With shrinking national budgets, increasing deficits, demands for welfare assistance, and economies which are struggling to recover from month long lock-downs and harsh restrictive measures, investing in the unknown is a difficult decision to make.
The best chance of success for any country is to participate in an endeavour which diversifies and broadens access to a broad portfolio of possible vaccine candidates.
Proposals should not come from an angry or frustrated place, and must be evidence-based.
Now is not the time for countries to look inwards. The crisis will only be resolved, and economies will only recover, if countries are allowed to trade and collaborate freely with each other.
Let us be kind to each other.
Travel bans delay the spread of the virus, but are unable to actually prevent infections.
E-cigarettes must be regulated as strictly as conventional cigarettes and imposed with similar duties.
The primary reasons for female circumcision were cited as it being a religious obligation, personal hygiene, cultural practice and to control the girl’s sexual desire.
Whether you are Muslim or non-Muslim, you should know your own status. This should be the gold standard.
Patients must continue to be at the centre of policy-making which directly affects them.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy