Global Health

FILE PHOTO: People walk through a crowded market on a rainy day amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

What lessons can Africa learn from India’s COVID-19 crisis?

Jamie MacLeod, Vera Songwe, Stephen Karingi, Hopestone Chavula, Jean Paul Boketsu Bofili, Sokunpanha You, and Veerawin Su

Friday, July 23, 2021

India health care

Making waves in India: Media and the COVID-19 pandemic

Mudit Kapoor and Shamika Ravi

Friday, July 23, 2021

Accra, Ghana.- In the photo taken on March 1, 2021, Ghana kicked off a COVID-19 vaccination campaign with vaccines from the COVAX initiative. Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, and their spouses took the first doses in the West African country.

What India’s COVID-19 crisis means for Africa

Jamie MacLeod, Vera Songwe, Stephen Karingi, Hopestone Chavula, Jean Paul Boketsu Bofili, Sokunpanha You, and Veerawin Su

Thursday, July 22, 2021

How can education be the antidote to a world prone to fracture along environmental, social, and economic fault lines?

Christopher J. Thomas

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks at a meeting of finance ministers from across the G7 nations ahead of the G7 leaders' summit, at Lancaster House in London, Britain June 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS

Around the halls: What to watch in Biden’s week of summits in Europe

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, James Goldgeier, Samantha Gross, Syaru Shirley Lin, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Patrick W. Quirk, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Thomas Wright

Monday, June 7, 2021

Person receives their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai, India.

We are a long way from vaccinating the world. Could a patent waiver help?

David Dollar and Matthew M. Kavanagh

Monday, June 7, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine in researcher hands, doctor holds syringe and bottle with vaccine for coronavirus cure.

Why intellectual property and pandemics don’t mix

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Hellen Nanez, who lost 13 relatives to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and whose father is being treated for COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit, shops ingredients to make handmade soap for sale, in Pisco, Peru, May 8, 2021. Picture taken May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque

COVID-19 is a developing country pandemic

Indermit Gill and Philip Schellekens

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Oum Sreykhouch carries her child as she stands with her neighbours behind a lockdown barrier to ask for food donations after their village has been closed for more than two weeks inside a red zone with strict lockdown measures during the latest outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Cindy Liu

COVID-19 comes to Cambodia

Adrien Chorn and Jonathan Stromseth

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

PA via ReutersPrime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during a visit to Exeter College Construction Centre, Exeter, in which he made a pledge to ensure there was "life-long" skills retraining opportunities after the coronavirus pandemic had exposed the "shortcomings" of the UK's educational system.No Use UK. No Use Ireland. No Use Belgium. No Use France. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use China. No Use Norway. No Use Sweden. No Use Denmark. No Use Holland

3 reasons why we may build back better after COVID-19

Shanta Devarajan

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

San Salvador, El Salvador.- In the photos taken on March 23, 2021, it shows a vaccination center against the coronavirus. El Salvador began with the immunization of non-health personnel who are more exposed to the virus through their work, including members of the Armed Forces, Civil Protection and teachers. The doses used will be those of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, whose shipment arrived on Monday.

How big of a vaccine surplus will the US have?

Simon J. Evenett

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Biden’s misstep in India

Friday, April 30, 2021

Rohingya refugee Nur Islam, 24, who suffers from diphtheria, is examined by a doctor at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh December 18, 2017. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) from November 3 through December 12, a total of 804 suspected diphtheria cases including 15 deaths were reported among the displaced Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Do transition readiness assessment tools inform donor transitions in health care?

Wenhui Mao, Kaci Kennedy McDade, Heather Hille, and Mackenzie Zepeda

Friday, April 30, 2021

Relatives visit child patients who suffer from acute encephalitis syndrome in a hospital ward in Muzaffarpur, in the eastern state of Bihar, India, June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal

Early lessons from India’s health insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

Shawin Vitsupakorn, Wenhui Mao, and Ipchita Bharali

Thursday, April 29, 2021

A person receives a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, during mass vaccine inside of Hermanos Lopez Rayon sports center, a designated priority vaccination center for elderly over 60 years in the Uruapan town. On March 10, 2021 in Michoacan, Mexico (Photo by Eyepix/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Pandemic preparedness and response: Beyond the WHO’s Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator

Kaushik Basu, Lawrence Gostin, and Nicole Hassoun

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Men walk on a road under construction.

How has the MCC responded to the challenges of COVID-19?

Alexia Latortue and David Dollar

Monday, April 12, 2021

A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Ankara City Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

For greater vaccine equity, first fix these misconceptions

Philip Schellekens

Friday, April 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed China flag in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

How coronavirus scientists offer a formula for better US-China relations

Cheng Li and Senqi Ma

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah January 30, 2015. Health officials botched more than 20 Ebola blood tests in January and February which led to the release of at least four positive patients, two of whom later died, Guinea's anti-Ebola coordinator and other health officials told Reuters. Picture taken January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Misha Hussain (GUINEA - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH)

Africa in the News: Risk of Ebola outbreak grows, South African economy rebounds, and politics update

Chris Heitzig and Leo Holtz

Saturday, March 13, 2021

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA- Community health workers operate a mobile health bus in Durban, South Africa on April 16, 2020. Health Minister Zikalala officially launched the mass detection campaign for Covid-19 coronavirus, going door to door all households in the country. (NO RESALE)

5 ways women are driving Africa’s transformation and contributing to a global reset

Winnie Byanyima and Caroline Kende-Robb

Friday, March 5, 2021