Cuts in funding to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) enacted by the Trump administration earlier this year…
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Digital Health Passports and Surveillance: A Human Rights Balancing Act
Over five years ago with the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an intense growth in the field of digital health technologies,…
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How United Kingdom Aid Cuts may Threaten Disease Prevention
In February of 2025, the United Kingdom slashed its international aid budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of its Gross National…
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Patents vs. Patients: The Global Health Implications of the TRIPS Agreement
The future of global health equity is being shaped in trade negotiation rooms. That was the case in 1994, when…
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Decolonizing Global Health Education: Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway?
Global health education is a field that has long been heavily westernized in its education and practice. For many years,…
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WHO in Crisis: How Funding Cuts Threaten Global Health
The World’s Health is only as strong as the organizations that protect it. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a…
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When Fertility Becomes Political: The Problem with Pronatalist Policies
Japan, Turkey, France, Singapore. What do all of these countries have in common? Within the past few years, each and…
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Health Equity in a Multipolar World: Who Leads When Everyone Leads?
Global health governance is experiencing a new shift in the currently inter-globalizing world. The international scene is no longer dominated…
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The “One Big Beautiful Bill”: Navigating its Potential Healthcare Ripple Effects
The recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” in the U.S. House of Representatives is a complex combination of various ideas…
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A New Era in Global Health: The WHO Pandemic Agreement
On May 20, 2025, the WHO achieved a landmark accomplishment in approving the Pandemic Agreement, with 124 member states voting…
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