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Using Guinea's Approach to Contain Ebola in the DRC
Negotiating access, earning trust, and building a tightly coordinated response are essential to stopping transmission, according to two advisors of Guinea's 2014-16 Ebola response
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Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements
Think Global Health's analysis found gaps between country needs and new cofinancing commitments with the United States
Governance
Charting Ebola Responses: How 2026 Stacks Up After Aid Cuts
Governance
Tracking Measles and the World's Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
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The WHO estimates that nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are experiencing life-altering injuries because of the war
Two Years of the Gaza War in Three Health Charts50%
The number of geriatric physicians increased 50% between 2020 and 2023
Going Gray: National Aging Plans Gain Global Traction26%
A daily intake of 50 grams of processed meat elevates the risk for colorectal cancer by 26%
Are Processed Meat, Sugary Drinks, and Trans Fats Safe at Any Level?600,000
Malaria claims nearly 600,000 lives per year worldwide
A New Malaria Drug Can Treat Infants—If Health Systems Support It2.5 Times
Rates of maternal death among Black women were 2.5 times those of white women in 2022
Addressing Mississippi's Maternal Health-Care Shortage1,200
Nearly 1,200 attacks on health-care workers and facilities have taken place in the three years since the coup
In Myanmar, Health Care Has Become a Battleground1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
"Pregnant People Will Die as a Result of Overturning Roe v. Wade"500,000
UNRWA educates more than 500,000 children and provides basic health services to almost 6 million people
UNRWA Under Fire70%
More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia
Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
U.S. Abortion Law and Dissenting from the Norm45 Percent
The number of people dying from opioid use in the U.S. in 2021 was nearly 45 percent higher than in 2020
Opioid Overdose Deaths: What the United States Can Learn From Other CountriesSeries
See AllSeries: The Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak
Coverage of the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda
Governance
Governance
Ebola Recalls Why the U.S. Needs a Foreign Health Service
The Trump administration is right that U.S. health diplomacy needs stronger leadership, but turning the CDC into a vendor is the wrong path
Governance
Charting Ebola Responses: How 2026 Stacks Up After Aid Cuts
America First and Global Health Reform
Coverage of the America First Global Health Strategy and new debates about global health reform
Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements
New York Times
ChatGPT Led to a Man’s Near-Fatal Health Crisis, Lawsuit Claims
by Teddy RosenbluthThe case appears to be the first to argue that a chatbot’s advice harmed someone seeking guidance about a medical condition
New York Times
Estonia Won the War on Fentanyl. What Came Next Was Even Worse.
by Azam AhmedBy 2018, fentanyl overdoses in Estonia had plummeted. But powerful new drugs are appearing fast, with the authorities racing to respond
AP News
Ebola Deaths in Congo Top 500 as Health Workers Threaten to Strike
by AP News StaffFrontline workers deployed in Ituri province, the epicenter of the outbreak, issued a 24-hour notice on Sunday threatening to strike
Washington Post
Why U.S. Measles Outbreaks Have Grown Harder to Extinguish
by Lena H. SunThe nation is already nearing last year’s record case total, and experts say the virus is forcing doctors to relearn a disease