Emerging threats

News and features on the emerging threats to human health, from climate change to AMR.

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Chest x-rays are more sensitive for screening for TB. PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images

HIV control approaches may not work for TB: lessons from South Africa and Zambia

8 Jun 2022

4 min read

Salvation crews evacuate patients and injured in hospital AXEPA during exercise for earthquake

Under Climate Change, Care Workers Often Act as First Responders

7 Jun 2022

7 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Conflict & humanitarian

How to improve primary healthcare to prepare for future pandemics

3 Jun 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Pandemic preparedness COVID-19

Mpox 3D illustration. Credit: John Martin

What is behind the sudden international spread of mpox?

25 May 2022

5 min read

Mpox Pandemic preparedness

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

Monkeypox isn’t like HIV, but gay and bisexual men are at risk of unfair stigma

24 May 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Mpox Gender equality HIV LGBTQI+

Cutaneous anthrax, the most common form of anthrax. 3D illustration.

Five things you need to know about anthrax

20 May 2022

4 min read

Outbreaks Pandemic preparedness

Mpox virus blood sample. Credit: yalcinsonat

Five things you need to know about mpox

17 May 2022

4 min read

Mpox Outbreaks Pandemic preparedness Vaccine development Videos

Close-up group of oxygen tank for medical

Breathing New Life into Medical Oxygen

10 May 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 Pandemic preparedness

The fight against COVID-19: People waiting to be vaccinated fill up a hall at the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) in Caloocan City, Philippines. Copyright: Asian Development Bank, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Time for vaccines for the ‘Big Three’

9 May 2022

3 min read

Tuberculosis Malaria HIV Vaccine development Cross-posts

Bnagladesh women queuing in Dhaka to receive emergency aid, disregarding social distance guidelines amid the pandemic. Copyright: Fahad Abdullah Kaizer / UN Women, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Women’s water burden rose as COVID lockdowns hit

5 May 2022

4 min read

Gender equality COVID-19 Cross-posts

MR vaccine photographed in (DHQ) district headquarter hospital in Mithi in Tharparkar District. Sindh province, Pakistan. Photographer: Asad Zaidi

Amid pandemic chaos, measles – the “canary in the coalmine” of vaccine-preventable diseases – is spiking

4 May 2022

5 min read

Measles Outbreaks Routine immunisation

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