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A view shows a torn flag of Ukraine hung on a wire in front an apartment building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict, in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 14, 2022.

Ukraine Keeps HIV Response Steady Under Fire

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War has strained Ukraine's HIV programs, but capacity built years earlier has kept most prevention and treatment in place

A displaced Palestinian mother, Wafaa Abdelhadi, walks past the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike as she returns to her shelter with her daughters Lynn and Roueida, after they got vaccinated against polio, in Deir Al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip, on September 1, 2024.

Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine: Tracking Outbreaks Amid Conflict

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War recovery plans should include detailed monitoring to prevent diseases like polio and cholera from spreading

As the Ukraine War Intensifies, Lithuania Prepares Its Health System

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After a record-breaking month for missile strikes in Ukraine, Lithuanian medical professionals are learning the basics of war medicine to prepare for a possible attack

NGO Blue/Yellow co-founder Jonas Ohman puts an inert, drone-carried explosive on a drone at the NGO headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania, in March 2026.

How the Iran War Could Drive a Historic Hunger Crisis

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Acute hunger threatens 45 million if the conflict extends into June. A roadmap from the Ukraine War could contain the humanitarian fallout

A woman from the indigenous Turkana Nilotic community pours sorghum grains into a sack, at a World Food Program food distribution center, at the Kenya Oil village near Lodwar, in Turkana County, Kenya, on February 17, 2026.

Reversing Ukraine's Population Loss After Four Years of War

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Ukraine is facing demographic erosion and devising plans to encourage refugee returns and the birth rate

Bohdana Zhupanyna, a 30-year-old mother-to-be, stands inside her apartment that was damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2025.

The War Wounded: A Doctor Reports 62 Miles From Ukraine's Front Lines

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A doctor travels with Project HOPE to Dnipro, where a hospital performs 50 or more emergency surgeries each night

A nurse at the Mechnikov Hospital treats service members Viktor Cherniy, 52, and Vitalii Yunatskyi, 40, who were wounded during fighting against Russian forces, in an intensive care unit, in Dnipro, Ukraine, on May 14, 2025.

U.S. Cuts to Ukraine's Foreign Aid Hit Health Workforce

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Ukraine, with $1.4 billion curtailed, is the single biggest loser of U.S. foreign aid

U.S. Cuts to Ukraine's Foreign Aid Hit Health Workforce

Fatal Attacks on Health-Care Workers Doubled in 2023

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Amid a rise in global conflict, a new report shows that health-care workers are being killed at alarming rates

Fatal Attacks on Health-Care Workers Doubled in 2023

U.S. Aid Package Leaves Ukraine Vulnerable to Public Health Crisis

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Public health experts say the heightened conflict is making outbreaks more likely in Ukraine and elsewhere

U.S. Aid Package Leaves Ukraine Vulnerable to Public Health Crisis

Eastern Europe's Looming Health Crisis

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HIV is the European public health crisis the world isn't watching

Eastern Europe's Looming Health Crisis

International Cooperation and the War Against Ukraine

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The war in Ukraine is hampering solutions on global issues and intensifying cooperation among geopolitical alliances

International Cooperation and the War Against Ukraine

The Devastating Use of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

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Three new UN reports detail atrocities in Ethiopia, Haiti, and Ukraine

The Devastating Use of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War