Health
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Earthquakes: Nearly 750,000 people died between 1998-2017—125 million affected by the sudden disaster
Dr. Aisha Mahmoud was performing a cesarean section when the hospital began to shake. It was 4:17 AM on February…
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Eye care, vision impairment and blindness: At least 1 billion people have vision problems that could be prevented or fixed
Ten-year-old Amara squinted at the blackboard from the back row of her classroom in rural Uganda. The teacher had written…
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Epilepsy: 50 million people worldwide have seizures—but three quarters can’t get treatment
Twelve-year-old Kofi collapsed during morning assembly at his school in rural Ghana. His body stiffened, then began jerking uncontrollably. Foam…
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Environmental health: Nearly one in four deaths worldwide are linked to unhealthy environments
Eight-year-old Aisha woke up struggling to breathe. Her mother, Mariam, heard the familiar wheeze from across their small apartment in…
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Energy and health: 2.4 billion people still cook with polluting fuels—killing 3.2 million yearly
Every morning before dawn, Fatima Diallo wakes her three children and starts the day’s first task: cooking breakfast over an…
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Emergency and critical care: Over half of deaths in low-income countries could be prevented with better emergency systems
Sarah Kiptoo’s water broke at 2 a.m., three weeks before her due date. The 23-year-old first-time mother in rural Kenya…
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Echinococcosis: The parasitic tapeworm that grows silently in your liver for years
Jamila Yusuf spent fifteen years wondering why she always felt tired. The 42-year-old shepherd from rural Kyrgyzstan attributed her fatigue…
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Ebola virus disease: The deadly hemorrhagic fever we’re learning to fight with vaccines and monoclonal antibodies
Dr. Fatoumata Koroma will never forget the day Ebola arrived at her clinic in rural Guinea. It was March 2014.…
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Drugs (psychoactive): 296 million people used drugs in 2021—39.5 million affected by drug use disorders
Sarah Mitchell started using prescription painkillers after a car accident left her with chronic back pain. At first, the opioids…
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Drowning: The silent killer claiming 300,000 lives annually—most are preventable
Four-year-old Ravi wandered away from his mother for less than five minutes. She was cooking lunch in their village in…
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Drought: The slow-onset disaster threatening 700 million with displacement by 2030
Amina Hassan watched her youngest daughter, three-year-old Fatima, grow weaker each day. The rains hadn’t come to their village in…
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Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease): The meter-long parasitic worm we’re about to eradicate
Emmanuel Tukura felt the familiar burning sensation on his left ankle one morning in rural Nigeria. Within hours, a painful…
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Disability: 1.3 billion people face health inequities created by barriers, not bodies
Maria Santos wheeled her chair up to the clinic entrance in Manila and stopped. Eight concrete steps. No ramp. No…
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Diphtheria: The throat-coating killer we thought we’d defeated is making a comeback
Six-year-old Amina started with what seemed like a simple sore throat. Her mother, Fatima, thought it was nothing serious—children get…
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Digital health: How technology is revolutionizing healthcare—and who’s being left behind
Dr. Amina Hassan in rural Kenya now consults with specialists 800 kilometers away through her smartphone. Five years ago, when…
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