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Health
An IV bag hanging from a stand
Blog
04 January 2023

The brain drain of healthcare professionals in Nigeria: The buck stops with government

Nigeria's health sector faces an exodus of skilled workers. Adebisi Adenipekun makes recommendations to address the push and pull factors leading Nigerian healthcare professionals to emigrate abroad.

Adebisi Adenipekun
Adebisi Adenipekun
Health
Nigeria
Women holding pro-choice signs at an abortion protest
Blog
01 July 2022

The overturning of Roe v Wade is not an isolated incident – Europe must not be complacent

The far-right is organising across Europe and the US, utilising existential threats to white Christian values, anti-immigration rhetoric and pronatalist policies to repeal reproductive rights.

Freya Paulucci Couldrick
Freya Paulucci Couldrick
Health
Inclusion
...
Europe
United States of America (USA)
Mural in Austin depicting a cowboy and nurse with facemasks
Blog
09 November 2021

The Texas effort: collecting county-level COVID-19 government policies

The second largest state in the US also has the highest number of counties. Collecting and coding policies for 245 counties has been (and still is) a mammoth effort worth making, writes Kaitlyn Green.

Kaitlyn Green
Kaitlyn Green
COVID-19
Health
...
United States of America (USA)
Community health workers sticking posters about COVID-19 prevention
Blog
29 October 2021

The global political response to COVID-19 was not effective, but we can learn from it

A memo on the political barriers to COVID-19 response informed the 2021 Global Preparedness Monitoring Board annual report. The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker team share some insights into their analysis.

Martina Di Folco
Thomas Hale
Anna Petherick
Toby Phillips
Martina Di Folco
Thomas Hale
Anna Petherick
Toby Phillips
Yuxi Zhang
Laura Hallas
COVID-19
Global cooperation
...
Health
A nudge towards the vaccine
Blog
15 June 2021

A nudge towards the vaccine

How do we incentivise vaccine take-up? A few behavioural science insights.

Michael Sanders
Michael Sanders
Emma Stockdale
The School
Health
...
COVID-19
Human behaviour
Elderly woman in India in a medical environment
Blog
01 June 2021

A mid summer night’s nightmare

The second wave of COVID-19 in India and why nobody is surprised – a personal insight into India's policies on the pandemic.

Susan Thomas
Health
COVID-19
...
India
COVID vaccine test tube
Blog
19 May 2021

Words of wisdom from COVID-19 experts around the world

Takeaways from the COVID-19 Government Response Tracker's guest speakers.

Helen Tatlow
Helen Tatlow
Health
COVID-19
...
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
A passenger is tested for COVID-19 at Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport
Blog
28 April 2021

International travel restrictions: a snapshot of policies across 17 countries

An overview of the world's travel restrictions as captured by the Government Response Tracker.

Jessica Anania
Health
COVID-19
...
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
Germany and COVID vaccines: too cautious?
Blog
07 April 2021

Germany and COVID vaccines: too cautious?

A look at Germany's risk-benefit analysis of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Jonathan Wolff
Jonathan Wolff
Health
COVID-19
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