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Pedestrians wait to cross a street in Kigali, Rwanda, April 26, 2024.

Marburg in Rwanda: What to Expect

by Craig Spencer

Physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer on Rwanda's response and how the international community can help

Governance
A health worker sprays insecticide to kill the Aedes aegypti mosquitos to help mitigate a dengue outbreak at a public school in Brasilia, Brazil February 16, 2024.

Pandemic Prevention Begins at Home

by Amish Talwar, Rebecca Katz, Martyn D. Kirk, Tambri Housen

Proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations could enable timely outbreak reporting at the local level

Ugandan medical staff inspect the ebola preparedness facilities at Bwera General Hospital near Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Bwera, Uganda, on June 12, 2019.
Poverty

Ebola in Uganda

An interview with emergency physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer

REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Governance

Africa: Ready to Respond

by Shingai Machingaidze, Gerald Chirinda

The changing story of a vulnerable continent better prepared to respond to pandemics

Paul Farmer at the Koidu Government Hospital in Koidu, Sierra Leone in 2015.
Poverty

On COVID Shockers, Vaccine Disparities, Nagging the White House, and Next-Gen Physicians

An interview with longtime global public health physician and Partners In Health cofounder Paul Farmer

Children play as a health worker fumigates a residential area, where cases of malaria were reported, in Mumbai March 20, 2009.
Governance

Preventing Pandemics and Ending Malaria Demand New Investments in Community Health

by Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, Robert D. Newman

Preparedness for the next pandemic is a choice

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.
Governance

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

by Serena Tohme

Countries in the MENA region can learn from both the successes and failures of past outbreaks in conflict zones

General view during a press conference of the World Health Organization (WHO) organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020.
Governance

Institutional Failures in COVID-19

by Les Roberts

The pandemic shows us why organizations should separate nurturing partner and policing health authority roles

Maasai elders, wearing traditional clothes and facemasks due to coronavirus, gather within the Orboma Manyatta in Sekenani, near the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya, on August 10, 2020. This is a striking photo that shows a number of the elders in brightly colored reddish clothing on a clear day against a backdrop of what appears to be a village. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Governance

In Africa’s COVID-19 Response, Strive, Don’t Settle

by Vanessa Kerry

Broad and equitable health systems could finally be within reach for African countries—closer than the world realizes

The author argues for pandemic responses that do not sacrifice long-term health projects—just as Kenyan fashionista James Maina Mwangi, on July 30, 2020, blends 160 stylish suits with sensible masks. Picture shows James smartly dressed in a well-appointed purple suit with a matching mask. In the background are striking blue and orange and green suits hanging on the wall. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Poverty

Combating COVID-19 Without Sacrificing Sustainable Development Goals

by Mitsuru Mukaigawara

We must not stop investing in long-term health projects—even under significant resource constraints in times of pandemic

A player checks his cards during the finals of the Russian Masters Poker Cup at the Azov-City, Russia, gambling zone, south of Russia's southern city of Rostov-on-Don, on September 23, 2010. Photo shows a pair of hands holding up the corners of two cards to reveal a pair of aces. A large stack of chips is in the background. REUTERS/Vladimir Konstantinov
Governance

All Bets Are Off for Measuring Pandemic Preparedness

by Sawyer Crosby, Joseph L. Dieleman, Samantha Kiernan, Thomas J. Bollyky

Three standard measures don't predict how countries fare in COVID-19—so how do we better prepare for the next pandemic?

Public transport bus staff offers hand-sanitizer to a passenger who is about to board the bus on the first day of the easing of the lockdown measures during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos, Nigeria May 4, 2020. The photo shows a bus driver dispensing sanitizer to passengers as they board. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Urbanization

Shifting Front Lines in West Africa

by Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene

Leveraging community health promoters to protect vulnerable populations against COVID- 19 and other threats in Nigeria

Cuban doctors receive Cuban and Italian flags during a farewell ceremony before departing to Italy to assist, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus in Havana, Cuba, on March 21, 2020. the photo shows doctors lined up taking flags of Italy and cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Migration

Medical Diplomacy—Lessons From Cuba

by Hannah Todd

COVID-19 is a chance to design more efficient, equitable, and ethical health care responses during a crisis

A woman gets her eyes tested at a free eye-care camp on the occasion of Indian politician Babasaheb Ambedkar's death anniversary in Mumbai, India, December 6, 2019. The photo shows an older woman with testing glasses on her face. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Poverty

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Universal Health Coverage

by Anthony McDonnell

Universal health coverage is achievable for all countries—and in the aftermath of the pandemic, it should be implemented