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Placard reads "We want vaccines, there is nothing more to talk about"

Wanted: One Billion Booster Shots

by Samantha Kiernan, Bayan Galal, Thomas J. Bollyky

What the COVID-19 booster shot debate means for global vaccine access

Governance
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his administration's coronavirus disease response, as Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington, DC on June 2, 2021.

A New Era in U.S. Global Health Leadership?

by David P. Fidler

What the World Health Assembly meeting revealed

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021
Governance

Six Things to Watch at The World Health Assembly

by David P. Fidler

Expect pandemic politics and demands to end health inequities

A National Guard soldier looks on as people stand in line at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Vaccination Center as Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announces the start of the statewide "Vaccinate NY" ad campaign to encourage all New Yorkers to get vaccinated, in New York City, New York, U.S. April 6, 2021.
Governance

A Robust U.S. Response to China's Health Diplomacy Will Reap Domestic and Global Benefits

by Jennifer A. Hillman, Alex Tippett

It's in the United States' interest to provide an alternative to China's Health Silk Road

A member of the National Anti-locusts Committee prepares to fumigate locusts in the village of Soatanimbary in the Menabe region of western Madagascar, March 29, 2013.
Poverty

Why Neglected Tropical Diseases Still Matter

by Tegan Mosugu

Ending neglected tropical diseases is necessary for a brighter future

a retired goat herder poses for a photograph in Choklamsar, a village nestled high in the Indian Himalayas, India September 27, 2016. When asked how living in the worlds fastest growing major economy had affected life, Takapa replied: "Traditional values are being lost as we focus on money."
Aging

An Aging World Requires More Support for Health Systems

by Joseph L. Dieleman, Emilie Maddison, Ritu Sadana, Angela E. Micah

Development assistance should reflect this need

General view during a press conference of the World Health Organization (WHO) organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020.
Governance

Institutional Failures in COVID-19

by Les Roberts

The pandemic shows us why organizations should separate nurturing partner and policing health authority roles

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
Governance

Big Data Requires Big Thinking on Data Governance

by Stefan Germann

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

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
Governance

COVID-19—A Review of Community Participation

by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

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

The White House press briefing room is cleaned on the evening U.S. President Donald Trump returns from Walter Reed Medical Center after contracting COVID-19, in Washington, DC, October 5, 2020.
Governance

The Virus Inside the White House

by Samantha Kiernan, Terrence Mullan

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins bump elbows after testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss about vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Washington, U.S., September 9, 2020.
Governance

Eroding Faith in Public Health Leaders

by William A. Haseltine

Examining political pressures and public trust in public health leadership

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

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
Trade

Vaccine Nationalism and Africa

by Evaborhene Aghogho Nelson 

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

People waiting for treatment at a hospital after undergoing cataract removals from a free but shoddy eye surgery camp that caused them to lose their vision—in Amritsar, India, on December 5, 2014. The photo shows several people sitting on hospital beds. One man in the foreground is wearing dark glasses. REUTERS/Munish Sharma
Poverty

The WHO's Unheralded Role in Surgery

by Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman, Matthew Hey, Megan E. Bouchard

Why does the WHO matter? Its global health coordination makes surgical care more affordable and effective for everyone