#global-health

#global-health

An estimated 107,500 people died from measles in 2023, most of them under the age of five, according to a new World Health Organization study.

In South Korea, a stockpile of oral cholera vaccines is in constant use, shipping about 5 million doses monthly to countries like Angola, Sudan, and South Sudan.

World leaders face immense challenges in securing funds for development. Aid cuts have disrupted health and humanitarian work while economic instability drains government resources.

Despite monumental vaccine rollout efforts leading to the saving of 154 million children, progress on immunization has stalled or even reversed, putting millions at risk.

I was born in Thomasville, Alabama, and raised in Florida. I'm the first male of seven siblings, and our parents, especially my father who was a preacher, taught us to live with purpose. Four of us were high school valedictorians. I studied chemistry and biology at Oakwood University and then entered Loma Linda Medical School, finishing in three years. I knew early on I wanted to help others.

"Blood donation services in many countries are unable to meet the demands for collecting and storing healthy blood, leading to critical shortages worldwide."

"I try to be optimistic, but the truth is I live my life very close to despair."

Although this is a first step and national health systems still need to develop policies to implement the resolution, experts agree that the measure opens a new path for skin conditions to be seen not merely as an aesthetic issue but as a global public health priority.

Ruth López, a key figure in human rights advocacy in El Salvador, has been detained, raising concerns about the safety of activists in the region.

There are places where an AIDS patient or a malnourished child cannot cling to life for several weeks. Death is immediate.

This year is unlike any other in the history of global health, highlighting significant shifts in leadership and health priorities during a tumultuous time.

My work at USAID was abruptly halted just days after the new administration took over, leaving many of us without notice or preparation.