Deployment and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines for refugees and migrants in regular and irregular situations: a mixed-method multicountry study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has widened inequities, affecting migrant and refugee populations in vulnerable situations, who may face elevated risks of infection, constrained healthcare access and discrimination. Inclusive vaccination campaigns are recommended, but barriers persist. This study aimed to identify barriers and facilitators and estimate vaccination coverage among refugees and migrants in low- and middle-income countries, emphasising inclusive policies for effective rollout.

Building a framework to decolonize global emergency medicine.

Background: Global emergency medicine (GEM) is situated at the intersection of global health and emergency medicine (EM), which is built upon a history of colonial systems and institutions that continue to reinforce inequities between high-income countries (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) today. These power imbalances yield disparities in GEM practice, research, and education.

Approach: The Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA) of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine formed the Decolonizing GEM Working Group in 2020, which now includes over 100 worldwide members.

Clinical Outcomes of Children With COVID-19 by SARS-CoV-2 Strain: A Cohort Study.

Objective: We sought to investigate the disease outcomes and predictors of severe outcomes among children infected with the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 compared with pre-Delta strains.

Methods: Single-center retrospective cohort study in an emergency department located within an urban academic children's hospital. Patients included children (0-18 years) who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

The aging of the HIV epidemic.

Since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy, life expectancies for persons with HIV infection are similar to those for uninfected people. A growing proportion of HIV-infected individuals are now over the age of 50. We are also seeing an increase in the incidence of HIV infection in older adults.