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South Carolina Addresses the Geriatrician Gap

The state is leading efforts to care for its aging population by recruiting elder-care specialists

Health Care: A Frontline Defense Against Human Trafficking

Partnerships with the medical community can tap opportunities for intervention and public health data gathering

Governance

South Africa's Medical Negligence Crisis

Understaffing and insufficient resources have led to poor quality care and a surge of medicolegal claims in South Africa

Governance

Africa's Health Financing Gap

Donor health funding is declining in sub-Saharan Africa, and domestic spending is not rising to cover the gaps

Migration

Kenya's Health Worker Exodus: Brain Drain or Economic Opportunity?

Kenyan health-care professionals continue to emigrate, presenting a mixed bag of fortunes for the country

Governance

Young Americans Prioritize Health Care in 2024 Election

The chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project explains why young Americans view health care as a top election issue

Environment

Brazil's Deadly Floods Expose Shortfalls in Disaster Preparedness

A failure to create and implement policies for climate-related disasters left Brazil unprepared

Governance

Where Health Surfaced at the Republican National Convention

The RNC projected a strategy on health matters that shied away from overtly supporting unpopular positions

Governance

South Africa's Health-Care Reform in Limbo Following Election

African National Congress's loss imperils the new National Health Insurance law and its financing of public health care

Governance

Health Policy Takeaways from 2024's First U.S. Presidential Debate

Where the presidential debate mentioned or missed on COVID responses, drug pricing, Medicare, and reproductive health

Gender

U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Emergency Abortion Care

In Idaho v. United States, the stakes are high for health workers, pregnant patients, and abortion care

Urbanization

Drones Deliver Humanitarian Aid in Africa

Unmanned aerial vehicles are transforming last-mile health-care deliveries within sub-Saharan Africa

Governance

A First Step to Fairer Drug Prices for Young Americans

U.S drugs have been historically more expensive, but the Inflation Reduction Act signals a shift toward fairer prices

Aging

Roadblocks to Gen Z's Mental Health Care

Struggles felt by Gen Z spotlight the issues of mental health-care access in the United States