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Dang Nguyen Thuc Vien, a 32-year-old daughter of refugees from south Vietnam, helps a local Vietnamese resident in Japan as an interpreter at a hospital, in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, on November 25, 2015.
Migration

Japan's Immigration Push Calls for Health System Reform

by Hansani Madushika Abeywickrama

As Japan seeks to attract foreign workers, the government should address its health system's language barriers, cultural misunderstandings, and structural challenges

World Health Organization officials and Ugandan health workers inform the community of Kirembo village about the ebola vaccine, in Kasese district, Uganda, on June 15, 2019.
Governance

How African Regional Agencies Can Shape Global Health Reform

by Benido Impouma, Andrea Luciani, Diallo Abdourahmane, Mohamed Janabi

WHO Africa regional specialists explain why continental players need to be coauthors in the reform of global health architecture

Governance

Why India's Digital Governance Model Matters for Global Health

by Ilona Kickbusch, Anurag Agrawal, Catharina Boehme, Karthik Adapa
A model of a robotic surgical system by Wipro Intelligence is exhibited at Bharat Mandapam, at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, on February 16, 2026.
Governance

Human-Centered Design for Resilient Global Health-Care Systems 

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

Beyond Thimerosal: Preserving Vaccine Access Amid Growing Hesitation

by Prashant Yadav, Orin Levine
A worker holds a malaria vaccine vial to administer to a child, at Chileka Health Center, in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Trade

Lenacapavir Can Transform HIV Prevention—If Countries Support Access 

by Micheal Ighodaro
A person who contracted HIV after losing access to PrEP, washes his face, in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria, on May 31, 2025.
Migration

How Federal Bans to Migrant Health Care Could Affect U.S. Citizens

by Sarah Rendón García, Germán A. Cadenas, Oswaldo Moreno
Parents and students arrive for the first day of school, as teachers and volunteers patrol for the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), at the Ninety-Third Street Elementary School, in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 2025.
Governance

WHO, PAHO, and the Future of Health in the Americas

by Victoria Costoya
Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the eightieth United Nations General Assembly, at the UN headquarters, in New York City, on September 24, 2025.
Trade

Singapore to Africa: AI Diagnostics for a Healthier Future 

by Sharmishta Sivaramakrishnan 
Cancer patients sit in a chemotherapy while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, in Accra, Ghana, on April 24, 2012.
Governance

The Ethics of AI-Driven Health Projects in Africa

by Dino Rech
A medical laboratory technician at the Wits Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit poses for a portrait, in the research lab at the Wits University Faculty of Health Sciences, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 14, 2025.
Governance

The 10 Americas: How Geography, Race, and Income Shape U.S. Life Expectancy

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Ali H. Mokdad, Chloe Searchinger
The 10 Americas: How Geography, Race, and Income Shape U.S. Life Expectancy
Governance

South Africa's Medical Negligence Crisis

by Thabo Molelekwa
South Africa's Medical Negligence Crisis