After COVID-19 gripped the world in 2020, health systems, governments and international institutions everywhere vowed we’d ‘never be unprepared again’. Yet, the pandemic’s wake revealed crumbling health systems, lax surveillance, misinformation issues, healthcare inequities – and it seems that many of these lessons have not yet been fully grasped in a handful of African nations…
Here’s what the WRI analysis actually shows. The team reviewed 46 World Bank-financed health projects across low- and middle-income countries and came up with numbers that belong in every health ministry’s budget talks. For a country of 25 million people, putting money into seven areas of climate-health preparedness such as disease surveillance, climate-informed planning, resilient…
Mountains Beyond Mountains tells the inspiring story of Dr. Paul Farmer, who dedicates his life to providing healthcare to poor communities and fighting diseases like tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. The book highlights how poverty and living conditions deeply affect health, and argues that quality healthcare is a basic right for everyone. “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy…
A Child Named Natasha One afternoon at the Nakaseke General Hospital in Uganda, a mother named Nakanyike Annet was waiting to give her child Natasha, a scheduled vaccination. Everything felt smooth in the front, except for Natasha’s immunization depending on the availability of vaccines, unsurity of a cold chain break and a donor government meeting…
