Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs

A little over two decades ago, addressing Nigeria’s HIV crisis topped U.S. President George W. Bush’s priorities. Africa’s most populous nation had 3.5 million HIV cases, and the disease threatened…

Global health research suffers from a power imbalance − decolonizing mentorship can help level the playing field

Mentorship is a cornerstone of the infrastructure supporting global health. Transferring knowledge, developing skills and cultivating a supportive professional environment among researchers and clinicians around the world are key to…

Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza’s health system – the siege has pushed it into abject crisis

For many patients in Gaza’s besieged north, the order to evacuate from hospital beds and head south amounts to a “death sentence.” That was the stark assessment of the World…