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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.

Why Every Country Needs a Public Health Agency

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

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.

The Formula: How to Protect Public Health Amid Rising Hostility

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How the public health community can counteract the growingly hostile rhetoric around science and medicine

Marburg in Rwanda: What to Expect

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

Marburg in Rwanda: What to Expect

Pandemic Prevention Begins at Home

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

Pandemic Prevention Begins at Home

Ebola in Uganda

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An interview with emergency physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer

Ebola in Uganda

Africa: Ready to Respond

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

Africa: Ready to Respond

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

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

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

Preventing Pandemics and Ending Malaria Demand New Investments in Community Health

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Preparedness for the next pandemic is a choice

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

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

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

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.

Institutional Failures in COVID-19

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

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.

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

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

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

Combating COVID-19 Without Sacrificing Sustainable Development Goals

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

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