Infectious Diseases

Mayor Geoffrey Makhubo launched a handwashing campaign to counter the spread of COVID-19 at the Mangolongolo Informal Settlement, April 22, 2020, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Public Trust Can Make or Break Government Response to Public Health Crisis

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

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津巴布韦：新冠疫苗信任危机引发HPV疫苗接种恐惧

Health workers walk from house to house during a polio vaccination campaign in Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano, Nigeria. April 22, 2017. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

The Last Mile: How We’ll Stop All Poliovirus in Africa

Anopheles dirus; main vector in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Infectious Diseases

Fighting the ‘Million-Murdering’ Mosquito: Lessons from the Pandemic

Portugal’s first monkeypox patients were diagnosed at Hospital Santo Antonio Dos Capuchos in Lisbon in early May.

Infectious Diseases

Parties, Symptoms, Mysteries: An Early Monkeypox Patient in Portugal

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