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The World Health Organization headquarters is seen, in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 28, 2025.

The WHO's Funding Gap: Filling the Medical Diplomacy Void

by Sunny Jha

Medical accrediting organizations can fill the vacuum created by the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization

Urbanization
A municipal employee works on an empty street during the COVID-19 outbreak, in Mexico City, Mexico, on March 29, 2020.

Making City Diplomacy Work for Global Health

by Michele Acuto

Collaborative governance among cities is expanding and should be central to global health diplomacy 

A worker stands on steel rods at a construction site, Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 2, 2010.
Urbanization

Infrastructure, Cities, and Global Health Diplomacy

by Evelyne de Leeuw, Patrick Harris

The interconnections of societies on an urbanizing planet require cities to network and engage more in health diplomacy

An aerial view shows a plant of Omsktechuglerod company producing carbon black.
Governance

Russia's Strategic Approach to Climate Change

by Nataliya Shok

Moscow accepts that climate change is real but uses climate diplomacy to advance national security and geopolitical ends

China's President Xi Jinping attends the G20 summit.
Governance

China's Foreign Policy and Global Health Leadership

by Jiyong Jin

Chinese health diplomacy has made progress, but challenges to China's aspirations to be a leader in global health remain

President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a Cancer Moonshot announcement.
Governance

The United States Targets Cervical Cancer and Lead Exposure

by David P. Fidler

The Biden administration launched efforts to reduce cervical cancer and lead exposure that could have brief policy lives

Ukrainian Health Minister and German Health Minister talk prior to the Ukrainian-German Mental Health and Rehabilitation Conference.
Governance

Global Health Politics: Multipolarity Is the New Reality

by Hampus Holmer

Long dominated by the West, global health is changing because of discontent with the past and the return of geopolitics

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the opening of multifunctional medical center for the Russian Defense Ministry, via video link.
Governance

A New Era for Russian Foreign Policy on Global Health

by Nataliya Shok

Russia has altered its approach to global health amid the war in Ukraine and geopolitical rivalry with the West

Attendees applaud at the launch of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the State Department.
Governance

Global Health Security and Diplomacy in 2024: Lead, Leverage, and Elevate

by Hillary H. Carter, Thomas J. Bollyky

Discussions will intensify in 2024 to strengthen the global health security architecture

People wait in line to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, donated to Kenya by the UK government, in Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2021.
Governance

Billions Committed, Millions Delivered

by Samantha Kiernan, Serena Tohme, Gayeong Song

The mixed record of vaccine donations and diplomacy

A National Guard soldier looks on as people stand in line at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Vaccination Center as Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announces the start of the statewide "Vaccinate NY" ad campaign to encourage all New Yorkers to get vaccinated, in New York City, New York, U.S. April 6, 2021.
Governance

A Robust U.S. Response to China's Health Diplomacy Will Reap Domestic and Global Benefits

by Jennifer A. Hillman, Alex Tippett

It's in the United States' interest to provide an alternative to China's Health Silk Road

map of all vaccine donations
Trade

The Politics of Vaccine Donation and Diplomacy

by Samantha Kiernan, Serena Tohme, Kailey Shanks, Basia Rosenbaum

Is a friend in need a friend indeed?

Map of the world shows number of vaccines countries have access to.
Governance

Vaccine Spheres of Influence Tracker

by Samantha Kiernan, Priyanka Sethy, Kailey Shanks, Serena Tohme

Tracking COVID-19 vaccine administration and access around the world

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed China flag in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020.
Governance

Why Mass Vaccination in the West Could be Bad News for Chinese Leaders

by Yanzhong Huang

To narrow the immunity gap, China could be forced to prioritize its domestic vaccine needs