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COVID-19’s Unequal Consequences
In its first few months, the pandemic disproportionately harmed people of color in the United States.
Global Health
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The Rising Tide of Diabetes in Mexico
As noncommunicable diseases become more prevalent, Mexico is coming up with innovative ideas to fight the problem.
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What Is Global Health?
We have made advances in global health, but we face challenges from new disease trends—and need funding to treat them.
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The Race to Develop COVID-19 Vaccines
How did scientists produce the COVID-19 vaccines in record time? Explore how health innovations, like the mRNA vaccine, are invented and how they impact global health today.
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How Did Humans Come to Live Longer and Healthier Lives?
From the history of vaccines and medical quarantines to the origin of the World Health Organization, explore how innovations in global health increased human longevity and prepared the world for COVID-19.
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What Is the World Health Organization?
What is the WHO? Learn how the UN agency in charge of international public health responds to crises that threaten global health coordination, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learning Journeys
A learning journey is a student facing, curated collection of resources that explore a topic from a specific perspective.
Learning Journey
What Did COVID Reveal About Our World?
Learn how COVID revealed the strengths and failures of vaccine development, foreign policy, and the U.S. healthcare system.
Learning Journey
Global Health: Policy
Explore this collection of learning resources to understand the different policy options that exist to address both infectious and noncommunicable diseases.
Learning Journey
Global Health: Introduction
Explore this collection of learning resources to understand the threats and challenges to global health.