Author Elyse Lichtenthal

Elyse Lichtenthal

Elyse Lichtenthal is a Public Sector Communications Officer for IBM's Global Public Sector, working in Healthcare, Life Sciences, Government & Education. Elyse has also contributed to the former Humanitarian Affairs section of Foreign Policy Blogs as a Global Health Writer, drawing from backgrounds in global health, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, and health policy. Elyse received her Masters in Health Administration & Policy from University of Chicago and is based between Washington, DC and New York City.

Can the World Really “End” Tuberculosis?

Elyse Lichtenthal

December 14, 2015

Tuberculosis is on the decline worldwide. That's the good news! The bad news is that TB remains endemic in scores of countries around the world and sickens millions each year. The international community is goi...

Why the SDGs Should Include NCDs (Two Acronyms You Need to Know)

Elyse Lichtenthal

January 19, 2015

Negotiations kick off this week.

9 Stories that will Drive the Global Agenda in 2018

Security Council Elections at the United Nations

With Democrats Now in Charge, UN Budget Gets a Big Boost in the U.S. House of Representatives

UN Warns of Fate of Ethiopian Migrants Imprisoned in Yemen

For the First Time Ever, a Malaria Vaccine is Being Rolled Out in Three African Countries. Can It Eliminate Malaria For Good?

Libya Is On the Verge of Becoming a Massive Humanitarian Crisis

Venezuelan Refugees in Curaçao are Facing Abuse, Detention and Deportation

9 Stories that will Drive the Global Agenda in 2018

This Video of a Refugee Boy With a Golden Voice Is Going Viral

A UN Official (Correctly) Calls Trump’s New Travel Ban “Collective Punishment”

The Supreme Court Just Blocked Vetted Refugees from Starting a New Life in the United States

It’s Not Just Syria. A Record Number of Refugees Are Fleeing from New Conflicts.

PHOTOS: Inside the World’s Largest Humanitarian Relief Depot

Refugees in Limbo with Trump’s Executive Order

This is the First Podcast Interview With the 2017 Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

Here is How Close the World’s Poorest Countries Are to Acheiving Universal Health Coverage

What You Need to Know About Air Pollution Around the World

Legislation in Canada Could Change How the World Deals With Frozen Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials

The War in Syria Is Taking its Next Big Turn

How to Eliminate the Global Problem of Online Child Abuse

The Crisis in Cameroon is Getting Worse

PHOTOS: Inside the World's Largest Humanitarian Relief Depot

Five Powerful Photos from South Sudan

PHOTO ESSAY: Struggles, Hopes and Fears of Women in Nepal, One Year After the Earthquake

Here's What Happens When the World's Most Renowned Photographers Capture the Refugee Crisis

This Giant Mural in Oakland, California Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations

The UN's Hurt Locker

This Amazingly Resiliant 13-Year-Old-Girl Escaped Violence in the Central African Republic

A UN Video to Remind the World That Civilians are #NotATarget

VIDEO: A BBC Journalist Snuck Into Yemen To Report on the Worst Humanitarian Crisis

WATCH: UN Secretary General Invokes Physics to Explain Why American Leadership is Necessary for World Order

WATCH: Rarely Seen Footage from the Conflict in the Central African Republic

Famine, Explained (VIDEO)

VIDEO: There is more plastic in the sea, than stars in the galaxy

Can the World Really “End” Tuberculosis?

Why the SDGs Should Include NCDs (Two Acronyms You Need to Know)