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Governance

There is a new world of challenges for global health governance, with shifting donor priorities, evolving health needs in many low- and middle-income nations, and a development assistance budget that has not increased much since 2010. 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.

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10%

Annual growth in global health aid, 2000-2010

Annual growth in global health aid, 2000-2010 Annual growth in global health aid, 2000-2010

1.3%

Annual growth in global health aid, 2011-2018

Annual growth in global health aid, 2011-2018 Annual growth in global health aid, 2011-2018

1851

First International Sanitary Conference convenes

First International Sanitary Conference convenes First International Sanitary Conference convenes

40

Years since WHO certified smallpox eradication

Years since WHO certified smallpox eradication Years since WHO certified smallpox eradication

14.6 M

Million people on PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS treatment

Million people on PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS treatment Million people on PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS treatment

1948

World Health Organization founded

World Health Organization founded World Health Organization founded

2%

Share of health aid for noncommunicable diseases

Share of health aid for noncommunicable diseases Share of health aid for noncommunicable diseases

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Famous singer and social activist Bono attends a Senate Appropriations State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee hearing on foreign assistance in Washington D.C. on April 12, 2016. The photo shows Bono at a long table with several rows of chairs behind him. The chairs are filled with people who appear to be laughing. The REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

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A security guard stands at attention at a hotel near Algiers, Algeria on Feb 4, 2020—where people evacuated from the Wuhan area in China are quarantined as a preventive measure because of coronavirus. Photo shows a guard wearing a face mask. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

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A mother and her child wear a mask to prevent contacting a new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, January 26, 2020. The photo shows the two face to face with each other, but their faces are covered almost completely below their eyes by the dust masks. REUTERS/Yonhap

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A worker in protective gear directs a masked passenger disembarking from the cruise ship Grand Princess in Oakland, California on March 10, 2020 amid concern over the growing COVID-19 pandemic. The picture shows a man wearing a mask and a cowboy hat standing facing a health worker in full protective gear. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
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A worker in protective suit sprays disinfectants in front of a dress shop at popular market following the outbreak of the coronavirus in Basra, Iraq on March 10, 2020. This is an interesting photo showing a colorful dress shop with a worker walking by outside in protective gear spraying disinfectant. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani
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Coronavirus in the Middle East

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A look at COVID-19 in seven countries, some fragile or failed, which illustrates many of the problems the region faces

The graph shows cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 over time for all countries with confirmed cases as of March 11. The x-axis show days since the first travel restrictions were implemented. For all travel restriction imposing countries, data has been indexed to start from their respective day zero of travel restriction implementation. CFR/Samantha Kiernan
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Tracking Coronavirus in Countries With and Without Travel Bans

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