COVID-19 led to a massive increase in development assistance for health—the largest year-over-year increase on record—bringing the total amount of global health aid spent in 2021 to an estimated $67.4 billion. The challenge now is to sustain and extend that commitment to preparing for future pandemics, write researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Two London School of Economics and Political Science experts explain that when authoritarian leaders restrict international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in their countries, those laws have an effect that those leaders probably did not intend: they seriously damaged their populations’ health and cost thousands of lives.
Five months into the women-led revolution in Iran, hundreds of people have died, and thousands have been arrested and detained. Two mental health experts discuss the intricate relationship between human rights and mental health, and violence’s temporary and long-lasting toll on people in Iran, especially women and children.
As we head into Super Bowl LVII weekend, a sports medicine expert shares tales from team doctors who treat athletes (and sometimes fans) around the world.
As always, thank you for reading.—Thomas J. Bollyky and Mary Brophy Marcus, Editors
