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A worker in personal protective equipment disinfects a cinema in preparation for the reopening of movie theaters, as the country's capital region loosens coronavirus disease restrictions, at Eastwood Mall, in Quezon City, Philippines, on October 16, 2021.
Governance

Five Ways to Deliver on the Pandemic Agreement's Promises

by Summer Galloway, Stephanie Psaki

Building the right legal, operational, and financial systems to prevent the next pandemic will require going beyond negotiations in New York or Geneva

Health workers in protective clothing confer behind barriers marking the isolation ward where victims Marburg virus are treated, in Uige, Angola, on April 20, 2005.
Governance

Why Every Country Needs a Public Health Agency

by Chikwe Ihekweazu, Garry Aslanyan

The WHO's executive director of health emergencies outlines why more countries are launching national public health agencies

Urbanization

England Closes Several Long-COVID Clinics, Deserting Patients 

by Emma Smith
Felicity Callard, a 49-year-old British university professor and lecturer who continues to struggle with symptoms following a COVID-19 infection, poses after an interview at her house, in London, Britain, on September 2, 2020.
Governance

Former Head of Gavi on the U.S. Retreat from Vaccines

by Allison Krugman
Former Head of Gavi on the U.S. Retreat from Vaccines
Governance

Does Pandemic Preparedness Depend on Confronting the Chronic Disease Crisis?

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Joseph L. Dieleman, AJ Mitchell, Chloe Searchinger, Elena Every
A line chart titled “Health Risks in LMICs” shows how the leading risk factors for disease burden change in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 1990 to 2023. In 1990, malnutrition ranks highest, followed by unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), household air pollution, high blood pressure, dietary risks, tobacco, and high body-mass index. Over time, noncommunicable disease risks rise. By 2023, high blood pressure and dietary risks are the top contributors, while malnutrition and household air pollution decline in rank. Tobacco and high body-mass index increase modestly, and unsafe WASH drops to the lowest rank. The chart highlights a shift from communicable and environmental risks toward chronic disease risks in LMICs.
Governance

To Finish the Pandemic Agreement, WHO Needs a Trustworthy Viral Database

by Timothée Poisot, Colin J. Carlson
A lab technician works at the Amazon COVID-19 testing lab, in Worsley, Britain, on June 2, 2021.
Governance

The Formula: How to Protect Public Health Amid Rising Hostility

by Alejandra Martinez
The glass of the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) building is pockmarked by bullet holes, following a deadly shooting incident, in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 9, 2025.
Poverty

Online Learning's Health Burden in Low-Resource Countries

by Lawan Hassan Adamu
Kesieana Onoge and her daughter Naomi Onoge, 6, struggle to navigate the online learning system from their home, in Lagos, Nigeria, on April 23, 2020.
Governance

Emerging Discourse on AI and Global Health Security

by Tyler Smith, Dylan Green
Emerging Discourse on AI and Global Health Security
Governance

From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness

by Emily Mendenhall, Philip Finkelstein
From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness
Governance

Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science

by Gigi Gronvall
Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science
Trade

Mapping Supply Chains: Global Health Agencies Lead the Way

by Prashant Yadav
Mapping Supply Chains: Global Health Agencies Lead the Way