global health

Eliot Rojas, his wife, and Romina in the hospital before she had her C-Section. Image Courtesy of Eliot Rojas.

Maternal Health

Doctors Push C-Sections in Chile, but Women Are Pushing Back

Danilea Villegas and her children. Image: Paige Sutherland

Maternal Health

Profit over Patients: C-Sections in Chile Reach Alarming High

A man sits alone beside the Spree River during a lockdown in Berlin on April 16, 2021. Image: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

2021—The Year in Global Health

A technician places a beaker into a hatch inside the Afrigen Biologics & Vaccines Ltd. laboratory facility in Cape Town, South Africa, July 12, 2021; the WHO announced it will establish its first-ever mRNA technology transfer hub in Cape Town in an agreement with Afrigen and the Biovac Institute. Photographer: Image: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Envisioning a New Public Health Order in Africa

Rohingya refugee men roll concrete sections of sewage pipe at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Ukhia district, August 24, 2019. Image: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty

The Untold Global Health Stories of 2022 Contest

A mother and her newborn who was delivered at the Inukjuak Maternity amidst rising COVID-19 restriction in Nunavik, Quebec, September 2020. Image by Patrice Latka.

The Midwives with Mettle in Nunavik

A worker displays syringes at the Hindustan Syringes factory in Faridabad as India ramped up production ahead of a coronavirus vaccine rollout. September 2, 2020 Image: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty

What It Means When Billions of People Must Wait Years for a COVID Vaccine

American Leadership Imperiled—for the Moment

Cookies with labels stating their high content in sugar, calories and saturated fat in Santiago, Chile, on June 20, 2016. Image: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty

Food Labels Work, So Why Aren’t More Governments Using Them?

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round magenta objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Credit: NIAID-RML

COVID-19 Expert Reality Check

A girl holds a sign as school children take part in a student climate protest in London, England. March 15, 2019. Image: Jack Taylor/Getty

The House Is on Fire: Women and Young People Forward

An Indonesian health official holds a thermal gun used to check the body temperature of passengers at the Juanda International airport in Sidoarjo, East Java on January 30, 2020. Image: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty

Coronaviruses: What You Need to Know