Symptoms of a broken system: the gender gaps in COVID-19 decision-making

A growing chorus of voices are questioning the glaring lack of women in COVID-19 decision-making bodies. Men dominating leadership positions in global health has long been the default mode of governing. This is a symptom of a broken system where governance is not inclusive of any type of diversity, be it gender, geography, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic status or disciplines within and beyond health – excluding those who offer unique perspectives, expertise and lived realities. This not only reinforces inequitable power structures but undermines an effective COVID-19 response – ultimately costing lives.

By providing quantitative data, we critically assess the gender gap in task forces organised to prevent, monitor and mitigate COVID-19, and emphasise the paramount exclusion of gender-diverse voices.

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    Communicating Awareness About COVID-19 Through Songs: An Example From Ghana

    Grounded in the edutainment approach, we explored how songs are being used to create awareness about COVID-19 in Ghana, a sub-Saharan African country. YouTube was searched, and 28 songs met the study inclusion criteria. We conducted a thematic analysis of the song lyrics. Most lyrics were in English, Ghanaian Pidgin English, Akan, Ga, or Dagbani.

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      COVID Campaign in Mongolia

      Watch DW News on Twitter: The story of COVID-19 vaccination campaign across remote areas of the Mongolian desert where people generally lead nomadic lifestyles.

      Source: COVID Campaign in Mongolia

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        USAID’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso – Issue 3 / USAID dans la riposte face à la COVID-19 au Burkina Faso

        This is the third issue of the USAID’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso newsletter (October 2020). The newsletter contains information on how USAID and its implementing partners are helping to strengthen Burkina Faso’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This assistance is provided through many activities that support the different thematic committees established:

        • Diagnosis/laboratory
        • Infection prevention and control
        • Surveillance
        • Coordination
        • Risk communication and community engagement
        • Case management
        • Logistics

        Source: USAID’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso – Issue 3 / USAID dans la riposte face à la COVID-19 au Burkina Faso

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          USAID’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso – Issue 2 / USAID dans la riposte face à la COVID-19 au Burkina Faso

          This is the second issue of the USAID’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso newsletter (October 2020). The newsletter contains information on how USAID and its implementing partners are helping to strengthen Burkina Faso’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

          This assistance is provided through many activities that support the different thematic committees established:

          • Diagnosis/laboratory
          • Infection prevention and control
          • Surveillance
          • Coordination
          • Risk communication and community engagement
          • Case management
          • Logistics

          Source: USAID’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso – Issue 2 / USAID dans la riposte face à la COVID-19 au Burkina Faso

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            Misinformation Alerts

            These insights are based on a combination of automated media monitoring and manual review by public health data analysts. Media data are publicly available data from many sources, such as social media, broadcast television, newspapers and magazines, news websites, online video, blogs, and more. Analysts from the Public Good Projects triangulate this data along with other data from fact checking organizations and investigative sources to provide an accurate, but not exhaustive, list of currently circulating misinformation.

            Source: Misinformation Alerts

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              WHO Vaccine Equity Information Page

              This page, on the World Health Organization’s website, explains that we need to prioritize vaccinating higher risk people and health care workers in middle to low-income countries in order to save as many lives as possible and to end the pandemic.

              Source: WHO Vaccine Equity Information Page

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                The Science Behind COVID-19 Vaccines: Parent FAQs

                Whether you’re the parent of a teen or a grade-school age child, you likely have questions about the vaccine. And top-of-mind for many parents is how we know that it is safe for kids.

                Here are answers to some common questions about the science behind the COVID-19 vaccine.

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                  COVID-19 Vaccine Matchmaking – UNICEF

                  Even as the supply of COVID-19 vaccines to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has increased through the COVAX Facility – a global partnership designed to achieve vaccine equity – getting timely information to people about where they can receive the vaccine has been a challenge. With that in mind, UNICEF and partners have launched an SMS pre-registration system to support the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

                  Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Matchmaking – UNICEF

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                    India Fights Corona – Twitter post

                    This is a tweet requesting that people in India get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible.

                    Source: India Fights Corona – Twitter post

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