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Infant nutrition: Fundamental to child’s health from birth through adulthood
Amina Ibrahim (Kano, Nigeria) was desperate. Her six-month-old daughter Zainab was dying. The baby who had been plump and healthy at birth now weighed barely more than a newborn. Her…
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Infection prevention and control: Preventing patients and health workers from avoidable infections
Nurse Maria Santos (Manila, Philippines) walked into the neonatal intensive care unit for her night shift in 2019, expecting a routine evening. Instead, she encountered a nightmare. Seven premature babies—tiny…
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In vitro diagnostics: Tests outside the body detecting diseases and infections
Dr. Sarah Ndlovu (Harare, Zimbabwe) will never forget the young mother who died in her clinic in 2017. Mercy, 28 years old, brought her feverish infant for treatment. The baby…
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Hypertension: High blood pressure condition causing heart and kidney disease
David Kimani (Nairobi, Kenya) collapsed during his daughter’s wedding reception. One moment he was dancing, celebrating, filled with joy. The next moment, he lay unconscious on the floor. Massive stroke.…
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Human rights: Health as fundamental right for every person
Fatima Hassan (Cape Town, South Africa) remembers the day her mother died. Diabetic, hypertensive, desperate for treatment. But the clinic closest to their township neighborhood turned her away. “Wrong district,”…
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Human genome editing: Technology for making specific changes to DNA
Dr. Jennifer Park (Stanford University, California) will never forget the phone call from her colleague in China. November 2018. Dr. He Jiankui had done the unthinkable—he’d edited the genes of…
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Hospitals: Healthcare facilities amplifying health system effectiveness worldwide
Dr. Amina Osman (Khartoum, Sudan) stood in the emergency department of Omdurman Teaching Hospital at 2 AM, overwhelmed by what she witnessed. Fifty patients crowded the waiting area designed for…
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Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): Parasitic disease transmitted by tsetse flies
Dr. Emmanuel Kabanga (Kasansa Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo) remembers his first sleeping sickness patient in 1998. A young woman named Marie, 24 years old, mother of two small…
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HIV: Infection attacking body’s immune system and CD4 cells
Thabo Mokoena (Johannesburg, South Africa) remembers the day his world collapsed. At 28, healthy and energetic, he felt invincible. Then came the diagnosis: HIV-positive. “I went numb. In 2015, HIV…
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Hepatitis: Liver inflammation causing severe disease and cancer worldwide
Kwame Mensah (Accra, Ghana) lived with a secret for 15 years. At 32, routine blood tests before surgery revealed shocking news: chronic hepatitis B infection. His liver was already showing…
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Hendra virus infection: Rare emerging zoonosis causing severe disease in horses and humans
Veterinarian Dr. Lisa Thompson (Brisbane, Australia) remembers the terror of September 1994. Two racehorses in the suburb of Hendra developed severe respiratory illness. Within days, 19 more horses fell sick.…
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Heatwaves: Heat and hot weather lasting days with significant societal impact
Dr. Sophie Mercier (Paris Emergency Medicine Director) will never forget the summer of 2003. The morgue overflowed. Hospitals ran out of beds. Bodies piled up in refrigerated trucks. Elderly residents…
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Healthy diet: A foundation for health, well-being, optimal growth and development
Maria Santos (São Paulo, Brazil) thought she was feeding her family well. She worked two jobs to afford what she believed were nutritious foods. Her shopping cart filled with brightly…
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Health workforce: Availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health workers
Dr. Grace Mwangi (Kenya’s Chief Nursing Officer) stared at the empty nursing station. The rural hospital 200 kilometers from Nairobi needed 25 nurses. They had 7. Three more resigned last…
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Health technology assessment: Systematic evaluation of health technologies and interventions
Dr. Chuma Okafor (Nigeria’s Director of Health Technology Assessment) faced an impossible decision. A pharmaceutical company promoted an expensive new cancer drug claiming miraculous results. Media reported “breakthrough cure.” Desperate…
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