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HEROES

Ten heroes of global health will be honored at the TIME Global Health Summit for global health initiatives they have led that can serve as models for others. Additional heroes of global health will be profiled in TIME's Global Health special issue, which hits newsstands worldwide on Monday, October 31.

"We were looking for people who had pioneered innovative ways to improve the health of poor people around the world," TIME Sciences Editor Phillip Elmer-DeWitt said. "To our surprise, wherever we looked, we found them – from an ex-motorbike racer who dispatched hundreds of sidecar-equipped motorcycles across Africa for use as mini-ambulances to a Thai economist who championed condom use among Bangkok sex workers and headed off what could have been a devastating outbreak of HIV/AIDS. The great thing about these projects is that they can be replicated and scaled up – and inspire even more pioneering approaches to improving health worldwide."

Below are five heroes of global health.

Mufaweza (Mustari) Khan
Executive Director
Concerned Women for Family Development

Mufaweza Khan is the executive director of Concerned Women for Family Development (CWFD), an organization run for women of Bangladesh by women of Bangladesh. She earned a masters degree from Dhaka University and began her career as a teacher....Read more.

Dr. Ngoma Miezi Kintaudi
Director
SANRU/IMA-ECC
Democratic Republic of Congo

Dr. "Leon" Ngoma Miezi Kintaudi, director of the Department of Medical Services of the Protestant Church of Congo (Eglise du Christ au Congo - ECC), provides leadership for the ECC network of 65 member communities, including 80 hospitals and more than 400 health centers throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....Read more.

Dr. P. Roy Vagelos
Retired Chairman and CEO
Merck & Co., Inc.

Dr. Roy Vagelos is retired chairman and CEO of Merck & Co., Inc. He received an AB from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from Columbia University. Following a residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he joined the National Institute of Health where he served as senior surgeon and then section head of comparative biochemistry....Read more.

Kimberly Chapman
Director
Carolina for Kibera

Kimberly Chapman is the chair of the board of directors of Carolina for Kibera (CFK), an international NGO that operates in Kibera, Kenya. In this capacity, she has overseen the organizational development, program expansion, and financial stewardship of CFK....Read more.

Dr. Peter Okaalet
Senior Director, Africa
MAP International

Dr. Peter Okaalet is Senior Africa Director of MAP International, with oversight of its Africa-wide operations. Dr. Okaalet, a Ugandan physician, holds masters degrees in both divinity and theology from the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology in Nairobi and a degree in medicine from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda....Read more.