Ten Big Moments in Global Health from the 2010s

By Margarite Nathe, Principal Editor/Writer, IntraHealth International A nurse provides antiretroviral medicines to an HIV-positive client in Guatemala. Photo by Anna Watts for IntraHealth International. (Banner: Felicia, a 29 year old Liberian nurse, prepares to go inside an Ebola patient ward to draw blood. Photo by Morgana Wingard for USAID, used underCC BY-NC 2.0.)December 19, 2019As the 2010s come to a close, we’re looking back on the past decade in global health. Here are ten big moments that will stick with us—and could continue to shape the future of health for us all.2010: We worried about a global explosion of malariaDuring 2010, we sawheadline afterheadline about climate change. Many of them focused on a big question around global health: Would rising temperatures and flooding bring new onslaughts of malaria-carrying mosquitos?In fact, global malaria rates have generallygone down over the course of the decade, though progress has been slow. And our changing climate has since brought new health challenges to light, including around food production, water safety, air quality, and meeting the health care needs of displaced people.
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