By Patricio V. Marquez and Sarah Eyman As the COVID-19 vaccination drive intensifies in the rich world, progress in low- and lower-middle-income countries lags far behind due to limited access to vaccines. As of mid-June 20201, about 21.8% of the world’s population, or 1.71 billion people, had received at least their first dose of one of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has more than ever generated the need for employers to demonstrate their commitment to health and wellbeing. The Awards represent an excellent opportunity to do so to a worldwide audience. 1. Show the world your care about your employees. 2. Benchmark your program to the global standard. 3. Get recognized as a […]
By Patricio V. Marquez and Betty Hanan COVID-19 vaccination is critical to reduce the risk of infection and death due to COVID-19 disease, and hence for global economic recovery and normalization in social interactions and travel. Indeed, since a large share of the world needs to be immune to the virus, the COVID-19 vaccine deployment […]
While the COVID-19 vaccine offers a beacon of hope, a return to business as normal still seems far off. Here we share some inspiration for how employers can start planning for a safer, healthier future, even in the midst of so much uncertainty. Disturbing health trends create a ‘syndemic’ The key, according to Nico Pronk, President at […]
By Patricio V. Marquez, Betty Hanan, Giovanni S. Marquez “Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale” –Rudolf Virchow, German physician, founding father of pathology and social medicine, 1821-1902 With the approval for emergency use of Pfizer/BioNTech’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines by the Stringent Regulatory Authorities (SRA) in the […]