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A man holds up a sticker that reads "Presidential Election I Voted 2024" on the first day of Virginia's in-person early voting at Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center on September 20, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia.

The 2024 U.S. Elections: An Existential Crossroads for Global Health Policy

A woman enters a pharmacy after a Russian drone attack on January 31, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine; the letters on the sign (anteka, which means pharmacy in Ukraine) are damaged and falling off the building front.

Pandemic Agreement May Happen Eventually ... But Will the World Be Ready?

HHS Assistant Secretary Loyce Pace joins the “Walk the Talk” event celebrating WHO’s 75th anniversary before the 76th World Health Assembly on May 21, 2023, in Geneva.

Loyce Pace: U.S. Priorities at the 77th World Health Assembly

Pediatric nurse Mahawa Diabaté treats 17-month-old Djeneba Mariko, who is placed on oxygen and treated for malaria and respiratory distress. Dioila, Mali, June 2022. Seyba Keita/ ALIMA

Access to Medical Oxygen: A Breath of Fresh Air for Children Around the World

Employees work on the production line of N95 facemasks at a factory on December 8, 2022 in Xuchang, Henan Province of China. Niu Shupei/VCG via Getty Images

We Know How to Prevent the Next Pandemic—But It’s Easier Said Than Done

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 mother carrying her young child with a health card arrives a rural health center in Brindaban village in Bihar on June 19. Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty

A Blueprint for Inclusive Health Architecture: Insights from India's G20

Aerial view of workers growing water spinach on ecological floating beds at Chun'an County in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.

Nutrition Improvements Require Stronger Commitments

A photograph of the World Health Assembly.

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

A side view of WHO headquarters on a cloudy day in 2019 in Geneva.

The 2023 World Health Assembly: A New Financial Lifeline for WHO?

3 workers unload boxes of vaccines from a truck in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Strength Testing the Global Pandemic Treaty

Children walk home from school in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 30, 2022. Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

Africa’s Different Dengue Symptoms Require New WHO Diagnostic Criteria