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Pregnancy complication ‘triples kidney risk’

Ugandan study finds women with pregnancy complication known as pre-eclampsia three times more likely to develop chronic kidney disease.

28 May 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts Maternal and child health

According to scientists in Uganda, African women who experience a common pregnancy complication known as pre-eclampsia are at increased risk of developing long-term kidney disease. Copyright: Source: Pikpik.com

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Communities affected by the floods in Pakistan are now vulnerable to various diseases. Copyright: Research and Development Foundation.

Flood-hit Pakistan faces spread of infectious diseases

12 Sep 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Conflict & humanitarian Outbreaks

Bats at the Kitaka mine in Uganda. The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces, and material. Copyright: WHO /Christopher Black

Africa braces against Marburg virus after Ghana cases

31 Aug 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks Marburg

Scanning electron micrograph of monkeypox virus. Image captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility. Copyright: NIAID, CC BY 2.0

Monkeypox decision a shot in the arm for African health

23 Aug 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Mpox

A doctor interviews a patient during a cholera outbreak in Chuadanga in Bangladesh. Copyright: CDC Global (CC BY 2.0). This image has been cropped.

Scientists urge close monitoring of cholera variants

21 Jul 2022

3 min read

Cross-posts Cholera Pandemic preparedness

A technician doing genomic sequencing work. A World Health Organization Science Council report has made recommendations to address barriers to genomic sequencing.in poorer countries. Copyright: WHO/Eromosele

‘Time to invest in genomics’ in poorer countries – WHO

18 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Research summary COVID-19

Antibiotics. A new platform will enable scientists from all over the world to access data on epidemiological, physical and genetic characteristics of organisms and their resistance to various antibiotics. Image by Robertas Riabovas from Pixabay

Pharma companies to share data on antimicrobial resistance

8 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

Electron microscope image of Salmonella Typhi, which causes typhoid fever. Drug-resistant typhoid is now spreading worldwide from South Asia. Copyright: Alain Grillet/Sanofi Pasteur, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

‘Global response’ needed as typhoid evades antibiotics

4 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance Research summary Typhoid

Community representatives come to visit a family in the outskirts of Beni to raise public health awareness Copyright: World Bank / Vincent Tremeau, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Africa ‘must step up surveillance’ to curb monkeypox

22 Jun 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Mpox Pandemic preparedness

A handful of medicine in form of capsules and tablets. The WHO says after decades of careless exposure to antibiotics, superbugs are now widespread and represent a “global crisis that threatens a century of progress in health.” Copyright: Marco Verch, (CC BY 2.0)

Improve antibiotics access to beat ‘silent pandemic’

10 Jun 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

An electron micrograph of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (colourised blue). Experts say RSV cases are likely to be on the rise as masks and lockdowns have led to a reduction in natural immunity. Copyright: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Respiratory virus ‘kills 100,000 children under five’

7 Jun 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts RSV Research summary

Molecular view of a key component of the SARS-CoV-2 virus called MPro (Green Grey) with drug site targets identified (yellow). Non-profit COVID Moonshot will use artificial intelligence to develop oral antiviral drugs against COVID-19 and future pandemics. Copyright: Diamond Light Source, 2021

AI drives quest for new antivirals to fight outbreaks

2 Jun 2022

3 min read

Cross-posts Innovation COVID-19

Medical personnel at Trinity Care Foundation reading a poster about community outreach on Universal Health Coverage Day amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 in rural Karnataka, India. Scientists have warned that COVID-19 will remain uncontrolled in many countries unless coordinated action is taken. Copyright: Trinity Care Foundation, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

COVID-19 could derail SDGs for next five years – report

25 May 2022

3 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 SDGs Videos

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