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The 11th of February marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, established by the United Nations in 2015 to promote gender equality and recognise the essential role women and girls play in science. A decade on, the message remains urgent. Women still represent less than one third of the world's researchers - a gap that limits not only fairness, but the quality, relevance and reach of scientific innovation.

This past year has proven to be a quietly pivotal one in the global fight against infectious diseases. While attention in many regions shifted toward competing priorities, major scientific and public-health advances continued across HIV, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and emerging pathogens, offering reasons for an optimistic outlook.