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An intubated patient tries to gesture at a medical worker holding his hand at the Sotiria hospital ICU during the coronavirus outbreak, in Athens, Greece, on April 25, 2020. Picture shows the hand of a patient in a hospital bed being held by the blue-gloved hand of a medical worker. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis

Scaling up Surgery and Anesthesia, Post-Coronavirus

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Expanding access to surgery and anesthesia globally would be a win–win for health security and universal health coverage

A student watches an online lecture in a digital mobile education library—which provides mobile phones to children who lack access for education during COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, on October 16, 2020. The photo shows a small child at a school desk with a mobile phone on the table in front of them. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Big Data Requires Big Thinking on Data Governance

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We need concrete guidelines now to secure data privacy and address missing data, missed use of data, and misuse of data

Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Governments have an obligation to guarantee the continued protection of the public's rights during and after a pandemic

People wearing protective face masks wait for their rapid antigen test results outside a community center, amidst the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on September 17, 2020. The photo shows a large crowd of people from behind the bars of an iron fence. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

COVID-19—A Review of Community Participation

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Citizen participation can reduce damages caused by the pandemic and—crucially—help identify a sustainable path forward

Students attend a class at the beginning of the school year amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Sanaa, Yemen October 18, 2020. The photo shows a darkened classroom with several students facing the camera. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Who Gets What and Why?

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Countries need informed decision-making through health technology assessment to allocate resources during the pandemic

People at a coronavirus testing center on July 2, 2020 in Mugda Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where half of the medical equipment in public health facilities goes unused according to the authors. The photo shows a crowd of people wearing masks waiting on line in chairs while a health worker in full protective gear walks beside them. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Vaccine Nationalism and Africa

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African Union calls for a “People's Vaccine” as African Academy of Sciences begins mapping local clinical trials sites

Volunteers wait for their names to be called before testing and taking part in a COVID-19 clinical trial at the Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 27, 2020. Picture shows a waiting room full of people. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Data for Contraceptive Security Decision-Making

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Newly launched interactive visualization tool will help measure and track access to contraceptives and guide programs

Jiejin Qiu, six months pregnant with her first baby, poses underwater during a photo shoot at a local wedding photo studio in Shanghai on September 5, 2014—as China began easing its one-child policy. The photo shows the expecting mother floating underwater in a dream-like shot. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Poverty's Albatross—Nigeria in Mid-Century

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Solving Nigeria's poverty problem will be complex—there are no silver bullets—but it's key to reducing poverty in Africa

A combination picture shows Adetona Omokanye, a 29 year-old documentary photographer, taking pictures from the window of his home in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 24, 2020—along with a shot from inside. Photo is a split screen showing the photographer leaning out the window taking a picture and also a shot from inside looking out at what he was seeing. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

South Asia Needs a New Playbook (Now) to Stop the Coronavirus Catastrophe

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COVID-19 offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to correct years of health security neglect and chronic under-investment

A health-care worker waits to test residents during a medical campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a slum area in Mumbai, India, June 30, 2020. The photo shows a worker wearing personal protective equipment standing awkwardly among residents, most of whom aren't even wearing a mask. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Violence in Times of Coronavirus—The Ugly Truth

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We cannot afford to unsee domestic abuse after COVID-19—we need a world free from violence against women and children

"We cannot afford to unsee domestic abuse after COVID-19," the authors write. Here women wearing masks take part in a protest against gender violence in Santiago, Chile, on December 6, 2019. The photo is a striking image of women wearing red masks lined up, each person holding a hand over one eye of the person in front of them. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Caring for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Afghanistan

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Health workers can treat, speak up for, seek justice for, and empower survivors of gender-based violence

Anisa Mangal on May 14, 2019 holds a photo of her daughter Mena Mangal, an Afghan journalist, parliamentary adviser, and advocate of women's rights who was killed last year in Kabul, Afghanistan. Picture shows the mother stermly looking at the camera holding a photo of her daughter. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Family Affair: Coronavirus and the Climate Crisis

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In the Bay of Bengal, where Cyclone Amphan collided with COVID-19, a glimpse of why we need environmental sustainability

Residents walk along a house on a flooded street heading to a shelter ahead of the expected landfall of the "super cyclone" Amphan, in the Dacope of Khulna district, Bangladesh, on May 20, 2020. Photo shows two people walking and hanging on to a building as they navigate the flooded streets. AFP/Munir uz Zaman via Getty Images