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Why Global Health Remains Bipartisan

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

Tackling Tuberculosis with Strategic Health Diplomacy

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

Governance

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

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

Poverty

He Shaped the Field of Global Health

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

Governance

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

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

Gender

Afraid to Die, Afraid to Go to the Clinic

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

Poverty

Coronavirus in Zimbabwe

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

Aging

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

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

Poverty

Coronavirus in Malawi

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

Poverty

A Call for Global Solidarity

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

Governance

Diagnostic Gaps in Global Health

Lack of diagnostic capacity in primary care impacts patient outcomes, damages health systems, and lowers health security

Poverty

Diabetes and TB—A Complicating Combo

Though they are entirely different types of diseases TB and diabetes exacerbate each other in surprising—and costly—ways