Global Health

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A promising new HIV vaccine was set to start trials. Then came Trump's latest cuts

On May 30, a team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health got the word: Funding for their vaccine development program will end next year.
- Jonathan Lambert
How a network of women in Latin America transformed safe, self-managed abortions

An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.
- Marta Martínez
Trump wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for controlling HIV/AIDS

President Trump has sent Congress what's known as a rescission request. That's where the White House asks Congress to take back funding for programs it had previously approved.
- Juana Summers
The women of No Sex for Fish are survivors — but their survival is precarious

A group of women in Kenya rebelled against trading sex for a fisherman's catch to sell. They got their own boats, had success — but in past years have faced floods and now fears about HIV medications.
- Viola Kosome
Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees

Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say that are many thousands of cases like his.
- Jonathan Lambert
Aid groups say USAID cuts are already having deadly consequences

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing last week that no one has died from USAID cuts. But aid groups say abruptly shutting down those programs is having deadly consequences.
- Steve Inskeep
No hospitals: How war collapsed the health care system of one city

After two years of fighting, government forces have retaken the capital city. Of the nearly 100 hospitals and health-care facilities, none are able to function due to damage from the war. Emanuel Akinwotu, correspondent. Tara Neil, editor. Waiting for legal to resolve a photo issue. Hope to publish Tuesday morning.
- Emmanuel Akinwotu
A top global health expert's message to graduates: Kick the tires

NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.
- Jonathan Lambert
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
- Chiara Eisner
The world now has its first ever pandemic treaty. Will it make a difference?

At the World Health Assembly, 193 members nations voted to adopt a treat calling for better preventive measures and global cooperation. But there are still details to hash out.
- Jonathan Lambert

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