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BRICS leaders pose for a picture at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 23, 2023.

Blocs, the BRICS, and Global Health

by David P. Fidler

Recent geopolitical moves further reshape the international context for global health

Environment
Tadhg O'Corcora, 38, a marine scientist for GEOMAR, snorkels above a hand-planted seagrass meadow in a checkerboard pattern in Gelting, Northern Germany, June 20, 2023.

Amid Global Boiling, the Foreign Policy Response Remains Lacking

by David P. Fidler

Record heat clarifies the severity of the foreign policy problems climate mitigation and adaptation pose

workers unload a box of covid vaccines
Trade

Balancing Global Interdependence and Self-Reliance

by Bryan Mercurio, Ronald Tundang

The future of critical medicines production

Franck Robichon/Pool via REUTERS
Governance

The Past and Future of Health Cooperation in the Quad

by Manjari Chatterjee Miller

A sustainable and inclusive foundation is essential for the group’s longevity

Women delegates in ethnic minority costumes leave the Great Hall of the People following the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Gender

Women in China After Zero-COVID

by Chen Chen

China’s future will be determined by its gender policies

Relatives and neighbors attend the funeral of a woman surnamed Liu, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at a village in Tonglu county, Zhejiang province, China, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song
Aging

COVID Deaths in Rural China

by Chen Chen

Funerals and traditions during Spring Festival travel

outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China, December 9, 2022.
Governance

Over One Million Projected COVID Deaths in China

IHME's Ali Mokdad breaks down what that means

A doctor checks a patient in the hospital in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, China, on October 19, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Governance

Letting Omicron Loose

by Chen Chen

A look at vulnerabilities in health-care capacity in China 

a worker in white protective suit holding an umbrella crosses a road in the rain during a COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China, on November 30, 2022.
Governance

China's Media Coverage of COVID-19 Is Shifting

by Chen Chen

What it means for the future of Zero-COVID

Sumi Mehta
Environment

Air Quality, Health, and Climate Conversations

by Sumi Mehta

More than 90 percent of the world breathes polluted air

The conference created a "loss and damage" fund but failed on mitigation and adaptation
Environment

COP27 Produced a Triple Burden for Climate Policy—And That's Bad News for Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The conference created a "loss and damage" fund but failed on mitigation and adaptation

Indonesian President Joko Widodo welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden on the second day of the G20 Indonesia Summit events at the Ngurah Rai Forest Park, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on November 16, 2022.
Governance

At Bali, the G20 Confronts Multidimensional Crises with Empty Diplomatic Rhetoric

by David P. Fidler

The summit revealed the G20's and global health's vulnerabilities in a geopolitical world

A girl wears a monkey king headwear as she sits on an adult's shouulders above a large crowd at a festival fair during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Qingdao.
Aging

Eight Billion and Counting

by Haley Comfort, Stefanie Watson

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

Taiwan's Health Minister Chen Shih-chung appears wearing a blue surgical face maskseated in front of orange banners that read "China blocks Taiwan to join WHO" at a new conference, in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 15, 2020
Governance

Visibly Invisible: Taiwan and Global Health

by Tsung Ling Lee, Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai

The legacy of the past and practices of the present, dictate whose voices are heard