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Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman (L) and Mohamed Eisa at a conference in Khartoum, February 2023.

The Doctors Who Return Home

by Chen Chen

A death in Sudan’s diaspora and a collapsed health system

Poverty
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

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

A woman walks past a graffiti promoting the fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22, 2020. This is a striking photo of a woman in a blue dress wearing a facemask walking past a peach-colored wall with a graffiti of the Earth, also wearing a facemask, with bloodshot eyes and crying. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Gender

Falling Through the Cracks: COVID-19 and the Rise of Maternal Deaths in Africa

by Marleen Vellekoop, Meshack Acholla, Julia Hanne

Africa’s unified pandemic response has saved lives, but reduced access to routine services puts women’s health in danger

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

A man drives an auto-rickshaw depicting the coronavirus to create awareness about staying at home during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19—in Chennai, India, on April 23, 2020. The image shows a vehicle painted red and covered with crown spikes reminiscent of the virus, which appear to be made of paper mache. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar
Governance

What Happens When COVID-19 Ends?

by Ankit Raj

The pandemic has exposed cracks in our health-care systems, shortsightedness of human interests, and poor public policy

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa gives a speech at the Heroes' Day Commemoration in Harare, Zimbabwe, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on August 10, 2020. GETTY IMAGES/Wanda/Xinhua
Poverty

Coronavirus in Zimbabwe

by Chido Dziva Chikwari

The country is facing an unprecedented public health catastrophe—and action is required to prevent more needless deaths

Bird's eye view: visitors take in a panoramic scene of the city of Toronto, Canada, from the 553 meters (1815 feet) high CN Tower, which just reopened after coronavirus restrictions on July 15, 2020. The photo shows a woman wearing a mask looking out from the skyview of the tall building with the Toronto cityscape beneath her. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Aging

Coronavirus in Toronto—Lessons Lost on a Second SARS

by Allison Daniel

The city's COVID-19 response is strongly informed by the experience of the earlier outbreak—but by no means exceptional

A call for funding community health alongside other types of health care—like the nurses who staff the national hospital in Nairobi, Kenya seen here during the coronavirus outbreak on May 28, 2020. The photo shows a field of nurses exercising in a field. REUTERS
Poverty

We Need a Greater Commitment to Community Health

by Ruth Ngechu-Kihara

Community health care should be enshrined in national and local budgets, similar to education and other health spending

Anisa Mangal on May 14, 2019 holds a photo of her daughter Mena Mangal, an Afghan journalist, parliamentary adviser, and advocate of women's rights who was killed last year in Kabul, Afghanistan. Picture shows the mother stermly looking at the camera holding a photo of her daughter. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Gender

Caring for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Afghanistan

by Manizha Ashna

Health workers can treat, speak up for, seek justice for, and empower survivors of gender-based violence