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Drug-resistant Salmonella rife in Uganda’s poorest region

Food and water samples in Uganda’s Karamoja region show high levels of drug-resistant Salmonella.

15 Oct 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

A Tepeth girl at home in Karamoja, north-eastern Uganda. Following a study in the region, experts are calling for urgent action to protect children and wider community from contaminated food and water. Copyright: Rod Waddington (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Vaccination activity in Mauritania in 2022. The recent emergence of Rift Valley Fever has sparked fears of a repeat of the 2022 outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease, which can spread to people as well as animals. Copyright: Courtesy of WHO Mauritania

Rwanda steps up measures against Rift Valley Fever

15 Nov 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Rift Valley fever

An MSF counsellor provides psychological support to a displaced person in northwestern Syria. Copyright: Abdulrahman Sadeq / MSF

Syria’s mental health crisis deepens as funds dry up

11 Nov 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts

Diabetes screening in rural Karnataka, India. Access to Medicine Foundation has urged pharmaceutical companies to prioritise efforts to reach patients in underserved parts of the world with medicines such as insulin for diabetics. Copyright: Courtesy of Trinity Care Foundation (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Drug firms ‘must prioritise underserved patients’

12 Sep 2024

6 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Global health agenda

Scanning electron micrograph of Lassa virus budding off a cell. Lassa virus is an arenavirus that causes Lassa hemorrhagic fever, a type of viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates. Copyright: NIAID (CC BY 2.0), This image has been cropped.

More people are at risk from deadly Lassa fever than we thought

6 Sep 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Lassa fever

Africa is home to a vast array of flora and fauna. Picture shows lowland rainforest in Masoala National Park, Madagascar. Copyright: Wikipedia (CC BY 2.0)

AI sifts Africa’s natural remedies for drug discovery

2 Sep 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation

Preparing to test a sample in the laboratory. Researchers are finding new and creative ways of making diagnostic tests out of recycled materials. Copyright: Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay.

Eco-friendly diagnostic tests ‘need global push’

30 Aug 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Diagnostics

Culicoides paraensis, main vector of the Oropouche virus. Copyright: NACER356-12 Lateral/The International Barcode of Life Consortium (2024)/GBIF.org, Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

First deaths as mutated virus spreads from Amazon

5 Aug 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts

A doctor seeing a patient in a clinic in Mukono, central Uganda. A UNAIDS report indicates that successes in treating people with HIV have led to life expectancy in Africa rising from 56 to 61 years since 2010. Copyright: Arne Hoel / World Bank (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

HIV progress raises life expectancy in Africa - UN

23 Jul 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts HIV

Mothers with babies waiting for an HIV education session at a clinic in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Male infants infected with HIV during pregnancy are more likely than girls to achieve sustained HIV remission after receiving treatment, researchers say. Copyright: Courtesy of kommanderkat (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Boys born with higher natural resistance to HIV, study finds

8 Jul 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts HIV

Harm reduction like provision of needles for drug use has been identified as a way to limit the transmission of blood borne infections like Hepatitis. However, despite progress in diagnosis and the drop in prices of testing and treatment, far too few people receive treatment. Copyright: World bank (CC BY-NC 2.0)

‘Declare health emergency’ to end hepatitis in Asia

27 Jun 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Hepatitis

A Ghanaian, a laboratory technician assigned to hospital ship USNS Mercy, inputs and logs data samples in the ship’s laboratory in 2022. Investment is needed to improve data quality and availability. Copyright: Jake Greenberg (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Global South leading the way on citizen-generated data

26 Jun 2024

4 min read

Data Innovation Cross-posts

Graduands from the School of Midwifery in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Investing in maternal, newborn and child health saves lives. Copyright: Direct Relief (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Nourishing roots: Why women’s health matters for all

17 Jun 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Gender equality

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