Health Systems

A Syrian doctor checks on a child after a surgery at a hospital in Syria's Idlib province, September 10, 2018. Image: Aaref WATAD/AFP/Getty

Saving the Future Through the Art of the Knife

A more democratized approach to global health will be more effective, says the Global Health Council’s Loyce Pace. Image: Shannon Fagan/Photodisc via Getty

Power to the People: How to Democratize Global Health

Emergency room patients have to wait for treatment in the hallways of Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital on July 29, 2006. Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images

Our Crowded EDs Speak Volumes About Our Broken Health System

Image: Heroines of Health 2019 Gala in Geneva, Switzerland, May 2019. Courtesy of Women in Global Health

Recognizing Remarkable Women and their Contributions Towards Health for All

Itayi, 16, and Alice, 13, serve as youth ambassadors raising awareness of HIV in in Mozambique. Image: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images

We Can Beat AIDS with Youth in the Lead

Nepal Clinic showing the signs indicating that a woman can receive safe abortion services and that the clinic offers youth-friendly services. Credit: IpasNepal

Watered-Down Words Jeopardize Women and Girls

Philippine medical workers donned protective suits during a press conference by health officials on the country's preparedness against Ebola on October 21, 2014. Image: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty

No Country is Fully Prepared for High-Consequence Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Highlights from the Triangle

Private sector solution: A dog team delivers antitoxin during Nome, Alaska’s 1925 diphtheria outbreak. Image: Bettmann/Getty

Fragile States Need Private Sector Allies

A paramedical teacher in Kolkata, India instructs students on how to draw blood. © 2015 Dipayan Bhar, Courtesy of Photoshare

Humility: A Global Health Professional’s Most Important Attribute

Traffic jam in downtown Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 2012. Image: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty

When You Live Close to the Hospital, But Can’t Reach It in Time

A nurse pours water from a pitcher to help the surgeon scrub for a cesarean section at St. Therese Hospital in Central Plateau, Haiti. © 2014 C. Hanna-Truscott/Midwives for Haiti, Courtesy of Photoshare

Safe Surgery—and UHC—Hinge on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene