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The Gates Foundation is committing $1.2 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to support the end of the disease in the two endemic countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock

Philanthropy is reshaping global health. Here’s how

Could philanthropists be dominating global health metrics, governance, and outcomes?
An artisanal miner holds a cobalt stone at a mine near Kolwezi, Congo, in 2022. About 20,000 people work there among toxic materials. Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images

The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health of world’s poor

The rapid expansion of critical mineral extraction is trading away human and ecological well-being for technological breakthroughs. There are ways to fix this.

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