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A world map showing vaccine-preventable disease hot spots, with colored circles indicating outbreak size and location. Measles outbreaks (red) appear across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Large chicken pox (green) and RSV (purple) outbreaks are visible in Asia. Yellow circles mark whooping cough in the Americas and Oceania, while smaller circles show diphtheria, hepatitis A and B, mumps, and polio outbreaks in Africa, Europe, and Asia. Circle size corresponds to outbreak magnitude, with a sample scale showing 10,000 cases. The map is labeled “Think Global Health.”

Tracking Measles and the World's Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

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This weekly map visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases

A volunteer is guided through the full donning sequence for special pathogen personal protective equipment during a training seminar led by Syra Madad, chief biopreparedness officer for NYC Health + Hospitals, on February 2, 2026.

How NYC Practices for Ebola and Special Pathogen Outbreaks

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NYC Health + Hospitals has added virtual reality training to reinforce its readiness for high-consequence infectious diseases

Cuba's Health Care Buckles Under Fuel Blockade

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A professor of Latin American public health details how the 2026 fuel blockade has affected every domain of Cuba's health system

Two women cook dinner after Cuba's national electric grid collapsed for the second time in a week, amid the U.S.-imposed oil blockade, in Havana, Cuba, on March 21, 2026.

Argentina's Vital Statistics Show Health Backslides

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Argentina's uneven progress on mortality indicators could hide deeper health-care failures

A woman pushes a baby stroller, in Villa Soldati, Argentina, on September 16, 2024.

London Opens New Clinic for Tuberculosis Survivors

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Many TB survivors are thrust back into the world with ongoing medical problems and little support to manage them

The x-ray scan is shown on a computer after a screening for tuberculosis, in London, England, on January 27, 2014.

Birth Registration to Improve Health Equity

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Millions of newborns lack birth certificates, but governments and investors have new opportunities to build digital identification

A newborn baby's inked feet are seen after his footprints were taken for the birth certificate, at the Santa Ana public maternity hospital, in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 19, 2011.

Human-Centered Design for Resilient Global Health-Care Systems

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By codesigning health systems with communities, governments can dismantle siloed care

An injured patient is wheeled out of the out-patient ward of the National Orthopaedic Hospital, in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 30, 2025.

How Medicaid Policies Shape County Health-Care Performance

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A new study explores the factors shaping strong health systems in the United States, including Medicaid expansion

How Medicaid Policies Shape County Health-Care Performance

Argentina's Health-Care System Ahead of Midterm Elections

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Continuing Milei's reforms risks eroding population health but reversing his maneuvers could generate comparable harms

A demonstrator waves the Argentinian flag while taking part in a march to defend public universities, after Argentina's President Javier Milei vetoed laws to boost funding for pediatric hospitals and public universities, citing efforts to rein in public spending, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 17, 2025.

New York City Hospital Staff Learn Planet-Friendly Health Care

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The largest municipal health system in the United States is training clinicians to discuss climate risks with patients

The Statue of Liberty is seen at sunset through haze caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires, as viewed from Brooklyn, New York, August 5, 2025.

Hospital Attacks in Gaza and Israel: What Counts as a War Crime?

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Global attacks on hospitals and health care have become more frequent, but perpetrators have enjoyed near total impunity

Hospital Attacks in Gaza and Israel: What Counts as a War Crime?

The Discomfort of Working Ourselves Out of Global Health

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After 24 years, a public health worker grapples with questions of power, inequity, and purpose in global health

The Discomfort of Working Ourselves Out of Global Health