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A world map titled "Mapping the World’s Zero-Dose Children" shows the proportion of children in 2023 who had never received a single vaccine dose. Countries are shaded in a gradient from light blue (15%) to dark red (59%) to indicate the percentage of unvaccinated children. Somalia is labeled, noting it had the greatest proportion of unvaccinated children in 2023. Other countries with high proportions include Haiti and Papua New Guinea. Map by CFR/Allison Krugman, source: IHME.

Tracking Vaccination Coverage Shortfalls

by Allison Krugman

A new study on global immunization coverage shows declining uptake for key vaccines

Food
A grid of 200 human icons represents excess deaths in Nigeria after potential funding cuts for nutrition treatment. Most icons (in dark blue) indicate baseline deaths, while 40 icons at the bottom (in red) represent additional deaths due to a 49% reduction in treatment. The title reads: "Excess Deaths After Nutrition Treatment Funding Cuts," with a legend showing dark blue as "Baseline" and red as "Additional deaths with 49% reduction in treatment."

Visualizing Nutrition Deficits After USAID's Overhaul

by Abraham D. Flaxman, Sylvia Lutze, Alison Bowman

A new computer simulation illustrates the impact of alternative funding scenarios for child nutrition programs in LMICs

A worker transports therapeutic food in a United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund warehouse, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 22, 2016.
Food

How Innovations in Gut Health Can Help Treat Global Hunger

by Heather Stobaugh

Advancements in gut microbiome research could strengthen existing hunger treatments and prevent malnutrition relapse

Adolescent Anemia Rates Vary in India
Food

Anemia and School Attendance in India

by Santosh Kumar, Jan-Walter De Neve 

More than half of adolescent girls and nearly one-third of boys suffer from anemia, weakening India's education system

Women walk past a COVID-19 themed mural on the street.
Gender

How Gender and Sex Shape Disease

by Allison Krugman

New research exposes why health systems should tailor responses to the needs of men and women starting at a young age

The chart shows average risk reduction in all-cause mortality globally and between men and women in high-income countries. Each additional year of schooling leads to a drop in mortality, and in high-income countries the effect is greatest in men. A person's risk of dying drops by 2% with every additional year of education.
Aging

A Longer Life Begins in the Classroom

by Allison Krugman

A new study measures how much extra life comes from being educated

A mother kisses her child as she walks past graffiti in Mumbai March 27, 2014.
Gender

Breaking Barriers, Building Leaders

by Sai Mandlik, Tanya Dikshit

Youth-driven change in Jharkhand’s health system

children mourn the death of heir classmate
Governance

Gun Violence Arrives on Serbia’s Doorstep

by Masha Raznatovic

Serbian students can no longer say, “It couldn’t happen here”

A child attends a protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu and a teenager in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state, in New Delhi, India, on April 15, 2018.
Gender

Silent Suffering

by Christianez Ratna Kiruba

Unveiling the culture of child sexual abuse in Indian families

A poster of an infant reading Estoy Buscando A Mi Familia, or "I’m looking for my family"
Migration

Guatemala’s Forgotten Voices

Children who were fraudulently adopted share their stories

A Syrian refugee from Damascus, carries a child as she enters her tent, at the Majdal Anjar refugee camp in Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon, on September 9, 2013.
Migration

For Syrian Refugees, Deadly Hazards Lurk in Camps

by Ali H. Mokdad, Samar Al-Hajj

Substandard living conditions leave Syrian refugees at a higher risk of injury than native Lebanese people

a child in an orange puffer jacket pushes their friend on a wooden swing in the snow
Migration

The War in Ukraine Has Harmed Children

by Caroline Kapp

Russia’s war is rooted in concepts of identity and nationality

students wearing colorful clothing enter a terracotta colored building in Kenya
Poverty

The Steep Price of Education in Africa

by Emilie Maddison, Angela E. Micah

Education is unaffordable for many families in low- and middle-income countries

A mother with long brown hair reads the label of a formula can in front of partially-empty grocery store shelves amid a nationwide shortage in Houston, Texas, on May 19, 2022.
Food

How the U.S. Baby Formula Shortage Affects Low-Income Families

Families living in poverty are making impossible trade-offs between food, rent, and essentials like formula and diapers