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Alice Okwirry, 50, a widow living with HIV/AIDS, walks near her house, in Kianda village, Nairobi, Kenya, on February 28, 2025.

Small Global Health Investments, Big Benefits for the United States

by Kashef Ijaz

The Carter Center's experience highlights how global health assistance advances U.S. national interests

Poverty
A bar chart titled 'Disaster in Democratic Republic of Congo' displaying fatalities related to conflict from April 2024 to January 2025. The chart differentiates between M23-involved fatalities and other conflict-related fatalities. A significant spike in fatalities is marked in late January 2025, corresponding to the seizure of Goma by M23 rebels on January 26, 2025. The source is 'Think Global Health.

DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion

by Allison Krugman

Aid workers and health experts recount the growing humanitarian crisis amid conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shakes hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela February 20, 2024.
Governance

Russian Cooperation With Venezuela Integrates Health

by Julio S. Castro Méndez, Victoria E. Castro Trujillo

Russian-Venezuelan relations now involve the health sector, a bid to expand Moscow's influence in Latin America

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the opening of multifunctional medical center for the Russian Defense Ministry, via video link.
Governance

A New Era for Russian Foreign Policy on Global Health

by Nataliya Shok

Russia has altered its approach to global health amid the war in Ukraine and geopolitical rivalry with the West

U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris waves supporters as she arrives for a campaign drive-in rally at Palm Beach State College in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., October 31, 2020
Governance

Kamala Harris's Global Health and Foreign Aid Record

by Chloe Searchinger, Anil Cacodcar

If Harris wins, the Israel-Hamas War and the U.S. southern border are likely to shape her priorities for global aid

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley makes remarks.
Governance

Reflections on Nikki Haley’s Health Policy and Foreign Aid Positions

by Erica Zurek

Haley’s past and current stances on health and foreign aid