Search

The National Vietnam Veterans Longitudinal Study (NVVLS) from 2010-2013 sought to provide important information about the long-term effects of military service in Vietnam, including combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The NVVLS is a…

When individuals need long-term care, information on provider quality is critical to making an informed choice. The major ongoing challenge in the project is preparing the monthly updates to Care Compare and its Five-Star Quality Rating System to support…

With more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia has always struggled to map its plentiful resources and boundaries. Few of the country’s 65,000 villages have legally demarcated boundaries. That hampers the flow of investment and public funding to rural areas…

Nigeria’s health system was a dysfunctional nightmare. Planning, financing, and delivery of basic health services for the poor all were unreliable. Maternal mortality and child morbidity were at unacceptable levels. 

The Australian government delivers a wide range of development programs working to improve the health of countries around the region. But the answers to difficult questions, such as “How can we identify new infectious diseases such as animal-to-human…

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), provides services to support comprehensive care for people living with HIV and AIDS. Despite improvements in testing, linkage, and…

National and provincial health plans in remote communities in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea have mandatory goals for reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV and AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases.

After the initial 2016 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil and other countries, the public’s concern waned, and but the Zika virus still posed a threat to women who were pregnant or planning to become pregnant throughout the Americas. In the midst of a rapidly…

In a recent rebrand of their product labeling program, EPA unveiled the new name and logo for the Safer Choice Program. The Safer Choice Program helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and are safer for human health and the…

The Ethiopian private health sector is growing in size and scope. Over one-third of Ethiopian health expenditures go to private providers but the quality and availability of private providers’ priority health services is uneven. The government’s plans…