In every country and at every level, the COVID-19 pandemic has heavily tested the resilience of global and local health systems. It has brutally exposed inequities within and between countries and put health leaders to an urgent, all-consuming test: Would they be able to stop COVID-19 from infecting and killing thousands? Would they still be able to deliver basic health services? MSH has been preparing leaders for these challenges for 50 years. Our 2020 annual report, “Locally Leading the Way to Fight COVID-19” is the story of how they rose to it.
