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Call for Prioritization Amidst Covid 19 Vaccine Inequities in Africa

by globalhealth on Mar 19, 2021 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

By Quwam Kelani, Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network Date: 18th March 2021 The largest vaccination campaign in the world is underway one year into the Covid-19 pandemic. The race to develop a vaccine with help from new technologies for vaccine development and the global community has been remarkable....

Anti-Vaccine Campaigns: How Do We Respond?

by globalhealth on Jan 21, 2021 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

By Sebastian Kevany, Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network Date: 18th Jan 2021 The Irish philosopher Edmund Burke tells us that all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. But how can we interpret this statement in the contemporary public health context? Perhaps the best place to...

Public participation in Vaccine Preparedness Plans as a Respite to Lockdown: Is Ireland Ready?

by globalhealth on Oct 20, 2020 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network, Dr. Sebastian Kevany, MA MPH PhD There is no way that Ireland, like so many other small countries, could have been expected to lead the way in vaccine research. Irish innovations in contemporary epidemic responses have been limited to social and behavioral...

The Sustainable Development Goals before and after COVID-19: Moving Forward

by globalhealth on Oct 9, 2020 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

By Yaa Asuaba Duopah, Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network Date: 25th September 2020 Speaking at a web conference organised by the Irish Global Health Network in September 2020, Emelia Aragon, Technical Officer at the World Health Organisation (WHO), spoke on issues about government accountability and...

Will the sustainable goals ever be achieved?

by globalhealth on Oct 9, 2020 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By Allister McCord, Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network Date: 1 October 2020 In a conference full of positivity, togetherness and optimism, I found myself overcome with negative thoughts and emotions about the future of global health. How could such a wonderful variety of experts, panellists and...

Eye Care – A Necessary Step Going Forward

by globalhealth on Oct 9, 2020 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By Aidan Desjardins, Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network Published on 28th September 2020 Speaking at the Healthy People on a Healthy Planet Conference this past week, Dr. Clare Gilbert of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Vision Impact Institute stressed the need to...

Lockdown Alternatives for Ireland: A Second Chance to Get it Right

by globalhealth on Oct 6, 2020 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network, Dr. Sebastian Kevany, MA MPH PhD Ireland has recently been faced with the divisive and largely unwelcome prospect of a second long lockdown — one that is, inevitably, going to be harder to enforce than the first. Though both governments have...

COVID-19: The Learnings for Humanity

by globalhealth on Sep 29, 2020 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

By Key Correspondent with the Irish Global Health Network, Dr. Sebastian Kevany, MA MPH PhD What, after what will perhaps be regarded as the greatest crisis of the 20th century so far, has humanity actually learned – what has nature, though some of its bluntest possible instruments, attempted to teach...