Governance
Governance
Vaccine-Preventable Disease: A Global Tracker
This map is updated weekly and visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases
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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
by Annie Wang
Migration
How Anti-Immigration Measures Could Deplete the U.S. Health Workforce
Data in Global Health
Featured Data Points
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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 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"
New York Times
Steven Hatfill, COVID Vaccine Critic, Is Ousted From HHS
by Sheryl Gay StolbergHatfill said he was pushed out by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chief of staff, who fired him when he refused to resign
NBC News
Canada Is Likely to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status. The United States Could Be Next.
by Erika EdwardsNeither country has been able to stop continuous spread of the highly contagious virus within the past year
Washington Post
The Mysterious Rise of Cancer Among Young Adults in the Corn Belt
by Ariana Eunjung Cha et al.The skin cancer risk for young adults in the corn-producing states is 35% higher for men and 66% higher for women than their peers in other states
NPR
People Are Having Fewer Kids. Their Choice Is Transforming the World’s Economy
by Brian Mann and Sarah McCammonAlready, women in the 15 countries that account for 75% of global gross domestic product are having too few children to maintain a stable population