Health Systems

A wheelchair sits in rubble following an attack targeting a hospital in the Idlib de-escalation zone in the western Aleppo countryside, Syria, March 21, 2021.

Strengthen Monitoring of Attacks on Health Care to Uphold Public Health and Human Rights

NIH director Francis Collins at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Washington, DC, July 2, 2020. Image: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg/Getty

Francis Collins' Take

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge illuminated during World Alzheimer's Day in Istanbul, Turkey. September 21, 2021.

The 100-Foot Ladder to Tackle Global Alzheimer’s

An inside view of es-Sevre (Revolution) hospital after Shiite Houthis shelling in Taiz, Yemen on December 31, 2015. Image: Abdulnasser Seddek/Anadolu Agency/Getty

Perilous Medicine: The Quest to Restore Protections for Health Workers

A pangolin, the world’s most trafficked mammal, at a conservation site in Ninh Binh, Vietnam, September 14, 2020. Vietnam has vowed to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade often blamed for the COVID-19 pandemic. Image: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty

‘Different faces of a single threat’: Global Health Must Play a Bigger Role in Planetary Health

Tonga's King Tupou VI is vaccinated at his palace in Nuku'alofa. July 24, 2021. Image: Kalafi Moala

Tonga is Still COVID-Free—How Long Can a Travel Ban Keep It That Way?

A nurse holds the hand of a patient in a COVID-19 ward of the Redemption hospital in Monrovia on July 1, 2021. Image: Emmanuel Tobey/AFP/Getty

Africa’s Third Wave Hits Liberia

A Syrian man wearing a face mask walks in front of COVID-19 posters, Damascus. April 1, 2020.

Keeping the Lights on in Syria

A woman sleeps at the Dore Urgent Care clinic, a crisis drop-in center for mental health needs in San Francisco, California, June 10, 2019. Image: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco

America’s Turn to Learn About Mental Health Care

Argentines protest in Buenos Aires against new COVID-19 restrictions. April 17, 2021. Image: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Argentina and Covid-19: ‘The Worst Time Is Right Now’

Demonstrators, wearing face masks due to COVID-19, clash with riot police during a protest against President Sebastian Pinera's government in Santiago, Chile on April 27, 2020.

Chile: Covid May Be Surging, but So Is Civil Society

A Red Cross worker in Narok, Kenya, where an anthrax outbreak in 2019 was swiftly contained.

Learning from the “Near Misses”