HIV remains one of the biggest public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that accounts for approximately two-thirds of about 40 million people living with HIV globally. Young people continue to account for a large share of new infections, with an estimated 370,000 new infections occurring among those aged 15-24 in 2024 alone. This…
Ivermectin was originally celebrated as a revolutionary treatment for parasitic disease in humans and animals. It has since evolved into a focal point of misinformation and heated debate. During the early part of the COVID pandemic, it was touted on social media as a miracle cure for the virus, despite a lack of robust evidence….
The United States’ hastily established third country deportation deals are chaotic and counterproductive. The second Trump administration’s foreign policy towards African countries has been characterized by transactionalism. The U.S. has trumpeted minerals-for-security deals in the Eastern DRC and positioned the end of foreign aid as a recentering of trade. Transactionalism is supposed to do away…
