The end of malaria is in sight in the Philippines. In 2002, the country recorded 38,347 cases of malaria and 122 deaths. Today, 72 of the Philippines’ 82 provinces are malaria-free, with nine provinces declaring zero indigenous cases and only one pro...
Stephenie Rodriguez contracted cerebral malaria in 2019, and the disease changed her life. After a long and harrowing recovery, Stephenie became a champion athlete – competing in para-fencing competitions at the highest level across the globe – and a...
Uganda’s National Medical Stores facility in Entebbe holds and distributes essential health commodities including medicines, diagnostics and 14 types of vaccines to more than 3,500 health facilities across the country.
For the fight against AIDS to be effective, we need to start from the principle of “doing with them” rather than “doing for them”. Listening to and taking into account the needs of the populations affected are still the keys to success. In West and C...
What do we need to achieve good health and well-being for all? To confront new and evolving challenges, and provide health care to everyone, everywhere? Health and community systems form the foundation of the fight against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and ...
Little Tony-Jason is a happy and curious 8-month-old. He lives with his 3-year-old sister Gabriella and his mother and father, Melissa and Tomnjong, in Soa, a town about 20 kilometers north of Cameroon’s capital city, Yaoundé. Born last August, Tony-...
On a cold winter day, Adnan Saeed and his brother Rizwan travel from their home to the nearby village of Chak 168 GB Sirāj, about an hour’s drive from Faisalabad, Pakistan. The temperature dips down toward 0 degrees Celsius; still, dozens of men, wom...
Natural disasters, extreme weather events, conflict and political instability can devastate local health systems, displace thousands of people and fuel the spread of disease. HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria disproportionately impact people caught ...
Dr. Elie Azar’s office is in the newly-rebuilt Homs National Hospital in Homs, Syria. Homs is an ancient city in the heart of the country, near the Orontes River – a gateway to the Mediterranean coast. It has been a center of trade and industry for c...