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COVID-19 will remain uncontrolled in many countries unless coordinated action is taken, warn scientists.

A bed net treated with the insecticide chlorfenapyr, which immobilises mosquitoes, proves effective in trials.

A bed net treated with the insecticide chlorfenapyr, which immobilises mosquitoes, proves effective in trials.

25/02/21 COVID-19: global vaccine promises ring hollow Vaccination campaign for COVID-19 in Santiago, Chile. Copyright: Municipality of Santiago / Flickr , (Creative Commons 2.0 license) Speed read Infrastructure limitations and overestimation of capacity are some of the causes To get equal access to vaccines, specialists say that international cooperation is key Share this article: Republish We encourage you to republish this article online and in print, it’s free under our creative comm...

International cooperation is key to get equal access to COVID-19 vaccines Almost 130 countries are yet to receive a single COVID-19 vaccine dose, as ten high-income countries secure the majority. This week, the first COVID-19 vaccine doses from the United Nations-led COVAX initiative arrived in Africa. This is a long-awaited piece of good news in a climate where vaccine procurement for developing countries has been hampered by empty promises, delays, infrastructure challenges and prejudice. Whi...

Speed read The innovations could spur resource-poor economies Experts urge governments and tech companies to support young innovators Share this article: Republish We encourage you to republish this article online and in print, it’s free under our creative commons attribution license, but please follow some simple guidelines: You have to credit our authors. You have to credit SciDev.Net — where possible include our logo with a link back to the original article. You can simply run the first...