3 challenges to watch in global health in 2020

New Year’s Day may usher in a new decade, but our crystal ball suggests some old problems will remain key global health issues in 2020.

We’re sticking out our neck a bit and leaving the long-long-long-running Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo off our list of top public health stories to watch in the coming year. Call us crazy optimists — no one ever has before! — but we’re hopeful that despite recent violence in the outbreak zone, the downward trend that has accelerated in recent months means this nightmare epidemic will finally end sometime in early-ish 2020. Warning: The final few miles of the road will likely be bumpy.

So Ebola aside, what do the tea leaves tell us about the public health stories we’ll be paying attention to in 2020? Read