The Monkeypox Outbreak and Foreign Policy
The outbreak has limited implications for U.S. foreign policy on global health
A Gram Per Gun
How U.S. guns fuel Mexican cartels' drug empire
Kenya and Maternal Health: Delivering Results
Pregnant parents face obstacles in accessing and receiving quality maternal health services
Moving the Needle on Health Disinformation
Preventing harmful health information requires transparency not regulation
Data in Global Health
Featured Data Points
3.3 Times
Where there was trust in local health workers people were 3.3 times more likely to wear a mask during COVID
One-Third
The one-third of Earth under the guardianship of Indigenous peoples boasts ~80 percent of global biodiversity
79
Seventy-nine countries and territories experienced a net decline in freedom in 2020
1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
7 Percent
In 2020, demonstrations around the world increased by 7 percent
1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
45 Percent
The number of people dying from opioid use in the U.S. in 2021 was nearly 45 percent higher than in 2020
90,000
By the end of September 2021, almost 90,000 suspected cholera cases were recorded in Nigeria
34 Million
The number of people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses
1 in 3
One in three women—1.3 billion women and girls worldwide—experiences gender-based violence in her lifetime
Series: U.S. Foreign Policy and Global Health
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Proposals to transform U.S. cyber foreign policy can inform rethinking global health engagement
Supreme Court Decisions and U.S. Foreign Policy on Global Health
Recent rulings from the court have consequences for U.S. global health engagement
The G7 Summit's Geopolitical Pivot Signals a Difficult Future for Global Health
The G7's focus on war, power, and ideology overshadowed global health concerns
What the Historic U.S. Climate Bill Gets Right and Gets Wrong
The Inflation Reduction Act promises the largest investment in climate action in U.S. history and could lead to significant emissions reductions
The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism
William MacAskill's movement set out to help the global poor. Now his followers fret about runaway A.I. Have they seen our threats clearly?
New Langya Virus That May Have Spilled Over From Animals Infects Dozens
An international team of scientists identified a new virus that was likely to have been transmitted to humans after it first infected animals
Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryos, A Potential Key to Healing Humans
The embryo developed for eight days, with a beating heart, a rudimentary brain and a gut tube