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Women and their children wait for a consultation with Dr. Fabien Kongolo in the waiting area of the Yakusu General Hospital, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 5, 2022.

Hope for a Neglected Condition

An interview with an organizer and activist born with sickle cell disease in the DRC, plus a leading medical expert

Poverty
Residents look from behind a closed gate as members of the military patrol during a nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of novel coronavirus—in Soweto, South Africa on April 23, 2020. The photo shows several people congregated behind a closed fence though there is a very large gap between the fence and the adjacent wall. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

One Size Doesn’t Fit All

by Rumi Chunara, Rajesh Vedanthan, ​​​​​​​Olatunji Matthew Kolawole, Gbenga Ogedegbe

When collecting COVID-19 data and modeling epidemic curves, we need to take more into account—in Africa and elsewhere

A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus in Geneva, Switzerland on January 30, 2020. The photo shows a closeup of the logo on a dark background. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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The World Health Organization and Pandemic Politics

by David P. Fidler

The Good, the Bad, and an Ugly Future for Global Health