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Women wait in line to be seen at a UNICEF supported mobile health clinic, in the village of Rubkuai, Unity State, South Sudan, on February 16, 2017.
Gender

How Self-Testing Can Fill Gaps in Cervical Cancer Screening

by Saumya RamaRao, Alejandra Martinez, Gilda Sedgh

Tools that allow self-sampling for HPV testing can help overcome barriers to screenings such as transportation, cost, and fear of pain

Young mother standing holding a baby at Gazi dispensary, with white head wrap. Saumu Bakari, from a neighboring Zero Zero village that is yet to have its own dispensary, receives maternal and child health services at Gazi dispensary. The Mikoko Pamoja project continues to support the dispensary.
Environment

Improving Kenya's Carbon Market to Support Health and Climate

by Joyce Chimbi

Building on the success of projects like Mikoko Pamoja, Kenya is working to regulate its carbon market to address past controversy and secure community gains

Governance

As Malaria Spreads, Africa Needs Data on Gene-Edited Mosquitos

by Fredros Okumu
Mosquito Biologist Dr. Bart Knols, points to an Anopheles mosquito larvae as he speaks on the use of drone technology in the fight against malaria, in a rice field near Zanzibar City, on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania, October 30, 2019. Picture taken October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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
Governance

Using Guinea's Approach to Contain Ebola in the DRC 

by Ranu S. Dhillon, Jean-Vivien Mombouli 
Rose Komono poses for a picture at a health clinic after overcoming the Ebola virus, in Gueckedou, Guinea, on April 3, 2014.
Governance

How Religious Leaders Can Bolster the Ebola Response

by Olivia Wilkinson, Katherine Marshall
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.
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.