On one side it is a tale of how post-Soviet Russia is trying to reclaim its influence in Central and Eastern Europe and in the process seeking to weaken the EU and also divert domestic eyes away from problems at home. From the US side, there was during the Donald Trump era an attempt to challenge the pro-EU status quo in the CEE region and in parts of Western Europe.
“A key part of [Trump advisor] Steve Bannon’s plan was to encourage European countries to form an alliance in opposition to the EU. He said Russia would be a key ally,” Caroline Orr Bueno, a behavioural scientist and journalist who studies conspiracy theories and misinformation, tells
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Mistrust in local, national governments is slowing down child vaccination progress in Africa
Mistrust in local and national governments is slowing down child vaccination progress in Africa, which has half of the world s unvaccinated and undervaccinated children, a study shows.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, vaccination prevents two to three million deaths annually worldwide from diseases such as tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), influenza and measles but almost 20 million infants each year lack adequate access to vaccines.
The study published last month in
BMJ Global Health says that child vaccination rates in African countries are much lower in areas where the local population has high levels of mistrust in local and national institutions.