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DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion
Poverty

DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion

by Allison Krugman

Aid workers and health experts recount the growing humanitarian crisis amid conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo

Protecting Miners' Health in Democratic Republic of Congo
Trade

Protecting Miners' Health in Democratic Republic of Congo

by Jonta Kamara, Stephanie Bumba

Growing evidence reveals mining harms pregnancies, and basic medicine near the sites is often inaccessible

Poverty

Preparing for Disease X

by Mosoka P. Fallah, Faraan Rahim, Dieudonné Mwamba, Placide Mbala, Jean Kaseya
Preparing for Disease X
Governance

Africa CDC Declares Mpox Emergency, Moving to Lead Response

by Linda Nordling
Africa CDC Declares Mpox Emergency, Moving to Lead Response
Governance

What South Africa's Fatal Mpox Cases Mean for the Global Crisis

by Linda Nordling
What South Africa's Fatal Mpox Cases Mean for the Global Crisis
Poverty

Investments in Rapid Outbreak Responses: Spend Now, Save Later

by Amanda McClelland
Investments in Rapid Outbreak Responses: Spend Now, Save Later
Poverty

Hope for a Neglected Condition

by Doña Moleka, Leon Tshilolo, Azalea Thomson, Theresa A. McHugh, Assaf P. Oron
Hope for a Neglected Condition
Trade

COVID-19 "Vaccinodromes" and the Power of Partnership

by Freddy Nkosi
COVID-19 "Vaccinodromes" and the Power of Partnership
Gender

In Kansas, Health Care Is Failing Pregnant Women Who Are Refugees

by Taylor Cusick
A newborn Congolese baby yawns inside the maternity ward at the Kapangu maternity health centre in Kaniki-Kapangu, in Kasai Oriental Province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Governance

How Congo's 2018 Ebola Outbreak Can Inform the Middle East's Response to COVID-19

by Serena Tohme
An Ebola survivor plays with a boy suspected of being infected with Ebola virus in a transit centre in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 15, 2018.
Gender

Dual Pandemics: Coronavirus and Gender-Based Violence

by Karen Sherman
Congolese girls displaced by war stand on the outskirts of a makeshift camp near Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on February 11, 2009. The photo shows two girls standing on a hill overlooking a camp filled with white tents at sunset. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Poverty

A Call for Global Solidarity

by Amanda McClelland
Cooking jackets are laid down and displayed as part of a COVID-19 protest by workers of the cafe and restaurant business demanding more help from the government in Brussels, Belgium, on May 7, 2020. The photo shows an array of shirts, mostly white but a few black ones, laid out over thousands of square feet of a lawn. It's a striking photo. REUTERS/Yves Herman