Substance Use

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

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

Russian drug police burn bags of Methadone on December 23, 2014 in Simferopol, Crimea—a possible approach in newly occupied areas in Ukraine. Image: Yuriy Lashov/AFP via Getty Images

No Safe Place: Substance Use Therapy in Wartorn Ukraine

A man sits alone beside the Spree River during a lockdown in Berlin on April 16, 2021. Image: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

2021—The Year in Global Health

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TB & HIV Slip Through COVID-Weakened Safety Nets

People wait in line to buy alcohol outside a liquor store in New Delhi, India. May 8, 2020 Image: Burhaan Kinu/Hindustan Times/Getty

Alcohol: Bad for Indian Outbreak, Worse for Indian Economy

Overuse of alcohol can negatively affect your body’s immune response to infectious diseases. Kotivalo / Wikimedia Commons

Hold the “Quarantinis”: Alcohol and Novel Coronavirus Might Not Mix

Police detain a man for suspected drug use in New York City’s South Bronx on June 7, 2017. Image: Spencer Platt/Getty

End the War on Drugs and Help People

Kelly Henning discusses urban health issues in a 2017 panel in Paris. (Image: Courtesy)

Reversing the Decline in America’s Health

Michael R. Bloomberg discusses Rhode Island’s progress on the opioid crisis with experts on Nov. 26, 2018. (Image: Courtesy)

Michael R. Bloomberg: Our Work Is Only Beginning

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Bloomberg American Health Summit 2018

A makeshift memorial honors gun violence victims in Thousand Oaks, Calif., a city that’s currently threatened by raging wildfires. Image: Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images

Solutions Summit