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AFGHS co-signatory countries ask health care users to help fill the financing gap
Hundreds of thousands of Ugandans living with HIV on antiretrovirals could be targeted for user fees or community health insurance schemes requiring modest premium payments, according to the April 2026 version of the country’s America First Global Health Strategy implementation narrative.1 As part of the “sustainable financing for the private not for profit sector” strategy, 491 facilities will be targeted for a phased introduction of user fees and scale up of community health insurance programs.2 In the Ugandan context, PNFP facilities include faith-based hospitals and other health facilities, US missionary organizations and centers of excellence—services that are often co-located at government facilities but run with additional financial and technical resources. 402,000 people—or about 28 percent of the total Ugandan adult PLHIV population on treatment—get ART from the private not for profit sector. The selected facilities provide the majority of ART and prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services. The plan doesn’t give the total number of clients served by the 491 facilities, so it is not possible to give a precise number. But the majority of 402,000 is a figure in the hundreds of thousands—hence the estimate I’m using.3 The April draft of the Ugandan implementation plan narrative is the only one I’ve been able to review. But the government of Uganda is not alone in turning to health care users to help fill the financing gaps caused by the abrupt withdrawal of US funds. In July 2025, the Government of Liberia introduced user fees for previously free services including “registration, accommodation, patient feeding, hospitalization, and a wide range of surgical and diagnostic procedures.”4 Earlier that year, Liberia rolled out a revolving drug fund designed to stabilize drug supplies by “allowing patients to pay a small fee for standardized, quality medications,” according to a Ministry of Health press release.5 (Both of these approaches had been proposed in the National Health Policy 2022-2031; media coverage explicitly connects the launch with the US foreign aid cuts.) The health financing strategies proposed by Uganda and established in Liberia are qualitatively different from user fees officially adopted by specific health facilities to cover funding shortfalls caused by the new US approach.6 The latter is a stopgap, adhoc change. The former is a national governmental adoption of policies that pass costs on to health care users, despite evidence that such approaches can exacerbate inequities and leave deficits unfilled. Two countries does not make a pattern, but they do point to urgent questions: Have other countries, including Liberia, included user fees or community health insurance schemes in their implementation plans? If so, do any of these narratives have what Uganda’s lacks: a fall-back plan in place in case these strategies for sustainable health systems fail to deliver—as they have before? I wonder if you think about it Subscribe Predictable pitfalls Both community-based health insurance and user fees are as old as the hills. And after decades of people climbing up these hills, duking it out, climbing back down—neither strategy has shown the results the Ugandan implementation plan is counting on. This is, in fact, a hill some folks are willing to die on. (You knew I’d get there, right?) In November 2025, an African-led team of health system experts published a paper directed at low- and middle income country governments trying to figure out how to create self-sustaining health systems. The money wasn’t coming back. It had been more than nine months since the season of freezing, waivering and wood-chippering; two months since AFGHS tumbled into the world touting co-financing requirements and reductions in future US government health aid. Governments were looking for strategies for sustainable, self-financed health systems, the authors wrote. For countries considering user fees and community health insurance to fill the financing gaps, they had a simple message: Don’t. On user fees, the paper states: “Reliance on user fees is ultimately a regressive and inequitable approach. It places a disproportionate burden on the poor and undermines health system goals of equity and financial protection. […] There is overwhelming evidence that user fees mobilise very limited resources for the public health sector, making it an inefficient mechanism for revenue mobilisation.” On community health insurance: “Attempting to shift the burden of funding previously donor-funded services, such as HIV care and management, and TB treatment, onto contributory schemes would exacerbate their fragility and fail to protect the population.”7 The WHO says that community-based health insurance “cannot be expected to provide a major source of funding or coverage,” and noted that most schemes offer only moderate benefit to individuals paying into them, and exclude the poorest segment of the population.8 And yet, the US-Ugandan implementation plan says that community health insurance is “the central pillar of this [PNFP] sustainability strategy” and that this approach that will generate “pre-paid pooled funding at facility and community level [that] improves financial risk protection for households, reduces catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure, and generates structured, transparent revenue streams that can progressively absorb recurrent costs including health worker salaries.” Unfortunately, Uganda’s own history suggests the pillar might not be able to bear this weight. Ugandans Have Been to this Rodeo Before—and Some Want Their Money Back Uganda introduced its first community health insurance scheme in 1996 with support from international donors.9 Thirty years later, somewhere between 0.2 and 0.3 percent of the population is covered by CHI; just over 1 percent has any kind of health insurance.10 User fees were universally introduced in 1993 as a condition of a World Bank loan.11 They were abandoned in 2001, and in 2004—the year I moved to Uganda to watch the free HIV program get underway—a definitive study found that the fees did not improve health systems and outcomes.12 In 2004, most clinics and hospitals had ‘free’ and ‘fee for service’ options for getting care.13 The fee for service, or “cash and carry” programs had often been established in the years prior to PEPFAR and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. People who could afford to paid for the drugs, often at facilities in the private-not-for-profit (PNFP) sector. When free drugs arrived, some people who’d been paying kept on doing so, perhaps because of shorter wait times, greater confidentiality, convenience or other factors. But in the year that I spent visiting the same clinics around the country week after week—including a “center of excellence” that maintained separate days for cash and carry clients and those accessing free ARVs—lots of people who had been paying tried to switch to the free option. They’d paid because they had no other choice. They’d sold pieces of family land, begged family members for loans, bought pills by the week, and sometimes by the day. Or they were just cash-strapped, like most of us, and wanted the funds for other things. 14 Twenty-two years later, this hasn’t changed. Ugandans pay out of pocket for 30-40 percent of their health care costs, leading one paper to declare that “falling ill is more than a health crisis. It is a financial emergency.”15 One recent study found that up to 48.5 percent of households dealing with tuberculosis sold something, took out a loan or dug into savings to defray the costs of TB care—which is supposed to be universally free.16 The Ugandan implementation plan does anticipate challenges. It proposes a phased approach, with 187 facilities introducing user contribution systems in Year 1, 152 in Year 2, and 153 in Year 3. Willingness to pay and feasibility studies will precede roll out; fees will be tiered by region, and a waiver system is proposed to ensure that no one has to pay who is unable to. Moreover, the plan provides for quarterly reviews of epidemiological data to “ensure that user contributions do not compromise epidemic control gains, ART continuity for the client cohort, TB case management, or PMTCT services.” Alt text: A screenshot of a table included in the implementation plan narrative that is the subject of this stack. It’s got a fetching pink bar at the top. It uses the abbreviation “CHI” which is Community Health Insurance, and FBO which is Faith Based Organizations, and it details the number of facilities that will implement user fees with waivers and community health insurance schemes over the five years of the agreement. As I said in the footnote, this is a super interesting document with a lot of other rich material. Tell me what you see—and what you would have focused on. And if you’ve seen something like this, or anything else that strikes you, in another implementation plan, tell me that too. You can use the Substack message platform or try me on Signal at @endaplague_again.25 (because @mercoonfan was, weirdly, taken). But the plan doesn’t fully explain what will happen if this approach doesn’t work out. Yes, progress will be monitored, and corrective action triggered. However, there is no specified funding replacement if premium and fee revenue prove inadequate. Instead, the authors write, “Currently, COEs serve a total client cohort of over 180,000 across 28 facilities. In the initial years, the U.S. Government (USG) will provide financial support for clients; over time, user fees generated by COEs will become the primary source of funding for sustaining their services.” Failure does not really seem to be an option. Health insurance schemes are more acceptable to the Ugandan population than user fees. Members of Parliament and civil society traveled to Ethiopia to see how that country’s scheme worked. In a follow up report, a veteran civil society group recommended allowing the “health insurance ecosystem to grow organically and [to] keep reviewing the law and regulations as this growth takes root.”17 One study found that more than three-quarters of Ugandans were willing to join a health insurance program.18 However, coverage of community-based health insurance is minimal, as is coverage of any kind of insurance—including private plans.19 A national health insurance scheme bill has been stalled for several years and presently sits with President Yoweri Museveni.20 Community-based health insurance scheme that do exist are expanding in number, but losing enrollees. Between 2022 and 2026, the number of community-based health financing schemes across the country increased by 42 percent, while the number of people enrolled decreased by nearly 11 percent.21 None of this means that community-based health insurance should not happen in Uganda—or that people do not want insurance. It doesn’t even mean that user fees and waivers won’t ever work. But there is highly relevant evidence from Uganda and the surrounding region that it is quite optimistic to describe community health insurance and user fees as central supports for sustainable financing in any sector of the health system. And now for the best-case scenario In the best-case scenario22, the Ugandan approach does exactly what it sets out to do, and so does the Liberian fee structure and revolving pharmacy fund—though I’ve not confirmed that these are in the MoU. In one best-case scenario, Uganda is an outlier, and user fees and community health insurance are not recurrent pillars of self-sustaining financing in other countries’ implementation plans. In another best-case scenario, all countries that include these strategies enjoy success beyond anyone’s evidence-informed wildest dreams: reliable funding generated by health care users fees, great health care outcomes for everyone, no exacerbation of inequities, no crippling household debt. No sold land, repurposed school tuition or high-interest loans. In the best-case scenario, not one of the hundreds of thousands of Ugandans living with HIV receiving antiretrovirals from 491 PNFP facilities misses a refill or leaves care because of user fees or community health insurance premiums. This is the best-case scenario for these people for their own health, and for their families. It is also the best-case scenario if Uganda wants to stay on the path to eliminating HIV as a public health threat. According to the country’s most recent data, 96.5 percent of people living with HIV on antiretrovirals are virologically suppressed. Epidemic control depends ensuring that 95% of people living with HIV know their status, 95 percent of those individuals are on ART, and 95% of those individuals are virologically suppressed. Uganda is still struggling with the first “95"—a frankly abysmal 85.3 percent. If HIV epidemic control and the attendant prevention of new infections, avoidable suffering and premature death matter, the country cannot afford to lose any clients who are currently in care.23 As I write this a couple hours before the polls close for the US elections in the city I live in, I say with soul-deep sincerity: I am rooting for the best-case scenario. I think it’s safe to say that we all are.24 I think it’s also safe to say that if the US and co-signatory governments have inked plans that lead to successful expansion of community health insurance and strategic use of user fees, we all would like to know, now, so that we don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate when success happens. The implementation plan narratives have to enter the public domain. They are the fullest expression of a strategy co-created by two governments. There are assumptions and details that people living in the US and co-signatory countries need to understand that are not available in the MoUs or, to date, in the Congressional Notifications. Some of these details can help other countries that are, as I write this, still working on implementation plans. Others, like a solid count of how many other countries have plans for expanding user fees or health insurance, are important for regional and global health architecture reform initiatives. No matter how this election night turns out, there will be a slew of new Congressional member orientations, briefings and talking points papers in the next few months. Release of implementation narratives should be a bullet point in every context that AFGHS is discussed. These documents can be redacted so that procurement sensitive information isn’t disclosed. There is much more historical precedent for sharing such documents than there is for relying on user fees to fill health financing gaps. Let’s look at the information together so we can hope for the best and prepare for, you know, the other thing. Alt text: A substack first: a bicep selfie! It’s my arm - peachy-white skin, black shirt (flannel, notch neck, too hot for this appallingly balmy November weather, if you’re wondering) and a sticker that says I VOTED 2026. Beige letters on red for I voted. Beige on blue for 2026. You bet I did.25 In your wildest dreams. Subscribe 1 This is a really, really rich 95 page document. There are fascinating ideas and detailed plans in it. It is all worth reading AND I have, in this post, highlighted an instance of content that could pose challenges and certainly posits success of strategies that haven’t worked before. I would love to hear what readers’ see that’s interesting and should be lifted up as something to check for in other implementation plans. I will also shortly be adding a static page to the substack site where implementation plan documents will live. I will put the url into this footnote and it will also be there on emilybass.substack.com by the end of the week. Uganda Implementation Narrative Section 4 April 22 2026 Draft 1.51MB ∙ PDF file Download Download 2 User fees are costs charged for visits, labs, medicines or other health services, usually at the time they are provided. Community health insurance, or community-based health insurance, is what the World Health Organization calls “micro insurance,” which is health insurance targeted at low-income people. 3 As usual (by which I mean always), please prove me wrong. 4 https://smartnewsliberia.com/liberias-ministry-of-health-announces-2025-hospital-service-fees-for-public-facilities/?utm 5 https://moh.gov.lr/news/2025/grand-cape-mount-leaders-residents-embrace-new-community-pharmacy-program/?utm 6 https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/hiv-usaid-pepfar-africa-foreign-aid-cuts-mission-hospitals/?utm 7 https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/11/e021270 8 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/community-based-health-insurance-CBHI 9 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2827475/ 10 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861328/#b3-jpmph-23-110 11 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC527704/ 12 Same citation as the footnote 2 - the article is called “Learning from failed health care reform in Uganda.” To which I say: If only. If. Only. 13 There is a whole taxonomy of user fees to be aware of, if not commit to memory. Out of pocket costs are everything that someone pays for themselves. In this Stack, user fees are planned and policy-supported out of pocket costs. There are also out of pocket costs that people pay to buy drugs or receive tests or health care assessments that would be free if the drugs were on the shelves, or the machines or kits were available, or the staff were on site. A user fee is usually designed to be modest, pegged to willingness to pay, and may be waiveable at the point of care for anyone who is unable to do so. The costs for things that would otherwise be free are whatever the market will bear and people either have to pay them or go without. Out of pocket costs for services and stuff that aren’t available in public facilities are different again from bribes or unofficial fees that some health workers may impose, even though most are indefatigable, tireless and tired, and devoted to their clients. 14 For the record—which really is these footnotes—I would give a whole stack of fridge magnets for a systematic analysis of the economic and social impact of the Mass Unemployment Event in AFGHS countries among the very people who used to be able to afford and cover user fees, both for themselves and vast family networks. Locally employed USAID technical staff, house cleaners, caregivers, drivers and technicians were financial anchors for cousins, friends, friends’ children, friends’ childrens’ cousins, teachers, pastors, neighbors and so many other kinds of kin. Aid recipients lost direct funding; many other people who had not been aid recipients, but parts of the elaborate care webs that function as safety nets for so many people, lost crucial support too. And that’s even before we get to the people who worked at the hotels and restaurants and bars where people employed by the US and its implementing partners used to spend disposable income. Those businesses have lost revenue; those folks have lost jobs. It will be some time coming—and someone will have to fund this work—but I do hope it happens. And I hope, as usual, to be proven wrong. 15 https://eprcug.org/blog/how-out-of-pocket-healthcare-costs-keep-driving-ugandans-into-poverty/ 16 Another straight-to-the-point journal article title. Households experiencing catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in Uganda: magnitude and cost drivers. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32938411 17 https://www.cehurd.org/download/technical-policy-brief-on-community-health-insurance-scheme/?wpdmdl=13661&refresh=6ae9122f5d4ed1793659439 18 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10125197/ 19 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861328/#b3-jpmph-23-110 20 https://ugandapost.news/uganda-to-make-health-insurance-mandatory-by-2026/ 21 https://shu.org.ug/download/235 22 With a nod, tip of the stack hat, and wag of the Mercoon tail to a deeply valued reader who told me that I have a tendency to speculate about the worst-case scenarios a little too much of the time. 23 https://news.mak.ac.ug/2026/10/uphia-2025-shows-ugandas-hiv-status-awareness-gap-despite-strong-treatment-outcomes/ As you’ll see in the next footnote, I’ve already written a subSubstack on another topic, so I will be brief with regard to the study referenced in this article. The Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment, or UPHIA, will never happen in this way again. For more than a decade, PHIAs have been supported by the US government as a way to generate accurate estimates of country progress on key HIV indicators. They are a holdover from the PEPFAR program that was laser focused on ensuring US taxpayer dollars subsidized progress in pandemic control. There may be other population-level surveys and the data may even be publicly released, as the entire set of FY2026 MER data have not. But PHIAs will never happen again. If you’re wondering whether the estimates of HIV progress at country level might get less reliable….you’re not alone. 24 Ooh baby, I hate “we” in almost all forms. But sometimes I go there, when I am looking for company, which I am. Because this Stack moves into the somewhat-uncharted territory of assessing what the implementation plan narratives may suggest about co-signatory countries’ roles and responsibilities to the people living within their borders. The MoUs, specimen and data sharing agreements were templates. Countries’ answers fit into pre-specified questions that did not include, “how are you going to fill financing gaps and stabilize your health system as this plan unfolds?” In contrast, the implementation narratives are open form—the product of co-creation between the two governments. Co-creation can mean lots of things, but nothing leads me to believe that implementation plans are ghost-written by the US government, or that contents were imposed by the US counterparts. Instead, I think the parts of the plans that read like country government initiatives are endorsed, if not initiated by, those governments. For instance, the Ugandan implementation plan narrative describes plans for revenue-generation through fees charged for equipment calibration, repair and maintenance provided through Uganda’s National Equipment Calibration Laboratory, and laboratory accreditation through the Uganda National Accreditation Service (UGANAS), targeting private sector, PNFP, research and academic clients. That’s super specific and also quite ambitious. It doesn’t read like an American idea. There’s also a provision for solar panels, and other stuff that feels country owned and driven. This is where it gets interesting. If co-creation is the case, then both the US and co-signatory governments are accountable for the contents and the outcomes. Most discourse about AFGHS to date has focused on the decisions that America has made, or demanded that other countries make. The AFGHS architects have monopolized the hot seat. As they should, in so many ways. America absolutely created the conditions under which countries needed to come up with health financing strategies to fill unanticipated, catastrophic funding gaps. And with not-too-long a lens, we can look back and see that America is also on the hook for its role in the Bretton Woods institutions that made user fees and health system fiscal austerity conditions of loans during the era of structural adjustment. But in the here and now, it is not at all clear to me that the US is requiring Uganda or any other country to implement specific approaches to sustainable financing. Instead, it is as the authors of that paper up in footnote 6 suggest: African governments have agency. As implementation plans roll out—whether or not the narratives are shared—it will be important to understand what this agency looks like and what it means for people, including the poorest of the poor. And it will be important to figure out how to talk about it safely, respectfully and critically in places other than the literal and metaphorical footnotes. 25 This week’s song is “Once upon a time” by the Moody Blues. (I know, this is gonna be a weird, largely banger-free end of 2026 playlist. HMU with requests.) AND please do watch the video and appreciate the truly amazing opening sequence—a drum kit wasteland, a coupla plastic bags, a bit of sand. Sort of like the hill where fiscal austerity policies that put costs on health care users might go to perish. But then there’s a lady with amazing hair. It’s worth it.
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KISTI Supercomputer Hangang Delivers World‑Class Performance for Korean Science
Ranks around 12th worldwide in performance, full operation starts in December
WSU Regent Howard Wright honored for longstanding commitment to improving public health in Guatemala
Later this month, the vice-chair of the WSU Board of Regents will receive an honorary doctorate from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and deliver its commencement address to graduating students.
Liverpool captain claims VAR made ‘clear’ error in Arsenal match
Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool were denied a clear penalty in their defeat to Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday, appearing incredulous at suggestions that the VAR missed the incident.Photo by Michael S...
Shook Construction celebrates 100 years of building community
Over the decades, the construction company has delivered some of its most significant work across Northeast Ohio. Philanthropy also is central to the business.
Vance: ‘The reason we lost is the war’
The morning after voters delivered a blistering midterm rebuke of President Donald Trump, with Democrats flipping both chambers of Congress and racking up victories even in deep-red bastions, Vice President
Deloitte Forms US Oracle Business Group to Power End-to-End Enterprise Transformation
Deloitte today announced an expansion of its alliance with Oracle with the formation of the Deloitte Oracle business group, bringing together Deloitte's Oracle-focused capabilities across AI, applications, cloud infrastructure, data, cyber and managed services. The new group is designed to help clients modernize their Oracle environments, explore and scale agentic AI deployments — and draw on Deloitte's AI-infused service delivery platform Ascend™ and Deloitte Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)
The Sci-Fi Movie Where A Robot Finds Religion And Its Makers Want It Dead
Doomsday Book mixes zombies, a Buddhist robot, and an impossible delivery. Its long road to completion is almost as unusual as its three stories.
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Economic development is about more than bringing jobs to a community. It is about creating places where people want to live, work, raise their families, and build their futures. In...
Beyond the Health Report: AsiaMedic and Eternami Launch a New Approach to Personalised Healthspan
What happens after a health screening report is delivered?
Caitlin Clark Makes Her Opinion Around Valkyries Winning WNBA Championship Against Dream Extremely Clear
The WNBA’s growth has been impossible to ignore over the past few seasons, with rising attendance, record viewership, and new franchises adding to the league’s momentum. The 2026 season took that progress another step forward, as the Golden State Valkyries delivered a historic championship run just two years after entering the league.
Confirmed: Mikel Arteta Announces Arsenal Lineup For Liverpool Clash
Mikel Arteta rings the changes at Anfield as Declan Rice returns and Christos Tzolis starts, with the Gunners chasing their first away win over Liverpool since 2012.
WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers last pitch before midterms at Reflecting Pool, site of botched renovation
Madueke admits he was nervous during Liverpool VAR review
Arsenal’s Noni Madueke has admitted he was worried about VAR intervening to send him off during Sunday’s game against Liverpool, despite not feeling he’d done anything wrong.Photo by Michael Ste...
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Ex-Liverpool and England star admits to hiding health condition from club after terrifying episode
The former Liverpool and England defender feared being released if he made the reality of his condition known
Arsenal’s yellow shirt continues flawless start to season
Arsenal might want to keep the yellow kit close at hand after maintaining their perfect record in it with Sunday’s 1-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield.Photo by Michael Steele/Getty ImagesKai Havertz s...
Here's the Food Named the Healthiest in the World by Science, and You Can Grow It on Your Windowsill
Not kale, not blueberries: the peppery green that topped a CDC-published ranking, and how to grow it at home. Every few years, a new superfood takes over grocery aisles and social feeds. Kale had its moment, then blueberries, then avocado. But when a researcher ranked fruits and vegetables by how many nutrients they deliver per calorie,...
Sean Dyche Makes Oliver Glasner Comparison
Sean Dyche has compared Nottingham Forest's current situation under Oliver Glasner to his own tenure at the club.
I'll tell my players to dive in future
Andoni Iraola says that he will tell his players to go down in future after Liverpool were denied a penalty in Sunday's defeat by Arsenal.
Four Decades Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. They Might Try It Again.
Scientists’ experiment on Mount St. Helens suggests rodents can deliver fungi that plants need, but the repair crew has an appetite.
“He’s Driving Aaron Rodgers Nuts” “He’s Washed”: Colin Cowherd Delivers Brutal Verdict On DK Metcalf After Steelers’ Win
The Pittsburgh Steelers extended their winning streak to four games with a 27-6 win over the Cleveland Browns. However, wide receiver DK Metcalf’s disappointing performance became a major talking point after the game.
Apple’s tightening margins overshadow upbeat holiday forecast
Apple Inc. delivered a mixed outlook to investors in its first quarterly report under Chief Executive Officer John Ternus, with narrower profit margins overshadowing an upbeat sales forecast. Though Apple
Neutral Zee Entertainment; target of Rs 70: Motilal Oswal
Motilal Oswal's research report on Zee EntertainmentZee delivered another quarter of subdued profitability, with ~52% YoY decline in EBITDA (17% miss), despite encouraging subscription growth (+30% YoY) from FIFA WC’26 broadcast. After several quarters of persisting decline, ad revenue was flat YoY…
‘This is not about politics. This is about people’: UN warns of impact of deadly drone strikes in Sudan
Intensifying drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan are disrupting electricity, water and fuel supplies, putting lives at risk and hampering the delivery of humanitarian aid, the UN’s top official in the country has warned.
Arsenal ride out Liverpool storm to top Premier League
Arsenal moved to the top of the Premier League with their first win away to Liverpool in 14 years as Kai Havertz's early strike secured a 1-0 victory for the Gunners.That intervention counted for little as Arsenal rode out the closing stages to register another clean sheet and an eighth win in nine league games.
Around half of people will experience a mental health issue in their lifetime
What is someone’s risk of developing depression, anxiety, or other mental health issues at some point in their life?
Apple's new CEO delivers earnings beat, but China and iPad sales miss
Apple's revenue for its fiscal Q4 was $114.5 billion, surpassing Wall Street's estimates of $113.46 billion. EPS came in at $2.10, topping estimates.
Modern fitness enthusiasts turn toward advanced metabolic science to reach new heights
Men’s health optimization is evolving as fitness enthusiasts trade quick-fix trends for documented metabolic research and cellular physiological data. You have likely spent years tracking sets, logging miles, and testing diets that promised effortless gains but delivered mixed outcomes. Generic fitness rules often leave active men frustrated because standard gym routines fail to address individual […]
Why probiotic strain specificity matters for brain health
Not all probiotics deliver the same benefits. As research into the gut-brain axis advances, evidence on individual strains is helping supplement brands build more targeted, science-led approaches to mental wellbeing. Probi’s HEAL9 is a compelling example
Broncos' Little-Used Safety Delivers Game-Saving Tackle Against Chiefs
JL Skinner had played just two defensive snaps all season before stepping up with a crucial goal-line tackle in Denver's dramatic 28–24 victory over Kansas City.
BLDI delivers complete environmental solutions
With 35 years of experience and the support of Tribal ownership, Holland-based BLDI provides one point of contact from initial assessment through final resolution.
Six climate and health actions could save 1.6 million lives and deliver trillions in benefits each year
Six proven climate and health measures could save 1.6 million lives a year while delivering trillions of dollars in economic and fiscal gains, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released today.
AI funding concerns put core business strength in focus: Javelin Wealth Management
Polka Mishra, Partner at Javelin Wealth Management, says that last Friday's sell-off was not unexpected as investors scrutinize how AI capex is funded and the returns it delivers. Microsoft and Amazon's divergent results highlight the importance of free cash flow and core business strength.
Study: How Live Entertainment Turns Attention into Action
The international study The Live Effect 2026 reveals why live entertainment continues to deliver unmatched engagement, brand impact and commercial value. Four of the world’s largest live entertainment markets were examined.
Approach made, massive transfer is on the horizon for Liverpool
Liverpool could be on the brink of completing a massive transfer. It's an exciting time around Anfield again. Last season was full of doom and gloom for Liverpool fans as the club stuck with Arne Slot...
Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Delivers Keynote Address at the Advanced Therapies in Orthopaedics (ATiO) Foundation Annual Meeting
Laurencin spoke on Regenerative Engineering at the 2026 ATiO Conference in Berlin, Germany.
Denver Broncos Coach Sean Payton Addresses Jonathan Taylor Trade Rumors
Sean Payton addressed the Broncos’ reported interest in Jonathan Taylor after Denver’s backfield delivered a dramatic win over Kansas City. The post Denver Broncos Coach Sean Payton Addresses Jonathan Taylor Trade Rumors appeared first on HEAVY.
New Career High For The Former Kansas Jayhawks Christian Braun
Former Kansas Jayhawk Christian Braun Delivers Career Night Against Phoenix Suns
South Texas Health System (@stxhealthsystem)
1 likes, 0 comments - stxhealthsystem on November 1, 2026: "Shaping the Future of Stroke Care: In healthcare, learning never stops. New research, treatment advances and best practices are constantly emerging, making ongoing education essential for improving patient outcomes and delivering high-quality care. Recently, Amanda Rubalcado, BSN, SCRN, Stroke Educator at South Texas Health System McAllen, presented an in-depth session on stroke recognition, treatment and prevention to students participating in the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) Program through the @vida_careers at @stcjaguars. The PACE program helps low-income, unemployed and underemployed Rio Grande Valley residents gain the education and training needed to pursue high-demand, high-wage careers, including careers in healthcare. Understanding the warning signs of stroke and the importance of timely treatment can make the difference between life and death. Through partnerships like this, STHS is helping prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals to deliver exceptional, compassionate care and build a healthier future for the Rio Grande Valley. #STHS #HealthcareEducation #STC #VIDA #CareerAdvancement #StrokeEducation".
Report From FCM Consulting Sees 4 ‘Strategic Gaps’ for Travel Managers
Research shows why travel managers need to show leaders why trips happen and what they deliver
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Economic development is about more than bringing jobs to a community. It is about creating places where people want to live, work, raise their families, and build their futures. In...
Kona Community Hospital earns accreditation from country’s largest healthcare accreditor
The hospital was recognized for meeting established standards and delivering safe, high-quality care to patients.
Lonza bets big on US growth, snaps up Merck KGaA’s CDMO business
In a major reshaping of the pharmaceutical contract manufacturing landscape, Lonza has struck a deal to acquire the CDMO business of Merck KGaA. | Lonza will purchase the German Merck’s U.S.-based CDMO network for mid-triple-digit million euros. Besides five sites, the deal will bolster Lonza’s prowess in rapidly growing sectors such as cell and gene therapy, bioconjugates, viral vectors and advanced drug-delivery technologies.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
MSG Entertainment (MSGE) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +1,050.00% and +5.03%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Australian public servants demand AI safeguards as politicians eye staff savings
One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce wants retiring public servants replaced with AI.
Vanessa Hudgens & Oliver Trevena Get Spooky at Darren Dzienciol’s Haunted Hotel Halloween Bash with Surprise MGK Performance!
Nightlife king Darren Dzienciol brought out the stars for his highly anticipated annual Haunted Hotel Halloween party on Saturday night […]
Big Tech faces a political reckoning in Ohio
A victory for Sherrod Brown in Ohio's competitive Senate race could embolden politicians in both parties to take on the tech industry.
Speech Delivered at the 8th Global Forum of Leaders for Agricultural Science and Technology (GLAST 2026) Theme: Shaping Future Agriculture with Science & Innovation; How can technology and global partnerships enable future agriculture, By H.E. Ambassador Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, PhD Permanent Representative of the AU to the People's Republic of China, Sanya— 2 November 2026-African Union
Distinguished President Huang Sanwen, President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; My Brother Professor Felix Dapare Dakora, Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of Agricultural Academies and Research Institutions, Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the CGIAR and IAEA Ladies and Gentlemen. Good morning. It is my great honour to be with you in this majestic city of Sanya, in Hainan Province to participate in the 8th Global Forum of Leaders for Agricultural Science and Technology, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. I thank the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences for the invitation, and for having kept this forum going since 2006. Few gatherings bring together so many agricultural institutions from so many regions like GLAST. Let me, from the outset, on behalf of H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, commend H.E. President Xi Jinping for his strong and clear leadership, which continues to deepen China-Africa relations. As we meet here today, China, under the able leadership of President Xi, is celebrating its two miracles of rapid economic growth and long-term social stability.
Democrats win governorships in Texas and other GOP-controlled states in rebuke to Republicans
The wins delivered a majority of governorships to Democrats for the first time in two decades, allowing them to put up a stronger defense against Trump's second-term agenda.
Facing the Realities of the Global Energy Crunch
On September 14, American oil executives delivered some alarming news. “The great oil crisis is here.” As the Wall Street Journal explained, “Commercial fuel stocks around the world have been depleting for more than six months, and strategic crude reserves can’t be tapped much further. Attacks last ...
Rocket attacks broker conversion issues with new tool
The new app, called Quick Counter, allows brokers to build, adjust and deliver a competitive refinance loan estimate while the client is still on the phone.
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To dive or not to dive? Football's big dilemma
Liverpool feel Alexander Isak should have been awarded a penalty against Arsenal but with the striker not appealing for the decision and the VAR staying out of it, should he have made more of it?
Will Democrats control Congress? Their path runs through California. Watch these races
As Democrats fight to control Congress, the party needs midterm California voters to deliver on the promise of Prop. 50 and oust five Republicans
Declan Rice says “togetherness, resilience ” helped Arsenal beat Liverpool
Declan Rice was once again central to Arsenal’s success as they beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time in 14 years. The midfielder provided the assist for Kai Havertz’s goal, which proved to...
Microbiome research reveals how bacterial lipids influence liver and muscle health in mice
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from UConn and the University of Pittsburgh is filling knowledge gaps about the surprising roles that our microbiomes play in our health. The team's recent studies, ...