From Our Aug/Sep 2024 Connections Newsletter

• WHO Declares Global Emergency Over New Mpox Outbreak [New York Times]
• African Health Officials Call for Solidarity Not Travel Bans over Mpox Outbreak [The Guardian]
• More Point of Care Tests Needed in Mpox Outbreak, Expert Says [Devex]
• US Responds to Deadly New Mpox Strain [Axios]
• The Veterinarians Preventing the Next Pandemic [New Yorker]
• What Does Localization Really Mean? [Devex]
• US Disinformation Plan Put Geopolitics Above Global Health [Think Global Health]
• Halting the Bird Flu Outbreak in Cows May Require Thinking Beyond Milk [New York Times]
• Avian Flu Confirmed in Three Central California Dairies [UPI]
• US to Spend $10M to Curb Bird Flu in Farm Workers, Including Vaccine Push [Reuters]
• WHO Reaches Deal with Argentinian mRNA Vaccine Developer to Produce a Low-Cost Avian Flu Jab [Health Policy Watch]
• The Pathogens That Could Spark the Next Pandemic [Nature]
• How Experiencing Famine in the Womb May Shape People’s Health as Adults [STAT]
• Opinion I We Now Have a Chance to Stop the Most Deadly Infectious Disease — if We Act [New York Times]
• Opinion I The World’s Response to Antibiotic Resistance Is Still Too Weak [Devex]
• AMR Disproportionately Affects Africa, with 27.3 Deaths per 100,000: Africa CDC [Down to Earth]
• Africa Is Beating HIV. But the Rest of the World Is Falling Behind. [Vox]
• HIV: How Close Are We to a Vaccine — Or a Cure? [Nature]
• Why the Philippines’ ‘Fast & Furious’ HIV Epidemic Is Moving in the Wrong Direction [The Telegraph]
• The PEPFAR Files: The Fate of the HIV Program [Think Global Health]
• The Long Road to a Malaria Vaccine That’s Safe During Pregnancy [Devex]
• Opinion I How to Reduce the Risk of a Catastrophic Lab Accident [New York Times]
• Health-Related Climate Adaptation: How to Innovate & Scale Global Action for Local Needs [McKinsey Health Institute]
• How Climate & Conflict Are Driving a Global Hunger Crisis [The Telegraph]
• Cutting Pollution Worldwide Could Add Two Years to Average Person’s Life, Says Study [The Telegraph]
• Gaza: ‘Frightening Increase’ in Hepatitis A Cases [UN]
• A Nightmare for Pregnant Women in Gaza [Think Global Health]
• Polio Vaccination Targets Surpassed for Gaza Children, WHO Says [Reuters]
• UNAIDS Spells Out the Costs of Missing Global AIDS Goals [Devex]
• Federal Regulation of Health Data & AI Expected to Get a Boost After HHS Revamp [STAT +]
• A Teen’s Murder, Mold in the Walls: Unfulfilled Promises Haunt Public Housing [KFF]
• August 2024 Climate & Health Round-Up [Climate & Health News]
• Floods in Nigeria Kill Scores & Wash Away Farmland, Raising Food Insecurity [Africa News]
• Fifth of Medicines in Africa May Be Sub-Par or Fake, Research Finds [The Guardian]
• International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries [Health Policy Watch]
• WHO Recommends Three Shorter, Oral Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB [Health Policy Watch]
• WHO: Deaths from Cholera Jump 71% Worldwide [Voice of America]
• Houthis Obstructing Aid, Exacerbating Cholera in Yemen [Human Rights Watch]
• Cholera Outbreak in Sudan Killed at Least 22 People, Health Minister Says [Al Jazeera]
• Yes, There Is Famine in Sudan. So Why Isn’t ‘Famine’ Being Declared? [NPR]
• Pilot Program in Vietnam Is Using Innovative Technology to Improve Access to Faster Hepatitis C Diagnosis & Treatment [WHO]
• Stillbirths Linked to Rare Disease in Brazil Raises Fear of Zika Re-Run [Telegraph]
• Oropouche Virus Outbreak Hits Europe as First Deaths Confirmed in Brazil [The Conversation]
• PAHO Upgrades Oropouche Virus Risk, Probes More Fetal Deaths [CIDRAP]
• First-Ever Phase 2 Lassa Vaccine Clinical Trial Now Fully Active Across West Africa [IAVI]
• WHO Records 1940 Attacks on Health Care in Ukraine Since Start of Full-Scale War [WHO]
• Biden-Harris Administration Awards Over $558M to Improve Maternal Health [CDC]
• NIH Launches $270M Anti-Overdose Research Program for, & Led by, Native Americans [STAT]