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A woman awaits consultation at a health clinic run by the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Holland in Kerfi, Chad, on June 10, 2008.

How 9/11 Transformed Aid and Global Health Programs in Fragile States

A conversation with global governance expert Stewart M. Patrick

Governance
George W Bush walks down the White house halls to the address the nation on the attacks on 9/11

From Synergies to Tragedies: 9/11, Terrorism, and Pathogenic Threats

by David P. Fidler

After the 9/11 and anthrax attacks, efforts to mesh counterterrorism and public health have failed

U.S. President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he arrives to deliver remarks on the COVID response and vaccination program at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2021.
Governance

Health Security and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Health and Security for Whom?

by Celia Almeida

The pandemic proves that "health security" should no longer drive global health policy

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reflected in a woman's eye as she watches his address to the nation following the outbreak of coronavirus in Manchester, England, on September 22, 2020. The photo shows a macro lens image of an eye with the image of the PM reflected in it. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Trade

Britain's Moral Bankruptcy Over COVID-19 Vaccines

by William A. Haseltine

Why a study set to deliberately infect people with coronavirus is unethical, unnecessary, and likely to be uninformative

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 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

People wearing protective face masks wait for their rapid antigen test results outside a community center, amidst the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on September 17, 2020. The photo shows a large crowd of people from behind the bars of an iron fence. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Governance

Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

Governments have an obligation to guarantee the continued protection of the public's rights during and after a pandemic

World map shows colors that correspond to the number of health security measures countries took during national elections in 2020.
Governance

Spare the Vote, Spoil the Virus?

by Samantha Kiernan, Caroline Kantis, Priyanka Sethy

Health security measures taken for elections by country

A girl from a migrant worker family that came to Thailand from Myanmar and lost their jobs due to COVID-19, lines up for free food in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 23, 2020. The photo shows a small girl wearing a facemask looking at the camera. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Migration

In Thailand, Noncitizen Health Matters

by Titiporn Tuangratananon, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Piya Hanvoravongchai, Swee Kheng Khor

National progress on migrant health is expansive, effective, and has helped Thailand avoid the worst of the coronavirus

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on April 10, 2020, in Bosnia. The photo shows a woman holding a small vial to her face. She is wearing a mask and gloves and the vial reads, COVID-19. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Trade

A New Way to Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Development

by Adrian Towse, Kalipso Chalkidou, Rachel Silverman

How a "benefit-based advance market commitment" could build on existing Gavi COVAX and EU Joint Procurement initiatives

A resident named Mrs. Oury reacts as her daughters wave behind a glass during a visit at "Les Figuiers" retirement home amid the coronavirus outbreak in Villeneuve-Loubet, France, on April 23, 2020. The photo shows a woman from behind glass while two others stand with their backs to the camera looking in. They all have their hands up. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Aging

Age in the Age of COVID-19

by Deepa Jahagirdar

Ageism and the opportunity to be different

Beds at a temporary field hospital set up in a sports complex by Medicines Sans Frontieres during the coronavirus outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, on July 21, 2020. The photo shows a large gymnasium with lots of beds in rows. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Poverty

Health-Systems Strengthening in the Age of COVID-19

by Angela E. Micah, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Joseph L. Dieleman

As the pandemic stresses many health-systems to their breaking point, it’s more important than ever to bolster them now

A combination picture shows Adetona Omokanye, a 29 year-old documentary photographer, taking pictures from the window of his home in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 24, 2020—along with a shot from inside. Photo is a split screen showing the photographer leaning out the window taking a picture and also a shot from inside looking out at what he was seeing. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Poverty

Poverty's Albatross—Nigeria in Mid-Century

by Olugbenga Salako

Solving Nigeria's poverty problem will be complex—there are no silver bullets—but it's key to reducing poverty in Africa

U.S. school systems are stuck between two bad choices. A classroom chair rests between two dismantled water fountains at Edmondson Westside High School in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 28, 2020. The photo shows a red chair in a beige-colorored hallway where two porticos feature white porcelain basins now dry for the pandemic. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Environment

The Kids Are (Not) Alright

by Kevin O’Rourke, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Theo Vos

Analyzing the evidence against—and in support of—reopening schools during COVID-19