On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that held the U.S. constitution protected the right to terminate a pregnancy. Roe v. Wade decision put the United States at the forefront of a burgeoning international movement toward expanded abortion access at a time when such policies were exceptional. Samantha Kiernan and Lillian Posner write about how the latest decision could affect women's health and well-being, comparing the United States to three other countries that have rolled back access to abortion .
Human rights lawyer Fatima Hassan assesses the recent ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on a temporary waiver of certain WTO intellectual property obligations for COVID-19 vaccines, calling it "weak" and "ineffective." David P. Fidler writes about the global health issues addressed—and deprioritized—at this week's Group of Seven (G7) annual meeting in Germany.
With mobile internet use soaring in Southeast Asia since the start of the pandemic, another article looks at how health providers are using this avenue for dispensing health and nutrition information to pregnant women and new parents in the region. A final piece examines why childhood cancer survival rates in low- and middle-income nations (LMICs) fall far short of survival rates in rich nations, and how the revived Cancer Moonshot could help address the inequality.
We are also pleased to share that this month we are introducing an honorarium for authors from LMICs who write for Think Global Health, as a way of encouraging broad representation of voices and perspectives on the site.
As always, thank you for reading, and be well. —Thomas J. Bollyky and Mary Brophy Marcus, Editors
