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Colombia Opens South America's First Safe Injection Sites

Colombia Opens South America's First Safe Injection Sites

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July's launch of a second site signals a shift in overdose prevention that could spread across Latin America

USAID Lost: Stories From Colombia, Kenya, and Nepal

USAID Lost: Stories From Colombia, Kenya, and Nepal

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Public health and development professionals share insights from three nations hit hard by U.S. cuts to foreign aid

Revolutionizing Maternal Care in Colombia

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How the Hospital Padrino strategy is bringing care to underserved communities

Revolutionizing Maternal Care in Colombia

Changing Drug Use in Colombia and Peru

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People who use drugs should use them in the safest and most informed way

Changing Drug Use in Colombia and Peru

A Look at Women's Protests

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A snapshot of women-led protests around the world

A Look at Women's Protests

Pandemic Protests: When Unrest and Instability Go Viral

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Ensuring health security is essential for maintaining national security

A man stands in front of a burning barricade during a protest against the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on July 22, 2021.

The WHO's Unheralded Role in Surgery

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Why does the WHO matter? Its global health coordination makes surgical care more affordable and effective for everyone

People waiting for treatment at a hospital after undergoing cataract removals from a free but shoddy eye surgery camp that caused them to lose their vision—in Amritsar, India, on December 5, 2014. The photo shows several people sitting on hospital beds. One man in the foreground is wearing dark glasses. REUTERS/Munish Sharma

Estimating the Latin Wave of Coronavirus

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Projections show potential impact of COVID-19 on Latin America—Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador among the hardest hit

Monica Samudio, 46, whose husband Jorge Garcia, 51, died from coronavirus looks out of her window in Mexico City on April 29, 2020. Samudio faced discrimination when she contracted the disease. Picture shows the woman looking out her window and partially reflected in the glass. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

What Other Sectors Can Show for Women's Leadership in COVID-19

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Lessons on inclusion from the fields of conflict resolution, security, and business

Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee on a phone in New York on October 7, 2011. The efforts of Gbowee and other women to peace-building in Liberia was seen as critical to securing a lasting peace. The photo shows the nobel laureate in great spirits talking on the phone. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The Human Toll of Political Strife: Malaria's Rise in Venezuela

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Crisis-fueled resurgence of disease in Venezuela threatens progress made by several South American countries

Health care workers protesting shortage of medical supplies outside a hospital in Caracas, Venezuela on November 19, 2019. The picture shows an older woman in the foreground wearing blue hospital scrubs shouting and looking slightly off camera. She is surrounded by other protestors, many of whom are waving protest signs and also shouting. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins