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Mali Prioritizes Child Survival During Armed Conflict

Improving access to free health care decreased child mortality by 63% over three years

U.S. Voters Disenfranchised by Climate Change

Electoral planning needs to envision increasingly severe extremes that disrupt the casting and counting of ballots

Trade

Secret Shoppers Expose Antibiotic Overprescribing in India

Is it ethical to pose as a patient to reveal medical malpractice?

Governance

Closing the Paralympic-Olympic Viewership Divide

The Paris Paralympic Games had great visibility, but there's more to pulling off an equitable competition

Governance

The United States Targets Cervical Cancer and Lead Exposure

The Biden administration launched efforts to reduce cervical cancer and lead exposure that could have brief policy lives

Governance

How Overdose Prevention Centers Became Political Scapegoats

Although some politicians blame harm reduction efforts for societal problems, others view them as lifesaving solutions

Governance

Marburg in Rwanda: What to Expect

Physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer on Rwanda's response and how the international community can help

Governance

Pagers, Walkie-Talkies, and Psychological Warfare in Lebanon

Past trauma and financial distress have compounded the mental health impact of recent violence in Lebanon

Governance

National Security Debate on Global Health Enters a New Phase

Controversies about national security and global health are changing in a post-pandemic, geopolitical, and warming world

Governance

Supporting Mental Health for Arab, Jewish, and Muslim Youth During War

How the war in the Middle East is harming U.S. adolescents and what civil society can do about it

Governance

Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: Failure and Success a Year On

All sides should join forces to advance their shared interest—mitigating the suffering of Palestinian civilians

Urbanization

Climate and Health: Global Problems, Local Solutions

For effective approaches to combat climate change, world leaders should look to cities like New York

Governance

South Africa's Medical Negligence Crisis

Understaffing and insufficient resources have led to poor quality care and a surge of medicolegal claims in South Africa

Migration

The Economics Behind Nigeria's Midwife Exodus

Between 2017 and 2022, more than 57,000—about 30%—of Nigeria's nurses and midwives left