Health workers and leaders gather together approximately 200 members of the community to learn about Ebola and prepare in case the virus crosses the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Gisenyi, Rwanda, on August 21, 2019.

RwandaÕs health gains in the last decade are among the worldÕs most dramatic. Health insurance Ñ called Mutuelle de SantŽ Ñ is nearly universal, life expectancy rose from 29 to 68 years between 1994 and 2015, and mortality during childbirth fell by 70% over the same period. (Photo by Nichole Sobecki/VII for The Global Fund)