Various updates were found in newsletters and journal abstracts online today. These looked at mosquitoes – what attracts them to people, how ookinetes move in the midgut, and how perlite from volcanic rock may be a barrier repellent. Nigeria reports that there is no ACT resistance – so far. And malaria partners join to coordinate… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-09-03
Category: Zika
World Hearing Day and the Problem of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
March 3rd marks the annual World Health Day. The World Health Organization explains that the purpose of this day is to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world. WHO notes that, “Unless action is taken, by 2030 there will be nearly 630 million… Continue reading World Hearing Day and the Problem of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Zika and Access to Reproductive Health Services in Brazil
Twice a year students in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health write blog postings as part of the course “Social and Behavioral Foundations of Primary Health Care.” We often share blog posts that relate to tropical health issues. Below is a posting by class members Linda Cho, Linda Chyr, Rebecca Earnest, and Sarah… Continue reading Zika and Access to Reproductive Health Services in Brazil
PAHO Head Reflects on Zika, Obscurity to Crisis, during 65th ASTMH Keynote
The Following blog from the 65th American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting opening keynote address has been re-posted here. From moving quickly to train heads of state in risk communications, to making major decisions based on limited evidence, to sitting with Zika victims whose children had just been diagnosed with microcephaly, the… Continue reading PAHO Head Reflects on Zika, Obscurity to Crisis, during 65th ASTMH Keynote
Emergency Funding for Zika Virus Response
Class members from the course “Social and Behavioral Foundations of Primary Health Care” at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health write a policy advocacy blog as part of their assignments. Here we are sharing the blog posted by Hanna B. More of the SBFPHC postings can be read at this link. Source: wh.gov/Zika… Continue reading Emergency Funding for Zika Virus Response