CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report”: Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2017-2018 Jaymin C. Patel of the Global Immunization Division at the CDC and colleagues discuss surveillance efforts to track global progress toward polio eradication. The authors write, “This report presents 2017-2018 poliovirus surveillance data, focusing…

Cordaid: Global Goal to End Tuberculosis Needs More Support and Funding This post discusses how Cordaid addresses TB in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the need to “boost the global campaign to end TB” through increased case detection, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as increased national and…

CIDRAP News: DRC Ebola total hits 1,100; study targets secondary spread “The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) grew by 8 cases today, putting the total at 1,100, and in research developments, new findings from Guinea’s outbreak shed light on the role of Ebola treatment units…

Associated Press: WHO says Ebola cases rising in eastern Congo after violence “The World Health Organization says Ebola is on the rise in eastern Congo following a series of attacks on health facilities. WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier says the past two weeks have seen a record number of new cases…

Reuters: Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever: WHO “Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Each of the past two weeks has registered a record number of new…

Al Jazeera: Mosquito scent discovery could change a billion lives (Bazley, 4/1). CNN: Many Japanese moms-to-be don’t gain enough weight, and experts say that could cause lasting problems (Scutti, 4/1). Devex: Australia’s federal budget: Impacts for Australian aid (Cornish, 4/2). Devex: How community health workers can address the growing NCD…

CIDRAP News: DRC Ebola total grows by 15; new antiviral clears hurdle “An ongoing surge of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw another double-digit rise [Friday], with 15 new cases, the health ministry said in its daily update. In other developments, a U.S. research team…

Agence France-Presse: Health worker mistrust worsening DR Congo Ebola outbreak: study “Hearsay and mistrust in health workers may have thwarted attempts to contain Ebola during the current outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers said Wednesday…” (3/28). CIDRAP News: As Ebola rages in DRC, survey…

CIDRAP News: Ebola sickens 6 more in DR Congo “The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw no let-up in the steady pace of Ebola cases [Tuesday], with the health ministry reporting six more cases. In other developments, Oxfam, one of the nongovernmental agencies working in the region, weighed in…

Quartz Africa: How a Nigerian genome team contained a Lassa fever outbreak with international partners “Lassa fever first flared across Nigeria in February 2018, 1,081 cases reported in just six weeks, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control; 57 people, including four health care workers, died. … The fear…