Health Systems

A person holds Prozac tablets in their palm.

Why Do Prescription Drugs Have Such Crazy Names?

HHS Assistant Secretary Loyce Pace joins the “Walk the Talk” event celebrating WHO’s 75th anniversary before the 76th World Health Assembly on May 21, 2023, in Geneva.

Loyce Pace: U.S. Priorities at the 77th World Health Assembly

View of Freetown, Sierra Leone buildings dotting the hillside.

Psychiatry in Sierra Leone, Part II: The Movement to Change the Narrative

Yellow and gray building with the words "welcome to the mental health unit" painted on them.

Psychiatry in Sierra Leone, Part I: Inside the Movement to Transform Mental Health

Belinda Karimi, wearing a surgical mask and a hot pink head covering, performs surgery with a colleague.

Theatre Nurses: The Unsung Heroes in Surgical Safety

A sex worker waits for clients behind her window in the red light district of Amsterdam, on December 8, 2008.

Reproductive Health

Amsterdam’s Struggle to Improve Sex Worker Health

Yanomami Indigenous people rest in traditional blue and white hammocks used in lieu of hospital beds.

Bridging the Surgical Gap for Rural Indigenous Communities

Two girls dressed in red and black garments sit on the floor reading USAID malaria educational materials in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

What the New State Department Bureau Can Do for Global Health

A woman molds bricks for a kiln in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district.

Millions of India’s Women Brick Kiln Workers Find Health Care Elusive

Staff at ATGWU wear yellow polo shirts standing in front of a sign describing the facility's services

From 'Condom Man' to Full-Service HIV Clinic: How One Team in Uganda Serves Key Populations

seen from above, a pair of hands arrange dozens of eggs in cartons

An Egg a Day Helped Stave off Malnutrition in China

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