Policy

Maintenance employees of the IMSS hospital in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, prep for Hurricane Genevieve on August 19, 2020. Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images

‘The Gates of Hell’ Have Opened—Can Health Systems Help Close Them?

A diverse group of young people hold signs during a rally in support affirmative action policies outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2022. Eric Lee/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Dear Medical Schools: You Can Still Seek Diversity Without Affirmative Action

Maggie Medison, 18, joined PEPFAR’s DREAMS program in Malawi and now is a peer educator, working with girls in her community to raise awareness about the importance of staying in school and protection against HIV. Nov. 14, 2017.

Learning Our Lessons: What’s Missing from Pandemic Preparedness

Activists hold a banner up before the start of the "Trans Youth Prom" outside of the US Capitol building on May 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty

LGBTQ Youth: Under Attack and Fighting Back

A man wearing a skull face mask walks past a Pepsi and Coca-Cola ad in the center of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. December 30, 2021.

Time to Check Unfettered Power of Corporate Giants Over Health

A photograph of the World Health Assembly.

The 2023 World Health Assembly: A New Playbook for Health Emergencies?

A photograph of a birth certificate.

‘My Name is Moisés Sabido García.’

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

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

Cubicles housing patients on the arena floor inside a temporary Covid-19 hospital at the Krylatskoye Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 17, 2020. Image: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty

‘Dangerously Unprepared’: New Report Faults Countries’ Pandemic Readiness… Again

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

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