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Women Leaders in Global Health

Women Leaders in Global Health

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Three women discuss why they chose a career in global health and what inspired them to become leaders

The Monkeypox Outbreak and the WHO's Existential Crisis

The Monkeypox Outbreak and the WHO's Existential Crisis

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The emergency declaration on monkeypox reinforces concerns about the WHO's role in global health governance

The Spiritual Dimension of COVID-19 in Africa

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In Nigeria, the pandemic set up a political battlefield between Christian religious leaders and the state

The Spiritual Dimension of COVID-19 in Africa

Are Leaders Born or Created?

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Becoming a successful physician-leader in Kenya—and anywhere—goes well beyond medical training

Are Leaders Born or Created?

Time for a Health Check: the Reality of Vaccine Rollout in Ecuador

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Immunizing nine million people in one hundred days will take careful strategy

A nurse prepares a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mass vaccination program for the elderly, at the Bolivarian Technology Institute in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 15, 202

Collateral Damage of the U.S. Withdrawal from the WHO: Frontline Responders

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Retreating from WHO in the middle of a pandemic dishonors and endangers health-care workers at home and around the globe

Health-care workers, nurses, and doctors, protesting under the movement called "Take Care of Care" during the coronavirus crisis, at the MontLegia CHC Hospital in Liege, Belgium, on May 15, 2020. The photo shows a large number of health workers standing together and holding up a heart symbol above their heads. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Midsummer for the Season—But Not the Coronavirus

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A case in poor leadership, the U.S. containment strategy has lacked clarity, consistency, credibility, and compassion

U.S. President Donald J. Trump swings a wooden baseball bat, celebrating a new jobs report, as he attends a "Spirit of America Showcase" event at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2020. The photo shows the president hamming it up with people staffing booths and swinging a red bat. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Why Global Health is Missing its Moment

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The field has always been political, but our refusal to engage as such has sidelined experts just as they're most needed

Ignoring the science on social distancing, not congregating indoors, and wearing masks, young people listen to U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the Dream City Church in Phoenix on June 23, 2020. The photo shows a huge crowd of yound people, very few wearing masks, packed into theater-like seats. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

White Supremacy in Global Health

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A Juneteenth pledge to continue the ever-changing march toward anti-racism, ending oppression, and achieving justice

General view of George Floyd's memorial site on June 4, 2020 following more than a week of nationwide protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The photo shows a mural to Floyd with lots of flowers and signs laid out in front. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi

The Color and Gender of COVID: Essential Workers, Not Disposable People

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Women of color sit at the intersection of race and gender disparities—they should be at the center of policy solutions

A woman looks into the camera during a demonstration to protest the shooting of Michael Brown and the resulting police response to protests in Ferguson, Missouri August 15, 2014. The photo shows a woman with a red bandana tied around her face. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Silenced Voices in Global Health

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The field has come a long way from its colonial past, but global health still falls short of being diverse and inclusive

A woman living with HIV/AIDS stands in her hut in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri on July 23, 2005. The photo shows the woman with a wrap covering her mouth. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Coronavirus in Ecuador

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Pandemic highlights need for a future broad, multidisciplinary, independent commission to inform science-based decisions

Soldiers on the Ecuadoran side of the border with Colombia, in Tufino, Ecuador, after their government announced the closure of borders to all foreign travelers due to coronavirus on March 15, 2020. The photo shows a border crossing with a large sign reading, Ecuador, and several soldiers in the frame. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia