Simar Bajaj

Simar Bajaj is a Marshall Scholar studying epidemiology at the University of Oxford and an award-winning science writer covering stigmatized diseases and health policy.

Microscopic image of a mpox virus particle in an infected cell.

Opinion

Mpox offers another chance to confront vaccine inequity

Expanding vaccine manufacturing in Africa could address longstanding disease control problems.

By Henna Hundal and 2 more September 9, 2024

An aid officer, wearing camouflage with a Brazilian flag path and a blue WHO baseball cap, carries a white box with the words “Ayuda Humanitarian” written in green. Another man carries one behind him. They are on a tarmac and are carrying the boxes around a landed plane. Other aid workers are in the background.

Opinion

Global health must evolve beyond its reliance on humanitarian aid

The global health system isn't serving everyone. Nations prioritizing health security over humanitarian aid need to correct course.

By Simar Bajaj April 12, 2023

A Syrian child wearing a striped shirt receives an oral Cholera vaccine from a female aid worker in North Lebanon. Two other young boys look on as well as a group of four Syrian women.

News

Cholera outbreaks surge worldwide, renewing debates on vaccines

Experts discuss how to best contain outbreaks as climate change and political instability make the cholera pandemic a continued 21st century threat.

By Simar Bajaj December 7, 2022