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TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, X, and Reddit app icons are seen in this illustration, taken on June 15, 2026.
Governance

Data Workers and the Mental Toll of Cleaning the Internet

by Elaine O. Nsoesie, Nuredin Ali Abdelkadir

Better workplace conditions, preparation, and support are needed for the African content moderators who are scrubbing harmful content from AI and social media

Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements
Governance

Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements

by Anya Hirschfeld, Allison Krugman, Thomas J. Bollyky, Stephanie Psaki, Joseph L. Dieleman

Think Global Health's analysis found gaps between country needs and new cofinancing commitments with the United States

Governance

The State of Global Health Funding: October 2026

by Angela Apeagyei (Micah), Hans Elliott, Drew DeJarnatt, Carolyn Shyong, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Joseph L. Dieleman
The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are pictured, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on September 16, 2016.
Aging

How to Measure Aging in a Global Context

by Joshua R. Ehrlich, Anthony K. Ngugi
David Garera, a Mijikenda community elder, is seen walking in the coastal region of Kilifi, Kenya, on February 13, 2025.
Governance

The Race to Develop an Ebola Bundibugyo Vaccine

by Katherine Leach-Kemon
The Race to Develop an Ebola Bundibugyo Vaccine
Gender

How Self-Care Can Fill Gaps in Cervical Cancer Screening

by Saumya RamaRao, Alejandra Martinez, Gilda Sedgh
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.
Environment

Improving Kenya's Carbon Market to Support Health and Climate

by Joyce Chimbi
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.
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

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.