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China’s zero Covid strategy faces old age hurdle

April 27, 2022

The overall vaccination rate in China stands at nearly 88 percent. But only about half of those over 80 and 48% of those over 60 have received two vaccinations...

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Covid paradox: Countries with best healthcare fared the worst

April 18, 2022

While effective states are well-placed to tackle their problems, an efficient response to the pandemic is also about how laxly or strictly these states...

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How misinformation is making India’s fight against COVID-19 more difficult

March 12, 2022

At the height of the first wave of COVID-19 in India viral videos suggested that Indians use home remedies such as clove, black pepper, caraway (ajwain), and...

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Maldives struggle to vaccinate amid rising cases

June 4, 2021

The island nation which was being praised for its efforts in COVID vaccine rollout, is now facing one of the fastest growing cases. Maldives has reported a...

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What do COVID variants mean for vaccine efficacy?

May 14, 2021

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Dr. Rohini Karandikar tells you all you need to know about COVID-19 variants and its implications on vaccine efficacy. When the SARS-CoV2 virus was recognized...

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“Health has to become political”: Shamika Ravi

April 9, 2021

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This World Health Day, HealthLEADSs Asia spoke to Prof. Shamika Ravi, Non Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution and former member of the PM’s...

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Why COVID’s impact on TB should alarm us

March 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted a major setback in India’s battle against TB. This World TB day, HealthLEADS looks into the country’s struggles, recovery...

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What data says about India’s COVID vaccinations

March 19, 2021

As of March 17, more than 6.5 million people have been fully vaccinated in India, with both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. And that’s a meagre 0.47 per cent of...

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COVID Vaccines: Are you hesitant?

February 19, 2021

Since public rollouts began, COVID-19 vaccines have faced unprecedented backlash, criticism, and often rebuke. Will the sentiment eventually soften? Global...

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The inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

February 11, 2021

An analysis of vaccine orders shows that 82% of the COVID-19 vaccines produced are for high income and upper-middle-income countries. Scientists across the...