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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

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?

Tourists wear face masks at Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, December 18, 2020. Image: Kaisa Siren/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty

In Finland, Respect for Rules is a Major Asset

A view from Milford Beach, on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. April 2021. Image: Robert Borotkanics

In New Zealand, A Response to be Proud of

Midwives in Tijuana, Mexico receive clinical support via Zoom. Screenshot courtesy of Xin She

The Untold Global Health Story of 2021: The Midwives of Tijuana

The Big Question: Will Vaccine Passports Fly?