break vaccine patents
South African train brings COVID-19 vaccines closer to people
White House calls for 'urgent' action to prevent evictions
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About our Coronavirus coverage

We show how coronavirus is impacting the lives of vulnerable people globally.

Opinion

Andres Constantin O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Is a WHO pandemic treaty set to fail?

The adoption of a ‘pandemic treaty’ could mitigate harm next time we are hit by disease but only with reforms to the international legal system
Taibat Lawanson University of Lagos

OPINION: COVID-19 and repeat evictions in Lagos’ slums

There are over 100 slum and squatter settlements in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos. We visited five such communities as part of a Prindex study on land and housing rights, speaking to countless residents who have been repeatedly forced from their homes.
Koketso Moeti Activist

How COVID-19 helped diminish online civic spaces

The COVID-19 crisis underscored the importance of online public spaces, but it also helped shut it down, criminalise dissent and diminish freedoms
Maximo Torero Cullen Food and Agriculture Organization

COVID-19 imperils rural areas but, with help, farmers can recover

Governments must refocus their energies on rural communities. Deploying broadband technologies is a cost-effective way to reduce the digital divide and inequality

In Depth

Coronavirus likely to lock India's women out of job market for years
Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps
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ANALYSIS - Viable plan or security theatre? Europe embraces digital health pass
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'COVID is a wake-up call': Black entrepreneurs aim to level playing field

Editor's Picks

Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19
South Africans battle to bridge digital divide in COVID-19 vaccination race
'Lifeline' tech helps poor rural women get through India's COVID-19 crisis
Endangered lungs: Forest fire smoke threatens COVID-recovering Amazon communities