Are Two Global Health Funding Agencies Better Than One? An Evidence-Based Comparison . . .
In the last eight years, international funding for HIV/AIDS treatment has increased dramatically, changing the landscape of national health systems and eliciting both praise and criticism. Today, two...
Kangaroo Mother Care: Saving Babies’ Lives and Health
Every year, more than a million babies die because they were born preterm.
Child Marriage: What You Can Do Today to Prevent It
The issue of child marriage is pervasive throughout the developing world, and it undermines local and national efforts as well as those by the United States (US) Government to improve women's and girls' education, health, and economic and legal status worldwide.
In Praise of Simplicity
In a world where some two billion people do not have access to basic health care, simple things can have an enormous impact.
Training Health Workers: We Need Practical and Long-Term Solutions
This month’s Health Affairs issue “Lessons from Around the World” highlights some of the most pressing issues in health systems strengthening and human resources for health.
Preventing AIDS Deaths Need Not Be a Fight: A Health Systems Approach
Whatever the disease or health sector of priority—be it HIV/AIDS, malaria, family planning, labor and delivery, or pneumonia—six components of the health system must be functioning and integrated in order for health impacts to be maximized.
Consider the Subject
Kevin Carter’s most famous photograph is almost impossible to witness without taking a moment to collect yourself afterwards.
Making Universal Access a Reality: Yes, We Have To
Recently, Foreign Policy published “The Long Emergency,” an analysis of the future of the United States’ HIV/AIDS programming and funding as the Obama administration reshapes its global health agenda.
