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Transforming the Global Health Ecosystem for a Healthier World in 2026
Governance

Transforming the Global Health Ecosystem for a Healthier World in 2026

by Muhammad Ali Pate, Donald Kaberuka, Peter Piot

African health and finance officials, along with the former executive director of UNAIDS, offer 10 considerations for global health reform initiatives

Jocelyne Mitoba, who was detained for 8 days with her baby for lack of money at Bethesda Medical Center, holds her newborn at her home, in Ngaba, a neighborhood of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 18, 2023.
Governance

Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty

by Rajat Khosla, Patrick Ndzana Olomo

Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought

Urbanization

Shifting the Narrative on Global Road Safety

by Matthew Taylor
Road safety officers stand, as traffic is blocked up on a road, in Lokoja, Nigeria, on October 13, 2022.
Governance

America First in Global Health: How Africa Should Respond

by Ebere Okereke
Scientific officer Anathi Nkayi works in the research lab at the University of Cape Town's Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, in Cape Town, South Africa February 17, 2025.
Governance

The New America First Global Health Strategy: Four Observations

by Stephanie Psaki, Prashant Yadav, Elena Every, Thomas J. Bollyky
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation alongside U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in Washington DC, on June 21, 2025.
Trade

Singapore to Africa: AI Diagnostics for a Healthier Future 

by Sharmishta Sivaramakrishnan 
Cancer patients sit in a chemotherapy while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, in Accra, Ghana, on April 24, 2012.
Governance

The Ethics of AI-Driven Health Projects in Africa

by Dino Rech
A medical laboratory technician at the Wits Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit poses for a portrait, in the research lab at the Wits University Faculty of Health Sciences, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 14, 2025.
Governance

PEPFAR's Transition Breeds New Opportunities for HIV Care 

by Anne Aslett, Chris Collins
Visualization for HIV/AIDS Resources for LMICs
Migration

Africa's Internal Migration Crisis 

by Otto N. Chabikuli, Hind Satti
Florence Mushimye poses for a portrait in a classroom where they are taking refuge after being asked to leave Kalenga village by the M23 rebels, in Sake, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on March 13, 2025.
Governance

Somaliland's Khat Conundrum

by Abdiwahab M. Ali
A man chews khat, in Mogadishu, Somalia, on August 10, 2014.
Governance

Africa's Tuberculosis Funding Crisis: Moving Beyond External Saviors

by Christopher Kalila
Africa's Tuberculosis Funding Crisis: Moving Beyond External Saviors
Trade

The Neglected Crisis in Safe Blood Access

by Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy, Thomas Muyombo, Bridon M'baya, Onyekachi C. Subah, Adeel Ishtiaq
The Neglected Crisis in Safe Blood Access