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The headquarters for the Pacific Islands Forum, in Suva, Fiji, on August 7, 2026.
Governance

How Talanoa Can Guide Inclusive Global Health Dialogues

by Saia Ma’u Piukala, Tamás Landesz

Pacific health leaders have been drawing on talanoa, a form of group discussion, to confront challenges such as climate change and noncommunicable diseases

A satellite image shows the Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East, in Irkutsk, Russia, on May 8, 2025.
Governance

Russia's Suspected Plague Incident and the Limits of Disease Reporting

by Judy Twigg

The Irkutsk incident highlights the shortcomings of international law around potentially harmful disease events, according to an expert in the region

Governance

WHO Elections: Reform Without Reckoning

by Summer Galloway
Delegates attend the 79th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18, 2026.
Governance

Reforming WHO: Five Considerations for the Next Director General

by Anders Nordström
The World Health Organization headquarters is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 28, 2025.
Governance

A Roadmap to Effective Gun Violence Policy

by Stephen Hargarten, Jonathan Quick, Joel Negin, Nicholas Hoffmann
Guns that will be destroyed are displayed during an event for the International Day for the Destruction of Firearms, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 9, 2025.
Governance

Charting Ebola Responses: How 2026 Stacks Up After Aid Cuts

by Stephanie Psaki, Anya Hirschfeld, Allison Krugman
A map titled "Where the 2026 Ebola Outbreak is Spreading" shows confirmed and suspected cases of Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda as of June 1, 2026. Affected regions are shaded in salmon/orange-red, and affected cities are marked with black dots. Ituri Province in northeastern DRC is labeled as having seen the most cases and is the largest highlighted region. Additional affected areas in DRC include militia-controlled Goma in North Kivu and areas near Bukavu in South Kivu. In Uganda, Kampala is marked as having confirmed nine cases. A small inset map shows the location of the outbreak region within the broader African continent. Source: Ministry of Health, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Governance

World Health Assembly Recap: Financial Crunch, Affected Mandates, and Future Leadership 

by Priti Patnaik
Delegates attend the 79th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18, 2026.
Governance

The World Health Assembly Reacts to the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak

by Ebere Okereke
The regional supply chain lead for emergencies at the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Africa pastes stickers on shipment pallets that are being sent in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 18, 2026.
Governance

Busting 10 Myths About Health Taxes

by Tom Frieden
A street vendor selects cigarettes for a customer, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on May 27, 2024.
Governance

Hantavirus Outbreak Tests Global Health Law Amid WHO Crisis

by Alexandra L. Phelan
Civil guard members approach the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, on a motorboat, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Spain, on May 11, 2026.
Governance

Argentina, the WHO, and an Exit Door That Doesn't Exist 

by Sara Al Dallal
Argentinian President Javier Milei speaks at an event, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 29, 2026.
Governance

How African Regional Agencies Can Shape Global Health Reform

by Benido Impouma, Andrea Luciani, Diallo Abdourahmane, Mohamed Janabi
World Health Organization officials and Ugandan health workers inform the community of Kirembo village about the ebola vaccine, in Kasese district, Uganda, on June 15, 2019.