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After Action Reviews (AARs): a tool to openly discuss successes and failures of your health intervention
By Rameen Tahir, Valérie Balvert and Candela Iglesias Chiesa A colleague came to me the other day with a concern: ...
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The One Health Approach: What is it and why is it so important?
By Valérie Balvert and Candela Iglesias Chiesa Over 60% of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, which are diseases that ...
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Importance of Baseline & End-line Analysis
Imagine this: Your team is implementing a project aiming to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rural communities in Country X ...
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6 Questions to ask yourself when reading research articles in public health
Students and professionals in global and public health spend a large amount of time gathering online evidence-based information to support ...
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Alanda’s 3 E’s Framework: Evidence-based, Evidence-generating and Evidence sharing
The word “evidence” gets tossed around a lot these days. What do we mean by it exactly? Imagine that you ...
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What is Antimicrobial Resistance and why should I care?
By Dorien Lijnzaad and Candela Iglesias ChiesaFor years, we’ve been used to the fact that the biggest infectious killers are ...
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The delta variant is causing a new wave: are our vaccines still working?
We’re so tired… of the never ending waves of COVID-19, of the public health restrictions. We want our old lives ...
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Why Some Countries Have Refused the COVID19 Vaccine
By Tinnie Louie & Candela Iglesias Chiesa While some individuals have refused vaccines, at the country level, most governments have ...
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Why is it taking so long to develop a vaccine against COVID19?
Why is it taking so long to develop a vaccine against COVID19? What are all these phases and clinical trials? ...
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What are vaccine passports? Pros and Cons
Covid-19 vaccine passports have recently made headlines and some countries are already planning their implementation. So what exactly are vaccine ...
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What does “95% vaccination efficacy” really mean?
Before COVID19, vaccine production and testing wasn’t something families discussed over the dinner table. But now, we have daily news ...
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The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine candidate news
The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine candidate news – what does it all mean? By Candela Iglesias Chiesa, MPH, PhD … The ...
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