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Around the world, communities, in collaboration with scientists, activists, governments, and international organizations, are working together to prevent disease and improve quality of life. Explore the stories of people who came together to build healthier communities at home and around the world.

A large conference hall full of people.
Portrait of a white man and white woman standing next to each other outdoors.
Landscape with a building and a road below.
A white woman leans to assess an African child on his mother’s lap, while an African nurse holding another child watches on the other side of the mother.
A white doctor and three African nurses sit at a table speaking together.
An African nurse stands leading a class with African mothers and their children seated.
An African man receives a vaccination in his arm from an African doctor.
African people working in a farm.
Two African men building wooden A-frame structures on a farm.
An African nurse weighing a pregnant African patient.
African children gather outside to receive vaccinations from an African nurse.
African children play outside, holding hands in a circle while a child stands in the middle.
Three white men and one white woman stand together outdoors.
A page of text.
A portrait of a white man in a suit and tie outdoors.
A white man and African American man kneeling observing a construction site.
Two men help a patient on a gurney out of a car.
Two African American nurses walking out of a patient’s home.
A laboratory with an African American woman seated, looking into a microscope next to two women standing together, other people work in the background.
Three African American nurses sit discussing in an office space.
An African American doctor using a stethoscope to examine a newborn patient.
Two African American men discuss while working with crops.
An African American man stands amongst a crowd of seated observers holding up a check.
African American men ride along with crops on a tractor at a farm.
Three African American men working outside, constructing a well.
The entrance of a building with a street, parked cars, trees, and a lawn in front.
A map of the United States with lines.
A Latino man sits and holds a child while a crowd stand around looking in.
Latinos walk together down a hill; one man in front carries a blue flag.
One woman, seated, holds a child in her lap while another woman, standing, leans in to vaccinate the child; each woman carries a gun at her side.
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