Focusing solely on long-term carbon emissions reductions ignores the fact that immediate cuts could save lives today. More than 5…
In the wake of numerous mass shootings seemingly tied to mental health issues, U.S. legislators from both parties – Paul…
Nearly a million children worldwide die every year from pneumonia – more than die from HIV, measles and malaria combined.…
China’s legendary village-based health care system, known as the barefoot doctors program, helped inspire a global movement. In 1978, the…
If you asked the average global health professional to name the countries where alcohol caused the most health problems, what…
Nigeria is widely known for its oil wealth, widespread corruption and massive inequality, all of which are not unrelated. Newly…
Unlike most things that sound too good to be true, the list of benefits from breastfeeding is so long (and…
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for women in 40 of the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa,…
In the pantheon of human aches, pains and killer diseases, few might think back pain merits much attention. But, in…
There’s plenty of moral and rhetorical support for fighting diseases of poverty, but if you look at global health spending…