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Rethinking
Global Health

Critical insights & expert opinions from power and funding structures to community-led innovations. Our publications provides expert analysis and solutions that push global health forward.

African Health Heroes

The Molecular Detective Who Became Africa’s Vaccine Visionary: Prof. Nicaise Ndembi’s Journey from Laboratory Bench

In the sterile laboratories of Kanazawa University, Japan, a young African scientist peered through microscopes at non-human primate retroviruses, searching.

Expert’s Voice

How do gender and social inequalities affect who suffers most from drug-resistant infections?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – when medicines stop working against infections – hits some groups harder than others. Gautron and colleagues.

Expert’s Voice Global Health

How can global health become more fair by including the voices of those most affected

Global health remains dominated by wealthy nations, often excluding the expertise of those in the Global South. Asante and colleagues.

Global Health

How do global health initiatives (GHIs) like the Global Fund and Gavi impact health systems

Global health initiatives (GHIs) like the Global Fund and Gavi have been around since the early 2000s, pooling money to.

African Health Innovation Health Policies and Diplomacy

How Can School Children Help Parents Understand Antibiotic Resistance?

Antibiotic resistance is a growing global problem, especially in places like Ghana, where antibiotics are often misused. When antibiotics stop.

African Health Innovation

Why is primary health care (PHC) so important, and why is it still misunderstood?

Primary health care (PHC) is the backbone of strong health systems, ensuring everyone gets fair, affordable, and quality care. In.

Climate and Health

How Can Africa Protect Health Systems from Climate Change?

Climate change is already harming health across Africa, with more disease outbreaks, food shortages, and extreme weather. The Africa CDC’s Climate.

Global Health

How Can the World Build a Stronger Global Health System After COVID-19?

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed major cracks in global health cooperation. Countries struggled with vaccine shortages, unequal access to treatments, and.

African Health Innovation

Breaking Barriers in Sensory Health: Innovation and Equity in Newborn Screening with Dr. Gaelle Vofo

Global Health Otherwise champions the decolonization of global health practice, research, and funding through inclusive innovation and community-centered approaches that.

Decolonization of Global Health

Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) in Crisis? Let’s Rethink Opportunity, Impact, and Responsibility

Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD In our recent commentary, we respond to the serious setbacks triggered by recent U.S. policy.

Decolonization of Global Health

From Assumption to Intention: Teaching the Skill of Thinking in Global Health

Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD Why We Must Teach How To Think in Global Health: In global health, how we.

Decolonization of Global Health

Adolescent Pregnancy in Zambia: Dissecting Context to Drive Structural Change, Rights-Based Action, and Youth-Led Solutions

By guest contributors Gift Malunga and Luchuo Engelbert Bain Adolescent pregnancy in Zambia remains one of the most urgent yet.

Expert’s Voice

Decolonizing Global Health Scholarship: Time to Get Serious About Its Deep Flaws

Decolonizing Global Health Scholarship: Time to Get Serious About Its Deep Flaws —Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD. Over the past.

Horses Mouth

Is cost a barrier to saving lives in the fight against HIV?

Dr. Enos Moyo and his colleagues address this critical question in their insightful paper, The Budget Impact of Adopting Oral.

Expert’s Voice

What will it take to heal a fractured world?

Audrey B.’s “Reconnecting for Global Health: Building Community in Divided Times” is a compelling call to action for reimagining global.