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

How Scientists Can Revive Global Health Drug Development

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South African biomedical researchers are spearheading new approaches to catalyze drug discovery and manufacturing

Africa's Shift From Aid Dependency

Africa's Shift From Aid Dependency

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The future of African health systems will be driven by domestic investment and demand for regionally made drugs

Vaccines for Africa by Africa

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Recent outbreaks require investments in local vaccine manufacturing and ownership over allocation and access

Vaccines for Africa by Africa

Pharma's Influence on India's Global Health Engagement

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India must balance its advocacy on behalf of developing countries with the interests of its growing domestic industry

Pharma's Influence on India's Global Health Engagement

Health Care's Climate Footprint: Saving Lives without Costing the Earth

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How climate change and health supply chains are inherently connected

Health Care's Climate Footprint: Saving Lives without Costing the Earth

A New Way to Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Development

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How a "benefit-based advance market commitment" could build on existing Gavi COVAX and EU Joint Procurement initiatives

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on April 10, 2020, in Bosnia. The photo shows a woman holding a small vial to her face. She is wearing a mask and gloves and the vial reads, COVID-19. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

COVID-19: It Ain't Over Until There's PPE All Over

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None of us are safe until all health workers are protected. The time to start is now.

Nurse Tatsanee Onthong, 26, receives help putting on PPE before attending to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 22, 2020. Picture shows a nurse being helped into her PPE. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

How to Future-Proof Medical Supplies

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Building resilience in COVID-19's wake will require multiple strategies, including strengthening our medical stockpile

A health worker in a demonstration calling on federal and local authorities to provide more Personal Protective Equipment outside New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan on April 9, 2020. The image shows a man wearing a mask and holding a small sign above his head that says, "We need protection equipment." REUTERS/Mike Segar

Coronavirus in India

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Mitigating the health effects of COVID-19 beyond the immediate

This is an eerie and haunting photo with several people sitting on the ground in an outdoor location in low lighting. They are bathed in a dark red light.

Coronavirus in South Asia Takes Hold as April Arrives

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Density of crowds in India and Pakistan is thwarting social distancing measures as mass unemployment looms across region

A homeless man stands in a queue as he waits for food during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India on April 3, 2020. The image is very striking showing the man with a large wrap around his head and mouth against a creamy, out of focus, colorful background. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

A Truce in the Trade War Will Save American Lives

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Immediately lifting all tariffs on personal protection equipment will enable doctors and nurses to safely do their work

Masks are seen on a production line manufacturing masks at a factory in Shanghai, China January 31, 2020. New York City alone could face a shortage of millions of masks in the coming months. The image shows a human hand with two bright orange bandaids on the thumb and middle finger picking its way across a huge pile of masks. REUTERS/Aly Song