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What community factors are helping—or hurting—Black health and well-being? We want to hear from you.

Tiffany N. Ford, Manann Donoghoe, and Andre M. Perry

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Africa in Focus

Using information and communication technology to improve mental health in Africa

Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Africa in Focus

Building Africa’s capacity for pandemic and epidemic intelligence

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Ananias Ocampo receives paperwork following an appointment with a dermatologist at Cook County Health on March 14, 2022. At right is advocate and caregiver Hilda Burgos. Ocampo, 78, has health insurance thanks to the Medicaid-like program that now benefits immigrants 65 and older regardless of their immigration status.No Use undefined ** CHICAGO.

FixGov

Medicaid and the “great unwinding”: A high-stakes implementation challenge

Frank J. Thompson

Monday, May 8, 2023

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Why an interdepartmental coordination group should be part of the CDC’s reforms for future pandemics

Sanjay Patnaik, James Kunhardt, and Richard G. Frank

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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3 social triggers for behavioral health needs – and what to do about them

Stuart M. Butler and Nehath Sheriff

Thursday, April 13, 2023

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Health: Assuring health security for all

John Nkengasong and Edwine Barasa

Friday, January 27, 2023

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Lasting scars: The impact of depression in early adulthood on subsequent labor market outcomes

Buyi Wang, Richard G. Frank, and Sherry Glied

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers seen wearing their uniforms, while chanting slogans during the protest against the West Bengal government over the non-payment of their salaries and other demands. (Photo by Jit Chattopadhyay / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Democracy

Democracy and public health in Asia

Syaru Shirley Lin, June Park, Feng-Jen Jean Tsai, Radhika Radhakrishnan, Stephen Duckett, and Yasushi Katsuma

December 2022

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Africa in Focus

Empowering frontline workers to develop and deliver health care solutions

Michelle Williams and Stephanie Ferguson

Friday, April 7, 2023

USC-Brookings Schaeffer on Health Policy

Threats to Medicare’s new drug negotiation power

Richard G. Frank and Len M. Nichols

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

March 1, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2022. Mandatory Credit: Saul Loeb/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK

FixGov

Biden State of the Union 2023: Enhancing the state of health equity

Keon L. Gilbert, Carly Bennett, and Patrick Edwards

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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The resilience of African nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Winnifred Groves and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

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Invest in brain health to combat America’s crisis of despair

Carol Graham and Fred Dews

Friday, January 28, 2022

A close view of a local community public toilet in Kibera.World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis Worldwide. This is always set as a reminder of proper sanitation and the importance of having a toilet across our local neighborhoods to avoid the spreading and contracting of diseases amongst ourselves and also protect our waters and climate against pollution from the disposal of flying toilet bags. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

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Making human waste a resource at scale

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What community factors are helping—or hurting—Black health and well-being? We want to hear from you.

Using information and communication technology to improve mental health in Africa

Building Africa’s capacity for pandemic and epidemic intelligence

Medicaid and the “great unwinding”: A high-stakes implementation challenge

Reports

Why an interdepartmental coordination group should be part of the CDC’s reforms for future pandemics

3 social triggers for behavioral health needs – and what to do about them

Health: Assuring health security for all

Lasting scars: The impact of depression in early adulthood on subsequent labor market outcomes

Democracy and public health in Asia

Blog Posts

Empowering frontline workers to develop and deliver health care solutions

Threats to Medicare’s new drug negotiation power

Biden State of the Union 2023: Enhancing the state of health equity

Events

The economic impact of the opioid epidemic: Labor supply and the workplace

The importance of domestic renewal amid great power competition

Reinventing global health in Africa and the developing world

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Keon L. Gilbert

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Rashawn Ray

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Ross A. Hammond

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