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Jocelyne Mitoba, who was detained for 8 days with her baby for lack of money at Bethesda Medical Center, holds her newborn at her home, in Ngaba, a neighborhood of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 18, 2023.

Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty

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Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought

A lab technician works at the Amazon COVID-19 testing lab, in Worsley, Britain, on June 2, 2021.

To Finish the Pandemic Agreement, WHO Needs a Trustworthy Viral Database

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Online platforms for sharing virus sequences are in disarray. The World Health Organization has a chance to build something new

WHO, PAHO, and the Future of Health in the Americas

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For Latin America and the Caribbean, preserving the integrity of the WHO and PAHO is not optional but a strategic necessity

Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the eightieth United Nations General Assembly, at the UN headquarters, in New York City, on September 24, 2025.

Emerging Discourse on AI and Global Health Security

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AI could revolutionize global health security. A roundtable, held at the World Health Assembly, shows where to start

Emerging Discourse on AI and Global Health Security

Indonesia's Move to Eliminate Malaria

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By joining the WHO's Western Pacific Region, Indonesia can strengthen alliances to eliminate mosquito-borne illnesses

Indonesia's Move to Eliminate Malaria

World Health Assembly: Why Multilateralism Needs More Than Solidarity

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WHO member states should cooperate to address health challenges and preserve the institution without the United States

World Health Assembly: Why Multilateralism Needs More Than Solidarity

Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing

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Seven issues exemplify the complex choices that member state negotiators still face

Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing

A WHO Director on the Future of Polio Eradication

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Hamid Jafari, the World Health Organization's polio chief for the Eastern Mediterranean, discusses funding post-USAID

A WHO Director on the Future of Polio Eradication

Negotiators Finalize Terms for the Pandemic Agreement

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The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body resolved long-standing disputes to meet a deadline, without the United States

Negotiators Finalize Terms for the Pandemic Agreement

Zimbabwe's Bus Disaster and the Deadly Cost of Defunding Global Health

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Global cooperation could reduce disparities in emergency care, but the United States cut programs for disaster relief

Zimbabwe's Bus Disaster and the Deadly Cost of Defunding Global Health

The WHO's Funding Gap: Filling the Medical Diplomacy Void

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Medical accrediting organizations can fill the vacuum created by the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization

The WHO's Funding Gap: Filling the Medical Diplomacy Void

The Pandemic Treaty's True Cost

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Is the multimillion dollar cost of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body worth the Pandemic Agreement?

The Pandemic Treaty's True Cost