A nonrandom sample of newborns welcomed by the Countdown team in 2024.

One more thing to celebrate this year is that the Countdown team seems to have welcomed more newborn babies than usual. We have counted at least four, with Assane from APHRC and Shelley and Brittany from Johns Hopkins University plus one more person welcoming new children.

We are trying to get a complete count: if you have a child or grandchild in 2024, please let the communications team know by 31 January: countdown@jhu.edu. We will aim to report the complete number in the February newsletter.