Emerging threats

News and features on the emerging threats to human health, from climate change to AMR.

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It’s challenging for hospitals in Nigeria to optimally use antibiotics. Credit: Getty Images

Resistance to antibiotics in northern Nigeria: what bacteria are prevalent, and which drugs work against them

20 Sep 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

A recent study has found that approximately 50% of healthcare professionals suffer from burnout. Credit: Tanzania. African Mission Healthcare / Friends of the Plaster House / Watsi

Why addressing burnout among healthcare workers is crucial to advance health-related SDGs

18 Sep 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts SDGs

Earth depicted as a virus. Credit: Miroslava Chrienova from Pixabay

The deadly diseases that are spiking because of climate change

18 Sep 2023

4 min read

Climate change Outbreaks

Nipah, a virus that comes from bats virus that comes from bats, has triggered multiple human outbreaks. Credit: Daniel Higuita Tamayo on Pexels

Seven things you need to know about Nipah virus

15 Sep 2023

6 min read

Nipah Outbreaks

Charity Agbodo, her mother Gladys Modzaka, and children, photographed for Generation ImmUnity in Kotobabi, Ghana. Credit: Gavi/2023/Michael Aboya

Why mothers and babies will suffer more as Africa grows hotter

13 Sep 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Gender equality

Community leaders learning how to read the rain gauge in Ghana. Africa has less than 40 weather stations, compared to hundreds in US, Europe. Copyright: WMO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Climate monitoring upgrades urgently needed in Africa

4 Sep 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Climate and health crises are converging: we need to tackle them together

4 Sep 2023

5 min read

Climate change

A local herbal shop keeper displaying his assortment of traditional medicines in Arusha, Tanzania. The traditional medicine market is projected to reach US$115 billion by the end of this year. Copyright: neiljs (CC BY 2.0)

‘Protect biodiversity to secure traditional medicine sources’

29 Aug 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Illustration of how El Ninõ affects water temperature. Credit: Marta Tufet Bayona

El Niño and the rise in disease outbreaks

28 Aug 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

Under a very high magnification of 31,207X, this scanning electron micrograph depicts spores of a strain of Bacillus anthracis bacteria. An anthrax outbreak outbreak in West Africa raises calls for investment in vaccinations. Copyright: Janice Haney Carr, (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Anthrax vaccine funding urged amid West Africa outbreak

25 Aug 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks

HIV is commonly tested using blood. Kiyohiko Izumi, team leader for sexually transmitted infections in the WHO says climate change can lead to increased vulnerability to HIV. Credit: Sandro Araújo/SES, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Climate change worsening HIV control in Asia

21 Aug 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts HIV Climate change

The Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits viruses like dengue, Zika and chikungunya. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

Zika, dengue transmission expected to rise with climate change

18 Aug 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Dengue

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