By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala   LAGOS – The development and approval of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after the

By Manish Bapna & Muhammad Musa   WASHINGTON, DC – The year 2020 changed everything. The world now faces interconnected

By Mariz Tadros BRIGHTON – For most people, the #MeToo movement has become synonymous with campaigns against sexual harassment. The

By Zia Khan & John W. McArthur   NEW YORK – With COVID-19 vaccinations underway in some countries and efforts to expand

By Ifeanyi M. Nsofor   ABUJA – Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death globally for children under five. Of

By Maximo Torero   ROME – The world is not yet sufficiently alarmed by how much the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the global

By Zulfiqar A. Bhutta KARACHI – When the novel coronavirus first arrived in Pakistan in late February, there was widespread concern

By Jiniya Afroze   DHAKA – It is already apparent that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be uneven, with poorer countries

By Syed Munir Khasru   MELBOURNE – COVID-19 continues to have a devastating impact on public health and to rattle the global

By  Tlaleng Mofokeng  JOHANNESBURG – While the world has been fixated on the results of the presidential election in the United