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USAID Lost: Stories From Colombia, Kenya, and Nepal

USAID Lost: Stories From Colombia, Kenya, and Nepal

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Public health and development professionals share insights from three nations hit hard by U.S. cuts to foreign aid

An elderly woman attends a class run by the Ujamaa self-defense program.

The Weaponization of Witchcraft Laws in Kenya

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Poorly understood land rights and an aging population are fueling Kenya's eldercide epidemic

Africa CDC Declares Mpox Emergency, Moving to Lead Response

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The declaration will enable Africa to take on a more prominent role in the fight against the outbreak

Africa CDC Declares Mpox Emergency, Moving to Lead Response

Kenya's Health Worker Exodus: Brain Drain or Economic Opportunity?

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Kenyan health-care professionals continue to emigrate, presenting a mixed bag of fortunes for the country

Kenya's Health Worker Exodus: Brain Drain or Economic Opportunity?

Treating East Africa's Water Conflicts With AI and Big Data

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How AI and big data can help resolve water-related refugee crises and armed conflicts

Treating East Africa's Water Conflicts With AI and Big Data

Moderna Cancels Kenya Vaccine Project Due to Familiar Economic Hurdles

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The cancellation reminds the world that more efforts are needed for equitable vaccine distribution

Moderna Cancels Kenya Vaccine Project Due to Familiar Economic Hurdles

Kenya's Fluoride Problem

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Heavy fluoride in Kenya's water supply has consequences for the country's health and economy

Kenya's Fluoride Problem

Five Billion Reasons for Ramping Up Global Surgery

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Creating surgical and anesthesia capacity is a win for pandemic preparedness

Five Billion Reasons for Ramping Up Global Surgery

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

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

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

The Unpaid Debt of Underinvestment in Public Health

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Limited progress on the social determinants of health has left populations in Kenya and elsewhere vulnerable to COVID-19

A boy stand in front of a graffiti promoting the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22, 2020. This is a powerful photo of a young boy walking in front of a sinister depiction of the virus with a face that appears to be sneeringly looking at the boy. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

We Need a Greater Commitment to Community Health

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

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

What We Ask About Coronavirus in Africa

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Search query data from 21 African countries reveal public perceptions, gaps in knowledge, and opportunities to educate

A boy reads the Koran after morning prayers with his family during the holy month of Ramadan, as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Cairo, Egypt, on April 26, 2020. Picture shows the boy reading with his shadow cast on the wall behind him. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany