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A newborn baby's inked feet are seen after his footprints were taken for the birth certificate, at the Santa Ana public maternity hospital, in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 19, 2011.

Birth Registration to Improve Health Equity

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Millions of newborns lack birth certificates, but governments and investors have new opportunities to build digital identification

A woman gazes out of a window while attending a talk on sexual health and HIV prevention, in the Tanghin neighborhood of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on April 13, 2013.

The Expanded Global Gag Rule and the Case for Regional Solidarity

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The anti-abortion policy undermines organizing principles, rooted in ubuntu, that keep African health systems coherent under stress

DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion

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Aid workers and health experts recount the growing humanitarian crisis amid conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion

Marburg in Rwanda: What to Expect

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Physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer on Rwanda's response and how the international community can help

Marburg in Rwanda: What to Expect

Africa CDC Declares Mpox Emergency, Moving to Lead Response

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The declaration will enable Africa to take on a more prominent role in the fight against the outbreak

Africa CDC Declares Mpox Emergency, Moving to Lead Response

Mental Health Care in Rwanda: Three Decades of Resilience

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Insights into Rwanda's strategies and successes in building mental health services after genocide

Mental Health Care in Rwanda: Three Decades of Resilience

Rwanda's Health-Care Success Holds Lessons for Others

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Three takeaways for other low-income countries

Rwanda's Health-Care Success Holds Lessons for Others

Rethinking Farming in Rwanda

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The Rwandan Institute for Conservation Agriculture wants to empower small farmers

Rethinking Farming in Rwanda

He Shaped the Field of Global Health

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Paul Farmer championed ideas about social justice and equity—about what health care should be

He Shaped the Field of Global Health

What We Ask About Coronavirus in Africa

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Search query data from 21 African countries reveal public perceptions, gaps in knowledge, and opportunities to educate

A boy reads the Koran after morning prayers with his family during the holy month of Ramadan, as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Cairo, Egypt, on April 26, 2020. Picture shows the boy reading with his shadow cast on the wall behind him. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Universal Health Coverage

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

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

Dual Pandemics: Coronavirus and Gender-Based Violence

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With violence doubling in some places, women bear the brunt of COVID-19—lessons from Rwanda for a post-pandemic world

Congolese girls displaced by war stand on the outskirts of a makeshift camp near Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on February 11, 2009. The photo shows two girls standing on a hill overlooking a camp filled with white tents at sunset. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly