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Governance

There is a new world of challenges for global health governance, with shifting donor priorities and evolving health needs in many low- and middle-income nations. This section offers an inside look at the ways in which global health governance is adapting to these changes, with a focus on the institutions, rules, and processes that govern the health of people across the world

Governance

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As many as 14.2 million Americans could lose their insurance over the next decade

14.2 Million Americans

Amid ACA Subsidy Fight, Access Broadens for Catastrophic Health Plans

$11 B

The Global Fund secured $11 billion of its $18 billion replenishment goal for 2026–28

Global Fund Commitments

The United States Maintains Its Global Fund Commitment

$6.5 B

In 2024, USAID provided $6.5 billion in humanitarian assistance to sub-Saharan Africa

Life After USAID: Africa's Development, Education, and Health Care

Life After USAID: Africa's Development, Education, and Health Care

1 in 127

An estimated 1 in 127 people were on the autism spectrum in 2021

Autism and Identity: Navigating Disability Versus Difference

Autism and Identity: Navigating Disability Versus Difference

1.2 M

More than 1.2 million people across the globe died of antibiotic resistant superbugs in 2019

Antibiotic Resistance Is a Smoldering Crisis

Antibiotic Resistance is a Smoldering Crisis

70%

More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia

Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot

Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot

1,200

Nearly 1,200 attacks on health-care workers and facilities have taken place in the three years since the coup

In Myanmar, Health Care Has Become a Battleground

In Myanmar, Health Care Has Become a Battleground

3.3 Times

Where there was trust in local health workers people were 3.3 times more likely to wear a mask during COVID

Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Trust

Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Trust

9.3 M

In 2021, 9.3 million people lost their jobs across Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia's Economic Future After COVID-19

Southeast Asia's Economic Future After COVID-19

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

Reforming WHO: Five Considerations for the Next Director General

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The World Health Organization's next chapter could become more focused, technically authoritative, and strategically disciplined through strategic reforms

Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements

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Think Global Health's analysis found gaps between country needs and new cofinancing commitments with the United States

Tracking the "America First" Bilateral Health Agreements

Petrochemicals and Pills: How the Iran War Exposed Medicines' Oil Vulnerability

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A new analysis shows how the Iran War disrupted upstream inputs for pharmaceutical supply chains, as the United States and Iran move toward a deal

Petrochemicals and Pills: How the Iran War Exposed Medicines' Oil Vulnerability

Using Guinea's Approach to Contain Ebola in the DRC

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Negotiating access, earning trust, and building a tightly coordinated response are essential to stopping transmission, according to two advisors of Guinea's 2014-16 Ebola response

Rose Komono poses for a picture at a health clinic after overcoming the Ebola virus, in Gueckedou, Guinea, on April 3, 2014.

Making Aid Transition Work: Seven Lessons from the Private Sector

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As global health financing shifts toward country self-reliance, emphasis on principles like measurement and accountability can guide implementation

A forklift unloads boxes containing vials of the R21 malaria vaccine inside a cold room at the Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India, on February 27, 2024.

How Religious Leaders Can Bolster the Ebola Response

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Religious actors can help reduce the fear and mistrust surrounding the Ebola outbreak, and deliver health-care services directly

Muslim faithful leave after attending prayers marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, as authorities intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, at the Central Mosque in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 27, 2026.

How Scientists Can Revive Global Health Drug Development

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South African biomedical researchers are spearheading new approaches to catalyze drug discovery and manufacturing

A medical laboratory technician at the Wits Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, works in the research lab at the Wits University Faculty of Health Sciences, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 14, 2025.

How Industry Can Help Prevent the Next Cruise Ship Outbreak

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Critical disease-outbreak intelligence sits inside private firms, and an outbreak escrow system could securely hold that data to be shared in an emergency

A passenger of the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, looks on from inside a bus as it leaves the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, on May 11, 2026.

Genomic Medicine: A New Frontier for Health Care in Africa

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Building Africa's capacity for human genomic sequencing could improve cancer care, product development, and precision medicine

Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced at Institut Pasteur, in Dakar, Senegal, on May 19, 2026.

A Call to End the Open-Border Policy for U.S. Wildlife Trade

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The U.S. government should use its existing authority to address zoonotic spillover risks from the wildlife trade

Livestock roam a field as an outbreak of New World screwworm rose to 15 cases across in two Texas counties, in Rocksprings, Texas, on June 22, 2026.

AI-Driven Pilot Program Delays Access to Care for Americans

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The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model was launched to weed out Medicare fraud, but patients report lagging care and increased denials

An elderly woman is guided back to her room for a family visit at Nikkei Manor, an assisted living facility, in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 2021.

United States Pulls Funding for South Africa, Threatening HIV Defenses

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Abruptly ending all U.S. foreign aid for health to South Africa will deepen care disruptions and could lead to a surge in new HIV infections

A boy holds his grandmother's hand after taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, which provides residential care for low-income HIV-positive mothers and their children, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 28, 2014.