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Three passengers walk down a street at Benito Juarez International Airport while parents of children with cancer block access in protest of the federal government due to cancer medication shortages.

Data Deficiencies in Cancer Care in Mexico

by José Martínez

Poor measurements of cancer limit the efficacy of health care and policy

Migration
Relatives and friends carry the caskets of Jair Valencia, 19, Yovani Valencia, 16, and Misael Olivares, 16, at their funeral in San Marcos Atexquilapan, in Veracruz, Mexico, on July 15, 2022. They died in a human trafficker’s truck, in Texas, in June 2022.

The Fraught Path from Latin America to the American Dream

by Isabella Rolz

The brother of two San Antonio truck tragedy survivors reflects on trauma and hope

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Food

A Look at Food Warning Labels in Mexico

by Chen Chen

Little black octagons are part of a growing arsenal of policy efforts to combat obesity

An abortion rights activist gestures during a demonstration in Mexico City.
Gender

The Complexity of Religion and Abortion in Mexico City

by Alejandra Martinez

Reconciling faith with reproductive decisions

Sumi Mehta
Environment

Air Quality, Health, and Climate Conversations

by Sumi Mehta

More than 90 percent of the world breathes polluted air

A community police officer in blue jeans squats low to the ground and holds out two hands full of shiny metal 45mm caliber bullets
Governance

A Gram Per Gun

by José Pablo Ampudia

How U.S. guns fuel Mexican cartels' drug empire

Amy, a two-year-old migrant from Honduras seeking asylum with her parents, crawls on a dirt road after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States in Penitas, Texas, on April 1, 2019. The photo shows a small child craling on the ground near a giant border fence. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Migration

Children of Immigrants and Their Mental Health Needs

by Hannah Todd, Eliza Martin

We should create more comprehensive, accessible, and culturally sensitive initiatives for U.S. children of immigrants

Migrants in the "Remain in Mexico" program queue in Juarez, Mexico, on July 8, 2020 to renew their permission to stay legally in Mexico to wait for their immigration hearing in the United States. This is a powerful image showing people lined up seated with their backs to a chain-link fence covered in barbed wire. Some of them hold packets of papers. One of them has his head resting in his hands. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Migration

The Ripple Effect of U.S. Immigration Policies During COVID-19

by Tomas Arango, Caroline Lee, Hannah Todd

Self-inflicted problems of unsafe detentions and deportations of people with coronavirus impede effective U.S. responses

Argentine canoeist Sebastian Rossi trains in his girlfriend's pool, due to the coronavirus outbreak, as he prepares for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 8, 2020. The photo shows the canoeist rowing furiously in a swimming pool. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
Poverty

Argentina's Quarantine—The Long View

by Carlos Javier Regazzoni

To build on the country's early success against COVID-19, we should envision an overall Latin American pandemic response

A woman gets her eyes tested at a free eye-care camp on the occasion of Indian politician Babasaheb Ambedkar's death anniversary in Mumbai, India, December 6, 2019. The photo shows an older woman with testing glasses on her face. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Poverty

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Universal Health Coverage

by Anthony McDonnell

Universal health coverage is achievable for all countries—and in the aftermath of the pandemic, it should be implemented

Monica Samudio, 46, whose husband Jorge Garcia, 51, died from coronavirus looks out of her window in Mexico City on April 29, 2020. Samudio faced discrimination when she contracted the disease. Picture shows the woman looking out her window and partially reflected in the glass. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Governance

Estimating the Latin Wave of Coronavirus

by Rafael Lozano

Projections show potential impact of COVID-19 on Latin America—Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador among the hardest hit

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
Governance

How to Future-Proof Medical Supplies

by Peter Gourevitch, Deborah Seligsohn

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

Soldiers guard the Ecuadoran side of a border with Colombia in Tufino, Ecuador on March 15, 2020, after country leaders announced the closure of its borders to all foreign travelers due to COVID-19. The photo shows a simple border crossing through a small town with a big sign reading "Ecuador" above the street. The crossing is closed with metal barricades, and a soldier stands out front. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia
Trade

Coronavirus in Latin America

by Carlos Javier Regazzoni

How will the region cope with COVID-19 pressure on health care systems, weak economies, and unstable politics

Kidney disease increases are concentrated among farm workers in hot, humid conditions, including sugarcane fields in Central America, similar to this one in Jacarezinho, Brazil on January 1, 2019. Picture is taken at the edge of a field on a sugar plantation on a spectacularly clear day. The earth is brown, the growing canes are green, and the deep blue sky has little fluffy clouds rolling in. REUTERS/Marcelo Texeira
Environment

Climate Change, the Kidney Killer

by Alton Lu

Is chronic kidney disease the canary in the coal mine in terms of feeling the health impacts of climate change?