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HPV vaccine launch. Credit: Zeeshan Noor, Jhpiego

A turning point for women’s health in Pakistan

17 Sep 2025

7 min read

HPV

Low- and Middle-Income Countries have an opportunity to leapfrog fragmented healthcare systems and build approaches that work for citizens. Image: Theodore Ghoutas/Unsplash

Why healthcare needs to be unbundled and rebundled

17 Sep 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts UHC

More than a hundred women and girls gathered in Rehri Goth for an HPV vaccination awareness session, hosted by the Health Education Literacy Program (HELP), a civil society organiszation working to increase vaccine uptake in under-served areas. Credit: Huma Khawar

No girl left behind: HPV vaccines bring hope to Pakistan

15 Sep 2025

5 min read

HPV Spotlight on HPV

Perspective, proposal for the UN headquarters, including the General Assembly and Secretariat, 27 March 1947, by Le Corbusier. Credit: Pascal Barollier via LinkedIn

UN at 80: Time for a New Architecture?

10 Sep 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts Global health agenda

Indicators used in tracking innovation in Africa are borrowed from high-income countries. Credit: Getty Images

Africa’s innovations are overlooked because global measures don’t fit: what needs to change

28 Aug 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

A health worker prepares to administer the first dose of IAVI’s Sudan virus vaccine as part of a ring vaccination trial launched in response to an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda. Credit: WHO

What it takes to launch a world-first vaccination trial during an outbreak

18 Aug 2025

3 min read

Vaccine development

Abstract microbial-inspired watercolor artwork. Credit: LinkedIn

A gut-wrenching problem we can solve

7 Aug 2025

6 min read

Cross-posts Rotavirus

A health worker preparing COVID-19 vaccination for a woman at a government vaccination center in Islamabad, Pakistan. Credit: Gavi/2021/Asad Zaidi

Beyond the shot: what COVID-19 taught Pakistan about vaccine hesitancy

23 Jul 2025

5 min read

COVID-19

In 2023, just 1.1% of clinical trials were carried out in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. Credit: Freepik

Improving access to innovative medicines in Africa starts with clinical trials

11 Jul 2025

5 min read

Made in Africa

Harmful content can shape our behavior for the worse. Credit: Pict Rider

Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognise and combat it

10 Jul 2025

7 min read

Cross-posts

Vaccinating a child against polio at the Mindikru internally displaced peoples's site near Sekota town, Ethiopia, in May 2022. According to outgoing acting WHO director Chikwe Ihekweazu, Africa’s polio progress has been bolstered by vaccination and community-led action. Credit: Mulugeta Ayene/ UNICEF Ethiopia

African surveillance labs can power eradication push

8 Jul 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts Polio

MODC delivering a speech to other schoolgirls on the HPV vaccination.

To ensure the HPV vaccine saves lives, we need to understand how anxiety spreads

17 Jun 2025

6 min read

HPV Vaccine safety

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