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Amid declining global aid, access to safe blood risks falling through the cracks. Promising new initiatives offer hope
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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
How Weather Conditions Set the Stage for the Deadly Texas Flash Floods
Incredible amounts of moisture in the air fueled a storm that moved slowly and dumped rain over central Texas
Measles Cases Surge to Record High Since Disease Was Declared Eliminated in the United States
There have been more measles cases in the United States this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago
Sullivan, Murkowski Vote to Pass Senate Republicans' Budget Bill, With Big Health-Care Cuts Looming
U.S. House may vote as soon as Wednesday on a proposal that brings trillions of dollars in changes in federal spending on health care and food aid
Warren Buffett Donates Record $6 Billion Berkshire Shares
Warren Buffett donated on Friday another $6 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Gates Foundation and four family charities