At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic many countries found that they lacked basic, timely data for decision making—such as information on health workforce, resources, hospitalisations, and mortality. Many policy makers have since leveraged COVID-19 related information system reforms in a way...

The purpose of this study is to understand how countries have leveraged on their economic resilience to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The focus is on a global sample of 150 countries divided into four main regions, namely: Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, America and Europe. The study...

This research note attempts to identify major trends in pharmaceutical tariffs since the early 2000s, in particular average tariff rates and the scale of individual product coverage by tariffs. It concludes by calling for international action to legally oblige governments to reduce tariffs on...

Digital solutions offer an opportunity to digitalize the vaccine delivery process, registration, and certification, making it more accurate, secure, effective, and connected with other health systems to provide a comprehensive view of the vaccination campaign. However, a lot of questions have...

Dieses Buch ist eine Chronik und Bestandsaufnahme der Corona-Pandemie in Deutschland von Ihren Anfängen bis heute (Juli 2021). Die durch das Virus verursachte Krise offenbart schlaglichtartig die strukturellen Schwächen unseres Landes: Ein verordnungsorientierter Staatsapparat, ein...