Research & Analysis

Ultra-Processed Foods Take Pointers From Big Tobacco

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Like commercial tobacco, ultra-processed foods are engineered to drive consumption and could be regulated accordingly

Breakfast cereals are displayed for sale at a grocery store, in Medford, Massachusetts, on April 22, 2025.

How the Iran War Could Drive a Historic Hunger Crisis

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Acute hunger threatens 45 million if the conflict extends into June. A roadmap from the Ukraine War could contain the humanitarian fallout

A woman from the indigenous Turkana Nilotic community pours sorghum grains into a sack, at a World Food Program food distribution center, at the Kenya Oil village near Lodwar, in Turkana County, Kenya, on February 17, 2026.

Why India's Digital Governance Model Matters for Global Health

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India's distinct approach to digital and AI governance centers on shared public infrastructure

A model of a robotic surgical system by Wipro Intelligence is exhibited at Bharat Mandapam, at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, on February 16, 2026.

The Expanded Global Gag Rule and the Case for Regional Solidarity

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The anti-abortion policy undermines organizing principles, rooted in ubuntu, that keep African health systems coherent under stress

A woman gazes out of a window while attending a talk on sexual health and HIV prevention, in the Tanghin neighborhood of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on April 13, 2013.

Darkness and Courage: A Humanitarian in Lebanon Details the War Escalation

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MedGlobal's Lebanon country director describes how communities are stepping in amid the fresh conflict

MedGlobal teams provide urgent support to internally displaced persons, in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 16, 2026.

Multilane Procurement Amid the America First Health Agenda

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Health procurement in low- and middle-income countries will remain unavoidably multilane. Donors should build around that reality

An Ethiopian Cargo terminal worker offloads a shipment of Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccines that arrived under the COVAX scheme, at the Bole International Airport, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 19, 2021.

Sustaining Tuberculosis Innovations to Counter Foreign Aid Cuts

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A new World Health Organization policy allows for portable TB testing, which could help close massive gaps in disease surveillance

A man is treated for tuberculosis, at the Muniz public hospital, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 11, 2019.

"We've Been in Famine for Months": Life in Post-Ceasefire Gaza

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Amid the Iran war and new closures of Gaza's border crossings, Palestinians have resumed a desperate search for food and medical aid

Project HOPE Gaza Human Resources Coordinator Nouralhuda Abu Gefra sits in the rubble of her partially damaged house in Gaza, on October 14, 2025.

How AI "Besties" in South Africa Are Changing Uptake of HIV Medication

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Chatbot companions, such as Aimee, are part of a broad wave of digital health tools being tested across HIV programs

HIV patients chat at Nkosi's Haven, in south of Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 28, 2014.

England Closes Several Long-COVID Clinics, Deserting Patients

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The closures mark a funding reversal by the National Health Service and come even as Long COVID's prevalence remains steady

Felicity Callard, a 49-year-old British university professor and lecturer who continues to struggle with symptoms following a COVID-19 infection, poses after an interview at her house, in London, Britain, on September 2, 2020.

A Humanitarian Off-Ramp for the Iran War

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Health diplomacy has long served as means for adversaries to work together when politics make broader engagement impossible

Members of the Red Crescent talk to each other as smoke rises into the air after a reported strike on Shahran fuel tanks, in Tehran, Iran, on March 8, 2026.

Indonesia in the BRICS: What It Means for Global Health

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Just over a year after Indonesia joined the BRICS, the nation is still determining its place in the bloc's health-cooperation dynamics

The Indonesian flag flies as people, wearing protective face coverings, wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose at Pakansari Stadium, in Bogor, Indonesia, on August 14, 2021.