The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to cause high morbidity and mortality in crisis-affected populations. Delivering COVID-19 treatment services in crisis settings will likely entail complex trade-offs between offering services of clinical benefit and minimising ris...

Chiefs play a critically important role in communities' right across South Sudan. They play a vital role in settling disputes, preventing armed conflict and fostering peace within and between communities. As the key intermediaries between local communities and higher le...

Rapid adoption of new diagnostic tools, parallel process of research and implementation, decentralisation of services, the use of personal protective equipment, as well as strong partnership and collaboration, could strengthen the fight against COVID-19

In this study we analyze panel data to investigate the change in attitudes towards the Covid-19 measures and the change in compliance behavior between the first and second lockdowns in a sample of young adults in Switzerland. We find considerable fatigue. While responde...

The topic of this issue is Russia and the Covid-19 Pandemic. Firstly, Judy Twigg analyses the challenge the Covid-19 pandemic poses to Russia. The author points out that from handling statistics to dealing with infected cases, the approach to containing the virus and th...

Die COVID-19-Pandemie zeigt: das Schweizer Krisenmanagement funktioniert weitestgehend. Gleichzeitig werden Abstimmungsprobleme in Bezug auf Daten, Kommunikation und Akteure deutlich, die mit Blick auf die Zukunft behoben werden sollten. ISSN:2296-6471

Coordination on the national level is key to managing complex crises. In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic showed a lack of coordination. To address this lack, Germany plans to reform its crisis authorities. This includes creating a Joint Competence Center for Civil...

Un dispositif microfluidique MITOMI similaire au dispositif développé par le Dr Zoe Swank et ses collègues pour la détection sérologique à grande échelle des anticorps spécifiques du SRAS-CoV-2 dans une petite goutte de sang. Ces dispositifs ont approximativement la tai...