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News
2 weeks ago
Medicine

High-volume prosthetics nonprofit wants to hear from its patients

Improving patient feedback processes and efficiency in healthcare can provide valuable public health insights. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Nigeria to host first Lassa fever treatment trials for 40 years

New clinical trials for Lassa fever treatment in Nigeria due to high mortality rates and recent efficacy questions about current drug. [ more ]
www.npr.org
3 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Negotiators for the global pandemic treaty couldn't meet their deadline

The global pandemic treaty efforts failed to meet the deadline due to unresolved issues, but there is still hope for its development in the future. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
3 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic

Countries have struggled to reach a consensus on a treaty to combat future pandemics, highlighting disparities in vaccine access. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
Medicine

Why does postnatal care only last a few weeks? New data shows it should be years | Devi Sridhar

Scientific progress and modern medicine have significantly reduced infant mortality rates since 1950.
More than a third of women worldwide experience long-term health complications after giving birth, often unnoticed by the health system. [ more ]
time.com
3 weeks ago
Health

STIs Are Increasing In Many Regions, New WHO Report Finds

HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs are causing significant global health burdens, with many infections and deaths each year.
Global response efforts are falling short of meeting targets set in 2022 to end AIDS, viral hepatitis, and STIs epidemics by 2030. [ more ]
News
2 weeks ago
Medicine

High-volume prosthetics nonprofit wants to hear from its patients

Improving patient feedback processes and efficiency in healthcare can provide valuable public health insights. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Nigeria to host first Lassa fever treatment trials for 40 years

New clinical trials for Lassa fever treatment in Nigeria due to high mortality rates and recent efficacy questions about current drug. [ more ]
www.npr.org
3 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Negotiators for the global pandemic treaty couldn't meet their deadline

The global pandemic treaty efforts failed to meet the deadline due to unresolved issues, but there is still hope for its development in the future. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
3 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic

Countries have struggled to reach a consensus on a treaty to combat future pandemics, highlighting disparities in vaccine access. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
Medicine

Why does postnatal care only last a few weeks? New data shows it should be years | Devi Sridhar

Scientific progress and modern medicine have significantly reduced infant mortality rates since 1950.
More than a third of women worldwide experience long-term health complications after giving birth, often unnoticed by the health system. [ more ]
time.com
3 weeks ago
Health

STIs Are Increasing In Many Regions, New WHO Report Finds

HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs are causing significant global health burdens, with many infections and deaths each year.
Global response efforts are falling short of meeting targets set in 2022 to end AIDS, viral hepatitis, and STIs epidemics by 2030. [ more ]
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Axios
4 months ago
Coronavirus

Disease X: Scientists, world leaders prepare for a virus far deadlier than Covid

Global health experts are warning about the hypothetical emergence of a deadly new pathogen called Disease X.
Some experts believe Disease X could be 20 times deadlier than COVID-19. [ more ]
Axios
4 months ago
Public health

Disease X: Scientists, world leaders prepare for a virus far deadlier than Covid

Global health experts are warning about the hypothetical emergence of a deadly new pathogen called Disease X.
Some experts believe Disease X could be 20 times deadlier than COVID-19. [ more ]
www.aljazeera.com
4 months ago
Public health

What is Disease X and how will pandemic preparations help the world?

Global health experts are discussing strategies for preparing for the next potential pandemic at the Davos summit.
There is a need for preparedness for Disease X, a potential novel infectious agent that could pose a serious threat to humans.
The WHO has warned that Disease X could be more fatal than COVID-19. [ more ]
Washington Post
5 months ago
Health

Did anything good happen in 2023? Actually, yes!

It's fair to say 2023 has been a difficult year in a lot of ways.
www.nytimes.com
5 months ago
Health

Opinion | Why the World Needs Its Own Immune System

The thing that has surprised me most since I began my job leading foreign assistance for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development is how much emergencies have defined my work.
www.nytimes.com
5 months ago
Health

Opinion | Why the World Needs Its Own Immune System

The thing that has surprised me most since I began my job leading foreign assistance for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development is how much emergencies have defined my work.
www.dw.com
6 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Could AI transform healthcare in Africa? DW 12/01/2023

AI is being used in Africa to aid healthcare in areas such as managing datasets, reading genomes, analyzing medical images, and tracking COVID-19.
AI has been successful in disease diagnostics, including detecting tuberculosis in a high-security jail in Mozambique.
TB is a major healthcare issue globally, and AI technology can help reduce the global TB burden. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
6 months ago
Health

WHO declares loneliness a global public health concern'

Loneliness is declared a pressing global health threat by the WHO.
Loneliness has similar health risks to smoking and obesity.
Loneliness affects people of all ages and has serious consequences on mental and physical health, as well as social and economic outcomes. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
6 months ago
Health

At risk: 10 ways the changing climate is creating a health emergency

The climate crisis is putting billions of lives at risk, with those in poorer countries being particularly vulnerable.
Over half of known diseases are made worse by the climate crisis.
Rising temperatures and floods create more favorable conditions for disease-carrying mosquitoes. [ more ]
www.npr.org
7 months ago
Public health

What the Global South could teach rich countries about health care if they'd listen

Dr. Matthew Harris believes that the UK could have benefitted from learning from the Brazilian health system 20 years ago.
Prejudices and biases still exist in global health, preventing researchers and clinicians from the Global South from being heard. [ more ]
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