2020

  • 14 September 2020
    Myanmar Makes Major Progress Fighting Malaria
    Ten years ago, more than 3,800 people died from malaria in Myanmar every year. Today, that number has dropped to approximately 170.
  • 21 August 2020
    An Urgent Plea from a South African Health Worker Fighting COVID-19 and TB
    In Cape Town, South Africa, Nombasa Krune-Dumile, a drug-resistant tuberculosis counselor who has dedicated her life to supporting tuberculosis (TB) patients, says COVID-19 has devastated health systems and upended normal operations of her work.
  • 29 July 2020
    Guardians of a Continent
    Every time Evaline Owuor says goodbye to her children and goes to work, she takes a calculated risk. As a community health worker in Kenya’s Homa Bay County, she has helped her community dramatically reduce the number of people who die from malaria. ...
  • 10 July 2020
    Disruptions in HIV, TB and Malaria Programs due to COVID-19
  • 09 July 2020
    Fighting HIV in India during COVID-19
    Nisha Shaik fills her bag with a supply of medicines, dons her light-blue face mask and sets off into the winding alleyways of a Mumbai slum. COVID-19 cases are soaring in India, and the country is under a strict lockdown. But despite the pandemic, N...
  • 06 July 2020
    Lifeline During Lockdown: Delivering Medicines During COVID-19
    COVID-19 lockdowns are having a catastrophic impact on key and vulnerable populations. Restrictive measures are preventing some communities from accessing and affording enough food or medicine, causing disruptions to lifesaving treatments. When patie...