Keeping in mind Rift Valley Fever: the burden of emerging pathogens
Over recent decades, formerly neglected tropical infectious agents have been “rediscovered” following their introduction and spread into naïve… Read more »
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Mitigating Violence against Women and Children in East Africa
Despite global efforts to address them, violence against women and under-5 child mortality remain high in many regions of the world, including East… Read more »
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Malaria: understanding drug resistance
A recent study of the P. falciparum chloroquine-resistance transporter points to mechanisms underlying resistance to chloroquine… Read more »
What difference does a law make?
Unsafe abortion – responsible for some 18% of all maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa – is one of the most neglected sexual… Read more »
Malaria mosquito crosses large desert – ‘it was a breeze’
Evidence for large-scale dispersal of malaria mosquitoes across the Sahel comes from balloon sampling
Zero-ing in on eliminating catastrophic costs for tuberculosis: can active case finding help?
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease worldwide. The disease can also cause a heavy financial burden for families,… Read more »
Giardia, deworming, and WASH: a complex picture
New findings have revealed that Giardia infections remained prevalent in a low-income setting throughout a regular deworming… Read more »
Thinking outside the cube: The political determinants of universal health coverage
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has stated that universal health coverage… Read more »
Achieving and sustaining elimination: How the Geshiyaro Project might shape the future of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths programmes
In the Wolaita zone in southern Ethiopia a research initiative is underway to assess strategies to achieve transmission break for… Read more »
All together to end COPD
COPD is a largely preventable disease, but relatively unknown - not just in the general public, but also among people at risk. The… Read more »