Health Systems

Akol Anna Grace, an assistant nursing officer of Kopoth Health Centre, poses between houses during a home visit in Kopoth, Karamoja region, Uganda, on May 25, 2022. Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty

Breaking the ‘XX Paradox'

3 workers unload boxes of vaccines from a truck in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Strength Testing the Global Pandemic Treaty

Several health care workers wearing face masks and yellow protective suits acknowledge applause outside the Hospital de Barcelona on April 13, 2020 in Barcelona, during a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease.

Bring on the Big Wins for Global Health in 2023

Students participate in a rural vaccination drive at a school in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on March 9, 2022. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Africa’s New Approach to Public Health

Mayor Geoffrey Makhubo launched a handwashing campaign to counter the spread of COVID-19 at the Mangolongolo Informal Settlement, April 22, 2020, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Public Trust Can Make or Break Government Response to Public Health Crisis

Zahoor Ahmed Bhat stands outside his house in the Anantnag district of South Kashmir with the stretcher that his wife, Shakeela AkhterAkhter died on before she could get to an emergency maternal health care center. Image by Aliya Bashir.

Maternal Health

In Kashmir, Coronavirus Pushed Already-Broken Maternal Health over the Brink

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

Extreme heat means few customers and little rest for Habib Khan, 65, a banana vendor outside Delhi. Image: Swagata Yadavar

As Heat Kills in India, Action Plans Save Lives

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

A health worker at the N’djili vaccinodrome in Kinshasa administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a community member on April 11, 2022. Image: JNK Culture

Africa’s vaccination effort is not losing steam. It is becoming more strategic.

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