Research & Analysis

Singapore to Africa: AI Diagnostics for a Healthier Future

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Singapore's strengths can support Africa's push for faster, more equitable, and ultimately sovereign health systems

Cancer patients sit in a chemotherapy while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, in Accra, Ghana, on April 24, 2012.

The Ethics of AI-Driven Health Projects in Africa

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AI's success should be measured by how it respects dignity, protects privacy, and solves the problems people face

A medical laboratory technician at the Wits Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit poses for a portrait, in the research lab at the Wits University Faculty of Health Sciences, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 14, 2025.

Online Learning's Health Burden in Low-Resource Countries

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Once hailed as a great equalizer, online learning has deepened health divides in vulnerable student populations

Kesieana Onoge and her daughter Naomi Onoge, 6, struggle to navigate the online learning system from their home, in Lagos, Nigeria, on April 23, 2020.

New York City Hospital Staff Learn Planet-Friendly Health Care

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The largest municipal health system in the United States is training clinicians to discuss climate risks with patients

The Statue of Liberty is seen at sunset through haze caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires, as viewed from Brooklyn, New York, August 5, 2025.

Using Health Taxes to Promote Public Good

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To accelerate progress on health taxes, governments should address three challenges that have stalled the reform

A man selling packets of cigarettes walks through a street, in the old district of Kano, Nigeria, on August 24, 2017.

Microfinance to Replace Declining Aid: A Roadmap in Trust

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With global aid dropping, microfinance institutions can shape the future of health equity

Health leader Sabikunnahar, wearing a bright pink traditional outfit, smiles while helping a young child wash their hands with soap and water outdoors beside a corrugated tin wall.

Putting the Pandemic Agreement Into Practice: A Case for ASEAN

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The Southeast Asian bloc is positioned to implement the pandemic treaty's provisions before they come into legal force

Edison Cosico, an administrative aide at the UPLB Museum of Natural History, secures his hazmat suit, in Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines, on February 18, 2021.

Light Pollution Reshapes Growing Seasons

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A study finds artificial light at night can extend plant growing seasons, possibly altering ecosystems and public health

A building is pictured through trees amid heave smog on a polluted day, in Beijing, China, on December 2, 2018.

Africa's Internal Migration Crisis

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Migrants in several African countries face a new, worrying social discriminatory phenomenon called medical xenophobia

Florence Mushimye poses for a portrait in a classroom where they are taking refuge after being asked to leave Kalenga village by the M23 rebels, in Sake, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on March 13, 2025.

Somaliland's Khat Conundrum

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The drug has cultural and economic heft, but its rising use could contribute to youth unemployment and mental illness

A man chews khat, in Mogadishu, Somalia, on August 10, 2014.

How Anti-Immigration Measures Could Deplete the U.S. Health Workforce

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The role of immigrants in health care has become more critical because of a worsening worker shortage

Deferred Enforced Departure status holder Marie Zar, who works as a nurse’s assistant, gets ready for work, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on March 29, 2019.

International Court's Ruling Could Transform Climate Action

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Holding countries legally accountable for climate harms could shift the landscape of global health and climate politics

Cynthia Houniuhi, Solomon Islands youth climate activist, speaks during the United Nations' top court International Court of Justice (ICJ) public hearings, in The Hague, Netherlands, December 2, 2024.