Urbanization
Urbanization
Shifting the Narrative on Global Road Safety
A study examines the role journalism can play in preventing traffic collisions in five Anglophone African countries
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Life After USAID
Governance
Governance
PEPFAR's Transition Breeds New Opportunities for HIV Care
Three principles could guide the funding shifts between HIV programs and partner countries to reduce donor dependency
Poverty
Microfinance to Replace Declining Aid: A Roadmap in Trust
by Annie Wang
Migration
How Anti-Immigration Measures Could Deplete the U.S. Health Workforce
Data in Global Health
Featured Data Points
2.5 Times
Rates of maternal death among Black women were 2.5 times those of white women in 2022
Addressing Mississippi's Maternal Health-Care Shortage1,200
Nearly 1,200 attacks on health-care workers and facilities have taken place in the three years since the coup
In Myanmar, Health Care Has Become a Battleground1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
"Pregnant People Will Die as a Result of Overturning Roe v. Wade"500,000
UNRWA educates more than 500,000 children and provides basic health services to almost 6 million people
UNRWA Under Fire70%
More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia
Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
U.S. Abortion Law and Dissenting from the Norm3.3 Times
Where there was trust in local health workers people were 3.3 times more likely to wear a mask during COVID
Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Trust45 Percent
The number of people dying from opioid use in the U.S. in 2021 was nearly 45 percent higher than in 2020
Opioid Overdose Deaths: What the United States Can Learn From Other Countries34 Million
The number of people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses
HIV/AIDS and COVID: A Dual Battle1 in 3
One in three women—1.3 billion women and girls worldwide—experiences gender-based violence in her lifetime
Dual Pandemics: Coronavirus and Gender-Based ViolenceSeries
See AllIt's time to rethink U.S. engagement on global health
Governance
Governance
A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight
Controversy about research on dangerous pathogens requires the U.S. government to adopt a new governance approach
Governance
China's Integrated Policies on Climate Change and Health
A New Public Health Order for Africa
A series exploring a new public health order for Africa, guest-edited by Ebere Okereke
Global Health and the "Second Independence of Africa"
ProPublica
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
by Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa CruzProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food that never reached food banks
CBS News
CDC Officially Adopts Vaccine Panel’s Recommendations on COVID, Chickenpox Shots
by Sara MoniuszkoThe CDC said it updated it's adult and child immunization schedules to apply "individual-based decision-making to COVID-19 vaccination"
Religion News
Pope Leo Embraces Francis’ Concerns on Global Warming and the Environment
by Thomas ReeseThe challenges identified in Laudato Si’ are in fact even more relevant today than they were 10 years ago
New York Times
Why Are More Young People Getting Cancer?
by Nina AgrawalIn the last decade, more than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50