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Activists and supporters of the Right 2 Know campaign chant slogans as they hold a night vigil outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg September 19, 2011.

South Africa's Health-Care Whistleblowers Are Under Threat

by Ray Mwareya

Employees who flag nefarious efforts to fleece public health coffers put their jobs, families, and lives at risk

Governance
A woman in a red coat and blue mask checks her phone as she walks by a stall with colorful children's puppets

How the U.S. COVID-19 Response Lost the Plot After Omicron

by Samantha Kiernan, Haley Lescinsky, Joseph L. Dieleman, Thomas J. Bollyky

The reasons why the United States is struggling with COVID-19 are changing

Four older patients dressed in medical gowns cover their eyes as they wait for cataract surgery on the Lifeline Express, a hospital built inside a seven-coach train, at a railway station in Jalore, India, on March 31, 2018.
Governance

A Lot of Talk but No Seat at the Table

by Anam N. Ehsan, Matthew T. Hey, Sarah K. Hill, Rashi Jhunjhunwala, Kee B. Park

Surgery at the World Health Assembly 

Students wear bright orange and blue face paint at an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018.
Governance

Wrong Code

by Deepa Jahagirdar

How many HIV/AIDS deaths are we missing?

Bright Simons
Urbanization

Health Care in Africa: The Challenges of Innovating at the Interface of the Public and Private Sectors

An interview with Bright Simons, technology innovator, development activist, and social entrepreneur

People whose jobs were affected by COVID-19 restrictions wait in lines to receive cash assistance from the government, at an elementary school in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, April 12, 2021.
Governance

A Tale of Two Countries During COVID-19

by Renzo R. Guinto, Sumegha Asthana

India and the Philippines have seen parallel health system challenges during the pandemic

A Buddhist monk receives a Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, Thailand on April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Governance

The Politics of Primary Health Care

by Tom Frieden

A Q & A with health leaders from Costa Rica and Thailand

A nurse invites people to the booths to receive AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Belgrade, Serbia, March 25, 2021
Governance

Nurses Will Lead Health-Care Teams Out of the Pandemic

by Laura Hoemeke, Melissa T. Ojemeni, Comrade Olubunmi Lawal-Aiyedun, Natalie Sheneman

Interprofessional collaboration will play an important role in mitigating the global health workforce crisis

Healthcare workers walk through Mount Sinai Hospital as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in New York, U.S., April 5, 2020.
Urbanization

One Year From the Front Lines of COVID-19 in New York City

by Sonya Stokes

Frontline providers found a solution to communication breakdown during the pandemic: talking to each other

A view shows a patient floor hall of an field hospital known as an Alternate Care Facility set up at the state fair ground as cases of COVID-19 cases spike in Wisconsin on October 12, 2020.
Governance

The Long Road to Universal Health Coverage

by Priyanka Sethy

President-Elect Joe Biden's team can learn from other democracies on how to move the needle on universal health coverage

Education in Africa is being disrupted along with everything else—chickens here in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of COVID-19 in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, on August 28, 2020. Picture shows a large gaggle of chickens inside a classroom, clucking around. One stands atop an overturned bucket. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Poverty

The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

by Tom Frieden, John Nkengasong

Deaths from health-care disruptions due to COVID-19 are almost certain to outnumber deaths from the coronavirus itself

An intubated patient tries to gesture at a medical worker holding his hand at the Sotiria hospital ICU during the coronavirus outbreak, in Athens, Greece, on April 25, 2020. Picture shows the hand of a patient in a hospital bed being held by the blue-gloved hand of a medical worker. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
Poverty

Scaling up Surgery and Anesthesia, Post-Coronavirus

by Craig D. McClain, Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman

Expanding access to surgery and anesthesia globally would be a win–win for health security and universal health coverage

A student watches an online lecture in a digital mobile education library—which provides mobile phones to children who lack access for education during COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, on October 16, 2020. The photo shows a small child at a school desk with a mobile phone on the table in front of them. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Governance

Big Data Requires Big Thinking on Data Governance

by Stefan Germann

We need concrete guidelines now to secure data privacy and address missing data, missed use of data, and misuse of data

Students attend a class at the beginning of the school year amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Sanaa, Yemen October 18, 2020. The photo shows a darkened classroom with several students facing the camera. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Governance

COVID-19—A Review of Community Participation

by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

Citizen participation can reduce damages caused by the pandemic and—crucially—help identify a sustainable path forward