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Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment Summit, on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 21, 2025.
Governance

The Future of Global Health: Themes and Thorny Questions

by Stephanie Psaki, Anya Hirschfeld, Annabelle Gallinek, Thomas J. Bollyky

An analysis of 67 reform proposals reveals a country-led and systems-focused vision for global health's next chapter, but questions remain on how to implement it

A forklift unloads boxes containing vials of the R21 malaria vaccine inside a cold room at the Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India, on February 27, 2024.
Governance

Making Aid Transition Work: Seven Lessons From the Private Sector

by Chris Collins, Jirair Ratevosian, Jeffrey L. Sturchio

As global health financing shifts toward country self-reliance, emphasis on principles like measurement and accountability can guide implementation

Trade

China's Health Silk Road and Soft Power

by Bryan Burgess
Line chart titled "China's Health Aid, 2000–23" showing inflation-adjusted Chinese health commitments to low- and middle-income countries in 2023 U.S. dollars. Aid remained mostly below $400 million from 2000 to 2004, then spiked to approximately $1.3 billion in 2005 following a large loan for Cuban hospitals, before falling back to under $400 million through 2014. After China introduced the Health Silk Road in 2015, aid rose to roughly $700 million in 2016, then fluctuated between $400–500 million through 2020. Aid surged dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, peaking near $2.4 billion around 2021–2022, then dropped sharply to near zero in 2023. Source: AidData
Governance

Global Health Reform for Communities Beyond Institutions

by Eric Fleutelot
Community health workers prepare vaccines for a measles vaccination drive amid a surge in cases, in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, on February 25, 2026.
Governance

What $50 Billion for U.S. Foreign Affairs Changes for Global Health

by Jirair Ratevosian
A Service Yezu Mwiza nurse hands medication to an HIV patient, who is also suffering from malaria, at her home, in Gatumba, Burundi, on April 19, 2013.
Governance

One Year Post-USAID, Global Health Funding Stuck in Limbo 

by Allison Krugman
A map of where the United States cut health aid in 2025.
Governance

Transforming the Global Health Ecosystem for a Healthier World in 2026

by Muhammad Ali Pate, Donald Kaberuka, Peter Piot
Transforming the Global Health Ecosystem for a Healthier World in 2026
Governance

What the Development Finance Corporation Reauthorization Means for Global Health Security

by Prashant Yadav, Stephanie Psaki, William Henagan, Elena Every, Thomas J. Bollyky
Researchers work inside a laboratory at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 11, 2020.
Governance

Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty

by Rajat Khosla, Patrick Ndzana Olomo
Jocelyne Mitoba, who was detained for 8 days with her baby for lack of money at Bethesda Medical Center, holds her newborn at her home, in Ngaba, a neighborhood of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 18, 2023.
Governance

The United States Maintains Its Global Fund Commitment

by Prashant Yadav, Elena Every
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store listens during the Global Fund event on November 21, 2025, in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of the G20 Summit, which begins tomorrow. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS
Governance

Innovative Financing to Future-Proof Universal Health Coverage

by Neeraj Jain, Githinji Gitahi
A refugee from Myanmar has her checkup done by a doctor at the Mae Tao clinic, in Mae Sot, Thailand, on October 30, 2015.
Poverty

Microfinance to Replace Declining Aid: A Roadmap in Trust 

by Annie Wang
Health leader Sabikunnahar, wearing a bright pink traditional outfit, smiles while helping a young child wash their hands with soap and water outdoors beside a corrugated tin wall.