By guest contributors Pauline Beattie, Catherine Hankins, and Michael Makanga on behalf of the EDCTP Association While we welcome encouragement to funders…
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Global Health EDCTP: A 20-year track record of supporting excellent, equitable research in Africa
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Global Health The Ukraine conflict in context
It has been over 16 weeks since Russia escalated its invasion of Ukraine. Having worked in humanitarian health for over a decade…
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Global Health When will Pakistan stand on two legs? A polio story
By guest contributors Dr Fyezah Jehan and Dr Kheezran Ahmed Imagine living in an area where you fear leaving your home. A…
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Global Health PLOS Medicine Author Interview: Daiane Machado, PhD
Below, Senior Editor Richard Turner interviews Daiane Machado, PhD, co-author of a research article investigating the association between rates of suicide and…
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Global Health US Dangerously Out of Step on Abortion Access
The leaked draft from the U.S. Supreme Court signaling the court’s intent to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that has…
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Global Health A strategy that gives half of the world a discount on COVID-19 antivirals, but keeps a firm grip on power
More than two years into a pandemic that has killed 15 million people, it seems we have learned nothing. When COVID-19 vaccines…
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Global Health A formula for disaster
By guest contributor Aunchalee Palmquist Predictably, it took a formula shortage to reach white middle-class families for our nation to wake up…
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Global Health Vaccine apartheid is racist and wrong
By guest contributor Fatima Hassan This pandemic has been marked by the hoarding of scientific knowledge & life-saving vaccines. In fact, there…
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Global Health Monkeypox is Not a Gay Disease
By guest contributors Boghuma K. Titanji MD PhD, Keletso Makofane, PhD and @neurofourier In recent weeks multiple cases of confirmed and suspected…
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Global Health Estimating Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By guest contributor Bhramar Mukherjee, Chair and Professor of Biostatistics, University of Michigan There have been several global studies recently estimating excess…
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Global Health 6 months TB treatment for (almost) all
By guest contributor Catherine Berry “I’m not sure if the cure is worse than the disease.” That was my first thought when…
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Global Health There is no global in global health security
By guest contributor Aida Hassan Since the mark of COVID-19, the concept of ‘global health security’ has become a buzzword in academic…