Women Leaders in Global Health

Our editorial team sits down with the women shaping global health today

Women Leaders in Global Health

Women Leaders in Global Health

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Three women discuss why they chose a career in global health and what inspired them to become leaders

Choosing to Make a Change

Choosing to Make a Change

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Dr. Helene Gayle on her trailblazing career and the questions she still ponders

Why I Stay: Haiti's Fight for Health Care

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GHESKIO, a long-standing health organization, continues the battle to provide care amid disasters and violence in Haiti

Why I Stay: Haiti's Fight for Health Care

Harlem to Harare

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Dr. Mary Bassett on how her upbringing and decades in Africa influenced her thinking about health in the United States

Harlem to Harare

Road Safety in Lusaka

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Mayor Chilando Chitangala on road safety, public health, and her political ambitions

Road Safety in Lusaka

Kenya's Greatest Sickle Cell Disease Advocate

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Lea Kilenga Masamo is destigmatizing a rare genetic condition to improve care for forgotten patients

Kenya's Greatest Sickle Cell Disease Advocate

Finally "Inside," New Office of Global Affairs Director Is Looking Out

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Loyce Pace gives a glimpse into her role in the Biden Administration

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and HHS Director of the Office of Global Affairs Loyce Pace meeting with Mr. Kwon Deok-cheol, Minister of Health of the Republic of Korea at the G7 conference May 2021 at HHS

Changing the Course of Cancer in Mongolia

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Inspired by her physician grandmother, Dr. Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh has strived to improve care in the East Asian nation 

Changing the Course of Cancer in Mongolia

Transforming Freetown After War

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An interview with Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Sierra Leone's capital city

Transforming Freetown After War

Rising from the Ashes

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An interview with Phoenix, Arizona, Mayor Kate Gallego

Rising from the Ashes