Epidemics and Infodemics in the Post-Truth Era, from Ebola to COVID-19
Social media can be a powerful weapon in the post-truth era. Or it can be a catalyst for the next global health disaster
Research & Analysis
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Where WASH Figures in the COVID-19 Fight
Hard-sought health security in sub-Saharan Africa should build on WASH programs, which are already proven to save lives
Tracking Coronavirus in Countries With and Without Travel Bans
Travel restrictions have neither stopped the spread of this novel coronavirus nor prevented it from becoming a pandemic
Data in Global Health
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€28.4 Bn
China is one of the key trading partners of Italy, and in 2017 Italy imported €28.4 billion worth of goods from China
Scale of Italy's Imports From China
70 Percent
Chinese factories supply 70 percent of active ingredients for India’s generic drug manufacturers, which supply the world
Coronavirus and the World Economy
$19 per $1
$19 return for economic growth and health for every $1 invested in the Global Fund
How to Tackle Global Problems in an Age of Populism
1 percent
Only 1 percent of primary care clinics have basic diagnostic capacity, according to the World Health Organization
Diagnostic Gaps in Global Health
2006
The year alcohol use in Russia peaked was 2006, after which it fell as the government tightened alcohol policies
A Russian Prescription to Reduce Alcohol Use
45 percent
Increase in cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000
The Growing Cancer Threat in Africa
6% vs. 82%
Number of men versus women in Japan who take advantage of a full year of government-sponsored paid leave for new parents
Lessons From an Aging Asia
10 percent
of total health spending in adults goes to type 2 diabetes
What to do About Type 2
$1/person
Amount per year needed to prevent, detect, and respond to continuing and emerging health threats.
Dr. Tom Frieden on the Politics of Epidemics
51,000
New cases of HIV in the United States in 2017
Can the U.S. be Among the First to Eliminate HIV Transmission?
Series: Coronavirus Knows No Borders
See all in seriesThis series explores how COVID-19 is unfolding in countries like South Korea, Iran, Russia, and the United States and in regions like Latin America, West Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
Coronavirus in South Asia
Pakistan counts up, India locks down, Nepal and Bhutan close, Sri Lanka imposes curfews, and Bangladesh nears shutdown
Coronavirus in the Middle East
A look at COVID-19 in seven countries, some fragile or failed, which illustrates many of the problems the region faces
The Big European Shut Down
COVID-19 pandemic reflects the EU’s powerlessness to act coherently on health matters—but it also reveals a path forward
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See allSpecial Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus
South Korea’s swift action stands in stark contrast to what has transpired in the United States. The Koreans have tested well over 290,000 people...
WHO to launch multinational trial to jumpstart search for coronavirus drugs
The WHO said it would launch a multiarm, multicountry clinical trial for potential coronavirus therapies, part of an aggressive effort to jumpstart...
South Asia Reads: Coronavirus Edition
An update on developments in each South Asian country, from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, regarding the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)
These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads
New Harvard analysis shows that many parts of the United States will have far too few hospital beds if the new coronavirus continues to spread widely