Highlights 2022: sharpening the focus on powerful health stories

Other photographs capture the human costs of events this year: the devastating effect of the floods in Pakistan on a young person's life and the way the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is challenging the health system. Engaging with education Danilo Buonsenso; Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A Gemelli”, Rome, Italy and Center for Global Health Research and Studies, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Global school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic had negative impacts on child physical and mental health. Humanity's entanglement with cholera will continue until we uphold the fundamental right to, and provision of, clean water and sanitation and ensure the supply and distribution of effective cholera vaccines meets the demand. 158 years of survival Al Ogawa; University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA Discrimination and oppression have led to health and wealth disparities that can place LGBTQ+ older adults in vulnerable spaces during times of disruption, such as in the COVID-19 pandemic. The school children get their teeth checked and repaired by the dentists. Since 2019, these dental health screenings are conducted twice every year by One-2-One with financial support and coordination from CRS's Healthy Kids Project.