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Mapping Supply Chains: Global Health Agencies Lead the Way

Mapping Supply Chains: Global Health Agencies Lead the Way

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Global health agencies can teach valuable lessons about drug supply risks and upstream supply chains

Why Global Health Remains Bipartisan

Why Global Health Remains Bipartisan

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It has proven to be "a good investment with astonishing results in saving lives"

Tackling Tuberculosis with Strategic Health Diplomacy

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Cutting drug prices for tuberculosis holds diplomatic, humanitarian, and economic promise

Tackling Tuberculosis with Strategic Health Diplomacy

Why the Global Fund Is Important to U.S. Foreign Policy

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The Global Fund is pivotal to tackling current pandemics and emerging threats

Why the Global Fund Is Important to U.S. Foreign Policy

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

The Urgent Need to Better Monitor Vaccine Safety in the Real World

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The colossal undertaking of global vaccine rollout is facing another gargantuan challenge: monitoring their safety

A health-care worker sits inside a monitoring room after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the Posta Central hospital in Santiago, Chile on January 14, 2021.

Afraid to Die, Afraid to Go to the Clinic

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Amplifying tuberculosis survivor perspectives to encourage men to seek care for COVID-19 in South Africa and elsewhere

Goodman Makanda, who's involved in efforts to make tuberculosis and COVID-19 testing more acceptable and accessible for South African men, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, on March 24th 2019. The photo shows a man sitting in a clinic with various monitors and equipment. An eye exam is visible on the wall. MSF/Jelle Krings

Coronavirus in Zimbabwe

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The country is facing an unprecedented public health catastrophe—and action is required to prevent more needless deaths

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa gives a speech at the Heroes' Day Commemoration in Harare, Zimbabwe, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on August 10, 2020. GETTY IMAGES/Wanda/Xinhua

Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

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Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney

Coronavirus in Malawi

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Shutdowns reversed amid an upcoming election, other disease threats, and more than half the population living in poverty

Opposition supporters celebrate in Lilongwe, Malawi, on February 4, 2020 after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika the winner—ordering a new vote June 23. The photo shows a man in a stilt costume dancing. This is a striking photo. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara

A Call for Global Solidarity

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If COVID-19 has taught anything, it's that we are one world—and a world where many places need money and technical help

Cooking jackets are laid down and displayed as part of a COVID-19 protest by workers of the cafe and restaurant business demanding more help from the government in Brussels, Belgium, on May 7, 2020. The photo shows an array of shirts, mostly white but a few black ones, laid out over thousands of square feet of a lawn. It's a striking photo. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Remembering America’s Global Connections in the Time of Coronavirus

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Pandemic preparedness and response demands immediate efforts at home and long-term investments in global health abroad

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks in Cape Town, South Africa on Feb 11, 2020 from the balcony where, 30 years before, Nelson Mandela gave his first speech after his release from prison. The images shows the president standing next to a life-sized statue of Nelson Mandela. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham