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A line chart titled "Rising Global Sanctions" showing the number of sanctions cases from 1950 to 2022. Three lines are displayed: A dark blue solid line representing "All active cases," which rises gradually until around 2010, then sharply increases after 2020 to over 600. A light blue dashed line for "Existing cases," following a similar but slightly lower trajectory. A red line for "New cases," which remains low with minor fluctuations until a sharp spike occurs around 2022.

The Civilian Health Costs of Aid Sanctions

by Hannah Crowe

A new study examines how aid sanctions deepen global health inequality

Gender
Retired firefighter Darrell Sales of Santa Clara is embraced at the 9/11 Memorial after completing a cross country bicycle ride, named the Bay 2 Brooklyn, to commemorate twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks in Manhattan, New York City, September 9, 2021.

Recognizing Trauma in Boys and Men

by Luis E. Banegas

Many social and institutional barriers deter men's access to proper care for mental illness

England's Tom Curry tumbles head down over Australia's Tolu Latu on the rugby pitch at Twickenham Stadium, in London, Uk, on November 13, 2021.
Governance

Globe Trotters

by Adam Pyle

A sports medicine expert shares tales from team doctors who treat athletes around the world

Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam on a highway, in Jal el-Dib, Lebanon, on March 9, 2021.
Urbanization

Injuries: A Leading Killer of Youth in Lebanon

by Samar Al-Hajj, Ali H. Mokdad

Traffic accidents are wreaking havoc on young lives, especially children who are refugees

Doctor Georges Bwelle (L), head of the visceral surgery department at the Yaounde Central Hospital, and one of his colleagues operate on a patient at the Nkongsamba prison in Nkongsamba, Cameroon, on July 17, 2021.
Governance

Investing in Surgery, Closing A Global Health Gap

by Geoff Ibbotson, Dominique Vervoort, Rifat Atun

Access to surgery can keep treatable conditions, such as a common fracture, from becoming lifelong disabilities

Palestinian children cover their eyes as they participate in a mental health support session in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 6, 2021.
Poverty

Gaza and the West Bank: Reflections From a Psychiatrist

Q&A with a Doctors Without Borders physician working in a traumatized region

Anisa Mangal on May 14, 2019 holds a photo of her daughter Mena Mangal, an Afghan journalist, parliamentary adviser, and advocate of women's rights who was killed last year in Kabul, Afghanistan. Picture shows the mother stermly looking at the camera holding a photo of her daughter. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Gender

Caring for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Afghanistan

by Manizha Ashna

Health workers can treat, speak up for, seek justice for, and empower survivors of gender-based violence

Women dance requesting for a better access to treatment for Africans suffering from HIV/AIDS, at the start of the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), the largest HIV/AIDS-focused meeting in the world, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 23, 2018.
Gender

Ending Female Genital Mutilation

by Mahnaz M. Harrison, Mark P. Lagon

Best practices are known and political will may finally be here to end this extreme form of discrimination against women