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Kimono-clad women wearing protective face masks walk in front of white Japanese Sake barrels stacked in a grid decorated with colorful designs for the year-end and New-Year at Meiji Shrine

The Curious Case of Japan's Alcohol Contest

by Annie Chan

Japan's young people are turning away from alcohol, but its tax agency wants to reverse the trend

Environment
Concrete nuclear reactor towers bellowing pillars of white smoke stand against a blue sky. In the foreground a bee flits between bright yellow flowers atop leafy green stems

Fallout

by Lillian Posner

A photographic view of the fallout from past nuclear incidents for health

People walk near Chinese lanterns ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival at Tai O, in Hong Kong, China September 14, 2021.
Migration

The Global Sentiment of Gratitude

by Caroline Kantis

The wondrous ways communities around the world give thanks

The Olympic Rings are seen in front of the skyline during sunset one night ahead of the official opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 22, 2021.
Governance

Japan's Olympic-Size Gamble on COVID-19

by James Gannon

The summer games host is only on the third leg of its pandemic relay

U.S. swimmer Tara Kirk Sells swims breaststroke in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she earned a silver medal
Governance

Tokyo Olympics Health Measures Are a Game Changer

by Tara Kirk Sell

Olympic champion-turned public health expert Tara Kirk Sell on COVID-fighting plans at the summer games

Firefighters wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at the National Monument area to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 17, 2020. Photo shows several workers in bright red protective suits walking though an open area spraying from tanks they carry on their backs. A monument can be seen in the background. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Wahyu Putro
Governance

Southeast Asia Needs Its Own CDC

by Swee Kheng Khor, Jeremy Lim, Li Yang Hsu, Jemilah Mahmood

COVID-19 is a baptism by fire and highlights the need for an effective, durable disease control authority in the region

A woman gets her eyes tested at a free eye-care camp on the occasion of Indian politician Babasaheb Ambedkar's death anniversary in Mumbai, India, December 6, 2019. The photo shows an older woman with testing glasses on her face. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Poverty

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Universal Health Coverage

by Anthony McDonnell

Universal health coverage is achievable for all countries—and in the aftermath of the pandemic, it should be implemented

You wouldn’t know it from this image of hustle-bustle on the streets of the Mong Kok district in Hong Kong on Oct. 4, 2011, but the workforce in many Asian economic powerhouses is steadily shrinking. Picture shows the street from above, a wide pedestrian walkway with broad yellow lines painted at an angle. Dozens of people can be seen in the frame, all blurred due to fast movement and a slow shutter. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Aging

Lessons From an Aging Asia

by Erin Gallagher, Sheila A. Smith

How will demographic shifts affect workforce, health care, gender equality, disaster response, and societal well-being?

Famous singer and social activist Bono attends a Senate Appropriations State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee hearing on foreign assistance in Washington D.C. on April 12, 2016. The photo shows Bono at a long table with several rows of chairs behind him. The chairs are filled with people who appear to be laughing. The REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Governance

How to Tackle Global Problems in an Age of Populism

by Chris Collins, Mark P. Lagon

Appetites for investment do exist today to define achievable goals, apply effective tools, and solve global challenges

An elderly demonstrator poses for the camera as he makes a V-sign during ongoing anti-government protests, in Baghdad, Iraq, December 10, 2019. He has a black-and-white checkered scarf tied on his head and a red and white sash with green accents, around his neck. He has a very long white beard and friendly eyes. REUTERS/Alaa al-MarjaniSELECT
Aging

Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number—Except When it Comes to Health

by Matt Doxey

In some parts of the world, forty is the new seventy

A nurse takes a photograph during a rally in front of the Government House in Bangkok October 16, 2012. Nurses attending the rally demanded better working conditions and full-time jobs, asking the government to improve job security by offering permanent contracts. The nurse stands in her white outfit against a sea of brightly colored umbrellas.
Trade

Southeast Asia’s Big Export to the World: Health Professionals

by Swee Kheng Khor

What long-term effect will the brain drain have on SE Asia, on top of a current shortfall of 700,000 doctors and nurses?

Old coffee cans of shotgun shells dropped off to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at the “Gifts for Guns” buyback in Compton, California on January 21, 2013. Picture shows two bright red, rusted out coffee tins filled to the brim with shotgun shells, red shells in the first tin, blue in the second. REUTERS/David McNew
Governance

The Global Experience of Gun Control

by Vin Gupta

Firearm Deaths, including suicides, are averted when treated as a public health problem—so why not in the United States?