Many Indigenous families around the world say hospital staff often don’t understand their cultures or even give them basic rights during maternity care.
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Pharmaceutical companies have little incentive to sell drugs to countries that can’t afford them. But bargaining together can increase access to vital treatments worldwide.
Withdrawing or reducing aid has immediate and often fatal effects − not only for the countries receiving aid but for people around the globe.
Recent cases of polio in PNG have concerned health authorities. Here’s what to know.
Reduction in humanitarian aid globally offers opportunities to address the power imbalances on which data-driven humanitarianism is built.
Building on a storied history of engagement that supersedes partisan politics, there is no time to lose for Canada to strategically renew its role in global health.
People in countries with the most chain grocery stores per person buy more unhealthy food and are more likely to be obese.
USAID has a decades-long history of fighting smallpox, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.
The US withdrawal from the WHO will have a severe impact on HIV, polio and many other health programmes on the African continent.
The U.S. withdrawal from WHO has seismic implications on issues like prevention of future pandemics, and the stakes are especially high for Canada.
If the World Health Organization doesn’t reform, other member countries may also jump ship.
Antimicrobial resistance is yet another catastrophic legacy of war, threatening human health and security for generations to come.
At a moment of soul-searching about health care in the US, an expert on global health puts the American system in perspective.
Restrictions on US aid is likely to drive up illegal abortions and maternal deaths.
Initiatives Trump sees as pandering to woke interests will be put to the sword.
When human activities disrupt and unbalance ecosystems, such as by way of climate change and biodiversity loss, things go wrong.
The current Mpox situation is concerning, but there is not yet any reason for Canadians to panic. As the situation develops, listen to public health advice and be ready to take appropriate action.
The WHO’s International Health Regulations are the world’s only existing international legal agreement focused exclusively on preventing and addressing infectious disease outbreaks across borders.
Medical volunteering can damage important relationships between health professionals and patients.
A new single dose vaccine is expected to be registered with the country’s national health agency by the second half of this year.
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Health Studies, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor and Chief Health Officer - COVID and Health Emergencies, Burnet Institute
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Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow at Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
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Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons) student; global health researcher, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Researcher, Center for Social Science and Global Health, University of Amsterdam
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Professor of Population and Family Health, Brac University