Stories

Even as we face major threats to global health, we’re still making – and protecting – progress toward a healthier, more resilient world. Here are five global health trends to be optimistic about in 2022.

As we come to the end of another difficult year in global health, we must ask ourselves: What can we do to build a more equitable world?

After another challenging year in global health, our team members around the world share their most memorable moments — and what they’ll take with them into 2022.

Two years of COVID-19 — and the rapid rise of the Omicron variant — have threatened the world's progress to end HIV/AIDS. Are we on track to achieve the United Nations' ambitious goals? Learn more in this Q&A with Project HOPE’s Chilobe Kambikambi in Zambia.

Cristina Reyes built her online presence to make a difference — and raised over $10,000 streaming for Project HOPE. Learn more in this Q&A.

Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Andy Rose was worried his diabetes diagnosis would affect his play on the field. Now, he says, it was a blessing in disguise.

Anissa Gamble was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was a child. But she didn't let her diagnosis slow her down, becoming a professional hockey player and now working toward a career as a diabetes researcher and clinician. Her message for others living with diabetes? Your diagnosis doesn't have to hold you back.

A powerful and passionate voice has emerged in Mexico’s struggle against COVID-19: young people. Through the National Committee of Youth, Project HOPE and AstraZeneca are giving young people in Mexico an opportunity to raise their voice for change — a chance that is especially powerful for young women.

COVID-19 has revealed the scale of our global mental health crisis. But are we willing to invest in the solutions to address it?

As a psychiatrist and Project HOPE volunteer, Dr. Cristina Riley-Lazo has helped Navajo health care workers cope with intense stress, burnout, and grief. What are the unique challenges these health workers face? And what does it reveal about our understanding of mental health care?

The August earthquake was another devastating blow for Haiti, which is still reckoning with the toll of previous disasters.

More than 80% of COVID-19 vaccine doses have gone to rich countries. What does that look like in the places that haven’t gotten them? Hear firsthand from four Project HOPE team members around the world.