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No ‘human-to-human infection’ of bird flu in Cambodia
Officials confirm that no human-to-human transmission of bird flu has occurred in Cambodia.
“We lose so many women every day”: cervical cancer in low-resource settings
In rural areas of South Africa, women with cervical cancer are often diagnosed late, and hospitals don’t necessarily have the resources to care for them, says Dr Nwabisa Giyose.
Q&A: Cervical cancer in the Republic of Guinea
Professor Bangaly Traoré is the coordinator of the national cancer control programme in the Republic of Guinea. In this interview, we discuss the importance of vaccination against human papillomavirus, which can cause cervical cancer.
Spain to co-host 2023 Vaccine Alliance High-Level Summit on Immunisation
The high-level summit, co-hosted by Gavi and Spain, will be an opportunity to look back on the immunisation strategy outlined by the Vaccine Alliance at 2020’s Global Vaccine Summit in London.
Digital-Payment Systems Could Revolutionize Health Care
As managing medical conditions becomes increasingly more difficult in rural areas, technological advances could go a long way in improving access and patient care. The first step toward a new high-tech age in health-care delivery is the…
Preparing Now for the Next Health Emergencies
While it is tempting to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror, now is the time to prepare for future public-health crises. Governments should focus on boosting their health systems’ resilience, which includes strengthening prevention…
This is how war in Europe is disrupting fertilizer supplies and threatening global food security
War in Ukraine coupled with export curbs in China have cut fertilizer shipments from the world’s largest suppliers, threatening global food security.
Q&A: Local context is key to nourishing children, says specialist
Guatemalan researcher says science must be applied to the context and culture to reduce child malnutrition. Science must be applied ‘in context’ to effect change.
Q&A: How to fix the worst malnutrition crisis in more than 40 years
Climate change, COVID-19 and the Ukraine war’s impact on food prices are combining to create the worst hunger crisis in decades. VaccinesWork spoke to Simon Bishop, CEO of the Power of Nutrition, about why this matters, and what we need to do to…
Sri Lanka was winning its battle with leprosy. Then came COVID-19
Slowly, but hidden behind the disruptive pandemic virus, leprosy was spreading. Now Sri Lanka’s health department is working hard to find and cure a cohort of patients before it’s too late.
What would success look like for a Shigella vaccine?
Findings from a new series of studies could hold broad implications for developing vaccines against enteric pathogens.
Here's why tsetse fly pheromone could cut disease spread
The pheromone methyl palmitoleate (MPO) from tsetse fly has been found to lure its males and make them halt in their tracks. Could it slow the spread of disease?
