Infectious Diseases

Karupayee with M. Raja and A. Vincent of the Mahelerecen Leprosy center in Madurai, India. March, 2022. Kamala Thiagarajan

Neglected Diseases

How COVID-19 Set Back India’s Battle with Leprosy

Custom-made microcellular rubber sandals are manufactured and given free of charge to patients at The Leprosy Mission Trust Hospital in Dayapuram, Manamadurai, for relief from foot ulcers and the management of leprosy-related disabilities. Kamala Thiagarajan

Neglected Diseases

Why Leprosy Persists in India

sther Sambiri, left, stands with fellow vaccine advocates outside the Nyanga, Zimbabwe, district government office on Dec. 16, 2021. Image: Farai Mutsaka

Infectious Diseases

In Zimbabwe, COVID-19 Vaccine Mistrust Stokes HPV Vaccination Fears

Edith Bracho-Sanchez interviews a source in Tijuana, Mexico in 2019. Image: CourtesyEdith Bracho-Sanchez interviews a source in Tijuana, Mexico in 2019. Image: CourtesyEdith Bracho-Sanchez interviews a source in Tijuana, Mexico in 2019.

Another Way to Fight Disease: Media Training

Health workers talk to residents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Dangerous Myth: ‘We’ve Got All the COVID-19 Tools We Need’

A health worker provides medical advice on HIV/AIDS testing in Lagos, Nigeria, May 1, 2021. Image: Emmanuel Osodi/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty

Infectious Diseases

Rewriting the Narrative for Youth with HIV

A man opens a vaccine storage cooler in Madagascar

First Step for Vaccine Success: Cultivate Demand

A man sits alone beside the Spree River during a lockdown in Berlin on April 16, 2021. Image: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

2021—The Year in Global Health

A technician places a beaker into a hatch inside the Afrigen Biologics & Vaccines Ltd. laboratory facility in Cape Town, South Africa, July 12, 2021; the WHO announced it will establish its first-ever mRNA technology transfer hub in Cape Town in an agreement with Afrigen and the Biovac Institute. Photographer: Image: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Envisioning a New Public Health Order in Africa

Cubicles housing patients on the arena floor inside a temporary Covid-19 hospital at the Krylatskoye Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 17, 2020. Image: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty

‘Dangerously Unprepared’: New Report Faults Countries’ Pandemic Readiness… Again

Composite photo of Anton Basenko, Bill Hall, and Kawango Agot

Infectious Diseases

Courageous Voices: Global HIV/AIDS Activists Share their Stories

Anton Basenko attending the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Tuberculosis, 2018

Replacing Hate with Harm Reduction