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Governance
People pass by portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong.

The Shadow of China's Lockdown Remains

by Ian Johnson

Four years after China locked down Wuhan, the country is still feeling the aftershocks

Environment
An ambulance arrives outside a hospital following deadly floods, in Derna, Libya, on September 17, 2023.

Rebuilding Libya’s Health-Care System

by Mary Fitzgerald

Overcoming the legacy of conflict, natural disasters, and political divisions for a healthier future

Agnes Kalié, a health worker, gives out a drug treatment to prevent against one of the debilitating neglected tropical diseases.
Poverty

Protecting the Health of Displaced People

by Joy Shu'aibu

Employing a "leave no one behind" approach

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

A railway worker helps load railcars onto a train in San Diego, California, U.S., November 30, 2022.
Governance

The Public Health Consequences When Railroads Don't Pay Sick Leave

by Ajeet Singh, Priyanka Sethy

How workers, families, and employers suffer when sick leave policies are thin

A group of young men cluster around a large outdoor table cheering, smiling, and drinking large glasses of beer as COVID-19 restrictions ease in Galway, Ireland, on June 7, 2021.
Governance

On St. Patrick's Day, Ireland's Alternative to Drowning the Shamrock

by Sheila Gilheany, Eunan McKinney, Zubair Kabir

Giving a green light to measures that reduce alcohol use would cut Ireland's high rate of alcohol-related injury, death

In Almaty, Kazakhstan, people hold a rally in memory of victims of the recent country-wide unrest triggered by fuel price increases, on February 13, 2022.
Governance

After "Bloody January," Health and Safety in Kazakhstan Look Shaky

by Lillian Posner

Wealth disparities in Kazakhstan have left holes in the health system

A green field and trees are the backdrop as two women walk, holding a face mask, in Dutywa, in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, on November 29, 2021. News of the new COVID Omicron variant, now spreading in South Africa, was announced this week.
Governance

The Real Meaning of Omicron

by Charles Holmes

Travel disruptions and shaky financial markets suggest the world is still far from prepared for pandemics

A baby is handed up to the U.S. Army over a perimeter wall at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021 as Afghan civilians and U.S. citizens evacuated the city.
Governance

The Afghanistan Disaster and U.S. Foreign Policy on Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The Taliban's triumph has terrible implications for past, present, and future U.S. foreign policy on global health

People at a coronavirus testing center on July 2, 2020 in Mugda Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where half of the medical equipment in public health facilities goes unused according to the authors. The photo shows a crowd of people wearing masks waiting on line in chairs while a health worker in full protective gear walks beside them. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Poverty

Who Gets What and Why?

by Héctor Castro

Countries need informed decision-making through health technology assessment to allocate resources during the pandemic