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Ebola – Tools for the new outbreak response
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a cause for concern. What can we learn from the 2014 outbreak in West… Read more »
Lessons learned and best practices from the Polio Eradication Programme in Nigeria
A new supplement from the World Health Organization published in BMC Public Health explores the Polio Eradication Programme in… Read more »
Maternal filarial infection impacts childhood susceptibility to infection
The WHO’s Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis aims to eliminate this Neglected Tropical Disease through mass drug… Read more »
Bringing the lab into the field
New technologies are bringing laboratories to the point-of-collection, improving sensitivity of field investigations and reducing… Read more »
Ovale malaria: seasonal trends in relapse
In their BMC Medicine article, Laura Nabarro and colleagues highlight the issues with the lesser-known Plasmodium ovale malaria… Read more »
It’s not just about nutrients – the Journal of Ethnic Foods now open for submissions
Food studies provide better insights into important societal processes involving economics, health, politics, history, and the… Read more »
The road to echinococcosis control in Peru: A workshop to review and synthesize the evidence
Cystic echinococcosis is a parasitic disease of medical, veterinary and economic importance. I attended a workshop to see how Peru… Read more »