Governance
Governance
The Ethics of AI-Driven Health Projects in Africa
AI's success should be measured by how it respects dignity, protects privacy, and solves the problems people face
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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
Migration
How Anti-Immigration Measures Could Deplete the U.S. Health Workforce
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
Turning Against Vaccines, America Is a Global Outlier
by Damien CaveMost governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction
Washington Post
Aging Homes Are Crumbling Across the United States Should Government Pay to Fix Them?
by Tim CraigThe average age of a U.S. home is now 40 years old. Homes tend to be the oldest in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic states, and along the Appalachians
NPR
The MAHA Plan for Healthier Kids Includes 128 Ideas, But Few Details
by Allison Aubrey, Maria Godoy, and Carmel WrothThe Trump administration released a report Tuesday outlining a broad strategy to improve children's health
CFR
Why Stakes Are High in the U.S. Vaccine Debate
by Thomas J. BollykySecretary Kennedy’s Senate hearing on Thursday illustrated that the United States' scientific reputation is at risk of eroding