Interviews

Our editorial team sits down with the voices shaping global health today

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Governance
outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China, December 9, 2022.

Over One Million Projected COVID Deaths in China

IHME's Ali Mokdad breaks down what that means

Governance
A close-up photo of a hand in a black medical glove shows Dr. Mayank Amin preparing a Moderna COVID booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants, at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2022.

Is It the End of COVID-19 as We Know it?

IHME Director Christopher Murray weighs in on the state of the pandemic, the new omicron vaccine, and flu season

A Native American family is seen looking out at the sunset wearing masks.
Poverty

Navigating Health Disparities in Navajo Nation

Jennie Wei on challenges and lessons learned in addressing disparities and cultivating community resilience

A child is seen at a community vaccination center, ahead of an expected border reopening with China, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, January 4, 2023.
Governance

Vaccine Confidence After COVID-19

An interview with Ali Mokdad on how the pandemic affected trust in vaccines

Women and their children wait for a consultation with Dr. Fabien Kongolo in the waiting area of the Yakusu General Hospital, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 5, 2022.
Poverty

Hope for a Neglected Condition

An interview with an organizer and activist born with sickle cell disease in the DRC, plus a leading medical expert

U.S. Global Aids Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy Ambassador John Nkengasong delivers remarks at the launch of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 1, 2023.
Governance

Inside the New Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy

An interview with Ambassador-at-Large John Nkengasong

A migrant seeking asylum in the United States waits in line along the border fence at the Rio Bravo River, as seen from El Paso, Texas, on December 22, 2022.its in line along the border fence at the Rio Bravo river, the border between Mexico and the U.S., as seen from El Paso, Texas, on December 22, 2022.
Migration

Migrant Health After the End of Title 42

Two immigration experts discuss the impact of the end of Title 42 on the health of migrants at the border

Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion stand at attention during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem May 26, 2013,
Governance

How a Heavily Armed Country Cut Gun Suicide

Inside Israel’s suicide prevention programs

metoo placard next to a yellow handbag
Gender

Health Practitioners Say #MeToo

Unmasking widespread sexual harassment and abuse in the global health sector

A boy tries out a 12 gauge Smith and Wesson shotgun as people attend the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention, in Houston, Texas, on May 28, 2022.
Governance

Gun Violence in the United States

Jonathan Lowy, founder of Global Action on Gun Violence, discusses U.S. gun companies’ role in creating violence

A life-size cutot of Professor Aurejus Veryga is used to block the path to buying alcohol in a supermarket during hours when alcohol sales are prohibited, in Lithuania, on January 7, 2019..​
Food

Reducing Alcohol-Related Deaths in Lithuania

How the country is cutting down on deaths related to excess drinking

malaria tests
Governance

Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Up 1,000 Percent in Myanmar

Civil conflict and disease compound in the eastern border regions

Bar Manager Nicolas de Soto mixes a Calvados-based cocktail at ECC in Chinatown, London December 3, 2010.
Governance

Alcohol: A Public Health Blind Spot

Richard Yoast on alcohol consumption and how philanthropies could help curb excess drinking   

A woman pours alcohol from the bottle into her mouth at the Far Hills Race Day at Moorland Farms in Far Hills, New Jersey, on October 17, 2015.
Food

Alcohol in Excess

How the World Health Organization plans to curb excess drinking across countries