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Outlasting the Taliban's Ban on Women's Medical Education
The education ban has kept new female talent from entering Afghanistan's under-resourced health-care sector
Transitioning Afghanistan’s Health Sector: The Urgent Need for Taliban’s Responsibility
Moving from short-term donor funding to Taliban-supported lasting solutions
Waste-to-Energy for U.S. Military Bases
A new technology that could replace burn pits in U.S. overseas military bases
The Life of a Foreign Aid Practitioner
A review of "Bike Riding in Kabul," Jamie Bowman's unexpectedly humorous memoir of life as a foreign aid worker
Measles is Raging In Afghanistan
A nationwide vaccination campaign is urgently needed, say CDC measles experts
Mitigating Malnutrition
An arresting global surge in the number of people experiencing hunger and what's behind it
The New Animated Film "Flee" Will Change How You Think About the Refugee Experience
The documentary tells the real-life story of a man who fled Afghanistan as a child
How 9/11 Transformed Aid and Global Health Programs in Fragile States
A conversation with global governance expert Stewart M. Patrick
From Synergies to Tragedies: 9/11, Terrorism, and Pathogenic Threats
After the 9/11 and anthrax attacks, efforts to mesh counterterrorism and public health have failed
The Afghanistan Disaster and U.S. Foreign Policy on Global Health
The Taliban's triumph has terrible implications for past, present, and future U.S. foreign policy on global health
South Asia Needs a New Playbook (Now) to Stop the Coronavirus Catastrophe
COVID-19 offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to correct years of health security neglect and chronic under-investment
Caring for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Afghanistan
Health workers can treat, speak up for, seek justice for, and empower survivors of gender-based violence
Dual Pandemics: Coronavirus and Gender-Based Violence
With violence doubling in some places, women bear the brunt of COVID-19—lessons from Rwanda for a post-pandemic world