Global Health Justice

August 30, 2026

Fair taxation is essential for optimizing global health and equity.  Dr. Dereje Alemayehu of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) was encouraged by the August 2026 UN Tax Convention, stating “The negotiations for a Framework Convention on tax get to the heart of the issues of our broken global tax rules: fairly sharing between countries the ability to tax multinational corporations, effectively taxing the rich, ensuring a transparent international tax system….the debate is open and moving forward.”  The UN…

July 6, 2026

This episode of Global Health Unfiltered examines what the upheavals of 2025 revealed about power, dependency, and accountability in global health. Through reflections from Dr. Luchuo Bain, Dr. Seye Abimbola, Dr. Boghuma Titanji, Dr. Madhu Pai, Dr. Mohamed Aburawi, and Sitawa Wafula, the episode considers the consequences of the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization, the dismantling of USAID, and the emergence of controversial bilateral agreements. The contributors explore the human consequences of abrupt aid cuts, the relationship…

August 6, 2026

For over seven decades, humanitarian aid has sustained millions of Palestinian refugees, but it has also quietly replaced the political solution they were promised. What began as emergency relief has evolved into a system that risks managing, rather than resolving, one of the world’s longest-running refugee crises. The 1948 Arab–Israeli War displaced roughly 700,000 Palestinians, creating a humanitarian emergency that led to the establishment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, in 1949.1,2 Intended as…

July 31, 2026

Since the outbreak of civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April 2023, Sudan has descended into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, marked by mass displacement, urban warfare, and the collapse of basic protection systems for civilians. A new Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report documents how conflict-related sexual violence has been a central and devastating feature of this war. Over the…

April 11, 2026

This article from Women in Global Health examines the persistent gap between legal rights and lived realities for women, highlighting how shortcomings in implementation, access, and accountability continue to shape health outcomes. Drawing on global examples, it points to structural and institutional barriers, such as stigma, weak enforcement, and inequitable service delivery, that prevent rights from being realized in practice. It underscores that advancing women’s health requires moving beyond formal policy commitments toward systems that can meaningfully deliver on those…

July 23, 2026

Authors: Chloe Vasquez and Hope Minor “Dad! A viper bit me!” Ibrahim heard his son’s cry and wove through the sugarcane field toward him. He found the boy on the ground, clutching his rapidly swelling leg. Lifting him into his arms, Ibrahim rushed to the nearest clinic. He arrived breathless after half an hour… it was closed. Desperate, they paid a passing motorcyclist for a ride to the hospital. When they arrived, there was no antivenom in stock. The boy’s…