Global coalition to accelerate COVID-19 clinical research in resource-limited settings

Large, well conducted clinical trials are needed urgently to support guidelines on prevention and clinical management. Open collaboration and data sharing in these trials must be mandated while protecting the rights of participants and patients. This includes research undertaken by the private sector. The article by Nick White from the COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition, supports WHO’s efforts to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Asymmetries and Challenges for the Future of Health

Social  and  economic  inequality  between  countries, territories,  and  population  groups  has  increased  during the  pandemic.  Its  impacts  are  unevenly  distributed, revealing  the  interface  between  the  biological, economic,  and  social  worlds.  There  is  a  threat  of  a humanitarian  crisis  due  to  the  concrete  differences between  those  who  have  full  access  to  products, services,  and  health  and  those  who  can  be  left  behind.

Non-communicable diseases: a challenge for global cooperation

In current times, it’s easy to forget that over 70% of deaths worldwide are due to non-communicable diseases. How can we tackle their rise? The theory of epidemiological transition (or the changing patterns of population age distributions, mortality, fertility, life expectancy, and causes of death) offers a valuable framework for understanding how different types of diseases can occur simultaneously in a population. 

COVID-19 and oportunities for international cooperation