Bill Steiger, who served in the George H.W. Bush and first Trump administrations, reflects on the past year’s changes in the U.S. role — and his new job as head of Malaria No More.
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Global buzzwords that will be buzzing in your ear in 2026
Will it be a year of “fractured resilience”? Or “pragmatic empathy”? Will “MOUs” be the next global health strategy? Are we in a new age of “decolonization” — or of “localization”?
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There was a different vibe at the U.N. General Assembly. 5 attendees weigh in
It’s the first high level U.N. gathering since the U.S. foreign aid cuts under the Trump Administration. What were people thinking — and talking about?
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A top global health expert’s message to graduates: Kick the tires
NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.
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The Trump administration kills nearly all USAID programs
The Trump administration is terminating thousands of foreign assistance grants and awards, according to a court filing. The move effectively guts the six-decade-old agency.
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These global stories were very, very, very popular in 2024
Our blog published hundreds of stories in 2024. These are the 11 that captured the most pageviews. If you look at the headlines, you’ll understand why.
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In Pictures: How one hospital is faring as Sudan’s health care system is devastated by war
As the Nobel Peace Prize committee recoqnise the work of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms, shortlisting them for a Nobel Peace Prize, NPR’S correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu reports from one of war time Sudan’s few remaining hospitals, on the edge of the capital Khartoum.
