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Members of the Turkana pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, collect water from an open well dug on a dry riverbed, Turkana, Kenya, on September 27, 2022.

A UN Dialogue on Climate and Health: Making the Case

by Arthur Wyns, Sindra Sharma, Revati Phalkey

The World Health Assembly and COP30 rank among the chances this year to advance national policy on climate and health

Gender
Michell, granddaughter of Rosalia Reyes who was sentenced to eight years in prison after her baby died during a home childbirth, plays with balloons during the welcome party for Rosalia after she was transferred home where she will serve the rest of her time under house arrest

Defending the Global Right to Choose

by Tlaleng Mofokeng, Sarah L. Bosha

Academics and UN bodies should strategize to counter the renewed threat to women's rights

A person works packaging capsules of amoxicillin at the Delpech pharmacy.
Governance

Vanishing Workforce: An Antimicrobial Resistance Threat

by James Anderson

Both public and private sectors should invest in antimicrobial research to attract and retain the best scientists

A laboratory worker looks for strains of E. coli bacteria in vegetable cells placed in a petri dish.
Governance

The United Nations Must Ensure Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics

by Ramanan Laxminarayan

A collapse in the effectiveness of antibiotics could come without warning and imperil entire health systems

Palestinian women sit near bags of flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),
Governance

Inside UN Relief Efforts in Gaza

A recently deployed relief worker on preserving humanitarian principles amid the Israel-Hamas firestorm

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan rings the Peace Bell at the 61st General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, September 21, 2006.
Governance

There Is No Universal Health Care Without Universal Peace

by Benedetta Armocida, Maja Pašović

The symbiosis of peace and public health

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit 2023, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 18, 2023.
Governance

The UN General Assembly Hosts an Ambitious Health Agenda

by David P. Fidler

Summits and high-level meetings will address post-COVID global health challenges

To Prevent the Next Pandemic, Leaders Should Finish What They Started
Governance

To Prevent the Next Pandemic, Leaders Should Finish What They Started

by Carolyn Reynolds

A pandemic action priority list

People stand outside the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, where giant white letters UNGA stand on the ground, at UN Headquarters in New York, on September 20, 2022.
Governance

Five Global Health Takeaways From the 77th UN General Assembly

by Kate Dodson

In a complex world, UNGA 77 sparks needed momentum on global health

A large yellow biohazard sign on the wall at the bio-containment facility at Spiez Laboratory, available to WHO as a repository for COVID viruses and other pathogens with pandemic potential, in Spiez, Switzerland, June 8, 2022.
Governance

Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention's Contributions to Global Health Security

by Aurelia Attal-Juncqua, Matthew Shearer, Gigi Gronvall

Countering Russian disinformation creates opportunities to enhance the BWC's role against dangerous pathogens

dr. tedros adjusts his glasses while sitting on a WHO panel
Governance

Five Questions for the World Health Assembly

by David P. Fidler

The assembly meets as global health transitions into a dangerous post-COVID world

Activists protest against the carbon dioxide emissions trading in front of the World Congress Centre Bonn, the site of the COP23 U.N. Climate Change Conference, in Bonn
Environment

How Global Warming is Affecting Health

by Shivani Shah

How global warming is affecting health and how leadership dropped the ball at COP26

People carry a sign as they attend a protest during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 6, 2021.
Environment

Nature's Unprecedented Role at the Glasgow UN Climate Summit

by Shyla Raghav

Multi-stakeholder collaboration on natural climate solutions can transform climate action

Activists take part in a mock funeral at Glasgow Necropolis during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021.
Environment

The Glasgow Summit and U.S. Foreign Policy on Climate Change

by David P. Fidler

Domestic politics, not diplomacy, will determine what "America is Back" means for climate change