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In the heart of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau’s capital city, Cunna Mendes holds a medical cooler filled with biological samples. These were collected from patients showing signs of fever and respiratory distress on the remote island of Bolama, located sever...
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At a community hall in the Chilenje neighborhood of Lusaka, Zambia, the sound of singing rises above the noise of the bustling city. A group of young women sit in a circle. They call themselves the “Pink Girls” — a sisterhood of strength, resilience ...
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, while most people were under lockdown, Dr. Revathy Arushothy was heading into the laboratory – working around the clock to help keep her country safe. “Our laboratories were working 24/7,” says the microbiologi...
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Fighting deadly infectious diseases is in all our interests
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Artemisinin is a powerful antimalarial drug – a key ingredient in medicines that cure malaria quickly and save millions of lives. But in Southeast Asia’s Mekong region – Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, Thailand and ...
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In Africa, community health systems are a crucial pillar of public health, delivering essential health services to reach communities even in the most remote areas. However, a major funding gap – US$4.4 billion annually – limits their reach, quality a...
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The conflict in Sudan has led to one of the largest displacement crises in the world, with more than 14 million people forced from their homes. Health systems across the country have completely collapsed.
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It started raining mid-morning – a light drizzle. Community health worker Champa Tidakar was prepared. She’d heard there would be a huge storm. Together with her husband, father-in-law, teenage son and young daughter, she gathered some non-perishable...
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A health crisis anywhere is a threat to people everywhere. This is why investments fighting HIV, TB and malaria are so vital – not only to fight the world’s deadliest diseases, but also to ensure that health systems everywhere are equipped to detect ...
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Dmytro Korobenko dreamed of traveling across his country – but he never imagined the circumstances that would turn this dream into reality. “It’s hard for me to remember my life before the war, before 2022,” he says. “Everything has changed for me.” ...
