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No One Wins If Multilateralism for Health Loses
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (672+ words) Diagnosing the international system for health's flaws has been the easy part of global health reform discussions. For years, many professionals have pointed to fragmentation, inefficiency, and outdated mandates. Recent cuts to official development assistance (ODA) did not create these…...
Why Every Country Needs a Public Health Agency
3+ week, 1+ day ago (218+ words) The WHO's executive director of health emergencies outlines why more countries are launching national public health agencies In January 2026, Ethiopia declared the end of its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease less than three months after it was detected. This…...
Global Health Reform for Communities Beyond Institutions
3+ week, 2+ day ago (555+ words) Much of global health progress has been driven by small teams, writes the head of Expertise France's major pandemics cluster At a moment of shrinking resources, geopolitical uncertainty, and growing demands for efficiency, the call to reduce fragmentation and better…...
Sustaining Tuberculosis Innovations to Counter Foreign Aid Cuts
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (514+ words) A new World Health Organization policy allows for portable TB testing, which could help close massive gaps in disease surveillance Deep cuts to international aid by the United States and its peers have compromised tuberculosis (TB) and HIV care, vaccinations,…...
Health Diplomacy for the Iran War
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (373+ words) The war in Iran is incurring humanitarian consequences. The World Health Organization counts 18 confirmed attacks on health care in Iran since February 28, along with another 25 in Lebanon. Total causalities are already in the thousands. Strikes on desalination plants and oil…...
A Bilateral Agreement Tracker and the Black Panthers" Health Legacy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (317+ words) A year after dissolving the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID), withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO), and slashing foreign assistance for health, the Trump administration is finalizing a slew of memoranda of understanding (MOUs)bilateral deals that will transition…...
Public Health Backlash Hurts Master's Program Enrollment
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (973+ words) New caps on student loans and federal job cuts could be steering some away from degrees in public health Each spring, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health hosts a career fair where recruiters connect with soon-to-be graduates. Last year's…...
Sovereignty vs. Multilateralism Is the Wrong Debate'in'Global Health
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (583+ words) Seed Global Health CEO: Countries need a global health model where sovereignty sets the agenda and multilateralism enables it As we embark on 2026, the global health landscape looks markedly different from the one that defined this century. This moment was…...
Trump's Mark on Global Health and How Donor Countries Benefit From Health Aid
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (148+ words) Trump's Mark on Global Health and Human Rights" by Lawrence O. Gostin A nation that gave birth to grand societal achievements has now shattered the norms and values of international policy" Figure of the Week The Overlooked Benefits of Health Aid…...
Tracking Pharma's Progress on U. S. Onshoring Efforts to Avoid Tariffs
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (740+ words) To avoid tariffs, drug giants committed more than $480 billion to U. S. -based production. Two indicators gauge whether the pledges are real We assess the materiality and saliency of these declared investments'in the short to medium term'by tracking whether the announcements have…...