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Rose Komono poses for a picture at a health clinic after overcoming the Ebola virus, in Gueckedou, Guinea, on April 3, 2014.
Governance

Using Guinea's Approach to Contain Ebola in the DRC 

by Ranu S. Dhillon, Jean-Vivien Mombouli 

Negotiating access, earning trust, and building a tightly coordinated response are essential to stopping transmission, according to two advisors of Guinea's 2014-16 Ebola response

Muslim faithful leave after attending prayers marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, as authorities intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, at the Central Mosque in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 27, 2026.
Governance

How Religious Leaders Can Bolster the Ebola Response

by Olivia Wilkinson, Katherine Marshall

Religious actors can help reduce the fear and mistrust surrounding the Ebola outbreak, and deliver health-care services directly

Governance

Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements

by Anya Hirschfeld, Allison Krugman, Thomas J. Bollyky, Stephanie Psaki, Joseph L. Dieleman
Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements
Poverty

Drone Mapping: A Bird's-Eye View of a Neglected Tropical Disease in Nigeria

by William McCarthy, Olubukola Adelakun, Cristina Salas, Rakesh Kathiresan, Thomas Copeland, Islamiat Soneye , Daniel Amao, Uwem F. Ekpo
Fishermen are seen at the Oyan River, on July 2025.
Aging

Heat Stress and Air Pollution Fuel Dementia in Ghana

by David Mawutor Donkor
A woman cooks palm nuts to make oil on the road that connects Obuasi to Cape Coast, in Ghana, on July 26, 2019.
Governance

Genomic Medicine: A New Frontier for Health Care in Africa

by Moussa Moïse Diagne, Alexander Ross, Safiétou Sankhe, Joe Fitchett, Prashant Yadav, Ibrahima Socé Fall
Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced at Institut Pasteur, in Dakar, Senegal, on May 19, 2026.
Governance

Charting Ebola Responses: How 2026 Stacks Up After Aid Cuts

by Stephanie Psaki, Anya Hirschfeld, Allison Krugman
A map titled "Where the 2026 Ebola Outbreak is Spreading" shows confirmed and suspected cases of Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda as of June 1, 2026. Affected regions are shaded in salmon/orange-red, and affected cities are marked with black dots. Ituri Province in northeastern DRC is labeled as having seen the most cases and is the largest highlighted region. Additional affected areas in DRC include militia-controlled Goma in North Kivu and areas near Bukavu in South Kivu. In Uganda, Kampala is marked as having confirmed nine cases. A small inset map shows the location of the outbreak region within the broader African continent. Source: Ministry of Health, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Governance

How a UN Resolution Failed to Protect Sudan's Health Care

by Michelle D. Gavin
A view of a destroyed ward in Khartoum Hospital, in Khartoum, on Sudan April 26, 2025.
Poverty

Sudan's Health Workers Adapt to Increasing Drone Attacks

by Talha Arif
Women pray in front of a house struck by a drone in El-Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan, on January 12, 2026.
Governance

How African Regional Agencies Can Shape Global Health Reform

by Benido Impouma, Andrea Luciani, Diallo Abdourahmane, Mohamed Janabi
World Health Organization officials and Ugandan health workers inform the community of Kirembo village about the ebola vaccine, in Kasese district, Uganda, on June 15, 2019.
Gender

Birth Registration to Improve Health Equity

by Mary-Ann Etiebet
A newborn baby's inked feet are seen after his footprints were taken for the birth certificate, at the Santa Ana public maternity hospital, in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 19, 2011.
Governance

Global Health Reform for Communities Beyond Institutions

by Eric Fleutelot
Community health workers prepare vaccines for a measles vaccination drive amid a surge in cases, in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, on February 25, 2026.