NEJM: Climate Crisis and Health

This Lancet Series explores current challenges that remain in treating tuberculosis (TB) globally, such as the need for improvement in diagnosis of multidrug-resistant TB—currently affecting four to six percent of the global population. The Series also illuminates the lack of attention to children with TB in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment—with an estimated 1 million children undiagnosed and untreated each year. Although progress has been made in research and development of TB vaccines in the past…

The Fogarty International Center, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), is dedicated to advancing the NIH’s mission by supporting and facilitating global health research conducted by U.S. and international investigators, building partnerships between health research institutions, and training the next generation of scientists to address global health challenges. Fogarty offers a wealth of global health resources, including information about global health at the NIH; resources and funding opportunities related to specific global…

This report by the World Health Organization (WHO) provides an overview of the current principles, analytical tools, and current priorities in cancer control. Cancer affects all populations regardless of wealth or social status, and all countries can take future steps informed by global assistance, guiding principles, and methods of analysis to accelerate global cancer control through prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. According to the report, the global cancer burden will increase by at least 60 percent…