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A boy holds a handful of antiretroviral pills before taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 28, 2014.

Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries

by Prashant Yadav

Cascading adoption of most-favored-nation drug pricing could erode affordable access to essential medicines

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An employee inspects tablets as they move along the production line at a pharmaceutical plant of Lupin.

Pharma's Influence on India's Global Health Engagement

by Kavya Shah, Rebecca Katz

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

A woman receives a dose of COVISHIELD vaccine against COVID-19, that's manufactured by Serum Institute of India.
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Insights From India on Expanding Global Vaccine Production

by Prashant Yadav

The Indian pharmaceutical industry offers lessons for building vaccine-production capacity in developing countries

A worker dries fabrics at a dye factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on March 9, 2022.
Poverty

Tolerating the Pain: Accessing Medical Morphine in Bangladesh

by Tasnim Ahmed

Roadblocks to getting opioids leave seriously ill patients coping with unbearable pain

Health workers, two male and one female, wear red emergency outfits, stethoscopes, and bullet-proof vests as they pose beside their yellow ambulance at a hospital in Kharkiv.
Governance

War-Proofing Ukraine's Health System

An interview with Ukraine's former Deputy Minister of Health Pavlo Kovtoniuk

A deserted beach with umbrellas made of natural materials is pictured during an extended lockdown aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19 in April 2020 in Tunis, Tunisia.
Governance

The Urgent Need for an African Medicines Agency

by Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene

Africa needs to continue strengthening and relying on its own health-care agencies

A pharmacist holds a medicine containing chlorine dioxide at the Farmacia Boliviana, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on July 21, 2020. The photo shows a man wearing a mask holding up a wine glass filled with a bright yellow liquid. REUTERS/Danilo Balderrama
Poverty

A Wake-Up Call Both Brutal and Urgent

by Tamara Hafner, Javier Guzman

For faster medical product access in low- and middle-income countries, make long-term investments in regulatory systems

An aerial view of the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 26, 2020—during the ongoing crisis over the coronavirus pandemic. The photo is a gorgeous shot taken from the sky showing the slums cascading down the mountain to the coast, which is dotted with modern skyscrapers, and the ocean beyond. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Poverty

Untrained Drug Sellers Replacing Doctors—A Challenge for COVID-19

by Mishal S. Khan

Success controlling COVID-19 in lower-income countries will depend on implementing strategies appropriate to those areas