Governance
Governance
Putting the Pandemic Agreement Into Practice: A Case for ASEAN
The Southeast Asian bloc is positioned to implement the pandemic treaty’s provisions before they come into legal force
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Life After USAID
Food
Food
Visualizing Nutrition Deficits After USAID's Overhaul
A new computer simulation illustrates the impact of alternative funding scenarios for child nutrition programs in LMICs
Governance
USAID Lost: Stories From Colombia, Kenya, and Nepal
Gender
USAID Cuts Could Sever HPV Prevention
Data in Global Health
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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"
New York Times
Cities Move Away From Strategies That Make Drug Use Safer
by Jan HoffmanSan Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from "harm reduction" strategies that have helped reduce deaths
Science
Increasing Global Human Exposure to Wildland Fires Despite Declining Burned Area
by Seyd Teymoor Seydi et al.From 2002 to 2021, fire exposure increased by 40% even as burned area declined globally
Washington Post
Supreme Court Clears Way for Nearly $800 Million in Cuts to NIH Grants
by Justin Jouvenal and Derek HawkinsThe ruling allows the Trump administration to slash research on health issues in minority, gay and transgender communities
CBS News
As Measles Surged in Texas, Trump Administration’s Actions Hampered CDC’s Response
by Amy MaxmenThe Trump administration interfered with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communications, stalled agency reports, and censored its data