Access to healthcare

The Common Futures Conversations community share their priorities for rebuilding their communities in the wake of COVID-19.

Chatham House experts from the Global Health Programme tackle the main questions and issues around the use of vaccine passports.

Outlining key issues raised by the UK government’s plan to reduce its commitment to spend 0.7 percent of gross national income on overseas assistance each year.

Imagining a world where we can prevent pandemics is an ambitious yet achievable aspiration, according to Professor David Heymann and Emma Ross.

The declaration of the rapidly spreading mpox outbreak in Africa as a public health emergency will test global solidarity in the wake of COVID-19 – and could provide a litmus test for the effectiveness of a future pandemic treaty.

The laws of armed conflict provide clear protections for hospitals and medical personnel. Both Hamas and Israel are obliged to respect their special status, says the former surgeon-general of the UK armed forces.

After decades of fragmented expansion, Algeria’s social protection system is under financial strain. With rising demand across the region, strategic reforms are needed to boost fiscal space in order to improve social welfare outcomes for the country’s citizens.

Catastrophe is imminent for civilians trapped in Gaza. States cannot provide the medical care needed without significant risk. The UN must step up and coordinate efforts, regardless of public rows with Israel.

The dwindling role of aid financing could provide the impetus for developing countries to expand domestic public health spending.

80 delegates from WHO, World Bank and others meet to discuss problems with funding global health priorities. 

In Poland and other eastern European countries, Ukraine’s queer refugees face political intolerance and social exclusion, writes Joanna Jaworska.

On June 5, 1981, the first account of what became HIV/Aids appeared. But a prompt medical reaction was undermined by political apathy, writes Harold Jaffe.

Defining a clear role for the multilateral development banks and IMF will help clarify the overall structure for financing international health priorities.

Residents of Ukraine’s second-biggest city explain what gives them strength to fight, what help the city needs as attacks continue, and how they see the future.

Episode 15 of our weekly podcast examines the far-reaching consequences of the earthquakes which struck Turkey and Syria on the region’s fragile geopolitics.

Help for Syrians following the devastating earthquakes is being hampered by the Assad regime’s control over aid flows and a slow-moving United Nations.

Women rose up against gender-based violence in 2015, but have struggled since the pandemic – the legislation they inspired needs enforcing, writes Natalia Gherardi.

South Africa is the preferred destination for the continent’s immigrants, but xenophobia and bureaucracy are making life tough, says Anthony Kaziboni.

From nuclear proliferation to African debt, here are the issues six of our expert contributors expect to make the news in the year ahead.

This sensitive oral history of the conflict’s early years forgoes political analysis to reveal the suffering endured by all Yemenis, says Helen Lackner.

Denying aid programmes essential funding harms vulnerable communities, damages Britain’s reputation and further destabilizes the world, says Sarah Champion.

In the final part of a series on the impact of the Roe v Wade ruling, Nina van der Mark assesses the global impact of America’s reverse on reproductive rights.

In the second of a series on the impact of the Roe v Wade ruling, we assess the economic and political damage that America’s right may unleash

The first in a series on the impact of Roe v Wade globally, we look at the need to integrate sexual and reproductive health rights into climate change solutions

Addressing the lessons of the COVID-19 response means a fundamental rethink of what the international community must fund and how the effort is organized.

Poor infrastructure and even poorer governance is a critical part of the story of healthcare in Iraq, but so too is the complex issue of the movement and supply of medicines.

Restrictions on supply of certain items and financial sanctions can impede vital relief unless adequate safeguards are put in place such as exceptions or general licences.

The Common Futures Conversations community share their priorities for rebuilding their communities in the wake of COVID-19.

Revisiting Roe v Wade could set back Latin America’s progress towards a more enlightened stance, says Melissa Ayala Garcia

At last, there is a new proposal for a waiver on Covid-19 vaccine patents, but it is a far from useful compromise, says James Love

Although the country is on the brink of collapse, it is vital those opposing the military coup find an end to their own disputes and remove their common enemy.

How are policymakers driving forward the post-pandemic recovery?

Former German Chancellor, COVID-19 vaccine pioneers, and an Amazon rainforest campaigner are the shortlisted nominees for this year’s Chatham House Prize.

Although migration, economic, health, tech and climate policy are increasingly thought of in terms of security, different issues are taking place in each of these policy areas.