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Health improvements will be slow in Central America

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Challenges in improving public healthcare in Central America.

Slow pace of vaccinations drives Australia lockdowns

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AUSTRALIA

The rapid spread of the Delta variant has exposed serious shortcomings in Australia’s containment strategy, which has been forced to rely on economically disruptive lockdowns…

Africa’s vaccine deficit presents risks of variance

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AFRICA

Both the WHO and African Union (AU) have called for a moratorium on booster shot programmes to allow more supply to flow to regions such as Africa, where vaccination numbers…

Africa remains in a precarious COVID-19 position

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AFRICA

Risks associated with COVID-19 in Africa.

Boosting Africa’s health security will be challenging

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AFRICA

Although cases and mortality per capita in Africa have been low compared to Europe and the Americas, the pandemic has exposed underlying vulnerabilities in health systems…

Latin American health cooperation shows limited gains

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LATIN AMERICA

Pharmaceutical procurement and pricing.

COVID-19 crisis will hurt Africa’s informal sector

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AFRICA

Domestic policies and international aid designed to counter the economic impacts will have only limited reach into informal economies, despite their key role in continental…

COVID-19 to end Cuban economic reform

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CUBA

Cuban COVID-19 response.

South African mining could ride out lockdown period

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African post-lockdown mining.

South African lockdown easing will only do so much

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SOUTH AFRICA

President Cyril Ramaphosa, who had been under escalating pressure from business and organised labour to reopen the economy fully, justified the relaxation by citing reductions in…