With the U.S. withdrawing from the World Health Organization and rethinking foreign aid, China has an opportunity to play a ...

The global economic crisis damaged efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, most of which involve health problems or address policy areas affecting health. The year ended with the ...

The US withdrawal will not officially happen until January 2026, so there will be months of uncertainty over budgets and ...

Pathogens such as the coronavirus can travel around the world at a speed that too often outpaces governments’ ability to detect, treat, cure, and prevent diseases. Even the best-funded health care ...

Ridden Nation 1 deaths per 1,000 births. Decades of conflict have severely impacted its healthcare infrastructure, making essential services, such as maternal and infant healthcare, scarce. Compounded ...

The WHO and Encephalitis International warn that encephalitis is a growing global health risk. Their new report urges better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. With rising cases, especially in ...

"Unfairly onerous payments" are cited in the executive order as a reason for WHO withdrawal. Countries’ dues are a percentage of their gross domestic product, meaning that as the world’s richest ...

February 20, 2025 • With the U.S. withdrawing from the World Health Organization and rethinking ... contempt to force them to reopen funding to global programs. USAID says it has a legal right ...

The Boston-based global public health firm relies on the USAID’s foreign assistance, accounting for 63% of its annual funding ...

"Withdrawing from the WHO leaves a gap in global health leadership that will ... newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli has covered H.I.V., malaria and other global health problems for more than 20 years. Funds from the world’s richest nation once flowed from the largest ...