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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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Polio vaccination campaign in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria in 2019. Conflicts such as those in north eastern Nigeria can hinder immunisation efforts. Credit: Rotary International

The peril of polio control in shadow of war

22 Dec 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Polio Conflict & humanitarian

A man holding his smartphone. Credit: Anaya Katlego on Unsplash

Smartphone operated tool uses light beam to detect malaria

19 Dec 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Malaria

Maternal care in Hargeisa, Somalia. Despite progress on women’s health and rights in the last 50 years, stark inequalities remain in access to contraceptives and health services to support safe pregnancy and birth, a special report says. Credit: Sarah Bones/CARE. (CC BY 2.0).

Drugs companies must address ‘chronic neglect’ of women

15 Dec 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Gender equality Market shaping

COVID-19 prevented the distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in some countries. Copyright: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (CC BY 2.0).

Renewed malaria push needed after COVID-19 setback

12 Dec 2022

3 min read

Cross-posts Malaria COVID-19

A very tiny insulin syringe. Copyright: Pearlsa, (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Scale-up insulin access urgently, drugmakers told

7 Oct 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Explainer Research summary

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

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