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When it comes to health, people do not share the same opportunities.

Addressing health inequality and closing gaps in healthcare requires worldwide collaboration and raises a difficult question: who is responsible for our health?

Discover how we can become healthier together in this series.

Risk factors

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The determinants that shape our health
Fair treatment Mental health
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United States

Closing the
health equity gap

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Kenya

How women
are challenging HIV taboos

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Tanzania

How solar power
is rescuing smiles

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Guatemala

Could volcanic ash
help prevent disease?

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Togo

Empowering girls
through sex education

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Belgium

Belgium's
community health workers

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Brazil

The human milk banks
feeding newborns

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United States

Could doorstep
healthcare
reduce inequality?

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Mental health

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Supporting psychological wellbeing
Risk factors Pre-emptive measures
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Japan

The unexpected joy
of sisterhood

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United States

The importance of
'holding space' for others

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India

The local roots of
community wellbeing

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United States

How summer camps
are creating safe spaces

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United States

The mental health
first responders

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Pre-emptive measures

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Enhancing resilience to make us healthier
Mental health Fair treatment
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Jordan

The power in community
healthcare education

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Nigeria

Making childbirth
safer for at-risk mothers

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South Sudan

The local solutions
to health crises

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Building on
resilient foundations

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Philippines

Teaching children how
to respond to
natural disasters

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Kenya

How to guard
communities from malaria

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Bangladesh

How to stop a
preventable disease

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Indonesia & Singapore

Slowing the spread of
dengue fever

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Fair treatment

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Building healthcare equity
Pre-emptive measures Risk factors
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Tanzania

How Tanzania is
tackling the healthcare gap

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India

How AI can help identify
tuberculosis

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Kenya

The app shaped by
health workers

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United States

Finding support on
a health journey

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United States

How immunisation
protects new lives

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Pakistan

The data helping
tackle polio

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Ghana

The importance
of having a health ID

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United States

The surprising
potential of gaming

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The inner life of
medicine

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