Tag: global-health

How federated data systems are reshaping global disease surveillance

Federated disease surveillance networks allow countries to collaborate on disease tracking while keeping sensitive data under local control. Early implementations…

WHO Assembly Advances Pandemic Preparedness and Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy

The Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly approved binding pandemic preparedness frameworks and a global antimicrobial resistance action plan on 19 May…

New Ebola strain spreading in Congo and Uganda lacks approved vaccine, complicating outbreak response

A Sudan variant of Ebola spreading in Congo and Uganda currently has no approved vaccine, and standard diagnostic tests fail…

DRC Ebola Outbreak Accelerates With Hundreds of Cases as Vaccine Rollout Remains Months Away

A rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has prompted urgent containment efforts while vaccine rollout…