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Why Investing in Cold Chain Technologies Will Improve Health Outcomes

Failure to maintain an unbroken cold chain is among the top reasons vaccines are discarded.

PEPFAR Reauthorization on the Horizon

What could happen if the United States’ signature initiative on global health is not reauthorized

Gender

Harlem to Harare

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

Governance

Choosing to Make a Change

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

Governance

Building a New Public Health Order in Africa

The challenges and opportunities associated with reforming Africa's public health systems

Governance

In South Africa, Much More Than an Investment in HIV

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, UNAIDS special ambassador for adolescents and HIV, on "building one house" for health

Governance

PEPFAR in a Global Democratic Recession

At age twenty, PEPFAR's continued success depends on weathering an illiberal wave worldwide

Environment

PEPFAR Meets Climate Change

Another president's emergency plan for another global health crisis

Governance

PEPFAR's Twentieth Anniversary Might Be Its Last

Proposed changes to the mold-breaking program could break it for good

Migration

How Shepherds Access Health Care in Lesotho

Hurdles and innovations for nomadic and semi-nomadic people

Poverty

Expanding Mobile Medical Care to Fight Hunger

In Somalia, addressing malnutrition and infectious disease together

Governance

In Africa, Open Biologics and Tech Transfer Pave the Way for Local Vaccine Manufacturing

How the development of Africa's first home-grown mRNA COVID-19 vaccine could shape the future of vaccine innovation

Aging

Eight Billion and Counting

The world's population is on the verge of hitting eight billion people, and advances in health are behind the increase