First-trimester screening and intervention has the greatest potential to prevent maternal syphilis. But 1 in 4 pregnant people do not have access to prenatal care during the first trimester.
Lucy Goodman, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Jacqueline Ramke, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, and Pushkar Silwal, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Most vision loss is preventable, yet many New Zealanders can’t afford care. Following Australia’s public funding model could cut costs and reduce inequities.
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.
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Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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.
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The rapid expansion of critical mineral extraction is trading away human and ecological well-being for technological breakthroughs. There are ways to fix this.
While we’ve evolved to be able to respond well to immediate threats, our stress-response system is less able deal with the chronic stressors of modern life.
The government plans to cut the number of NDIS users by 160,000 over the next four years. Here’s what we know about how they’ll do that and who’ll be affected.