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a woman walks past a poster of a NHS worker

The Demise of the National Health Service

by David McCoy

Lessons for universal health care

Governance
A doctor takes off her personal protection equipment after treating a patient suffering from COVID-19, in the Intensive Care Unit ICU, at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.

Universal Health Care in Southeast Asia

by Snehal A. Patel

Aging populations and rising health-care costs are creating a “golden opportunity” to build better health systems

in a slum Mumbai, India, July 23, 2020
Governance

How India Can Achieve Universal Health Coverage

by Parth Sharma, Preethi John

Empowering community health workers with digital tools will bridge health-care gaps

A worker hoses down bright orange seats in the stands at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Ahmedabad India, on February 17, 2021.
Governance

Why It's Hard to Understand How COVID-19 Affected Global Health System Performance

by Anna Gage, Annie Haakenstad

Universal health coverage examined through the lens of tuberculosis

A physician with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) places his stethoscope to the chest of hospital patient Marco Vargas, who has COVID, in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 1, 2022.
Governance

A Help Wanted Sign for Health Workers

by Annie Haakenstad, Megan Knight

What the ratio of doctors to nurses in Bangladesh and the Philippines tells us about the global health worker shortage

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
Poverty

Scaling up Surgery and Anesthesia, Post-Coronavirus

by Craig D. McClain, Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman

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

A volunteer places American flags on the National Mall in Washington DC—representing some of the more than 200,000 lives lost in the United States to coronavirus—on September 22, 2020. The photo shows a young woman on one knee planting a small American flag in the ground. Many more can be seen blurred and out of focus in the foreground. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Governance

National Security Risks and the American Weak Link

by Ans Irfan, Cynthia Golembeski, Jonathan Williams, Ashley Bieniek-Tobasco

We should address U.S. investment choices in Public Health Infrastructure and Universal Health Care after COVID-19

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
Poverty

Who Gets What and Why?

by Héctor Castro

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

A girl from a migrant worker family that came to Thailand from Myanmar and lost their jobs due to COVID-19, lines up for free food in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 23, 2020. The photo shows a small girl wearing a facemask looking at the camera. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Migration

In Thailand, Noncitizen Health Matters

by Titiporn Tuangratananon, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Piya Hanvoravongchai, Swee Kheng Khor

National progress on migrant health is expansive, effective, and has helped Thailand avoid the worst of the coronavirus

A tattered U.S. flag damaged in Hurricane Harvey, flies in Conroe, Texas, on August 29, 2017. The photo shows a torn U.S. flag blowing against a dark grey sky. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Environment

Hurricanes, Pandemics, Floods, Frail Systems, and Failed Responses

by Hannah Todd, Justin Onwenu

Imagining a post-Harvey, post-Irma, post-Hanna, post-COVID-19 world of pandemics, natural disasters, and U.S. resiliency

A player checks his cards during the finals of the Russian Masters Poker Cup at the Azov-City, Russia, gambling zone, south of Russia's southern city of Rostov-on-Don, on September 23, 2010. Photo shows a pair of hands holding up the corners of two cards to reveal a pair of aces. A large stack of chips is in the background. REUTERS/Vladimir Konstantinov
Governance

All Bets Are Off for Measuring Pandemic Preparedness

by Sawyer Crosby, Joseph L. Dieleman, Samantha Kiernan, Thomas J. Bollyky

Three standard measures don't predict how countries fare in COVID-19—so how do we better prepare for the next pandemic?

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
Poverty

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Universal Health Coverage

by Anthony McDonnell

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

A man coughs as children walk past roadside, during the coronavirus pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya April 19, 2020. This is a powerful image of two children looking at a man who is coughing into his had with his head turned. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Urbanization

Coronavirus in East Africa

by Moses Tetui

Disease-induced divisions and challenges to regional blocs are set to deepen in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

People sit in a chemotherapy ward while undergoing treatment for cancer at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana on April 24, 2012. Most of Africa's 2,000 languages have no word for cancer. Picture shows two people in comfortable chairs from the chest down. at least one of them has an IV in her arm, presumably an infusion of chemo meds. REUTERS/Olivier Asselin
Poverty

Tackling Cancer Through Universal Health Coverage

by Sally G. Cowal, Christian Sellars

Turning the tide through prevention, treatment, and other cancer control interventions depends on strong health systems