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Students wear bright orange and blue face paint at an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018.

Wrong Code

by Deepa Jahagirdar

How many HIV/AIDS deaths are we missing?

Governance
Humayun's Tomb was lit up pink and green to celebrate India’s milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, in New Delhi, India, on October 21, 2021.

The Pandemic and the Future of India's Foreign Policy

by Šumit Ganguly

Mismanagement of COVID-19 at home squandered India's advantages in vaccine diplomacy

A health-care worker checks the temperature of a child as other adults and children watch during a door-to-door COVID-19 surveillance visit in a village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India on June 9, 2021.
Governance

How to Build a Global COVID-19 Surveillance Program

by Scott P. Layne

A call to action and a blueprint to pave the way

A member of the National Anti-locusts Committee prepares to fumigate locusts in the village of Soatanimbary in the Menabe region of western Madagascar, March 29, 2013.
Poverty

Why Neglected Tropical Diseases Still Matter

by Tegan Mosugu

Ending neglected tropical diseases is necessary for a brighter future

A sample collection tube for chlamydia PCR (polymerase reaction) testing which is commonly used in the laboratory to screen patients for chlamydia infection.
Gender

The Silent Spread of STDs During the Pandemic

by Angela Castellanos

With STD testing shortage, health-care providers fear undetected spread

A public health information sign is seen with St. Paul's Cathedral seen behind amidst a lockdown during the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic, London, Britain, January 7, 2021.
Migration

Spread of COVID-19 Variants Adds to Urgency of Disease Control Efforts

by Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Gigi Kwik Gronvall

Increasing evidence suggests new COVID-19 variants are more transmissible between people

General view during a press conference of the World Health Organization (WHO) organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020.
Governance

Institutional Failures in COVID-19

by Les Roberts

The pandemic shows us why organizations should separate nurturing partner and policing health authority roles