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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.

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.

How Health Care Works Around the World
Experts agree that access to quality health care is the best way to improve global health. But health-care options vary greatly depending on where you are in the world.

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.