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Addressing pandemic preparedness after COVID-19 will require going deeper than the surface. Here a worker sanitizes surfaces inside the Inox Leisure movie theatre in Mumbai, India, October 13, 2020. The photo is striking, showing a worker spraying disinfectant wearing a blue suit descending down a theater staircase where all the seats and carpet are bright red. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni

Back to Basics After COVID-19

by Sonya Stokes

Investing in Primary Care Now Will Prepare the U.S. for the Next Pandemic

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Snapshot from a time when it's far from normal: women carry cattle fodder through a mustard field on Earth Day, amid the coronavirus lockdown, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on April 22, 2020. This is a stunning photo showing three women with large bales of freshly cut plants on their heads walking through a field thrown into a yellow hue because of the flowering mustard greens. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Expanding Health-Care Access in Times of Coronavirus

by Om Prakash Bera, Vandana Shah

Health and wellness centers have expanded access to primary health-care services in Punjab, India—even in the pandemic

A woman at a clinic in Olenguruone, Kenya on Oct. 29, 2013 undergoes an eye exam, cataract check, and retinal scan with a technology using smartphones that uploads the data to a doctor for analysis. The photo shows a mature woman wearing a bright orange scarf taking an eye test, holding a green patch to her left eye and raising her right hand in front of her face. REUTERS/Noor Khamis
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Diagnostic Gaps in Global Health

by Catharina Boehme, Madhukar Pai

Lack of diagnostic capacity in primary care impacts patient outcomes, damages health systems, and lowers health security