Global Health

A screenshot from one of Comic Relief's videos from their Sport Relief campaign. Comic Relief via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

The Central African Republic has one of the world's highest neonatal mortality rates: 1 in 24, according to UNICEF. Above: A mother holds her child during a consultation on February 14 at the maternity clinic in the town of Boali. Florent Vergnes/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

The female Anopheles mosquito is a spreader of malaria. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption

The bacterium that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, has become resistant to multiple kinds of antibiotics. BSIP/UIG via Getty Images hide caption

Nandar was one of the organizers — and participants — in the staging of 'The Vagina Monologues." Libby Hogan for NPR hide caption

Cedric Habiyaremye and his mother on a quinoa farm in Rwanda. Cedric Habiyaremye hide caption

Mexicali Resiste members chat outside their encampment in front of Baja California's government offices in Mexicali. From left to right, Alberto Salcido, Francisco Javier Trujillo, Mauricio Villa, Jesus Galaz Duarte and Jorge Benitez. Alex Zaragoza hide caption

Chingham Chatrahpa, 75, shows off his facial and neck tattoos. A face tattoo would be etched after a man's first headhunting expedition, usually at the age of 18-to-25 years. Only a warrior who decapitated an enemy could get a neck tattoo. Peter Bos hide caption

Rapid detection of outbreaks is critical. That's why the CDC partnered with Uganda on a pilot program to speed things up. Above: Workers at an Ebola emergency response center in Sierra Leone during the outbreak that began in 2014. David P. Gilkey/NPR hide caption

Two businessmen reach to shake hands across a red line. Gary Waters/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption

The white, threadlike Guinea worm emerges from an infected foot. SPL/Science Source hide caption