A podcast and blog about the unspoken realities of global health in Africa and the World.
Despite all the caveats, what is happening right now across southern and eastern Africa is genuinely remarkable. For the first time in the history of HIV drug development, a prevention injectable is arriving in Africa the same year it was approved in the United States.
"It's not going to happen, period," Guinea-Bissau's Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo Vieira told Reuters. That blunt declaration ended one of the most ethically fraught episodes in recent global health research.
Paediatric care demands humility, precision, patience, and respect for biological difference.
For many children, safety depends entirely on the vigilance of the adults entrusted with their care.
Under the banner of the America First Global Health Strategy, the Trump administration signed a series of bilateral Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with more than a dozen African governments. This article analyzes those agreements and why they have ignited fierce debate from Nairobi to Geneva.
Across Spain, street-involved migrant minors are systematically excluded from schools, youth centers, and community spaces. This exclusion - compounded by Islamophobia and racism - erodes protective factors, blocks recovery, and drives harmful coping.
During this period, India’s food and health landscape has been critically reshaped by the forces of globalisation, urbanisation, and the pervasiveness of social-media–driven food marketing—which, together with the rise of platform-based food delivery, has radically altered how Indians access, and consume food across the country.
The experiences of TB patients show that the disease cannot be understood or addressed through a purely biomedical lens. Social expectations, stigma, and gender roles shape how people experience TB, cope with treatment, and access care.