A horse and mules thresh wheat in Spain. The World Organisation for Animal Health has adopted the first set of global standards to ensure equine welfare. De Agostini/Getty Images hide caption
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They're guys who stand up for women's rights. Left to right: Patrick Segawa and Steven Twinomugisha of Uganda, Mark Gachagua of Kenya and Bryan Eric Mallari of the Philippines at the Women Deliver conference. Allison Shelley for NPR hide caption
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World Health Organization head Dr. Margaret Chan delivering a speech in March of this year at a summit in Lyon, France. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
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Children wade in a flooded street last June in Leiyang, China. ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images hide caption
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Dr. Forster Amponsah is one of two surgeons at the Koforidua Regional Hospital in Ghana. Trained in Cuba, he came home because he felt his skills were needed in Africa. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
The Improvisational Surgeon: Cardboard Casts, No Power, Patients Galore
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The Epidemiologist Who Crushed The Glass Ceiling And Media Stupidity
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Bed nets have protected Mary Akye and her five children from malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Ghana. Karen Kasmauski/Corbis hide caption
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A pneumococcal vaccine is delivered via motorcycle in Kenya. Evelyn Hochstein/Courtesy of Gavi hide caption
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A midwife cuts the umbilical cord of a newborn baby in a hospital in South Sudan. JM Lopez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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No, he didn't repossess this car from a corrupt official. As a hobby, global health avenger Cees Klumper fixes up classic cars. This one is the actual El Camino used in the TV series My Name Is Earl. Klumper tracked it down and had it shipped to Geneva. Courtesy of Anneke Cees Klumper hide caption
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A patient is pictured at a camp for diarrhea patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the nominations for untold story last year: the need for vaccines to prevent "severe, deadly diarrhea" in this part of the world. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
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Baby "NeoNatalie" waits to be saved, as Dr. Mark Hathaway gives NPR's Malaka Gharib a lesson on getting an infant to take its first breath. Akash Ghai/NPR hide caption
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Becoming a father made Dr. Namala Mkopi appreciate why parents worry so much. He's been a leading advocate for childhood vaccines in his native Tanzania. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption