Future Perfect 25: Meet the 7 Trailblazers Transforming Global Health

Future Perfect 25: Meet the 7 trailblazers transforming global health

The grand challenges of global health and development, from feeding a warming world to defeating antibiotic resistance, require funding and effort and politics. But they also require breakthroughs. This story is part of the 2025 Future Perfect 25 Every year, the Future Perfect team curates the undersung activists, organizers, and thinkers who are making the world a better place. This year’s honorees are all keeping progress on global health and…

SPOTLIGHT | Gaya Gamhewage: The Journalist-Turned-Doctor Transforming Global Health Communication - African Newspage | Reporting Africa’s Development

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) new Director of Communications, Dr. Gaya Gamhewage, brings a bold Global South perspective to global health communication — championing trust, empathy, and community-driven engagement as the true foundations of public health. Dr Gaya Gamhewage From reporting against the backdrop of Sri Lanka’s civil war to responding on the frontlines of global epidemics and pandemics, Dr. Gaya Gamhewage — the newly appointe…