Global health

Normally, as an outbreak progresses, the case fatality ratio should fall as contact tracing improves and patients are identified and treated earlier. Instead, we're still seeing many cases detected very late, when treatment is less likely to succeed, with many identified only after they die in the community.

— Thomas Parisch, a public health specialist recently deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

This is the first time that a director-general has declared a PHEIC (public health emergency of international concern) before convening an emergency committee. I did not do this lightly.

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, on declaring a global health emergency before convening the emergency committee during the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda.

are surviving on the goodwill, unpaid labor, and extraordinary commitment of their staff and volunteers. But resilience should never be mistaken for sustainability.

— Anton Basenko, executive director of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs, on the burnout of HIV prevention organizations as funding dries up.