Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches

This report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) analyzes data from migrant and refugee routes from Africa and Asia to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea, examining the journeys of 11,000 young refugees between the ages of 14 and 24. Because legal forms of passage are becoming increasingly harder to secure, many migrant youth are forced to rely on smugglers, making them targets for abuse, trafficking, and exploitation,…

This teaching pack, developed by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University, challenges students to consider how climate-related events that accompany global warming impact population health and migration patterns worldwide, now and in the future. The pack includes an instructor’s note, two lesson plans, an annotated bibliography, and a glossary of terms. The pack is designed to help undergraduate and graduate students learn to approach climate change as a complex global issue…

The Lancet Series on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Latin America charts the complex political, economic, and social forces that shape health policy making. In the past few decades, important policies and strategic initiatives in health and development have been embraced by Latin America, with the active participation and support of the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization, and other partners, making Latin America a laboratory to study the mechanics of implementing UHC.…