Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues
The Observers/France 24: Peruvian hospitals hit by double crisis of Covid-19 and dengue fever “Hospitals in Iquitos, Peru, had already been locked in a months-long struggle against a dengue fever epidemic when Covid-19 hit. The hospitals have been in a dire state since mid-April — an estimated 80% of the…
The Atlantic: Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing (Yong, 4/29). CBS: Former Obama Ebola adviser calls for stronger global response to pandemics (Brennan/Micklas, 4/28) Devex: How to support displaced populations’ mental health during lockdown (Smith, 4/30). Devex: Around the world, migrants and refugees are stranded between closed borders (Root, 4/29).…
New Humanitarian: Is global warming driving the spread of dengue across Latin America? “International scientists have for years warned that climate change is likely to lead to an increase in epidemics caused by pathogens and viruses. While there’s no evidence to link the COVID-19 pandemic to global warming, major ongoing…
Borgen Magazine: Dengue Fever in Indonesia (Cullen, 4/13). Devex: The case for data: How CRVS systems can help improve gender equity (4/14). Devex: Cash transfers lead the social assistance response to COVID-19 (Jerving, 4/14). Devex: What are the opportunities COVID-19 creates for the humanitarian sector? (Cornish, 4/14). Devex: Gayle Smith:…
Borgen Magazine: Prenatal Care in Developing Countries (Sprimont, 4/8). CP/Globe and Mail: UNICEF warns coronavirus has sparked a rise in online child sexual predators (Blanchfield, 4/8). Devex: In Haiti, peanut farmers boost income — and children’s nutrition (Welsh, 4/6). Devex: Study highlights Rohingya eye care demand (Chadwick, 4/8). Financial Times:…
CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report”: Notes from the Field: First Evidence of Locally Acquired Dengue Since 1944 — Guam, 2019 Stephanie Kern-Allely, fellow at the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Fellowship Program at the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services, and colleagues discuss the detection of…
BMJ: Don’t forget chronic lung and immune conditions during covid-19, says WHO (Thornton, 3/24). Devex: What the female reproductive tract could tell Kenyan researchers about HIV (Jerving, 3/25). Dallas Morning News: George W. Bush, citing Birx and Fauci, has ‘absolute confidence’ in nation’s coronavirus experts (Benning, 3/24). The Guardian: The…
CIDRAP News: Hopeful results from trials of dengue vaccine candidate “Phase 2 and 3 randomized, controlled clinical trials of Takeda’s tetravalent (four-strain) dengue vaccine candidate show that it is safe, produces immunity in children, and protects against the disease — regardless of previous exposure to different strains of the virus,…
Al Jazeera: Dengue fever crisis grips Latin America “Dengue fever cases are soaring in Latin America, all the way from Mexico to Chile. The mosquito-borne illness has become one of the most common reasons for hospitalization. More than three million cases — a figure six times higher than the previous…
AFP: Talking about a menstrual revolution: Asia’s period problems (3/2). Global Health NOW: Virginity Testing in Morocco: Assault on Dignity, or a Shield Against Assault? (Sane, 2/29). The Guardian: Scientists turn to tech to prevent second wave of locusts in east Africa (McVeigh, 3/4). Reuters: In Argentina’s north, indigenous children…
