CDC’s director, Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, on polio eradication.
(From CDC)
We are bundling up like these SHETLAND PONIES IN CARDIGANS and heading out.
Thank you, Waldo Jaquith.
From a book of photographs and essays about London by Chicago-based writer and photographer Brian Leli. Explaining the project on his website,...
…I’ll keep on saying it; Senator Bernie Sanders is great!
Fake Malaria Drugs Fuel Rise Of Drug-Resistant Disease
Counterfeit drugs are a growing scourge around the world. They’re generating millions of dollars in revenue for organized crime and fueling the rise of drug-resistant parasites.
Anti-malarials are among the most popular drugs to fake. But these faux pharmaceuticals are particularly dangerous because malaria can kill a person in a matter of days.
Circumcision to prevent HIV and STDs is a very contentious issue - but it is often greatly misunderstood and the arguments simplified. Check out my latest post on the The 2x2 Project and find out why context, consent, and risk are essential to the debate.
The vast bulk of donor health funding to low- and middle-income countries goes to AIDS, TB, and malaria - despite the larger death toll from cancer.
(via pubhealth)
NPR has a fantastic infographic that shows the spread of HIV from 1990 covering a range of countries, the charting of HIV and country wealth (this photo), and the spread by region - check out their post to see the highlighting features of the graph.
Great news - a study out of Mailman, Columbia’s School of Public Health, shows that the PEPFAR funding and programs have led to an increase in babies being born in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa. This can greatly reduce maternal and newborn deaths from preventable birth complications and infections.
Turns out actually…we weren’t freaked out enough! At least in the sense that deaths from swine flu appear to be about 15 times higher than originally reported…
This is pretty devastating - Pakistan is one of the only THREE countries where the disease is still endemic (meaning that the infection is maintained in the population without any need for external inputs - like new people coming into the country who are infected), and they have about 200 new cases a year.
Check out the last two guest posts on ‘I’m Not Tired Yet.’ Belinda writes about social marketing campaigns, and Stephanie talks about finding feminism in unexpected places in Zambia. And thanks to all who participated and commented on our great guest bloggers!