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

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

In Climate Fight, Focus on Women and Girls

In Climate Fight, Focus on Women and Girls

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Zimbabwe's Lunia Centre is tackling climate change's spillover effects on women and girls

Zimbabwe's Village Health Workers Persist in Cholera Battle

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The southern African nation is still battling an outbreak that began a year ago

Zimbabwe's Village Health Workers Persist in Cholera Battle

Malawi’s Cholera Outbreak Could Spill Over into Neighboring Countries

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Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe are all at risk of cross-border cholera outbreaks.

Malawi’s Cholera Outbreak Could Spill Over into Neighboring Countries

Zimbabwe Struggles With Drug-Resistant Disease Strains

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Drug-resistant cholera and typhoid are sparking fears in Zimbabwe as cases rise

Zimbabwe Struggles With Drug-Resistant Disease Strains

Harlem to Harare

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Dr. Mary Bassett on how her upbringing and decades in Africa influenced her thinking about health in the United States

Harlem to Harare

In Parched Zimbabwe, Climate Change Pushes Tsetse to New Areas

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Health experts will monitor tsetse-caused sleeping sickness to stem its spread

In Parched Zimbabwe, Climate Change Pushes Tsetse to New Areas

Coronavirus in Zimbabwe

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The country is facing an unprecedented public health catastrophe—and action is required to prevent more needless deaths

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa gives a speech at the Heroes' Day Commemoration in Harare, Zimbabwe, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on August 10, 2020. GETTY IMAGES/Wanda/Xinhua

Which Governments Prioritize Health Spending?

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As COVID-19 causes simultaneous health and economic crises worldwide, it's an opportunity to evaluate health spending

Image shows a map of the world color coded according to percent of government spending on health in 2017.

Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

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Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney

What We Ask About Coronavirus in Africa

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Search query data from 21 African countries reveal public perceptions, gaps in knowledge, and opportunities to educate

A boy reads the Koran after morning prayers with his family during the holy month of Ramadan, as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Cairo, Egypt, on April 26, 2020. Picture shows the boy reading with his shadow cast on the wall behind him. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Rethinking the Future of Global Health

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There can be no better time to reimagine our health security based on global cooperation, equity, trust, and solidarity

A man offers funeral prayers for a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2020. The photo shows a man dressed entirely in protective gear with his head bowed in font of an ambulance and before what appears to be a corpse wrapped in white sheets. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui