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Members of the Turkana pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, collect water from an open well dug on a dry riverbed, Turkana, Kenya, on September 27, 2022.

A UN Dialogue on Climate and Health: Making the Case

by Arthur Wyns, Sindra Sharma, Revati Phalkey

The World Health Assembly and COP30 rank among the chances this year to advance national policy on climate and health

Governance
An employee of BioNTtech works at the "Area 100 R&D" research laboratory, in Mainz, Germany, on July 27, 2023.

Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing

by Mark Eccleston-Turner, Michelle Rourke, Stephanie Switzer

Seven issues exemplify the complex choices that member state negotiators still face

A worker is seen at Aspen Pharmacare’s Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine facility, in Gqeberha, South Africa, on October 25, 2021.
Governance

A Pandemic Treaty Without Teeth Will Leave Africa and the World Exposed

by Ebere Okereke

Without enforcement mechanisms, even the best commitments risk becoming little more than moral aspirations

A young couple chat as they drink beer and smoke cigarettes, in Moscow, Russia, on August 8, 2004.
Gender

A Gender Levy for Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Health-Harming Products

by Kent Buse, Jeni Klugman, Elhadj As Sy

Industries hijack gender norms to sell harm—let's flip the script and fund gender-smart health with sin tax revenue

A boy holds a handful of antiretroviral pills before taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 28, 2014.
Trade

Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries

by Prashant Yadav

Cascading adoption of most-favored-nation drug pricing could erode affordable access to essential medicines

Project HOPE Mexico country director Corina Martínez (right) and health promoter Yoseline Perez (left), along with nursing students from CONALEP Tlalnepantla, provide a mobile health screening clinic to residents in the town of Tlalnepantla de Baz. Mexico.
Gender

Women Bear Mexico's Diabetes Crisis

by Corina Martínez Sánchez

Nearly 10% of Mexico's population lives with diabetes, and women are diagnosed at higher rates than men

U.S. President Donald Trump shows a signed document as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2025.
Governance

A Bio-Responsibility Strategy for Gain-of-Function Research Oversight

by Ben C. Snyder

Controversy about research on dangerous pathogens requires the U.S. government to adopt a new governance approach

Women attend a talk on sexual health and HIV prevention organised by the Jesuit-founded Association Solidarite Vie e Santa (ASVS - Association of Solidarity, Life and Health) at their welcome centre and clinic in the Tanghin neighbourhood of Ouagadougou April 13, 2013
Gender

Reimagining Sexual and Reproductive Health Without U.S. Involvement

by Anu Kumar, Pansi Katenga

The Helms Amendment and the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, are moot without U.S. aid funding

Cervical cancer patient lays on a bed in the female ward of a cancer institute, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on November 11, 2009.
Gender

USAID Cuts Could Sever HPV Prevention

by Binay Shah

Slashing global aid will limit access to the HPV vaccine and widen disparities in cervical cancer

In Uganda’s Bidibidi refugee settlement, a Village Health Team member conducts an in-home health visit to a refugee mother and child.
Poverty

Preserving Refugee Health in Uganda

by Emile Dawisha

Amid U.S. funding cuts, Uganda works to protect its rapidly growing refugee population from deadly diseases

A worker fogs a housing estate for mosquitos, in Singapore, on August 27, 2020.
Urbanization

Eliminating Malaria in ASEAN: Lessons From Egypt

by Mochammad Fadjar Wibowo, Shurendar Selva Kumar

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

A displaced woman prepares food, following Rapid Support Forces attacks on Zamzam displacement camp, as she shelters in the town of Tawila, in North Darfur, Sudan, on April 16, 2025.
Poverty

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

by Sameer Abbasi, Eyad Ali, Omar Shilleh, Mohamed Shilleh, Faraan Rahim

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

A man overlooks Cañón del Río Blanco.
Environment

Microplastics Above Mexico: A High-Altitude Search for Pollution

by William McCarthy, Jacob Bartz, Thomas Copeland, Simon Birk, Dimitri Deheyn

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

A worker uses a planter to plant corn seed in a village near the edge of the Gobi Desert, on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province, China, on April 14, 2021.
Governance

China's Integrated Policies on Climate Change and Health

by Chunhong Sheng, Jiyong Jin

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