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“Silent voices don’t drive change.” That’s the motto at a modest but vibrant community center in Mozambique’s capital city Maputo. Here, people who too often face stigma and abuse can find a safe space, along with support to access vital healthcare a...
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In 2024, Zambia endured a debilitating drought – the worst in a generation. The effects were felt across nearly every aspect of daily life, including the country’s health systems.
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It’s nighttime in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A mobile van that offers HIV testing and other health services idles discreetly at the edge of a park in Koh Pich. Sok Dara (name changed for privacy) supervises a group of colleagues who do outreach work with ...
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Even under relentless missile and drone attacks in Kharkiv, Alla Goncharenko and her team carry out vital work that often goes unseen: They detect and treat tuberculosis (TB) and other infectious diseases across a region of 2.5 million people. As hea...
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Every lifesaving test, treatment or medical procedure leaves something behind: used bandages, syringes, tests, protective equipment – but what comes next? Handling medical waste is one of the least visible, yet most critical, parts of protecting heal...
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Just before dawn, students stream through the bright pink gates of St. Anne’s Ahero Comprehensive School in Kisumu County in western Kenya. It’s the start of a school day – and the mosquitoes are hungry. Clouds of them descend from the dense canopy o...
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At 24, Sandra is building her future. She owns two small beauty salons in and around Mbabane, Eswatini, and is saving up to pursue a degree in computer science. Taking control of her health is part of her plan, in a country where 1 in every 9 young w...
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For more than two decades, Dr. Aster Shweaamare has been one of the driving forces behind Ethiopia’s fight against HIV. At the Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, one of Ethiopia’s largest HIV treatment centers, she leads the disease prevention...
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When Fatoumata Keita was a young girl, an accident changed the course of her life. After her family sought treatment from a traditional healer, the care she received left her with a permanent disability in her left arm. The experience stayed with her...
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At Sulianti Saroso Infectious Disease Hospital in Jakarta, laboratory teams routinely process samples from patients who could be ill with an infectious disease. Working safely with these biological samples requires specialized equipment and strict pr...
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New technologies — from rapid molecular diagnostics and AI-enabled X-ray detection, to shorter, all-oral treatment regimens — are transforming what’s possible in the fight against, tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease claiming ...
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Delivering lifesaving health services in Mali requires resilience and determination. Even amid security challenges, extreme weather and inequality, women continue to demand – and deliver – the care that keeps them, their families and their communitie...
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Ukraine’s health systems have been devastated by the war – thousands of hospitals and clinics have been damaged or destroyed, supply chains have been decimated and millions of people have been at risk of being cut off from lifesaving HIV, tuberculosi...
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On his coffee farm in rural East Java, Indonesia, Pak Jun developed a persistent cough. He was nauseous, dizzy and unable to eat. When his condition failed to improve, Pak Jun’s family took him to the local puskesmas, or health center, for a check-up...
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This year, the Global Fund partnership continued to deliver on its promise to end the world’s deadliest diseases. We look back at 2024 with a collection of powerful people and stories about harnessing the power of new tools, innovation and building s...
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Founded in 1996, CESAC was the very first HIV clinic in Mali — established by a group of young doctors with few resources, but an unshakable commitment to caring for people living with HIV and AIDS. One of those doctors is Dr. Bintou Dembele.
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As a community health mobilizer, Rowida played a vital role in a recent campaign to distribute millions of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to protect communities from malaria in Sudan. Rowida spoke to families in the town of Damazine, Blue Nile Sta...
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For 15 years, François Mafuku has been an HIV nurse at the Pediatric Foundation of Kimbondo Hospital on the outskirts of Kinshasa. He says that despite the undeniable progress made in the fight against HIV and AIDS, the disease continues to take a he...
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Fanose Hirreno has been a health extension worker in the Koka region of Ethiopia for 18 years. She spends three days a week providing door-to-door care and two days supporting patients at her local community health post. Launched in 2003, Ethiopia’s ...
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Anthony Estomata plays an important role in the fight against TB in the Philippines. As a Specimen Transport Rider (STRider), Anthony uses his motorcycle to transport sputum specimens from clinics to laboratories equipped with GeneXpert diagnostic ma...