Global Health

A baby who is suffering from respiratory disease receives treatment inside at Dhaka Shishu Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 24, 2021. Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Child & Adolescent Health

How to Reduce Child Deaths After Hospital Discharge

Portugal’s first monkeypox patients were diagnosed at Hospital Santo Antonio Dos Capuchos in Lisbon in early May.

Infectious Diseases

Parties, Symptoms, Mysteries: An Early Monkeypox Patient in Portugal

Custom-made microcellular rubber sandals are manufactured and given free of charge to patients at The Leprosy Mission Trust Hospital in Dayapuram, Manamadurai, for relief from foot ulcers and the management of leprosy-related disabilities. Kamala Thiagarajan

Neglected Diseases

Why Leprosy Persists in India

Representatives from 194 member states gather for the opening of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 20, 2019. Image: Brian W. Simpson

The World Health Assembly: What It Does, Why It Matters

Medyka border crossing, Poland.

What Makes Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis So Different

Esther Sambiri, 16, a volunteer health communicator, advocates for the HPV vaccine in the eastern district of Nyanga, Zimbabwe. Dec. 16, 2021. Image: Farai Mutsaka

Global Health NOW’s Local Reporting Initiative: Storytelling at the Source

In his first months on the job, Dr. Gawande traveled to Nigeria where USAID is working with local partners to accelerate COVID vaccination rates and ensure distribution of medications for neglected tropical diseases, as well as partnering with Gavi on routine childhood immunizations.

5 Global Health Takeaways from Atul Gawande

Three members of the Roman Campagne Malaria Commission with a lady carrying their gear. Image: Colored pen drawing by A. Terzi, ca 1900.

Decolonize Global Health Week

An illustration of a scientist.

Decolonizing Global Health: Know Your Organizational Weaknesses

An illustration of a flexing bicep with an image of a hospital overlaid.

Decolonizing Global Health: Reform Your NGO

An illustration of two hands with pencils facing opposite directions.

Decolonizing Global Health: Change the Curriculum

An illustration of two scientists. One is sitting at a desk and the other is walking away with an armful of laboratory equipment.

Decolonizing Global Health: Respect Your Partners