infectious diseases

Close-up on "Africa CDC" sign emblazoned on grey Africa CDC headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Africa’s Contribution to Global Health Security

A Red Cross worker in Narok, Kenya, where an anthrax outbreak in 2019 was swiftly contained.

Learning from the “Near Misses”

Person in PPE looks out over Red Square, Moscow. Shutterstock

TB & HIV Slip Through COVID-Weakened Safety Nets

An Indonesian health official holds a thermal gun used to check the body temperature of passengers at the Juanda International airport in Sidoarjo, East Java on January 30, 2020. Image: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty

Coronaviruses: What You Need to Know

A mother at Kakuma District Hospital, Kenya, is happy that her child is HIV-free, thanks to prevention of mother-to-child transmission services. Eric Bond/Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation 2019.

Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Is Creeping Back—Here’s How to Stop It

Indian TB patient Sonu Verma, 25, poses with his chest x-ray in Sonipat, March 3, 2016. Image: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty

A Roadmap for Ending the Moral Catastrophe of TB

School girls at an HPV vaccination campaign event in Vietnam. © 2007 Amynah Janmohamed,

Safeguard a Vaccine Program with a Well-Planned Rollout

Getting Local With Clinical Research Capacity

A nurse working with the WHO shows a bottle containing Ebola vaccine in Mbandaka, May 21, 2018.

Ebola in DRC: The Next Few Weeks Are Critical

Healthcare providers leave a village after completion of a culling operation in response to a bird flu outbreak in Budgebudge, West Bengal, India.

The Pandemic Everyone Fears

An IBM Health Corps team member (right) evaluating the manual data collection process of a Panama Health Department field worker as she interacts with citizens.

Lifesaving Tech Support

Corpsmen in cap and gown ready to attend patients in influenza ward of US Naval Hospital in Mare Island, California, December 10, 1918. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.

US, World Still Not Ready for Another Flu Pandemic