Global Health and Development

Religious, spiritual, and ethical teachings have a profound impact on people’s perspectives and inform many of our civic debates. Understanding other’s worldviews can make for healthier disagreement.

New York is abuzz with the 78th UN General Assembly (UNGA) fever. The midway review of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) this year showed that we are definitely not on track to achieve them unless we make drastic changes and think outside of the box.

As the UN General Assembly convenes, there is much to discuss — from pandemic preparedness to climate change, hunger, and more. But there are other pressing issues across Africa that deserve a spot on the agenda, too.

As the pandemic took hold of the world around her, Aviva Nassimi felt a deep urgency to find her role in helping communities who were being disproportionally impacted.

Maria Alejandra is leading the COVID-19 response for one of the largest public hospitals in Honduras.

Minister of Tourism for Costa Rica Gustavo José Segura is sharing lessons from negotiating trade-offs between jumpstarting Costa Rica’s economy and public health safety and, how he’s been able to find common ground with those he’s disagreed with.

COVID-19 was the thing Wendy Nembhard had been preparing for her entire career, but something she, and other experts had never expected to happen in their lifetime. 

Ana María Vallarino is sharing her #LeadershipLessons from growing a civic movement in Panama to fight COVID, while facing deep personal challenges.

A 2019 New Voices Fellow on the experiences that made her want to help vulnerable patients in public hospitals.

More than one billion people across the globe do not have access to basic health services.