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After various stretches of lockdowns and the related dire political, social, and economic consequences, the world has welcomed the news that several companies – including Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer – are approaching an effective vaccine for Covid-19. Approximately 200 more are in the pipeline, of which 48 in clinical and 164 in pre-cli...
During the initial phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, European nations have struggled to provide health information to immigrant and minority populations. Using Norway as a case example and taking the social and economic rights framework as the point of departure, this blog highlights six elements for a grounded and inclusive approach to health in...
The point of departure for this blog is the apparent frequency of criminalization strategies in early government responses to the Corona virus. While much attention has been given to the securitization of global health responses – also in the case of Corona – less systematic focus has been given to the partial criminalization of infectious ...
