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South Africa's Medical Negligence Crisis
Understaffing and insufficient resources have led to poor quality care and a surge of medicolegal claims in South Africa
Africa's Health Financing Gap
Donor health funding is declining in sub-Saharan Africa, and domestic spending is not rising to cover the gaps
Kenya's Health Worker Exodus: Brain Drain or Economic Opportunity?
Kenyan health-care professionals continue to emigrate, presenting a mixed bag of fortunes for the country
Young Americans Prioritize Health Care in 2024 Election
The chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project explains why young Americans view health care as a top election issue
Brazil's Deadly Floods Expose Shortfalls in Disaster Preparedness
A failure to create and implement policies for climate-related disasters left Brazil unprepared
Where Health Surfaced at the Republican National Convention
The RNC projected a strategy on health matters that shied away from overtly supporting unpopular positions
South Africa's Health-Care Reform in Limbo Following Election
African National Congress's loss imperils the new National Health Insurance law and its financing of public health care
Health Policy Takeaways from 2024's First U.S. Presidential Debate
Where the presidential debate mentioned or missed on COVID responses, drug pricing, Medicare, and reproductive health
U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Emergency Abortion Care
In Idaho v. United States, the stakes are high for health workers, pregnant patients, and abortion care
Drones Deliver Humanitarian Aid in Africa
Unmanned aerial vehicles are transforming last-mile health-care deliveries within sub-Saharan Africa
A First Step to Fairer Drug Prices for Young Americans
U.S drugs have been historically more expensive, but the Inflation Reduction Act signals a shift toward fairer prices
Roadblocks to Gen Z's Mental Health Care
Struggles felt by Gen Z spotlight the issues of mental health-care access in the United States
How Gender and Sex Shape Disease
New research exposes why health systems should tailor responses to the needs of men and women starting at a young age
An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals
A flurry of partnerships demonstrate how academic health systems can bolster rural hospitals