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India’s Prime Minister Narendra speaks during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on September 13, 2026.
Governance

At BRICS Summit, India Takes the Lead on Noncommunicable Diseases

by Animesh Roul

As India attempts to redefine its role in BRICS as a health leader, an expert asks whether the country will make measurable progress instead of reaffirming known goals.

Cancer patients sit in a chemotherapy while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, in Accra, Ghana, on April 24, 2012.
Trade

Singapore to Africa: AI Diagnostics for a Healthier Future 

by Sharmishta Sivaramakrishnan 

Singapore's strengths can support Africa's push for faster, more equitable, and ultimately sovereign health systems

Aging

Rethinking HIV in an Aging Society

by Caroline Diamond, Jonathan Cohen
An older, African man wearing a black bucket hat and beige shirt, stands in a field.
Governance

It's Time to Radically Rethink How We Prepare for and Respond to Global Health Emergencies

by Bruce Struminger, Heini Utunen
It's Time to Radically Rethink How We Prepare for and Respond to Global Health Emergencies
Poverty

Tackling Air Pollution Starts at Home

by Sumi Mehta, Michael Brauer, Yuexuan Chen, Tom Frieden
Tackling Air Pollution Starts at Home
Environment

From Scalpels to Security

by Callum Forbes, Abbie Naus, Elizabeth McLeod, Craig D. McClain
From Scalpels to Security
Gender

Cancer Doesn't Stop For You, Millennial

by Ariana Tantillo
Cancer Doesn't Stop For You, Millennial
Gender

Putting Women at the Center of HIV Prevention Research—and Beyond

by Zeda Rosenberg
Women dance requesting for a better access to treatment for Africans suffering from HIV/AIDS, at the start of the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), the largest HIV/AIDS-focused meeting in the world, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 23, 2018.
Governance

COVID-19 and Tobacco: Unmasking the Smoke Screen

by José Luis Castro, Dina Mired
Cigarette butts are seen in front of exhibited skulls during the Day of Skulls celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia November 8, 2019. The photo shows two human skulls laid out with flowers in a ceremonial way with a number of burned cigarettes in the foreground. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Governance

What the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Can Teach Us About COVID-19

by Magdalene K. Walters
A woman walks past an artwork by Athina Robie depicting Aids awareness ribbons at an exhibition inside Athens, Greece, Syntagma metro station marking World Aids Day on December 1, 2005. The photo shows a blurred figure walking past a mural with lots of multi-colored AIDS ribbons, reminiscent of an Andy Warhol. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis
Poverty

Handwashing Is Crucial for Combating Coronavirus

by Alemnesh H. Mirkuzie, Awoke Misganaw Temesgen, Michael Brauer
Proportion of population with no access to hand-washing in 2019. The map shows that hand-washing access is lowest in low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean.
Poverty

Tackling Cancer Through Universal Health Coverage

by Sally G. Cowal, Christian Sellars
People sit in a chemotherapy ward while undergoing treatment for cancer at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana on April 24, 2012. Most of Africa's 2,000 languages have no word for cancer. Picture shows two people in comfortable chairs from the chest down. at least one of them has an IV in her arm, presumably an infusion of chemo meds. REUTERS/Olivier Asselin