Survey data shows Ghanaians trust hospitals and want to help – but poor coordination means blood doesn’t reach patients fast enough.
- Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
What happens if Trump cuts cancer research funding?
Measles resurgence in Europe highlights need for higher vaccination rates.
Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.
Everyone working in health needs to prepare for and be equipped to respond to the health consequences of the climate crisis.
While scabies does not kill many people, it is an unpleasant infection that causes significant impact on quality of life.
There have been 2,793 confirmed cases of whooping cough so far this year – and, tragically, five infant deaths due to the infection.
La retirada de la vacuna de AstraZeneca no tiene nada que ver con los trombos que causa en una pequeñísima parte de la población que la recibe. Inmerecidamente, la mala imagen siempre la acompañó.
AstraZeneca withdrawing it COVID vaccine from the market has nothing to do with blood clots.
Dezenas de pessoas na Argentina estão gravemente doentes com pneumonia “atípica”. Mas é improvável que se trate de outra pandemia iminente.
Dozens of people in Argentina are critically ill with ‘atypical’ pneumonia. But this is unlikely to be another pandemic looming.
Os países mais pobres serão os mais afetados, mostra um novo estudo
Poorer countries will be hit hardest, as a new study shows.
Neglected tropical diseases are often associated with social exclusion as well as physical suffering. One billion people around the world suffer from these diseases.
Since September 2023, there have been shortages of usual scabies treatments.
Catching this virus can be serious, but the risk at this stage in the UK is very low.
Lung and thyroid cancers are the least well-funded cancers compared to their global burdens.
Les maladies tropicales négligées de la peau sont stigmatisées et peuvent affecter la qualité de vie des individus.
Neglected tropical diseases of the skin are stigmatised, and may affect an individual’s quality of life
The WHO first described COVID as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Where are we at, three years later?
Campak menyebar dengan mudah dan merupakan infeksi parah dalam jangka pendek dan jangka panjang pada populasi yang tidak divaksinasi.
Suspended MP Andrew Bridgen’s comments are a prime example.
Many children have missed a measles vaccine dose since the start of the COVID pandemic.
People are strongly urged to get a flu shot and a COVID booster shot ahead of the potential ‘twindemic’ expected this winter.
France experienced its largest outbreak of ‘native’ dengue this summer. Thanks to climate change, Europe can expect more of the same.
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