Stories
COVID-19 is having a devastating effect on human health and well-being around the globe. But people worldwide are also responding with creativity and innovation that can be used to build a brighter, more resilient post-pandemic future. The stories below illustrate opportunities as well as setbacks, paired with online tools and resources to arm advocates with the data and messaging they need to demand change.
Latin American activists keep contraceptive supplies flowing
A Peruvian family on the way to the pharmacy to purchase contraceptives. Advocates are using
Innovation pays dividends against COVID-19 and TB in Karachi
TB contact screening and preventive therapy continued despite the pandemic As Pakistan braced for a
Bangladeshi activists help sustain access to family planning services.
A family planning counselor awaits her clients at Popular Medical College Hospital, Dhaka. District advocacy
A better way to distribute bed nets
Rabi Dako stands with her daughter in Cotonou, Benin after receiving mosquito nets as part
Before COVID-19, Malawi was on its way to ending AIDS. Now what?
Community Health Workers conduct door-to-door screening for COVID-19 in Limpopo, South Africa. In Christopher Mlotha’s
How Massachusetts is learning from the Global South
Care resource coordinators support people in COVID-19 isolation and quarantine by providing social and economic
Resumed immunization campaigns are critical to preventing COVID-19 as well as polio.
Shabana, a frontline Polio Worker, administers polio drops to children in Roshvala, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Photo:
Empowered health workers, healthier communities
CHW Grace Karen Akinyi consults with her supervisor Shadrack Werunga, Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: PCSU When