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December 2, 2021 Commentary

Rich Countries Must Stop Blocking the Covid Vaccine Patent Waiver

Access to Covid-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics Is Part of the Human Right to Health

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November 24, 2021 Report

South Africa: Broken Promises to Aid Gender-Based Violence Survivors

Improve Shelter Funding; Increase Access for Sex Workers, LGBT, Undocumented Survivors

General view during the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) protest march organized by the Office of The Premier in collaboration with Phepha Foundation on April 26, 2021 in Durban, South Africa.
November 16, 2021 Dispatches

Singapore Death Row Inmate Saved by Covid-19 – For Now

Execution of Man with Disability Delayed During Recovery

Activists attend a candlelight vigil against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
November 4, 2021 News Release

China: Release Gravely Ill Activist

Urgently Provide Zhang Zhan Access to Adequate Medical Care, Family

A photo shared by the brother of Zhang Zhan, an activist who criticized the Chinese government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis and is being held in a Shanghai prison.
October 27, 2021 Dispatches

The Toll of Bolsonaro’s Disastrous Covid-19 Response

Brazil’s President Held to Task by Critical Pandemic Report

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro holds a drug he recommended to treat Covid-19 during a Facebook live event in April 2020. That drug has no proven effect against the virus.
October 26, 2021 News Release

Cambodia: Vaccine Mandates Raise Rights Concerns

Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Should Focus on Access, Comprehensive Support

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October 21, 2021 Report

Kenya: Pandemic Health Workers Lack Protection

Ensure Safety During Covid-19; Address Plight of Frontline Workers

Healthcare workers protest outside the Ministry of Health headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya to honor one of their colleagues, Dr. Stephen Mogusu, a 28-year-old health worker who succumbed to Covid-19.
October 18, 2021 News Release

German Postcode Lottery Grants

Equitable Health Care, Covid-19 Vaccine for Conflict Zones; Digital Communications

Displaced Syrian children read a poster, outlining 7 steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus disease, at a camp for the internally displaced near Dayr Ballut, near the Turkish border in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province on March 22, 2020, during a campaign to prevent the spread of the virus.
October 13, 2021 Dispatches

As Australia Reopens, Vaccine Equity Should Be a Priority

Disparities in Vaccination Rates Leaves Communities at Risk

People wait outside a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in the Bankstown suburb during a lockdown in Sydney, Australia, August 25, 2021.
October 12, 2021 Report

Africa: Covid-19 Aid Falling Short

Rise in Poverty, Hunger Shows Need to Expand Social Protection

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October 5, 2021 Commentary

Vaccine Mandates Can Support Human Rights, But Broader Strategy Is Crucial

A person in Soweto, South Africa receives an injection as they participate in a clinical trial for a Covid-19 vaccine in June 2020. 
October 5, 2021 Commentary

India's Supreme Court Orders to Vaccinate Patients in Mental Health Facilities

The SC Order is Welcome, But More Needs to Be Done for People with Disabilities

Women with perceived or actual psychosocial disabilities at a mental hospital in Mumbai
September 28, 2021 Commentary

China’s use of force and coercion to drive up its COVID-19 vaccination rate is not the answer

Migrant workers line up for the Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary inoculation site in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province August 23, 2021.
September 24, 2021 Commentary

Nigerian States Should Protect Girls by Ending Child Marriage

A woman protests against child marriage in Lagos, Nigeria.
September 22, 2021 Dispatches

Quad Leaders Should Back Covid-19 Intellectual Property Waiver

Summit Meeting Key Opportunity to Address Vaccine Inequities

Activists stand outside Pfizer Headquarters demanding US President Joe Biden support the "TRIPS Waiver" in New York, NY on April 22, 2021.

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