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

Limited understanding of disease etiology often leads to resistance, which can result in low vaccine uptake.

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

HPV tests are alternatives to Pap smear screening that enable women to self-collect specimens and might be the best cervical cancer prevention strategy for many.

Government and public-private coalitions have important roles in cancer surveillance in LMICs.

African cancer research is embedded in underresourced health care infrastructures, illuminating ethical questions about benefit sharing and governance.

Telesurgery is a form of global health diplomacy, and negotiations between LMICs and HICs can have transnational consequences.

Health sector actions exacerbate climate warming and iatrogenically harm the global public.

Dumping domestic and international health care waste into the earth’s terra firma and oceans undermine global health equity and the health of vulnerable communities.

Redirecting focus from treatment to prevention is a global public health imperative.