Global Health

sther Sambiri, left, stands with fellow vaccine advocates outside the Nyanga, Zimbabwe, district government office on Dec. 16, 2021. Image: Farai Mutsaka

Infectious Diseases

In Zimbabwe, COVID-19 Vaccine Mistrust Stokes HPV Vaccination Fears

Mary Ndira sist outside their house next to a drainage in Kibera slums on March 2, 2022 Photo-Dominic Kiruli

As Population Climbs, Hygiene Suffers in Slums

Edith Bracho-Sanchez interviews a source in Tijuana, Mexico in 2019. Image: CourtesyEdith Bracho-Sanchez interviews a source in Tijuana, Mexico in 2019. Image: CourtesyEdith Bracho-Sanchez interviews a source in Tijuana, Mexico in 2019.

Another Way to Fight Disease: Media Training

Health workers talk to residents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Dangerous Myth: ‘We’ve Got All the COVID-19 Tools We Need’

A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccination certificate in Bimbo, Central African Republic, on November 15, 2021. Image: Barbara Debout/AFP/Getty

It’s Time to Take Coronavirus in Africa Seriously

A health worker provides medical advice on HIV/AIDS testing in Lagos, Nigeria, May 1, 2021. Image: Emmanuel Osodi/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty

Infectious Diseases

Rewriting the Narrative for Youth with HIV

Illustration of the number 2,000 decorated with fireworks

Celebrating 2,000 Issues of GHN

Sunrise in the Transkei region in Eastern Cape Province, one of the poorest and most rural of South Africa’s 9 provinces.

Noncommunicable Diseases

Strapped for Time and Resources: Fighting Stroke in Rural South Africa

A woman from Edaga Hamus, who was raped by groups of soldiers, both Eritrean and Ethiopian, on 3 different occasions, sits in a hospital in Mekele, Ethiopia on February 27, 2021.

Ethiopian Feminists on a Mission to Help Sexual Assault Survivors

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