2019 – A year of ups and downs in health

Doctors found people weren't willing to take their advice this year, despite the lives claimed by the measles epidemic, the spread of polio and the availability of new vaccines for another Ebola outbreak in Africa. This report looks back at a year that's been both challenging and forward-looking for the health of humanity.

A New Zealand health official prepares a measles vaccination at a clinic in Apia, Samoa Source: AAP