ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has already exerted an enormous impact on the entire world. Everything is overwhelmed in face of a rapid escalation cases. countries that have reported peak transmission are easing their preventive measures yet fearing second wave infection. If virus causes next wave, we sufficiently prepared to deal with it? I argue stakeholders concerned should simultaneously handle ongoing while making effective preparations for its wave. To relax...

Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size AcknowledgmentsI would like thank Robbie Davis-Floyd for reading this manuscript and providing valuable comments as well corrections. Also, my thanks are due Lenore Manderson, editor, her prompt feedback substantial input. I am also grateful friends their views on the topic.Additional informationNotes contributorsInayat AliInayat Ali is a PhD researcher at Department of Social Cultural Anthropology, University Vienna, Austria, focusing measles...

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed multiple substantial challenges, affecting not only public health but also economic systems, socio-cultural patterns, and political institutions. Studies have focused on the relationships between complex emergencies natural disasters with outbreaks of infectious diseases. However, there is a dearth relevant literature impact global vaccination programs – an important topic because delays or stops in such are likely to result epidemics other Thus, this article...

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Vaccination encounters multiple context-specific challenges—socio-cultural, economic, and political—that substantially affect its uptake. Likewise, natural disasters health emergencies considerably impact immunization endeavors, such as the coronaviurs 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has overwhelmed entire world. It was already anticipated would severely Pakistan's vaccination programs due to interruptions in routine overstretching of healthcare systems. Consequently, there are anticipations...

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By the mid of June 2021, after an almost 1.5-year-long COVID-19 pandemic that has significantly affected world in multiple ways, various vaccines against have arrived and started worldwide. Yet, economic, (geo)political, socio-cultural factors may influence its uptake at individual country levels. Several issues will (and already been reported media) revolve around this vaccination regarding accessibility, affordability, acceptability level a level. Given commentary, we provoke discussion:...

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