Most cancer deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries. Up to half of cancers are preventable, but several issues challenge prioritization of prevention, so it remains neglected.

Inequity makes it imperative to consider how trade and patent policies influence international patients’ access to treatment and prevention.

Mortality rates for breast cancer are higher where treatments are unavailable and unaffordable. Though less effective, breast examination could be a good screening approach.

Culturally appropriate responsiveness to mental illnesses is critical to mitigating local persons’ distrust of international clinicians.

Not only medicine, but anthropology and international relations are needed to respond to global public health crises.

During one 2014 Ebola epidemic, arrival of “safe burial” teams was often delayed. Some buried their loved ones themselves, which undermined containment efforts.

Balancing need for global solidarity against local stakeholders’ safety concerns is one source of tension when trying to mitigate global risk.

Legal approaches to preserving social stability, maintaining trust, supporting therapeutic research opportunities, or diminishing disease severity deserve ethical scrutiny.

Multiple pieces of reclaimed pallet wood are sculpted into a lateral cerebrum and a gradient of burned wood visually represents a crisis among health care professionals.

WHO suggests doing research during outbreaks but says little about local researchers’ access to samples or subjects’ access to what’s learned.