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A silky medusa, Colobonema sericeum, its white tentacles against a deep blue background, seen during a mid-water transect during the third Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition.

Deep Sea Discoveries and Global Health

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Humans have only begun to explore the ocean's potential for healing diseases

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An activist of the All-Ukrainian Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, a non-governmental group, holds an empty package of the drug Aluvia, as she takes part in a rally in front of the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers building in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 1, 2015.

War Threatens Ukraine's Progress Curbing HIV/AIDS

by Spencer Feingold

Russia's invasion is keeping lifesaving medication out of the hands of Ukrainians living with HIV

Cristina Mamani walks in dried up Lake Poopo, Bolivia—brought on by a warmer, drier climate, say local residents and scientists. Photo taken July 24, 2021.
Environment

A New Era of Climate Action Calls for Climate Doctors

by Stefan Wheat, Jay Lemery

Educating this generation of physicians in climate resilience is critical

Girls stand in a truck during a campaign to raise awareness about illegal and false drugs in Abobo, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on October 11, 2018.
Governance

What the African Medicines Agency Needs Most to Succeed

by Michelle D. Gavin

The formation of the AMA is a milestone for drug safety and trust in Africa

UAEM UCLA students organize outside the Board of Regents meeting on the campus to demand they drop the patent on a life-saving prostate cancer drug.
Governance

Student-Led Activism Transforming the Access to Medicines Movement

by Ambika Verma

Universities are crucial allies to the global movement pushing to broaden access to vaccines

Global health security seeks to avoid installations like this one of crosses and balloons at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2020—a tribute to 100,000 victims of coronavirus. The photo shows an art installation of crosses, balloons and flag on the beach. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
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On the Framework Convention on Global Health

by , Martín Hevia

The convention offers a human rights-based legal foundation for global health security—which is exactly what we need now