By guest contributors Sherin Paul and Katherine Pettus What is health financialization? Health financialization is a process whereby privately held corporations, often…
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Global Health Health Financialization and Palliative CareRead more
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Global Health Invisible Baggage: The Mental Health Crisis Among International StudentsRead more
By guest contributor Ankita Ankita In August 2023, I packed my entire life into two oversized suitcases. I was leaving India—my family…
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Global Health US Funding Freeze: An opportunity for Global Health’s Self-RelianceRead more
By guest contributor Dhananjaya Sharma The recent decision by the United States to freeze funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), the…
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Global Health Money flows yet labor is free: The striking paradox of Global HealthRead more
By guest contributor Dhananjaya Sharma Global health is a multi-billion-dollar sector that receives substantial funding from governments, philanthropic organizations, and international…
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Global Health Behind the Paper: Barriers to cervical cancer screening among refugee women: A systematic reviewRead more
In this post, we talk to the authors of the recently published paper Barriers to cervical cancer screening among refugee women: A…
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Global Health Imagining a future for global healthRead more
By guest contributor Kate Harvey Introduction Access to the highest attainable standard of health is a fundamental human right, and is inalienable…
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Global Health Beyond dependency: Rethinking Africa’s relationship with foreign aidRead more
By guest contributor Angelo Katumba First things first: no one is arguing that low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) should continue to receive…
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Behind the Paper Behind the paper: Between worlds: Cis-and trans-identifying diaspora Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) women in Ontario, Canada on the intersections of gender, sexuality and sexual healthRead more
In this post, we talk to the authors of the recently published paper Between worlds: Cis-and trans-identifying diaspora Middle Eastern and North…
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Global Health Analogue vs Human Insulin in Low-Income Country Settings: the Debate is OverRead more
By guest contributors JA Elliott, S Ajmal, and MTU Barone We applaud the investigators of Besançon et. al 2025 for their randomized…
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Global Health The need for global access to medicines for Parkinson’s diseaseRead more
By guest contributor Tash Fothergill-Misbah “Medications have given me the freedom to go outside and walk. My body is happy now.” –person…
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Collections The Quality of Care Network (QCN) collectionRead more
PLOS Global Public Health is delighted to share the Quality of Care Network (QCN) collection of research papers. Below you can find…
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Global Health Curing the Discontents of Global HealthRead more
By guest contributor Olusoji Adeyi Global health financiers and dependents are reeling from a barrage of decisions by the new government in…