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Trade
Singapore to Africa: AI Diagnostics for a Healthier Future
Singapore's strengths can support Africa's push for faster, more equitable, and ultimately sovereign health systems
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Life After USAID
Governance
Governance
PEPFAR's Transition Breeds New Opportunities for HIV Care
Three principles could guide the funding shifts between HIV programs and partner countries to reduce donor dependency
Poverty
Microfinance to Replace Declining Aid: A Roadmap in Trust
Migration
How Anti-Immigration Measures Could Deplete the U.S. Health Workforce
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
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 Norm3.3 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 Trust45 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 Countries34 Million
The number of people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses
HIV/AIDS and COVID: A Dual Battle1 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 ViolenceSeries
See AllIt's time to rethink U.S. engagement on global health
Governance
Governance
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
Governance
China's Integrated Policies on Climate Change and Health
A New Public Health Order for Africa
A series exploring a new public health order for Africa, guest-edited by Ebere Okereke
Global Health and the "Second Independence of Africa"
NPR
Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Expected to Recommend Delaying Hepatitis B Shot in Children
by Jackie FortiérA key federal vaccine advisory panel is expected to vote to recommend delaying, until age 4, the hepatitis B vaccine that's given to newborns
BBC
Japan Sets Record of Nearly 100,000 People Aged Over 100
by Jessica Rawnsley andStephanie HegartySetting a new record for the 55th year in a row, the number of centenarians in Japan was 99,763 as of September, the health ministry said on Friday
New York Times
Turning Against Vaccines, America Is a Global Outlier
by Damien CaveMost governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction
Washington Post
Aging Homes Are Crumbling Across the United States Should Government Pay to Fix Them?
by Tim CraigThe average age of a U.S. home is now 40 years old. Homes tend to be the oldest in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic states, and along the Appalachians