Global Health

Pediatric nurse Mahawa Diabaté treats 17-month-old Djeneba Mariko, who is placed on oxygen and treated for malaria and respiratory distress. Dioila, Mali, June 2022. Seyba Keita/ ALIMA

Access to Medical Oxygen: A Breath of Fresh Air for Children Around the World

Medical students travel on a bus to GF Jooste hospital on October 20, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.

Fortify the Frontlines with Fellowships for LMIC Docs

Employees work on the production line of N95 facemasks at a factory on December 8, 2022 in Xuchang, Henan Province of China. Niu Shupei/VCG via Getty Images

We Know How to Prevent the Next Pandemic—But It’s Easier Said Than Done

A young girl waits in line for not potable water delivered by a tanker truck in Colonia Mirador de Garcia, northwest of Monterrey, Mexico. July 19, 2022.

Bridging the Water Gap: Social Movements Are Global Health’s Future

Maintenance employees of the IMSS hospital in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, prep for Hurricane Genevieve on August 19, 2020. Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images

‘The Gates of Hell’ Have Opened—Can Health Systems Help Close Them?

A health surveillance assistant talks to a mother at a malaria vaccine screening table in Lilongwe, Malawi, April 23, 2019.

The Responsive Primary Health Care Path to UHC

An obstetric team performs a caesarean section delivery at the RSIA Tambak maternity clinic in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 10, 2020.

We Cannot Tackle Maternal Mortality Without Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Care

Closeup of a surgeon in green scrubs and her assistants operating on a patient. Universal Images Group Getty

Representing Global Surgery and Sometimes, All of Africa

A photograph of the World Health Assembly.

The 2023 World Health Assembly: A New Playbook for Health Emergencies?

A side view of WHO headquarters on a cloudy day in 2019 in Geneva.

The 2023 World Health Assembly: A New Financial Lifeline for WHO?

Illustration of an open book with letters flying out of its pages, over he backdrop of science molecules.

“Living Science” Stories

Story Lab cofounders Jonathan Adler and Gillian Epstein. Illustration: Hitomi Kuromoto

Science Needs Storytelling: A Q&A with the Story Lab Team