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Michell, granddaughter of Rosalia Reyes who was sentenced to eight years in prison after her baby died during a home childbirth, plays with balloons during the welcome party for Rosalia after she was transferred home where she will serve the rest of her time under house arrest

Defending the Global Right to Choose

by Tlaleng Mofokeng, Sarah L. Bosha

Academics and UN bodies should strategize to counter the renewed threat to women's rights

Governance
A red ribbon is put on the sleeves of a man by his friend to show support for people living with HIV, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 1, 2013.

PEPFAR Misses Reauthorization Deadline: What's Next for Global HIV Fight?

by Jirair Ratevosian

The expiration of PEPFAR's authorization could mark a pivotal shift in the HIV/AIDS response

A technician loads a robotic DNA sample automation machine, at a Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. Laboratory, in Tarrytown, New York, on March 24, 2015.
Governance

The United States Risks Losing Its Edge in Life Sciences Innovation

by Snehal A. Patel

China's life sciences sector benefits from streamlined regulations, proactive government policies, and strategic focus

Alice Okwirry, 50, a widow living with HIV/AIDS, walks near her house, in Kianda village, Nairobi, Kenya, on February 28, 2025.
Governance

Small Global Health Investments, Big Benefits for the United States

by Kashef Ijaz

The Carter Center's experience highlights how global health assistance advances U.S. national interests

A child sits as a nurse prepares to dispense antiretroviral ARV drugs used to prevent HIV from replicating, at the Nyumbani Children's Home, Nairobi, Kenya, on February 12, 2025.
Governance

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

by Faraan Rahim, Sofia DiFulvio, Julian T. Hertz, Banda Khalifa, Ntuli A. Kapologwe

Alternative strategies to sustain progress on economic development, education investment, and disease responses

A man walks away from a bus that was involved in a disastrous head-on collision with tractor-trailer, in Macheke, Zimbabwe, in January 2024.
Poverty

Zimbabwe's Bus Disaster and the Deadly Cost of Defunding Global Health

by Darren Cuthbert

Global cooperation could reduce disparities in emergency care, but the United States cut programs for disaster relief

A medical team performs an inguinal hernia surgery, in an operating room on U.S. Navy hospital ship the USNS Comfort, off the coast of Ríohacha, Colombia, on November 27, 2018.
Governance

Climate Change, Global Surgery, and G20 Nations

by Siddhesh Zadey, Ayla Gerk Rangel

Integrating surgical care into national health plans can help G20 nations achieve their sustainable development goals

A Palestinian woman looks on as she and others gather to receive bread from a bakery, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on March 9, 2025.
Poverty

The Gaza Gray Zone: Between War and Recovery

by Shira Efron, Jess Manville

Hamas's refusal to disarm and Israel's desire to resume military operations is stalling humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy sits as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts his first cabinet meeting, in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2025.
Governance

RFK Could Prevent a Bird Flu Pandemic—By Embracing His Environmentalist Roots

by Neil M. Vora

Three steps Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. could take to strengthen the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent bird flu plan

Damian Santomauro with his father on a countryside family trip in Victoria, Australia, circa 1992.
Governance

Autism and Identity: Navigating Disability Versus Difference

by Damian Santomauro

A personal account describes the challenges many people on the autism spectrum face and the need for better support

Guatemalan migrants arrive at La Aurora Air Base on a deportation flight from the United States, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on February 18, 2025.
Migration

U.S. Deportees on Their Return to Guatemala

by Isabella Rolz

Two Guatemalan migrants share their experiences from a returnee center as U.S. deportations rise

Surja Devi Saud practices Chaupadi outside her house, in Achham District, Nepal, on February 16, 2014. Chaupadi is a tradition observed in parts of Nepal, where women sleep outside while menstruating.
Gender

When Endometriosis Causes Mental Illness

by Mohammad Saeed Gharaati Jahromi

Despite endometriosis's links to psychiatric conditions, health systems fail to train doctors to spot these connections

Cage free hens are gathered at an egg farm, in San Diego, California, on July 29, 2008.
Governance

H5N1 Demands Coordination, Not Confusion

by Amanda McClelland

Public health and politics should work together to restore trust and ensure a cohesive response to bird flu

A mother and her daughter carry grain to their home in rural Cusco, Peru, on July 21, 2022
Gender

Intimate Partner Violence in Peru

by Anya Hirschfeld

The country's rates of intimate partner violence are twice the global average