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When Obolokamang Mahupe’s son began experiencing flu symptoms, which then worsened, it was the lessons she had learnt from the malaria response team visiting her village of Kaxwi, in Botswana’s Okavango District, that helped her recognize the symptoms and seek immediate medical assistance.

In the remote Nigerian village of Bororo-Kambari, five-year-old Fati Isah and her two siblings are lining up with other children their age and younger, preparing to be vaccinated against polio. “My mother says immunization is important and we should receive the vaccine,” she says proudly.

Ebola survivor Randall Varney lost nine family members, including his parents and seven siblings, to the virus in just three months in 2014, before himself contracting the disease. After learning that he could still sexually transmit the virus up to 90 days after recovery, he resolved to do everything possible to ensure the safety of his wife.