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
70%
More than 70 percent of adult men smoke in Indonesia
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
4 in 10
Four out of ten households in the United States own a firearm
Gun violence in the United States
37 Million
In 2019, there was a shortfall of 6 million doctors and 31 million nurses and midwives worldwide
Global health worker shortage
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
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
9.3 M
In 2021, 9.3 million people lost their jobs across Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia's Economic Future After COVID-19
94 Percent
By December 2021, 94 percent of people in LMICs had not yet received a first dose of COVID vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine access in LMICs
800,000
More than 800,000 people still die each year due to HIV
Wrong Code
61 M
In 2019, the United States spent $61 million on NCD development assistance
Noncommunicable Diseases and Foreign Policy on Global Health
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In Myanmar, Health Care Has Become a Battleground
Three years after a military coup, attacks against health care in Myanmar have reached a tipping point
Where Health Surfaced at the Republican National Convention
The RNC projected a strategy on health matters that shied away from overtly supporting unpopular positions
The PEPFAR Files: How Critics Put the HIV Program at Risk
Over the program's 21-year history, its essential components were either critiqued or glossed over, hurting its survival
Pandemic Agreement Talks Resume with Global Equity at Stake
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South Africa's Health-Care Reform in Limbo Following Election
African National Congress's loss imperils the new National Health Insurance law and its financing of public health care
The PEPFAR Files: Who Tried to End the Lifesaving HIV Program?
The first in a three-part series explores why the popular global health program is under threat
H5N1: How Effective Is Wastewater Surveillance for Bird Flu?
The Rockefeller Foundation's Megan Diamond explains wastewater surveillance for monitoring the H5N1 outbreak
Mental Health Care in Rwanda: Three Decades of Resilience
Insights into Rwanda's strategies and successes in building mental health services after genocide
Supreme Court's Chevron Ruling Could Reshape Public Health
Overturning Chevron could deter policy for disaster responses, food safety, gender protections, and health care
Health Policy Takeaways from 2024's First U.S. Presidential Debate
Where the presidential debate mentioned or missed on COVID responses, drug pricing, Medicare, and reproductive health
Health Equity and Gender Equality in a More Violent World
The impact of conflict on civilian health and well-being is both tragic and dangerous to prospects for sustained peace
What South Africa’s Fatal Mpox Cases Mean for the Global Crisis
A nurse holds a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove.
Smallpox Biosecurity in a New Era of Technology
Smallpox could reemerge, but new technology can prepare the world for a future outbreak