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Africa Aware: Strengthening Africa’s health security
The public health systems in Africa are under growing pressure. The sharp 70 per cent drop in official development assistance (ODA) risks weakening critical health programmes, while a rise in public health emergencies continues to stretch already fragile infrastructure. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) – the public health agency…
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The good, the bad, and the possible: What the America First Global Health Strategy means for Africa – and the world
It has been nearly two months since the release of the long-anticipated America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS), a document whose very title feels inconsistent – and exposes what many in the field have long understood: that global health, as practiced, has rarely been truly global. Rather it has often meant that a few countries…
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David Petraeus: ‘The Chinese military is spreading its wings’
David Petraeus could be the United States’ most famous living general. He commanded American and allied NATO forces in Iraq and Afghanistan; he was 10th commander of US Central Command and director of the CIA. He now advises civilian and military leaders on strategy, most recently telling Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, how to proceed against…
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Hormuz crisis could lead to constructive dialogue between ASEAN and China in the South China Sea
The crisis in the Middle East is being felt deeply in Southeast Asia. Perhaps most of all in the Philippines, which imports 98 per cent of its oil from the Gulf. The choking of global oil trade has led to acute fuel shortages, causing the Philippine government to declare a national emergency. The situation has forced President Ferdinand…