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On the Frontlines in Nigeria to End Polio Globally
by International Medical Corps

In a world ravaged by seemingly insurmountable health challenges and disease epidemics, the eradication of polio remains uniquely attainable.

Polio, global health security
Three Challenges, One Solution: The Many Capes of Health Heroes
by Phil Carroll

This UN General Assembly Week, reimagine how health heroes are critical to your cause. Because, while it's obvious we need health heroes, they also need us.

global health security, Infectious diseases
More than a story: takeaways from the Health Heroes Plus Social Good Summit

As global health policymakers from around the world this week are discussing the financing needed to achieve universal health coverage on the sidelines of the World Bank spring meetings here in Washington – they would be wise to heed the stories and calls for investment and inclusion by the frontline health workers who spoke at the Health Heroes + Social Good Summit on April 5 during World Health Worker Week.

universal health coverage, global health security, US global health policy
Making the World Safer from Health Threats

As we prepare to mark World Health Day on April 7, we celebrate the tremendous contributions of the United States government – and the American people – in creating a more secure world safe from disease through programs like the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) .

global health security
Health Workers: Living at the Intersection of Health, Climate, and Global Security

This World Health Worker Week, it’s important to focus on the role of health workers in strengthening global security and creating a safer world – and how necessary that role is as we look toward the future.

global health security
A Connected Health Workforce is Essential to Global Health Security

By Corinne Mahoney, IntraHealth International

They have the power to shut down cities, damage national economies, and even jeopardize the Olympic Games. As one epidemic after another has emerged during the past...

Ebola, Infectious diseases, global health security