Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

On 27 September 2026, thousands of doctors marched through the streets of Sulaymaniyah in what was arguably the largest healthcare protest witnessed in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) in recent yea...

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Michael Kremer has been appointed Chief Economist of the World Bank Group (WBG), one of the largest multilateral funders of health systems globally, amid funding cuts and the closure of USAID. He is t...

Michael Kremer has been appointed Chief Economist of the World Bank Group (WBG), one of the largest multilateral funders of health systems globally, amid funding cuts and the closure of USAID. He is t...

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Armed conflict disrupts health systems in ways that extend far beyond the destruction of hospitals or shortages of medical supplies. The ability of patients to access care depends on whether health sy...

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Armed conflict disrupts health systems in ways that extend far beyond the destruction of hospitals or shortages of medical supplies. The ability of patients to access care depends on whether health sy...

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Deccan Dispatches 1 On 26 August, ice, rock and water came down the Bhote Koshi river in Nepal, and took out towns and villages on both sides of the Nepal-China border.

Deccan Dispatches 1 On 26 August, ice, rock and water came down the Bhote Koshi river in Nepal, and took out towns and villages on both sides of the Nepal-China border.

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Between 2024 and 2025, Developmental Assistance for Health (DAH) declined by 21%, driven largely by a 67% reduction in US financing. Yet, the more uncomfortable question is not why aid is declining, b...

The Indian “cockroach movement” led by Cockroach Janta Party is a recent and vivid expression of Gen Z anger and youth mobilization. It emerged after the Chief Justice of India compared some unemploye...

The Indian “cockroach movement” led by Cockroach Janta Party is a recent and vivid expression of Gen Z anger and youth mobilization. It emerged after the Chief Justice of India compared some unemploye...

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Why being global health’s indispensable payer no longer buys leadership Germany may be the country the World Health Organization (WHO) can least afford to lose. That does not make it the country other...

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Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Since 2017, Goa has reported no human deaths from rabies. Through sustained dog vaccination, surveillance, and community engagement, the state has done something once considered impossible in my count...

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

From July 26-31st 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS2026), took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I was fortunate to attend one of the largest HIV-related events.  This year’s conferenc...

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

On 27 April 2026, my father (age 83) died peacefully at home after a rapid decline from advanced liver cancer. Just over a month earlier, what had begun as seemingly common symptoms gradually develope...

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

Switching the Poles in International Health Policies