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The exterior of the U.S. Capitol is seen at sunset in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2023.
Governance

The U.S. Vaccine Pullback is a Strategic Mistake

by Howard L. Sobel, John C. S. Murray

When U.S. commitment to public health declines, so does the world's capacity to prevent the next crisis, say two medical epidemiologists with the World Health Organization

U.S. Disinformation Plan Put Geopolitics Above Global Health
Governance

U.S. Disinformation Plan Put Geopolitics Above Global Health

by David P. Fidler

Covert U.S. information operations during COVID-19 expose the dangers that global health faces when rival powers compete

Migration

Diabetes, Colonialism, and Killers of the Flower Moon

by Chelsea Padilla
Diabetes, Colonialism, and Killers of the Flower Moon
Food

The Philippines' Blind Spot for Alcohol

by Gianna Gayle Amul
The Philippines' Blind Spot for Alcohol
Governance

Spirituality and Mental Health

by Lourdes Ladrido-Ignacio
Spirituality and Mental Health
Governance

A Help Wanted Sign for Health Workers

by Annie Haakenstad, Megan Knight
A Help Wanted Sign for Health Workers
Governance

Insuring 100 Million People During COVID-19

by Melanie Coronel Santillan, Reiner Lorenzo J. Tamayo, Merla Rose D. Reyes, Swee Kheng Khor, Katherine Ann V. Reyes
People wearing face masks as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) queue outside a government office, in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 1, 2021.
Governance

Why is Southeast Asia Responding Differently to COVID-19?

by Swee Kheng Khor
A Buddhist monk adjusts his protective face mask before a blessing ceremony for the people affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 22, 2020. This is a striking image with the monk in the foreground and some very colourful Buddhist temple features in the background. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Aging

Lessons From an Aging Asia

by Erin Gallagher, Sheila A. Smith
You wouldn’t know it from this image of hustle-bustle on the streets of the Mong Kok district in Hong Kong on Oct. 4, 2011, but the workforce in many Asian economic powerhouses is steadily shrinking. Picture shows the street from above, a wide pedestrian walkway with broad yellow lines painted at an angle. Dozens of people can be seen in the frame, all blurred due to fast movement and a slow shutter. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Trade

The March of Private Health Care in Southeast Asia

by Swee Kheng Khor
People waiting at Fatmawati hospital in Jakarta on May 17, 2013, after Indonesia announced plans to implement nationwide health care, with the aim to covering all Indonesians by the end of the decade. The picture shows a crowded waiting room with a man in the foreground with a red cloth draped over his head and holding what appears to be a bag of ice against his cheek. He looks like he is suffering. REUTERS/Beawiharta.
Migration

The Geopolitics of Polio in Southeast Asia

by Swee Kheng Khor
Migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh in Thailand's southern Songkhla province on May 9, 2015. In 2001 Thailand launched a health insurance scheme for migrants and expanded it to dependents in 2005. Picture shows a triangle of men sitting cross-legged looking at the camera. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom.
Trade

Southeast Asia's Big Export to the World: Health Professionals

by Swee Kheng Khor
A nurse takes a photograph during a rally in front of the Government House in Bangkok October 16, 2012. Nurses attending the rally demanded better working conditions and full-time jobs, asking the government to improve job security by offering permanent contracts. The nurse stands in her white outfit against a sea of brightly colored umbrellas.