Georgia’s Vaccine Efforts Struggle
With only 2.6 per cent of adults fully vaccinated, the country awaits promised doses.
30 Jun 21
Health
Cubans Denied Surgery Amid Pandemic
Despite official insistence that Cuba’s famous health care system is coping, Covid-19 pressures have left many citizens without treatment.
9 Jun 21
Armenia Plans Vaccine Strategy
Supplies have yet to arrive in the country – and then there is public scepticism to overcome.
22 Feb 21
Kazakstan’s Covid-19 Strategy: Vaccination Passports and QR Codes
Authorities will have to overcome anti-vaccine sentiment to implement digitised schemes.
11 Feb 21
Georgia: Fighting the Stigma of Cancer
Regional centre aims to improve historically low rates of detection.
23 Nov 20
Cuba: Childbirth Policy Endangers Mothers and Babies
New protocols introduced to reduce the number of caesareans may be putting lives at risk.
9 Oct 20
Azerbaijan’s Coronavirus Cover Up
Officials obscure systemic failings – aided by an uncritical media.
12 Aug 20
Coronavirus: Armenian Doctors Fuel Fake News
Disinformation – sometimes spread by medical experts - has become a serious public health threat.
6 Aug 20
Covid-19 and the Two Faces of Cuban Medicine
While Havana sends help abroad, medical staff at home are overburdened and under-resourced.
31 Jul 20
Abkhazia: Closure Cuts Off Health Care
Those dependent on services financed by the Georgian government struggle to access care.
10 Jul 20
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