The Impact of COVID-19 on Other Global Health Initiatives

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The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply impacted other international and domestic health initiatives. Although COVID was undoubtedly the most imminent threat to global health, there were inevitable setbacks to other initiatives which had been making significant strides to improve the health of people across the globe, specifically in the developing world. International health initiatives previously at […]

The World Health Organization

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This brief introduces the World Health Organization; its origins, objectives and relationship to the United States.

Introduction to Global Health

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Global health is defined as the study, research, and practices related to improving health and achieving health equity on a global scale. Global health focuses on health issues that are cross-cultural, cross-regional, or global in scope and local health issues that have transnational significance.