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A boy holds a handful of antiretroviral pills before taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 28, 2014.

Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries

by Prashant Yadav

Cascading adoption of most-favored-nation drug pricing could erode affordable access to essential medicines

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An employee of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces prepares to test Artemisia annua plant extract and artemisinin derivatives in a laboratory, in Potsdam, Germany, on October 15, 2020.

Mapping Supply Chains: Global Health Agencies Lead the Way

by Prashant Yadav

Global health agencies can teach valuable lessons about drug supply risks and upstream supply chains

The shadow of a Philippine Army personnel is cast on boxes of relief items from USAID for the victims of super typhoon Haiyan, at Villamor Air Base, in Manila, Philippines, on November 13, 2013.
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The USAID "Lifesaving" Waiver Is a Mirage Without Sufficient Staffing

by Prashant Yadav

The State Department's humanitarian waiver is essential but falls woefully short of ensuring patients receive medicines

Recent outbreaks in Africa require investments in local vaccine manufacturing and ownership over allocation and access.
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Vaccines for Africa by Africa

by Mariëlle Bemelmans, Moses Mulumba

Recent outbreaks require investments in local vaccine manufacturing and ownership over allocation and access

a woman receives a dose of a covid mrna vaccine
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The WHO's Push for Global mRNA Vaccine Access

by Amy Maxmen

Will the WHO hub realize its vision before the next global health crisis?

Hand holding up a sign that reads "We Want a Vaccine"
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Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: Building Supply Chain Resilience in Africa

by Jendayi Frazer, Molly Carlough

Absorbing the lessons of COVID-19 requires adopting a broader and longer-term perspective

workers unload a box of covid vaccines
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Balancing Global Interdependence and Self-Reliance

by Bryan Mercurio, Ronald Tundang

The future of critical medicines production

Benjamin Makele, logistician responsible for the cold chain with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), prepares to plug a vaccine temperature log into his computer in Boso-Manzi in Mongala province in the Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2020.
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Why Investing in Cold Chain Technologies Will Improve Health Outcomes

by Vaibhav Gupta

Failure to maintain an unbroken cold chain is among the top reasons vaccines are discarded.

A worker disinfects a dining room at a sanitary supplies factory, amid growing fears over the spread of COVID-19, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on May 16, 2022.
Governance

Avoiding Health Spending Panic and Neglect

by Kevin O’Rourke, Angela E. Micah, Joseph L. Dieleman

The importance of maintaining momentum in health spending

A boy shows a wound he sustained after a stray dog attacked him, at a rabies clinic in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 2, 2019.
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Digitizing Supply Chains—Down to the Last Mile—to End Neglected Tropical Diseases

by Carla Johnson, Gesa Pellier

Limited visibility in procurement makes eliminating NTDs impossible

An activist of the All-Ukrainian Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, a non-governmental group, holds an empty package of the drug Aluvia, as she takes part in a rally in front of the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers building in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 1, 2015.
Governance

War Threatens Ukraine's Progress Curbing HIV/AIDS

by Spencer Feingold

Russia's invasion is keeping lifesaving medication out of the hands of Ukrainians living with HIV

Four of the world's two billion children under the age of fourteen sit on a bench in the playground at St John's Primary School in in London on July 16, 2020 amid the spread of coronavirus. The photo shows four kids on a bench. One of them is looking at the camera. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
Food

Children, Hunger, Stress, and Coronavirus

by Hannah Todd, Nicky Joseph

We need to identify at-risk U.S. children and expand safety nets worldwide to keep kids fed, immunized, and looked after

Jiejin Qiu, six months pregnant with her first baby, poses underwater during a photo shoot at a local wedding photo studio in Shanghai on September 5, 2014—as China began easing its one-child policy. The photo shows the expecting mother floating underwater in a dream-like shot. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Gender

Data for Contraceptive Security Decision-Making

by Thidiane Ndoye, Michael A. Cohen

Newly launched interactive visualization tool will help measure and track access to contraceptives and guide programs

A drug addict uses a glass water pipe to smoke methamphetamine at an undisclosed drug den in Manila, Philippines, on June 20, 2016. The photo is a closeup of a man smoking from a glass pipe. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
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Coronavirus is a Public Health Nightmare—Now Comes One More

by A. Taylor Thomas, Emily Briskin

As the pandemic chokes off opioid supplies from China and unemployment skyrockets, U.S. meth addiction is set to explode