Tag: global-health

Caregiver Mental Health Crisis: New Evidence Shows Critical Care Gaps Threaten Entire Families

New Lancet commentary reveals critical gaps in caregiver mental health support worldwide. Evidence shows poor caregiver mental health creates cascading…

UK Health Agency Identifies Countries with High Consequence Infectious Disease Occurrence

UK Health Security Agency identifies 47 countries with high consequence infectious diseases posing significant public health risks. Enhanced screening protocols…

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…