Senior writer Margarite Nathe appears on the Huffington Post again, this time covering 10 defining moments that shaped global health in 2015. Some of these moments include European refugees, the SDGs, and Pope Francis begining to talk about family planning.

Excerpt:

When you look back on 2015, what will you remember? A new baby in your family? The death of someone you loved? An exhausting move across the country or even the continent?

You’re not alone. Worldwide, there was a birth every 8 seconds in 2015, and a death every 11 seconds. And millions of people—many of whom may be a lot like you—left their homes in search of safer places to live, where they’d find fewer explosions and executions and other everyday horrors that accompany war.

Twenty-fifteen has been busy, exciting, frustrating, heartbreaking, and inspiring in turns for those of us who work in global health and development. We’ve seen much needless death this year. But there have been instants of hard-won progress and hope, too.

Read the entire list on Huffington Post.