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A worker holds a malaria vaccine vial to administer to a child, at Chileka Health Center, in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Beyond Thimerosal: Preserving Vaccine Access Amid Growing Hesitation

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Vaccine ingredients such as thimerosal have long safety records. U.S. discourse could sow dangerous doubt among global partners

Women receive free treatment for breast cancer at the Bertha Calderon Women's Hospital, in Managua, Nicaragua, on October 17, 2012.

Declarations Without Delivery: Weighing UN Plans for NCD Medicine Access

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International commitments to expand access to noncommunicable disease medicines have been slow to create impact

Holding Drug Companies Accountable: NIH Access Plan vs. Pandemic Treaty

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Four enforcement mechanisms the policy frameworks could consider to promote drug affordability

A customer waits for his medicine in a pharmacy, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on November 17, 2016.

Brazil's Population Fragility Taxes National Health Systems

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Rising noncommunicable diseases and aging are exposing structural weaknesses in the world's largest public health system

Elderly people dance on a street during the International Day of Older Persons in Sao Paulo's Avenida Paulista October 1, 2013. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The Ethics of AI-Driven Health Projects in Africa

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AI's success should be measured by how it respects dignity, protects privacy, and solves the problems people face

A medical laboratory technician at the Wits Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit poses for a portrait, in the research lab at the Wits University Faculty of Health Sciences, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 14, 2025.

The Neglected Crisis in Safe Blood Access

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Amid declining global aid, access to safe blood risks falling through the cracks. Promising new initiatives offer hope

The Neglected Crisis in Safe Blood Access

Climate Change, Global Surgery, and G20 Nations

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Integrating surgical care into national health plans can help G20 nations achieve their sustainable development goals

Climate Change, Global Surgery, and G20 Nations

Epilepsy and the Rising Risk of Burns

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A complex intersection exists between epilepsy management and burn injuries in low- or middle-income countries

Epilepsy and the Rising Risk of Burns

Global Health Politics: Multipolarity Is the New Reality

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Long dominated by the West, global health is changing because of discontent with the past and the return of geopolitics

Global Health Politics: Multipolarity Is the New Reality

A New Era for Russian Foreign Policy on Global Health

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Russia has altered its approach to global health amid the war in Ukraine and geopolitical rivalry with the West

A New Era for Russian Foreign Policy on Global Health

Using Game Theory to Advance the Pandemic Agreement

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Rewarding drug manufacturers for sharing vaccine doses could break the impasse in negotiations

Workers carry a batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a helicopter.

Global Health and the "Second Independence of Africa"

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Plans for a new public health order for Africa are central to the continent's future in a geopolitical world

Global Health and the "Second Independence of Africa"