Gaza’s Lost Generation, U.S. Youth Vote on Health Care, G7 Misses on Global Health

Editors' Note

This week, Project HOPE's Rondi Anderson gives readers an on-the-ground look at how the Israel-Hamas war is harming pregnant women in Gaza. She stresses that "as long as violence continues, the lives of all pregnant women are at risk, and the region could lose an entire generation."

Shifting to the U.S. election, Chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project Anil Cacodcar discusses how health insurance, abortion, and mental health are core priorities for young voters according to national polling.

Next, journalist Isabella Rolz highlights how the K'uxu'rum agroforestry system, a traditional Mayan agricultural technique, could help fight food insecurity exacerbated by climate extremes in Guatemala and other countries within the Central American Dry Corridor.

In June, the Group of Seven (G7) met in Italy to produce the Apulia G7 Leaders' Communiqué, a plan for tackling the interconnected crises facing global leaders. Senior Fellow David P. Fidler analyzes the communiqué, noting that while it mentions health topics, G7 members seem "neither able nor willing to make global health a strategic priority."

Until next week!—Nsikan Akpan, Managing Editor, and Caroline Kantis, Associate Editor