Think Global Health strove in 2023 to bring you the stories behind the stories of the global struggle for better health—from narratives on Africa's crisis of trust in global health initiatives after COVID-19 to zombie viruses in the permafrost in the Arctic, to explorations on the struggle for health care for India's gig workers, food labeling in Mexico, and health outcomes in overlooked parts of the United States.
In doing so, we published 193 articles from more than 140 authors this year.
No one can predict what will happen with health on the international stage next year, especially as more than three dozen countries host elections, conflicts in Israel and Ukraine continue to threaten humanitarian aid, and climate-fueled disasters plague the world. This year's tranche of Think Global Health stories offers insight on how to face whatever is in store for 2024.
Studies have shown that permafrost has been stable for the last four hundred thousand years in the Arctic, a status that is now threatened in the context of global warming
