UNHCR Population Statistics: Data Portal

This web portal from the United Nations Statistical Division provides a single point of entry to all of the United Nations’ major databases and those of several international organizations. The design allows users—decision makers and analysts, as well as journalists, students, teachers, and the general public—to access more than 60 million data points related to a wide range of themes, including crime, education, energy, environment, finance, food and agriculture, gender, health, HIV/AIDS, human development, industry,…

This article in The New York Times describes some of the ominous setbacks that global polio eradication efforts have faced in 2022. After decades, Malawi, Israel, Britain, and the U.S. either reported new cases of polio or detected virus in wastewater. Previously, Pakistan and Afghanistan remained two of the final frontiers for polio eradication. While the U.S. and Britain have high immunization rates, geographic pockets of low immunity may allow polio to spread. According to the…

This review article summarizes the work and findings of the Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future. Convened in light of the need for improved responses to global public health emergencies, the Commission comprised 17 members from 12 countries on five continents and included clinicians, scientists, social researchers, policy experts, industry leaders, financiers, and community leaders. The Commission was tasked with providing recommendations on creating an effective global architecture for recognizing and…