Medicine

In the communities surrounding Nyarugusu in Western Tanzania, poor access and unaffordability push many to bring their loved ones to the refugee camp—but they often don’t realize the camp’s medical facilities are dramatically under-resourced. 

A century-old “zombie law” could usher in a nationwide abortion ban.

In 2023, Johns Hopkins-Pulitzer Center Global Health Reporting Fellow Blessed Sheriff traveled to Sierra Leone to report on efforts to transform mental health care in the country, including a psychiatric hospital’s innovative treatment methods and the first class of psychiatry residents trained there.

Abortion bans are changing where prospective doctors study and work—and stand to exacerbate health care shortages and disparities.

Despite their critical role, nurses in low-resource settings, in particular, often lack access to high-quality training and leadership roles, writes Belinda Karimi Mbaabu, a registered nurse from Kenya.