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A mother and her newborn who was delivered at the Inukjuak Maternity amidst rising COVID-19 restriction in Nunavik, Quebec, September 2020. Image by Patrice Latka.

A newborn’s cries break the expectant stillness of the delivery room. Beaming beneath her surgical mask, midwife Kimberly Moorhouse lifts the baby to the new mother’s glistening face as the sun begins to crest over the Inukjuak midwifery center in Nunavik, a remote region…

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The World Health Assembly, which sets WHO priorities, convenes virtually May 24 – June 1.  Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Shattered by a pandemic that exposed a flawed and failing global health system, the world has a rare chance to remake both WHO and core global infrastructure for pandemic preparedness and response. Will it?

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Argentines protest in Buenos Aires against new COVID-19 restrictions. April 17, 2021. Image: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

*Visit the series page to read all of our COVID Country Dispatches. A strict lockdown helped Argentina avoid the worst of COVID-19 in the pandemic’s early months, but it came at a high cost to the economy. And now, as the country prepares for…

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Demonstrators, wearing face masks due to COVID-19, clash with riot police during a protest against President Sebastian Pinera's government in Santiago, Chile on April 27, 2020.

In Chile’s fight against COVID-19, a lot has gone right: from a public health system bolstered by decades of investment, to early negotiations that helped make Chile a world leader on vaccinations.

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A worker carries a box of protective masks, made from a 3D printing machine, to be delivered emergency workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Dakar, Senegal, on April 16, 2020. Image: John Wessels/AFP/Getty

Thank you for your interest in our contest. This contest is now closed, and the 2021 winner has been notified. Check this page for details on the winner during the Consortium of Universities for Global Health's annual meeting, March 12-14, 2021. Do you know an…

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International Health Faculty Experts

Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of International Health? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

 

Judd L. Walson
Professor
International Health

Judd L. Walson, MD, MPH, is an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist who works to improve child survival, growth, and development in low- and middle-income settings.

Melissa Marx
Associate Professor
International Health

Melissa A. Marx, PhD ‘02, MPH ’98, evaluates maternal, child, and infectious disease programs, and has led response efforts for outbreaks including SARS, Ebola, and COVID-19.