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John, 3, who suffers from multi-drug-resistant tubeculosis (MDR-TB), is held by his mother Elizabeth, also an MDR-TB case, after she gave him his medication at an MSF-run clinic in Nairobi.

A New Wrinkle in TB’s Drug Resistance

Former CDC director Bill Foege recounts a life in public health in his new book, “The Fears of the Rich, The Needs of the Poor.” (Image: Courtesy)

Politicians, Philosophy and Other Leadership Challenges: A Q&A with Bill Foege

Physician-advocate Rita Thapa shares a booklet on cardiovascular disease risk factors with friends at a secondary school in Dang, Nepal on August 24, 2018. (Image courtesy)

The Lessons of Alma-Ata

Graphic composition of a compass over sky

Global Health Leadership Series

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus washes his hands before visiting an Ebola treatment center in Itipo on June 11, 2018.

What Motivates Tedros: Part 2 of a Q&A with WHO’s Director-General

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has sought to transform WHO to maximize its impact. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Inside the Mind of Tedros: A Q&A with WHO’s Director-General

Cape Town residents fill their water jugs at the Highlands Spring in February 2018.

How Cape Town Defeated Day Zero—for Now

Blockchain technology could bring much-needed transparency and data traceability to the opioid prescription system. Image: Getty Images

A Blockchain Solution to the Opioid Crisis

Caretakers in Kenya playing with children in a health facility waiting room (using toys made from locally available materials).

Change the Early Years, Transform a Child’s Life

A general view of the participants in 2015’s "Interns with a Mission,” an initiative to enable dialogue between United Nations interns, staff, and diplomats based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Interns: Future Leaders—Not Free Labor

Venture into the Untold

Contest Rules: Untold Global Health Stories of 2020