Global Health Security project helps build resilient health systems By Ammar Zafarullah & Leanne Gray Karachi, Pakistan–Civil Hospital Karachi has seen its fair share of public health emergencies since it was first built over a century ago: the bubonic plague pandemic of 1894, the influenza pandemic of 1918, outbreaks of leprosy and, since 2020, the
Generating awareness and demand, preventing and controlling women’s cancers By Indrani Kashyap When Salimar Valencia Lopez reached the busy, government-run Tondo Medical Center in Manila for a free cervical cancer screening, she had no idea that she could conduct part of the test herself. The health worker explained to Salimar that she could collect her
…and I Choose to Stay Safe from HIV By Charles Wanga Mathare, Nairobi County—While waiting for her son’s turn at the well-baby clinic of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), the only health care provider in the Mathare slum, Ivonta Molenta spotted a young woman handing out brochures. She reached for one but it slipped to
