by Jeremy Solomons | 5 Feb 2021 | Economy, Educators' Catalog, Health and Wellness, Human Rights, World
COVID-19 vaccination programs are moving slowly in poor nations, threatening the world’s health and raising risks for rich countries’ economies. From ourworldindata.org Sometime very soon, the world will reach a significant milestone in its battle to...
As nations struggle with the terrible health and economic consequences of COVID-19, the rush is on to roll out vaccines to as many people as possible. Leaders of developed economies might be excused for protecting their citizens above all — if it didn’t mean leaving out masses of people in the Global South. Jeremy Solomons taps official data and experts to spell out the dangers for both poor and rich nations alike if steps are not taken to ensure vaccines reach the four corners of the world. Ask students how they would ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines — and whether they would be willing to help pay for it.
by Sarah Edmonds | 20 Nov 2020 | Educators' Catalog, Health and Wellness
Experts had foreseen a coronavirus pandemic, but COVID-19 has still inflicted untold damage on the world. Will we draw the right lessons this time? A man walks past a poster warning that consuming wildlife is illegal, in Guangzhou, China, 25 May 2020. (EPA-EFE/ALEX...
The coronavirus has given us mountains of data and an escalating mortality toll. News Decoder correspondent Sarah Edmonds moves beyond real-time developments and the numbers to ask world-class experts — a lead investigator for one of the top vaccine trials, a research fellow at Cambridge University and an official at the World Health Organization — what lessons the world will draw from the pandemic. Often, solid reporting boils down to asking simple questions and then finding the right people for answers. Edmonds follows that script in her handling of a complex topic. A model for our students.
by Ashley Stumvoll | 6 Nov 2020 | Africa, Health and Wellness, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Worried that COVID-19 could hurt the fight against malaria, aid groups have redoubled efforts to save lives in Africa. The worst may have been avoided. Mobile clinic in Central African Republic treating people against malaria (Ton Koene/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)...
by Dylan Carlson-Sirvent | 24 Apr 2020 | Decoders, Donald Trump, Health and Wellness
Its mission is to protect the world’s health. But the WHO is beholden to its 194 member nations and lacks enforcement powers. By Dylan Carlson-Sirvent The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the World Health Organization (WHO) onto center stage as nations around the...
by Tara Heidger | 31 Mar 2020 | Africa, Health and Wellness, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Social distancing is the world’s way of fighting COVID-19. But in Africa, sprawling slums and teeming refugee camps pose a unique challenge. Foreign refugees on a sidewalk on the first day of a 21-day lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 March...
