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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wears a protective mask bearing the words "This mask is as useless as Joe Biden," as she walks with an aide to a vote in the Cannon Tunnell on Capitol Hill, in Washi

The Polarized Pandemic

by David P. Fidler

COVID-19 has contributed to the fragmentation of domestic and international politics

Gender
Dr. Mary Bassett with medical students, in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, in 1989.

Harlem to Harare

by Ted Alcorn

Dr. Mary Bassett on how her upbringing and decades in Africa influenced her thinking about health in the United States

Volunteer undertakers help carry the coffin of 64-year-old Yoyoh Sa'diah who passed away due to complications related to COVID-19, at home in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, on July 8, 2021.
Governance

Just How Do Deaths Due to COVID-19 Stack Up?

by Christopher Troeger

Despite a likely undercount in many places, COVID is among the leading causes of death in most countries  

A motorcycle convoy carrying measles vaccines for the NGO Doctors Without Borders crosses a log bridge in Mongala Province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 27, 2020.
Governance

Why Harassing International NGOs Is Bad for Health

by Mirko Heinzel, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi

Authoritarian leaders inadvertently weaken their countries' health infrastructure when they legislate against nonprofits

A boy shows a wound he sustained after a stray dog attacked him, at a rabies clinic in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 2, 2019.
Trade

Digitizing Supply Chains—Down to the Last Mile—to End Neglected Tropical Diseases

by Carla Johnson, Gesa Pellier

Limited visibility in procurement makes eliminating NTDs impossible

An audience member holds up a "Fund PEPFAR" sign, during President Barack Obama's speech at a campaign event at Herman Park in Boone, Iowa, on August 13, 2012.
Governance

PEPFAR in a Global Democratic Recession

by Mark P. Lagon

At age twenty, PEPFAR's continued success depends on weathering an illiberal wave worldwide

A silky medusa, Colobonema sericeum, its white tentacles against a deep blue background, seen during a mid-water transect during the third Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition.
Environment

Deep Sea Discoveries and Global Health

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Humans have only begun to explore the ocean's potential for healing diseases

View of pine trees and water from the bank of the Kolyma river at Duvanny Yar (68°39’ N, 159°4’ E), a popular permafrost sampling site, showing the vegetation cover at the end of August 2019.
Environment

Zombie Viruses from the Arctic

by Jean-Michel Claverie

Thawing permafrost is releasing microbes from the Neanderthal era—how real is the risk for public health?

Thousands of galaxies flood this near-infrared image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. High-res imaging from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing made the image possible.
Environment

Outer Space and Global Health

by David P. Fidler

Space has become more important to global health, creating new challenges and exacerbating old problems

Nadifa Abdi Isak plays with her son Farhan, who recently received an emergency transfusion to treat malnutrition-induced anaemia in Mogadishu, Somalia, on December 1, 2022.
Poverty

Expanding Mobile Medical Care to Fight Hunger

by Hodan Abdullahi Mohamed

In Somalia, addressing malnutrition and infectious disease together

A girl holds a sign on a white piece of paper at a rally against Islamophobia in Madrid, Spain, January 2015. The words on the birds say, "Peace, Respect, Love, Tolerance, and Coexistence.”
Migration

Islamophobia in the Delivery Room During a Crisis

by Vinayak Mishra

A new physician copes with death and colleagues' prejudice against a patient's cultural and religious identity

DOCUMENT DATE:  November 04, 2022  A man feeds birds amidst heavy smog on the banks of Yamuna river in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 4, 2022.
Governance

Best of 2022

by Thomas J. Bollyky, TGH Editorial Team

Our favorite Think Global Health stories from 2022

Ukrainian family Mykhalchenko read and listen to Better Time Stories, a project introduced for Ukrainian children who are seperated from their families in Rotterdam, Netherlands October 25, 2022.
Governance

Best Books of 2022

by TGH Editorial Team

The novels, nonfiction, and media our colleagues at the Council on Foreign Relations enjoyed most this year

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meet with Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2022.
Governance

U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit:  Zambia's Lessons on Governance, Health, and Partnership

by Charles Holmes, Mark C. Storella

Why the United States should strengthen its ties with Zambia