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Environment
A health worker fumigates an alley in a residential neighbourhood

Local Malaria and West Nile: Rallying Locally, Collaborating Globally

by Oloruntobi Dare

The United States should assess and prepare for the emerging threat of mosquito-borne illnesses

Environment
Genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquito

America’s Battle Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases

by Michael Leedom

Locally transmitted malaria cases in the United States spark a need for more innovative control strategies

malaria tests
Governance

Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Up 1,000 Percent in Myanmar

Civil conflict and disease compound in the eastern border regions

Naveed Ahmed, a doctor, gives medical assistance to Hameeda, who is suffering from malaria, at Sayed Abdullah Shah Institute of Medical Sciences in Sehwan, Pakistan, on September 29, 2022.
Governance

COVID-19 Fueled Record-Breaking Investments in Global Health

by Kevin O’Rourke, Angela E. Micah, Joseph L. Dieleman

Examining opportunities and challenges related to development spending

A close-upu image of a nine-year-old boy's hands holding antiretroviral (ARV) pills prescribed for HIV infection at Nkosi's Haven, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Governance

Why Global Health Remains Bipartisan

by Chris Collins

It has proven to be "a good investment with astonishing results in saving lives"

Ricksha pullers wearing face shields and blue medical masks carry passengers in a row rickshas with yellow, orange, and green covers amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 1, 2020.
Poverty

Bangladesh Has Malaria in Its Sights

by Tahmid Hasib Khan

One step closer to a world without mosquito nets

Employees look for holes in mosquito netting at the A to Z Textile Mills factory where insecticide-treated bed nets are produced, in Arusha, Tanzania, on May 10, 2016.
Governance

10 Good Things That Happened in Global Health in 2021

by Haydn Welch

There were milestones and moments to celebrate, despite the shadow of COVID-19

Children play as a health worker fumigates a residential area, where cases of malaria were reported, in Mumbai March 20, 2009.
Governance

Preventing Pandemics and Ending Malaria Demand New Investments in Community Health

by Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, Robert D. Newman

Preparedness for the next pandemic is a choice

A health-care worker sits inside a monitoring room after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the Posta Central hospital in Santiago, Chile on January 14, 2021.
Governance

The Urgent Need to Better Monitor Vaccine Safety in the Real World

by Javier Guzman, Comfort Ogar

The colossal undertaking of global vaccine rollout is facing another gargantuan challenge: monitoring their safety

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
Poverty

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

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

The author argues for pandemic responses that do not sacrifice long-term health projects—just as Kenyan fashionista James Maina Mwangi, on July 30, 2020, blends 160 stylish suits with sensible masks. Picture shows James smartly dressed in a well-appointed purple suit with a matching mask. In the background are striking blue and orange and green suits hanging on the wall. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Poverty

Combating COVID-19 Without Sacrificing Sustainable Development Goals

by Mitsuru Mukaigawara

We must not stop investing in long-term health projects—even under significant resource constraints in times of pandemic

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney
Aging

Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

by Chip Lyons, Chris Collins

Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic

Opposition supporters celebrate in Lilongwe, Malawi, on February 4, 2020 after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika the winner—ordering a new vote June 23. The photo shows a man in a stilt costume dancing. This is a striking photo. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara
Poverty

Coronavirus in Malawi

by Allison Daniel, Fanuel Meckson Bickton

Shutdowns reversed amid an upcoming election, other disease threats, and more than half the population living in poverty