Politics & Policies
Former CDC director, Tom Frieden, launches a new global health initiative to tackle epidemics and cardiovascular diseases.
Global health is set to be center stage at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly being held in New York.
Bill and Melinda Gates are spending a lot of time in Washington speaking with members of Congress about the importance of foreign aid.
Bill and Melinda Gates released a report called Goalkeepers, a large-scale statistical effort that assessed progress on 18 global health indicators.
Programs, Grants & Awards
Seven new grants have been awarded to fund research on tobacco control and prevention in low- and middle-income countries.
A new online course called “(PH425x) MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe,” provides a basic toolbox of knowledge and skills to help advance malaria eradication efforts both locally and nationally.
Four finalists have been announced for the MacArthur Foundation’s $100 million award. The four teams will present their final proposals on Dec. 11.
Research
A new report launched by WHO shows a serious a lack of new antibiotic development to address the growing issue of antibiotic resistance.
There are nearly 200,000 new cases of leprosy each year, including 25,000 in children and about half of all new cases are in India.
Mycobacterium avoids getting degraded by hiding in a separate compartment inside the macrophages, the very cell that is meant to destroy it, a new study shows.
Diseases & Disasters
Hearing loss has been on the rise over the last 25 years and a team of experts are now calling for a worldwide initiative to address this issue.
Researchers in the UK report a successful production of polio vaccine using a tobacco-related plant.
Data from the Population-based HIV Impact Assessments (PHIAs) show that five African countries are nearing control of HIV epidemic.
Distribution of nearly half a million doses of cholera vaccine has begun in Sierra Leone to prevent a cholera outbreak following the flooding and massive mudslides that killed hundreds.
Technology
According to results from a new study, basic facial-recognition software can detect sexual orientation.There is a considerable amount of controversy about the purpose, methodology and ethics of this study.
Scientists have developed a smartphone-based HIV test that is capable of producing a positive test within 10 seconds using just a single drop of blood.
A new paper-based test that can diagnose Zika infection in about 20 minutes has been developed by researchers at MIT.
Environmental Health
A new study shows that 5000 premature deaths occur in Europe annually due to excess emissions from diesel cars.
A new study by IPEN reveals alarmingly high levels of mercury in women of child-bearing age. Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that can cause serious damage to unborn children.
According to a new study, atmospheric changes are potentially resulting in a drop in the amount of different nutrients produced/stored in food crops.
Equity & Disparities
Global Adolescent Study identifies themes in global adolescent development that span across many countries and income levels. According to the study, “the onset of adolescence triggers a common set of rigidly enforced gender expectations associated with increased lifelong risks of mental and physical health problems.”
According to a new report, nearly 3.9 billion people still don’t have access to the internet and the digital divide is growing between the developed and developing nations.
Maternal, Neonatal & Children’s Health
According to the 2012-2016 global estimates, there are nearly 152 million children still engaged in child labor. While the number has decreased, the rate of decline has slowed significantly in the past 4 years.
Using a mapping system created for the Local Burden of Disease project at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) researchers were able to examine communities in a 5- by 5 km block. This methodology has revealed significant differences in child death rates in African nations.
With a large burden of TB cases among children, India is set to roll out the Universal Drug Sensitivity Test, a molecular diagnostic test that takes about 100 minutes to complete.
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