WFPHA Blog: Insights on Global Public Health

Building Confidence in COVID-19 VaccinationThe COVID-19 vaccines bring the promise of a global rescue from the coronavirus pandemic; however, building people’s confidence in these new vaccines seems to be a herculean task. Myths and misinformation are arising online...

Communication and Trust: Keeping the Public Informed and On BoardThe COVID-19 vaccine rollout is a monumental challenge across multiple domains for any country. One major aspect that governments must consider ensuring is clear communication and maintaining the trust...

Which Vaccines and Why: The Evidence and the DealsIn December 2019, SARS-CoV2 announced itself to the world as an entirely brand-new pathogen. We had no data to work with (except experience with other coronaviruses), no immunity in any human population, no...

WFPHA Requests Reconsideration of the Plan to Close the Andalusian School of Public HealthOnce again, WFPHA wrote a letter to ask for reconsideration regarding the bill proposing the dissolution of the Andalusian School of Public Health (ASPH). The WFPHA initially put...

Operation Vaccination: An Analysis of Global COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout StrategiesThe COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest public health crisis of our lifetimes. Mass immunization is the best chance we have of conquering the disease, but it presents a fiercely complex...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the Amazon – An Urgent Need for International SolidarityAmazon, a region with so much natural wealth, is the homeland of amongst the poorest people in the Americas, including a high proportion of Indigenous Peoples. The poor and neglected...

Public Health Answers: How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Health Literacy?COVID-19 has led to rapid changes in behavior, reaffirming the need to understand and apply accurate health information. As we spend more time engaging with the world virtually, we are...

Amazonas Needs Oxygen!The state of Amazonas, in Brazil, has 4.2 million inhabitants, of which 2.2 million live in its capital, Manaus. In January 2021, it is registered on a daily basis about 5,000 cases and 50 deaths by COVID-19, reaching a mortality rate of 160...

WFPHA Welcomes the Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsWe must prevent what we cannot cure. The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) welcomes the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons....