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Eliminating Malaria in ASEAN: Lessons From Egypt

Strategies like environmental management and cross-border collaboration would control malaria spread in ASEAN countries

What Sudan's Cholera Outbreak Reveals About Its Fragile Health System

Conflict and neglect have destroyed Sudan's health-care infrastructure, overwhelming the remaining medical facilities

Environment

Microplastics Above Mexico: A High-Altitude Search for Pollution

Students collect saliva samples at 18,500 feet to uncover how microplastics in the atmosphere could harm health

Governance

China's Integrated Policies on Climate Change and Health

China is addressing health threats that climate change poses but faces challenges that require policy reforms

Governance

Negotiators Finalize Terms for the Pandemic Agreement

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body resolved long-standing disputes to meet a deadline, without the United States

Governance

U.S. Cuts to Ukraine's Foreign Aid Hit Health Workforce

Ukraine, with $1.4 billion curtailed, is the single biggest loser of U.S. foreign aid

Aging

Searching for Elderly Patients After the Los Angeles Wildfires

A UCLA neurologist describes the struggle to reach socially and physically isolated patients months after the wildfires

Poverty

Why the World Needs Africa to Be Healthy

A firsthand account of HIV exposure explains how gutting aid to Africa will create global ripple effects

Governance

Nutrition for Growth: A Crossroads for Ethiopia's Healthy Future

Ethiopia's minister for health services and programs lays out long-term strategies for nutrition and global partnerships

Urbanization

An Antivenom Plan for India

In 2024, India introduced the National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming

Governance

Violence Shadows Ecuador's Presidential Election

The drug trade has deepened the security crisis in Ecuador, which will elect a new leader on April 13

Gender

How Dating Apps Could Unlock At-Home HIV Testing

A consortium is working with dating apps to support HIV and STI prevention online and at home

Governance

Africa's Quiet Response to U.S. Realignment of Foreign Aid

Characterizing the end of U.S. aid as a catalyst allows African politicians to emphasize their readiness for a new era

Poverty

How the MAHA Commission Can Improve U.S. Life Expectancy

To help Americans live healthier, policymakers should address what researchers call the causes of causes for ill health