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July 21, 2019
In September 2017, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control faced an outbreak of monkeypox—a disease unseen in our country for nearly 40 years. The skin rashes, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms of this “cousin to smallpox” caused great concern in communities. Misleading…
July 19, 2019
More than 220 million people worldwide suffer from schistosomiasis, and the infection is well known in the global health community.
July 15, 2019
By Inon Schenker & Emma Brofsky “Poop” is not something we like to talk about publicly much less smell or see.
June 26, 2019
In the last 2 decades, more than 30 countries moved from low-income to middle-income status, a billion people were lifted out of poverty, and there were major reductions in maternal and child mortality globally. Despite this progress, middle-income countries, where over 70…
June 24, 2019
Global Health NOW is celebrating its first 5 years with a High Five Photo Party. And you’re invited!
June 19, 2019
When an outbreak hits, how do we immediately get a Ministry of Health representative, an animal health specialist, a communications expert and a laboratory sample transporter on the same page? The answer isn’t flashy or particularly exciting, but it is crucial: program…
June 17, 2019
One of Malawi’s first female engineering graduates, Mercy Masoo, now WaterAid Malawi’s country director, chose an unusual career path for women in Malawi at the time. She entered the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) field at a time when few women in her country had…
June 9, 2019
This is Part II of a special series for Global Health NOW by Ana P. Santos, an independent journalist based in Manila, Philippines, featuring photography by Amanda Mustard.
June 7, 2019
VANCOUVER—Crowds sometimes thin by a conference’s closing plenary. Not so with Women Deliver 2019. The world’s biggest conference on gender equality closed with a bang yesterday, amid jubilant cheers, rousing performances, and ambitious pledges.