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New Study Shows the Next 25 Years of Opiate Risk

At a community clinic in Ohio, a young clinician unlocks the naloxone cabinet before the first patient even arrives. It’s become as routine as checking email. She knows the calls will come—parents frantic about sons who relapsed, neighbors reporting overdoses, patients trying their fourth round of detox. The opioid epidemic is no longer a wave; […]

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How Libya Is Building a Stronger One Health System

Picture a warm September morning in Tripoli. Around a table, veterinarians, epidemiologists, environmental officers, and ministry leaders lean over large sheets of paper covered in markers, sticky notes, and arrows. Some build “influence towers” out of Lego bricks to show which organizations hold power. Others debate how information really moves during a zoonotic outbreak. This […]

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Human Trafficking in Central America: Trends, Challenges, and Hope for Change

Human trafficking is a widespread crisis throughout Central America, capturing countless children, women, and men into modern slavery. From forced labor on farms to sexual exploitation in illegal brothels, trafficking in persons violates fundamental human rights and creates serious public health and social issues. As Central America faces poverty, violence, and large-scale migration, traffickers target […]

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Organ Trafficking: The Global Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight

Organ transplantation is one of the greatest achievements in modern medicine. For patients with end-stage kidney, liver, or heart disease, a transplant can mean decades of extended life. But for too many people around the world, the promise of transplantation is tied to a shadow system built on exploitation, coercion, and human suffering. Organ trafficking […]

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A Conversation with Suleiman Yusuf

In this interview, I speak with Suleiman Yusuf, a Nigerian implementation science researcher and WHO/TDR Fellow whose work sits at the intersection of evidence, equity, and real-world health systems change. Trained in epidemiology with a specialization in implementation science at the University of the Witwatersrand, Suleiman’s research focuses on how evidence-based interventions, particularly for tuberculosis, […]

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The Crisis of Sudan’s Collapsed Health System

As the war in Sudan rages on, the nation’s health system has reached a critical state of collapse, threatening the lives of millions. The country’s healthcare facilities are crumbling amidst warfare, disease outbreaks, and a dire shortage of resources, marking a significant public health crisis (UN News). This blog post looks at complex situation, exploring […]

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Public Green Space: A Critical Health Resource

On a hot afternoon in Shanghai, Ms. Liu walks her grandson to the nearest public park. It is small, just a strip of green between two large housing blocks, but it is always full of life. Retirees practice tai chi, teenagers skate, and neighbors gather in clusters of shade. For Ms. Liu, this sliver of […]

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Child Nutrition and Shaping Public Health Outcomes

As the global community encounters an evolving landscape of health challenges, child nutrition remains pivotal in shaping public health outcomes. Recent studies and reports have shed light on the nuanced relationships between dietary practices and health across various life stages. This synthesis of recent findings is crucial for policymakers, healthcare providers, and communities aiming to […]

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The MPOX Wake-Up Call: Time to Decolonize Health

It began, as so many outbreaks do, with a sense of déjà vu. In early 2024, as new cases of MPOX spread through the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries, vaccines were already being distributed to Europe and North America. But across much of Africa—the region bearing the heaviest burden—clinicians waited months for […]

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Global HIV Crisis 2025: Navigating the Economic and Humanitarian Aftermath

The global HIV response is currently facing one of its most significant setbacks in decades. This dire situation has been largely attributed to abrupt funding cuts and a deteriorating human rights environment, which have severely disrupted prevention and treatment services worldwide. Earlier in 2025, the US government paused all foreign HIV assistance. This abrupt funding […]

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WHO’s New Obesity Medication Guidelines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently issued groundbreaking guidelines on the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) based therapies for the treatment of obesity, marking a significant shift in global health policy. These guidelines emphasize the recognition of obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease, affecting over a billion people worldwide, and the importance of long-term, […]

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