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Philippine medical workers donned protective suits during a press conference by health officials on the country's preparedness against Ebola on October 21, 2014. Image: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty

No Country is Fully Prepared for High-Consequence Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Sixta Bucardo holds her 18-month-old son Llilmer Parrilla Bucardo in Leon Province, Nicaragua on July 29, 2009. Oral rehydration solution saved his life. (Image: Brent Stirton/Getty Images For Save the Children)

We Have the Power to Save Children’s Lives. We Must Act.

Loyce Pace, Global Health Council executive director, at #WHA72 in Geneva. (Image: BWS)

A View Inside the Whirlwind: Loyce Pace on #WHA72

A May 21 #WHA72 side event focused on migration and health. (Image: BWS)

Health on the Move

Protesters demonstrating in Rome, Italy on July 28, 2017 as Italy’s lawmakers voted to make vaccinations mandatory for children at school registration. Image: Simona Granati/Corbis/Corbis via Getty

Booster Shot for Vaccines

Local police on a May 18 patrol in Butembo, epicenter of the Ebola crisis in DRC and site of attacks on health facilities. (Image: JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images)

Bullets and Ebola: The Latest Update from DRC

Joshua Blumenfeld (left) and Jamie Drummond at Sunday’s NCD communications event moderated by Nejra Cehic. (Image: Brian W. Simpson)

NCD Experts, Change the Name! And Other Valuable Advice

Lancet editor-in-chief Richard Horton gave a passionate and personal address at #WHA72’s opening this morning. Image: Brian W. Simpson

A Surprise Beginning for #WHA72

The UN Palais des Nations, site of the World Health Assembly. (Image: Brian W. Simpson)

The 2019 World Health Assembly: What Happened at #WHA72

A group of students wear face masks to protect from air pollution during a ceremony at Zocalo Square in Mexico City on May 17, 2019. Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

Start Local to Stop Air Pollution

A packed agenda of policy and budget discussions await delegates to this year’s World Health Assembly. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty, 2012

7 Things to Watch at the 2019 World Health Assembly—#WHA72

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