Why we need to support health workers in this pandemicThis post originally appeared in The Conversation and is reprinted with permission Anatole Manzi, University of Global Health Equity Almost...
What Kim Jong Un’s Health Rumors Teach Us About North KoreaIs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gravely ill? Recent reports from the Korean Peninsula suggest that Kim Jong Un...
How COVID-19 is Accelerating Geopolitical ShiftsCOVID-19 Changing Geopolitics Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the global order was poised for disruption. Global institutions were seemingly getting...
Why Lockdown Is Nearly Impossible in Much of AfricaBy Sam Jones, United Nations University; Eva-Maria Egger, United Nations University, and Ricardo Santos, United Nations University As the COVID-19...
Why the WHO Needs U.S. Support to Fight Coronavirus SpreadWhen President Trump announced a hold on US funding for the WHO (World Health Organization), nearly every single public health...
What Will COVID-19 Do to the Sustainable Development Goals?The economic impact of COVID-19 could increase global poverty for the first time in three decades, pushing more than half...
Why Don’t More People Use Clean Cookstoves?Contributing to air pollution For years, the global development community has struggled over the problem of dirty burning cookstoves. These...
Venezuela Plunges Deeper into CrisisThe crisis in Venezuela is poised to get worse. On March 26th, the United States Department of Justice unsealed indictments...
The UN Has a “Global Roadmap” to Defeat COVID-19. Will Countries Follow It?Late last week, the United Nations published a global “roadmap” to defeat COVID-19, including a new $1 billion trust fund...
