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Atlanta Journal Constitution: Opinion – COVID can’t become endemic like HIV

By Michelle Nunn · April 18, 2021

In May 1981, a small newspaper out of New York City reported on “rumors of an exotic new disease among homosexuals,” – the first story in the United States on what was, at least in sub-Saharan Africa, already becoming the AIDS epidemic. Since then, over 30 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses across the globe. After 40 years of scientific and medical effort, our response to AIDS has come a long way. We have effective treatments that reduce transmission of HIV, and people living with an undetectable viral load don’t transmit it sexually.

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DEVEX: In COVID-19 vaccine race, rollouts are sometimes an afterthought

April 18, 2021

The population in war-torn Yemen has paid a heavy price during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to its battered health system. “I don’t think there is a home without COVID-19 — [there are] lots of deaths,” said Rajaa Ahmad Ali Massaad, the nation’s first female anesthetist. At Aden Hospital, where she works, about 260 nurses and doctors have contracted the disease and at least three of them died, she said, adding that, “Yemen is definitely not ready for another COVID wave.”

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Crisis Response

Venezuela: Women and girls at greatest risk as thousands escape violence due to military operations in the border zone with Colombia  

April 8, 2021

[Bogotá, Colombia, 07 april 2021] At least 5,500 people from Venezuela had crossed the border between Apure and the Colombian department of Arauca in the last two weeks. They are escaping violent clashes between the Venezuelan military and Colombian irregular armed groups operating in their territory.  Women and girls crossing are at risk of gender-based violence or sexual abuse while crossing into Colombia. 

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Axios: Vaccinating Africa – Countries struggle to deliver the few shots they’ve got

April 6, 2021

The first shipment of long-awaited coronavirus vaccines finally arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on March 3. One month later, they’re still sitting in a warehouse in the capital, Kinshasa. Why it matters: Africa is at the back of the global line for vaccines, and most countries only expect enough doses to cover a fraction of their populations this year. But in some cases, even those limited supplies may not be fully deployed before they expire.

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Washington Post: Coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the cost of administering them

April 1, 2021

Coronavirus vaccines have begun to trickle into some of the world’s poorest nations, in large part thanks to Covax, the World Health Organization-backed initiative to distribute vaccine doses equitably. But once doses arrive on airport tarmacs, it is up to each country to finance distribution, including the salaries of health-care workers to administer the shots. In many cases, that funding isn’t readily available.

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