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Yewande Oyetade, a medical laboratory technician in Lagos, Nigeria, collects samples for Covid-19 testing at the Agege Primary Health Centre. Photo: Andrew Esiebo/Panos

Scientific internationalism

It is thanks to scientists collaborating across borders that vaccines against Covid-19 have been developed so fast, argues Rajni George.

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Making a point: Bill Gates addresses the media after his address to the World Health Assembly at the UN in Geneva. Photo: Reuters/Alamy

The Gates factor

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has a key role in shaping the global response to the pandemic. And it’s not good news for health equality. Nick Dowson investigates why.

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French biochemist Louise Pasteur in his laboratory, where he developed pioneering vaccines against chicken cholera and rabies using ‘attenuated’ or weakened bacteria. Photo: GL Archive/Alamy

A history of vaccines

Swagata Yadavar traces the ups and downs in the history of vaccination.

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Dreams of magic bullets

Richard Swift warns against vaccine fantasy and kneejerk technophilia.

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The nuts and bolts

Covid-19 vaccines explained by Thomas Abraham.

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Covid-19 vaccine drugs purchased by country-income level, as of mid-March1 *UN-backed global purchasing scheme

Vaccine equality - The facts

Who gets it? What's needed? What's on order? Who profits? Who lives?

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Action & info

Action & info

Links and information for taking action on vaccine inequality.

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Join the New Internationalist co-owner community

Husna Ara probes co-editor Amy Hall on why now, and what next…

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Government officials pray over a storage box containing Covid-19 vaccines before they leave for various vaccination centres in Mumbai, India, in January this year. India is one of the countries that is calling for patents on Covid-19 vaccines to be waived during the pandemic. Photo: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg/Getty

Who gets it?

Access to life-saving Covid-19 vaccines should not be reserved for the rich. But that is what’s happening on a global scale today. Heidi Chow calls for technology to be shared and patents to be suspended in order to unlock vaccine production for all.

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Spotlight: Arka Kinari

Claire Fauset is on board with Arka Kinari, an extraordinary ecological live music project, staged from the deck of a traditional sailing ship as it tours the world.

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Mixed Media: Music

Creative Contradiction: Poetry, Story, Song & Sound by Maggie Nicols; El Hal by Electric Jalaba

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Mixed Media: Film

The Mauritanian directed by Kevin Macdonald; Undine directed and written by Christian Petzold.

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Mixed Media: Books

Tomorrow Sex Will be Good Again by Katherine Angel; Voices of the Lost by Hoda Barakat, translated by Marilyn Booth; Karachi Vice by Samira Shackle; Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras, translated by Simon Leser.

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Only Planet

The FAB-FOUR Horsemen, by Marc Roberts.

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The Puzzler

Crossword Puzzle, Association Words and Wordsearch

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Scientific internationalism

It is thanks to scientists collaborating across borders that vaccines against Covid-19 have been developed so fast, argues Rajni George.

Rajni George May, 2021 531 Buy
The Gates factor

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has a key role in shaping the global response to the pandemic. And it’s not good news for health equality. Nick Dowson investigates why.

Nick Dowson May, 2021 531 Read
A history of vaccines

Swagata Yadavar traces the ups and downs in the history of vaccination.

Swagata Yadavar May, 2021 531 Buy
Dreams of magic bullets

Richard Swift warns against vaccine fantasy and kneejerk technophilia.

Richard Swift May, 2021 531 Buy
The nuts and bolts

Covid-19 vaccines explained by Thomas Abraham.

Thomas Abraham May, 2021 531 Buy
Vaccine equality - The facts

Who gets it? What's needed? What's on order? Who profits? Who lives?

May, 2021 531 Buy
Action & info

Links and information for taking action on vaccine inequality.

May, 2021 531 Buy
Join the New Internationalist co-owner community

Husna Ara probes co-editor Amy Hall on why now, and what next…

New Internationalist Editorial May, 2021 531 Read
Who gets it?

Access to life-saving Covid-19 vaccines should not be reserved for the rich. But that is what’s happening on a global scale today. Heidi Chow calls for technology to be shared and patents to be suspended in order to unlock vaccine production for all.

Heidi Chow May, 2021 531 Read
Spotlight: Arka Kinari

Claire Fauset is on board with Arka Kinari, an extraordinary ecological live music project, staged from the deck of a traditional sailing ship as it tours the world.

Claire Fauset March, 2021 530 Buy
Mixed Media: Music

Creative Contradiction: Poetry, Story, Song & Sound by Maggie Nicols; El Hal by Electric Jalaba

March, 2021 530 Read
Mixed Media: Film

The Mauritanian directed by Kevin Macdonald; Undine directed and written by Christian Petzold.

March, 2021 530 Buy
Mixed Media: Books

Tomorrow Sex Will be Good Again by Katherine Angel; Voices of the Lost by Hoda Barakat, translated by Marilyn Booth; Karachi Vice by Samira Shackle; Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras, translated by Simon Leser.

March, 2021 530 Buy
Only Planet

The FAB-FOUR Horsemen, by Marc Roberts.

Marc Roberts March, 2021 530 Buy
The Puzzler

Crossword Puzzle, Association Words and Wordsearch

March, 2021 530 Buy