"The UN was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell." --Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General 1953-1961 The turn of the 21st century was an objective low point in the history of human health: AIDS was scourging Africa, millions of women died each year in child birth, and billions suffered under malnourishment and poverty. In response, the United Nations launched its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), an ambitious charter that since 2000 has measurably reduced the worldwide burdens of poverty, hunger, and disease. With the MDGs set to expire in 2015, continued progress on these fronts is anything but certain. In addition to the persisting threats of the 20th century, globalization has sped the development of new threats--pandemics, climate change, chronic disease--that now threaten rich and poor countries equally. "To Save Humanity" is a collection of short, honest essays on what single issue matters most for the future of global health. Authored by the world's leading voices from science, politics, and social advocacy, this collection is both a primer on the major issues of our time and a potential blueprint for post-2015 health and development. This unparalleled collection will provide illuminating and thought-provoking reading for anyone invested in our collective future and well-being.

Table of Contents:
1 Harnessing Women's Agency Fazle Hasan Abed 2 Democratizing International Development Rebecca Affolder 3 Systems Thinking Irene A. Agyepong 4 Leadership for Health Equity Recep Akdag 5 Why Universal Health Coverage? Sudhir Anand 6 Governance and Leadership for Health Michelle Bachelet 7 Prioritizing Vulnerable Populations Joyce Banda 8 The Internet Didn't Kill News Julia Belluz 9 The Power of Vaccines Seth Berkley 10 Improving Health by Addressing Poverty Ela Bhatt 11 Biosocial Education for All Agnes Binagwaho 12 City Leadership on Climate Change Michael Bloomberg 13 Health is Not Alone Albina du Boisrouvray 14 Education First, Health Will Follow Irina Bokova 15 Pandemic's One-Two-Three Punch Larry Brilliant 16 Equality is the Future Gro Harlem Brundtland 17 Prioritizing Health in Politics Felipe Calderón 18 Committing to Unbridled Collaboration Ray Chambers 19 A New Philanthropy Gerald L. Chan 20 Climate's Big Health Warning Margaret Chan 21 Tackling Obesity and Overweight Helen Clark 22 Preventing Premature Deaths Bill Clinton 23 HIV Treatment, a Moral Duty Paul Collier 24 The Power of Science Francis S. Collins 25 Whose life is it? Nigel Crisp 26 Security for Our Shared Home Suraya Dalil 27 The Drugs Don't Work Sally C. Davies 28 Vision 2020 - and Beyond Mark Dybul 29 Achieving Social Equity Carissa F. Etienne 30 Equity, Not Only Effectiveness Paul Farmer 31 A Global CDC and FDA Richard Feachem 32 A Universal Flu Vaccine Harvey V. Fineberg 33 Accountability is One Big Idea Colleen M. Flood 34 The Power of Knowledge Julio Frenk 35 Better Information Will Save Lives Thomas R. Frieden 36 Communicable Before Non-Communicable Diseases Laurie Garrett 37 Human-Centered Design Melinda Gates 38 A data revolution in health Amanda Glassman 39 Non-Drug Interventions Also Work Paul Glasziou 40 Investing in Health Outcomes Tore Godal 41 Imagining Global Health with Justice Lawrence O. Gostin 42 Putting People First Teguest Guerma 43 The Big Health Data Future Angel Gurría 44 Standing Up to Big Tobacco Jane Halton 45 Safe Food and Medical Products Margaret A. Hamburg 46 Climate Change is Here Katharine Hayhoe 47 A Convenient Defense: Defining Affordability David L. Heymann 48 A Science of Global Strategy Steven J. Hoffman 49 Time for Renewal Arianna Huffington 50 Reliable, Unbiased, Reproducible Evidence John P.A. Ioannidis 51 Technology and Healthcare in Africa Jay Ireland 52 Love is the Cure Elton John 53 Multi-Sectoral Investments for Health Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko 54 Secondary Schooling for Girls Angélique Kidjo 55 Getting Health Delivery Right Jim Yong Kim 56 Closing the Pain Divide Felicia Knaul 57 Equity in Child Survival Anthony Lake 58 Evidence-Informed Health Systems John N. Lavis 59 Ignorance about Causes of Death Alan Lopez 60 Five Pillars of Wisdom Adetokunbo O. Lucas 61 Keeping the Promise to Children Graça Machel 62 Embracing Community Innovation Mathura Mahendren 63 Fairness and Health Equity Michael Marmot 64 Medicines Must Be Safer Malebona Precious Matsoso 65 From Hegemony to Partnership Anne Mills 66 Health in the Global Economy Suerie Moon 67 Disability and a Healthy Society Chaeli Mycroft 68 Fusion Fund for Health Sania Nishtar 69 Health and Not Health Care Anders Nordström 70 Diet for a Healthy Future Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 71 Global Social Protection in Health Gorik Ooms 72 Inequities in Adolescent's Health Zulma Ortiz 73 Sharing Financial Responsibilities Trygve Ottersen 74 We're All in this Together Sean Penn 75 No Health without Rights Navanethem Pillay 76 No Magic Bullet Peter Piot 77 The Health Impact Fund Thomas Pogge 78 Value-Based Health Care Delivery Michael E. Porter 80 Universal Ideas / Local Institutions Mariana Mota Prado 81 From Pulse to Planet K. Srinath Reddy 82 A War on Tuberculosis Zain Rizvi 83 Universal Health Coverage Judith Rodin 84 Regulating Antimicrobials and Resistance John-Arne Røttingen 85 Who Will Lead? Simon Rushton 86 The Rwandan Consensus Richard Sezibera 87 Ending Preventable Child Death Rajiv Shah 88 Transformative Leadership Kenji Shibuya 89 Global Health Citizenship Michel Sidibé 90 Harmonizing Health Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka 91 Public Health 2.0 Jonas Gahr Støre 92 Tax Reform David Stuckler 93 Investing in a Grand Convergence Larry Summers 94 Health in a Multi-Polar World Keizo Takemi 95 Midwives Save Women's Lives Christy Turlington Burns 96 Smart Data Kent Walker