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Environment
An ambulance arrives outside a hospital following deadly floods, in Derna, Libya, on September 17, 2023.

Rebuilding Libya’s Health-Care System

by Mary Fitzgerald

Overcoming the legacy of conflict, natural disasters, and political divisions for a healthier future

Migration
Activists and patients living with HIV, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis attend a rally "Ukraine Under Quarantine" in Kiev November 13, 2012.

Eastern Europe’s Looming Health Crisis

by Sarah Weber

HIV is the European public health crisis the world isn’t watching

malaria tests
Governance

Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Up 1,000 Percent in Myanmar

Civil conflict and disease compound in the eastern border regions

Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman (L) and Mohamed Eisa at a conference in Khartoum, February 2023.
Governance

The Doctors Who Return Home

by Chen Chen

A death in Sudan’s diaspora and a collapsed health system

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

A baby in a blue coat plays with an artificial yellow sunflower. The colors evoke the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag.
Food

Breastfeeding Babies During War

by Allison Daniel

Parents from Ukraine and other countries in crisis struggle to breastfeed and formula feed their children

An activist of the All-Ukrainian Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, a non-governmental group, holds an empty package of the drug Aluvia, as she takes part in a rally in front of the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers building in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 1, 2015.
Governance

War Threatens Ukraine's Progress Curbing HIV/AIDS

by Spencer Feingold

Russia's invasion is keeping lifesaving medication out of the hands of Ukrainians living with HIV

An elderly woman has a meal during a charity event to distribute food among lower-income citizens in a cathedral compound in Stavropol, Russia December 13, 2019
Food

Russia's War on Food

by Lillian Posner

Russia's own food security is yet another casualty of its eight-year war in Ukraine

Bakers knead dough during the Battle of Kyiv at Bakehouse in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 13, 2022
Food

Bake for Ukraine

by Monica Kidd

Neither war nor displacement can keep these Ukrainian bakers from feeding their community

Dr. Tom Catena tends to a patient, at Mother of Mercy hospital, in Sudan.
Poverty

A Chance to Give Back

by Tom Catena

Reflecting on a medical calling and working in the war-torn Nuba mountains in Sudan

Women fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stay outside a tent at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland, March 2, 2022
Gender

Periods Don't Stop For Conflict

by Jennifer Martin, Eunice Kilonzo-Muraya, Margaret Schmitt, Erza Selmani, Marni Sommer

Addressing women's health in Ukraine and other conflict zones

displaced Sudanese woman carries a container and shovel at the Abu Shouk IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in Al Fasher, northern Darfur April 8, 2010
Environment

The World's First Climate Change Conflict Continues

by Sydney Kamen

Darfur is now on its own, fighting a forgotten war compounded by climate change

A young man uses his phone is a destroyed building
Urbanization

Syndemic Urbanism: Urban Injustice in Traumatized Cities

by Haim Yacobi

How violence, neglect, and health are entangled in urban territories

Taoyuan health worker Wang Tsui-lien rides a scooter to deliver care packages and to check on people who have been ordered to be under self-quarantine, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on March 25, 2020. Photo shows a motorcycle on an abandoned street in an urban setting. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Governance

Taiwan's Response to COVID-19 and the WHO

An interview with Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu on Taiwan's response to COVID-19 and the WHO