Think Global Health Newsletter: Second Anniversary Issue
Think Global Health Newsletter: Second Anniversary Issue
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January 16, 2025 
Better health begins with ideas
Editors' Note This week, we're marking Think Global Health's second anniversary with articles and interviews featuring individuals who are shaping global health. Themes cover lessons for international trade as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, aging in China as the country has ascended to upper-middle-income status, efforts to build sustainable health systems in rural Sudan, indigenous land guardianship around the world, a young doctor's choice to pursue public health service in Kenya, a more planet-embracing take on urban architecture in and beyond Singapore, and how the pandemic affected the health and education of women and girls. A final commentary in the collection compares the world’s response to the Russian attack on Ukraine to its faltering response to COVID-19 these past two years. These articles give hope when we really need it—but they also mirror the work that lies ahead in global health.
And on St. Patrick's Day, a team of coauthors from Ireland details how the Emerald Isle can address its high rate of alcohol-related injury and death.
After publishing 531 articles by more than 560 authors from 58 countries over the last 2 years, we thank our contributors for the insights, research, analysis, and inspiration. We are especially indebted to you, our readers, for your kind attention. Keep reading, and be well. —Thomas J. Bollyky and Mary Brophy Marcus, Editors
This Week's Highlights 
by Anabel González How COVID-19 has shifted the landscape of international trade and health and what can be learned from it
by Liz Wangia Becoming a successful physician-leader in Kenya—and anywhere—goes well beyond medical training
by Tom Catena
Stat of the Week Eight Centimeters Thanks largely to nutritional improvement, a seven-year-old child living in rural China today is about eight centimeters taller than they would have been in 1990
Recommended Feature
by Wang Feng A rapidly aging population, due in part to better health, has witnessed China's ascension to economic security
by David P. Fidler Comparing responses to COVID-19 and the Ukraine war points to a difficult future for global health
by Mary Brophy Marcus
Recommended Feature
by Mary Brophy Marcus Architects Richard Hassell and Wong Mun Summ on building design that gives back to the community and the environment
by Joseph Friedman, Luisa S. Flor, Emmanuela Gakidou Around the globe, the pandemic set back girls and women in education, work, and homes
by Sheila Gilheany, Eunan McKinney, Zubair Kabir Giving a green light to measures that reduce alcohol use would cut Ireland's high rate of alcohol-related injury and death
What We're Reading In Africa, a Mix of Shots Drives an Uncertain COVID-19 Vaccination Push (New York Times)
The Tragedy of Afghanistan's Malnourished Children (BBC)
Lviv Opens Its Arms To Ukraine's Displaced Cancer Patients (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Costa Rica: Trees Counter Water Scarcity (Deutsche Welle) 
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