Africa's Shift From Aid Dependency
The future of African health systems will be driven by domestic investment and demand for regionally made drugs
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Life After USAID
Life With Less PEPFAR: The First 100 Days in Tanzania and Uganda
Stories on the ground support and contradict media narratives about what the HIV program has lost
Visualizing Nutrition Deficits After USAID's Overhaul
A new computer simulation illustrates the impact of alternative funding scenarios for child nutrition programs in LMICs
Reimagining Sexual and Reproductive Health Without U.S. Involvement
The Helms Amendment and the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, are moot without U.S. aid funding
Data in Global Health
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2.5 Times
Rates of maternal death among Black women were 2.5 times those of white women in 2022
Maternal Health in Mississippi
1,200
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 Battleground
1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
Abortion in the United States
500,000
UNRWA educates more than 500,000 children and provides basic health services to almost 6 million people
UNRWA Under Fire
70%
More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia
Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot
1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
U.S. Abortion Law and Dissenting from the Norm
3.3 Times
Where there was trust in local health workers people were 3.3 times more likely to wear a mask during COVID
Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Trust
45 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 in the United States
34 Million
The number of people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses
HIV/AIDS and COVID: A Dual Battle
1 in 3
One in three women—1.3 billion women and girls worldwide—experiences gender-based violence in her lifetime
Dual Pandemics: Coronavirus and Gender-Based Violence
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A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight
Controversy about research on dangerous pathogens requires the U.S. government to adopt a new governance approach
China's Integrated Policies on Climate Change and Health
China is addressing health threats that climate change poses but faces challenges that require policy reforms
U.S. Cuts to Ukraine's Foreign Aid Hit Health Workforce
Ukraine, with $1.4 billion curtailed, is the single biggest loser of U.S. foreign aid
Rubio Orders Firings of All USAID Staffers Overseas to Move Forward
He said the State Department will take over USAID’s foreign assistance programs by Monday
New Mexico made childcare free. It Lifted 120,000 People Above the Poverty Line
The state, which has long ranked worst for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare
The Disappearing Funds for Chronic Diseases
President Trump has slashed funding for medical research, threatening a longstanding alliance between the federal government and universities
Africa's Message on Agriculture—Self-Reliance Isn't Optional
AfDB is focused on making African capital work for Africa, while agroecology activists move to seize the self-reliance moment