Global health from the ground up

Public-health experts around the world are focused on identifying and managing emerging diseases.

While the end of the Covid-19 pandemic may be “in sight,” as the World Health Organization recently declared , the world faces numerous emerging health risks. Some are exacerbated by climate change, others by travel, online misinformation, food scarcity, poverty, or wars. Fortunately, the pandemic has taught us valuable lessons for managing these risks—and for helping vulnerable developing economies better prepare for future health crises.