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What is humanity’s best defense against a pandemic or other major threat? You’d be partially right to think: high-tech equipment in gleaming new health facilities, a computer farm in the cloud to collect and share data, highly qualified clinical staff, vast sums for vaccine research and development, and expansive budgets funding expensive national public health systems.

The USAID Eliminating TB in Central Asia activity has trained Uzbek 28 reporters to disseminate accurate TB information to improve public understanding of TB.

“One step at a time.” This well-known axiom applies broadly to individual endeavors, such as learning to play a musical instrument or building a home. It also applies to grand aspirations of governments, such as providing citizens access to affordable, quality health care.

USAID’s Integrated Health Program is using grants to NGOs to detect TB cases in smaller towns and villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

PMI VectorLink works with local partners to deliver crucial malaria services during crises like conflict.