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Digital violence, such as blackmail, stalking, and the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, is rising—and becoming normalized in some low- and middle-income countries, per a new report focused on Kenya, Ghana, Colombia, and Vietnam. 

As gold prices top $3,000 per ounce and the U.S. withdraws funds to stem illegal mining, a public health crisis emerges in the Peruvian Amazon.

Most families in Surangudi village, India, have lost a limb or loved one in explosions and fires in the area’s fireworks factories, which produce 90% of the fireworks in India. 

One city in India produces 90% of the country’s fireworks, generating jobs and profits. But fireworks factory workers face risks of explosions and fires in their daily work—and some 50–100 die every year.

Investing in adolescent girls yields transformative results—but country leaders, donors, and organizations working with and for girls must bridge growing funding gaps and support evidence-based programming.

Participants in the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s 16th annual conference shared strong opinions about the U.S. changes to global health support.

Public health values and respect for human rights will continue to guide us as we partner with diverse communities.

Decades’ worth of data shows long-lasting impacts of moving to high-income neighborhoods on children’s health.

Climate extremes including heat waves and floods affect almost everyone in Pakistan, but people who are transgender suffer disproportionately because of stigma that limits education, work, and housing options, pushing them to the margins of society. 

Researchers will examine the health and safety risks of forced labor on workers and their communities.

Oral health professionals can serve as frontline defenders in the global fight against human trafficking, equipped to identify victims through unique dental and facial signs of abuse.

For Women’s History Month, Health Policy and Management Department Chair Keshia Pollack Porter reflects on how women of color have consistently been a voice for equity and celebrates the progress that has been made for representation.

Women have long been integral to public health—though they haven’t always received recognition for their work. Today, they comprise 70% of the global health workforce. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating some of the women that have made the field of public health what it is today.

When COVID-19 hit, India's Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center forcibly discharged survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide pesticide factory gas leak disaster, compounding their suffering.