Baby wraps treated with insecticide could help slash malaria cases, say researchers The mosquito-borne disease kills around 610,000 people each year – the vast majority of them children under five across the continent @maevecullinan.bsky.social has the latest⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Boiled pangolin for lunch? The rampant trade that could spark a new pandemic Laos has become a key destination for international wildlife traffickers. Experts warn it could unleash a new pathogen @sneweyy.bsky.social dispatch - free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Israel ‘undermined’ health of women and babies in Gaza, researchers say Restrictions on food and medical supplies have devastated women’s ability to safely conceive, carry, and give birth to children, says report @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

(1/2) Iran ‘shooting to kill’: doctors fight back as Trump weighs intervention In this episode of Battle Lines: Global Health Security, @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social and Venetia Rainey examine Iran’s overwhelmed healthcare system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPtp...

Amazon healthcare delves deep into the jungle’s ‘medicine cabinet’ Long dismissed as superstitious mumbo-jumbo, attitudes are changing about the medical efficacy of indigenous healing practices Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

We’re under attack from winter bugs – here’s how to protect yourself Contaminated surfaces remain one of the mostly likely places to harbour germs – even the airborne ones Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Shrubs, shamans and love stones: why the WHO has gone Goopy for traditional medicine Global health body says it is sifting the wheat from the chaff in order to save lives – but critics fear it is pandering to India and China ✍️ @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Superbug fears as new drug-resistant strains of typhoid emerge in Asia Scientists discover a gene capable of breaking down carbapenems, a class of powerful antibiotics seen as a drug of last resort More below ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

How to deal with Trump, China and debt: the African country getting it right. Venetia Rainey and @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social speak to Africa correspondent @benfarmerdt.bsky.social about one of the Telegraph's top 5 World Leaders of 2025, Hakainde Hichilema. youtu.be/HcPfvTZtxVk

Drones are saving snakebite victims in Ghana – but only when the mobile signal works A US logistics company has completed 8 million deliveries across six distribution centres, but mobile connectivity gaps are still a problem Link here🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Dozens dead in South Africa circumcision initiation rite At least 41 young men die following highly-secretive, coming-of-age initiations, in which tens of thousands of teenagers participate @benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Sphere of influence: Why China is forcing Myanmar’s brutal junta to stage a pantomime election Beijing concludes it cannot afford to have an unstable criminal state on its doorstep – but the current elections are neither free nor fair More below👇 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

‘We couldn’t find her’: Mothers abandon their children in refugee camp Charities have blamed an explosion of practically orphaned children on the biggest global aid cuts in a generation Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Major milestone in development of Nipah-virus vaccine The bat-borne virus is extremely lethal to humans and inspired the film ‘Contagion’ @sneweyy.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Dozens of women and children raped fleeing Sudan massacre Aid groups report gang-rapes with some women being held over days after fleeing El Fasher, in which at least 60,000 are thought killed in weeks @liliasebouai.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

How I learned to live with type 5 diabetes The condition has only just been officially recognised and is linked to malnutrition – so how did I get it growing up in the UK? Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

World’s first single-dose dengue vaccine approved for use in Brazil The vaccine will be particularly useful for hard-to-reach groups living in the Amazon rainforest, experts say @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🚨New hybrid mpox strain identified in England Experts say the key concern now is whether events like this will alter the virus’s transmissibility or virulence @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

UK to end flagship anti-FGM programme Britain has long been regarded as a global leader in efforts to end FGM and activists say the cuts will put women’s lives at risk @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Schools locked down again in secret pandemic drills Exclusive: Exercise Pegasus imagined a virus deadly to children spreading around the world from an in south east Asia ✍️ @paulnuki.bsky.social @sneweyy.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Famine returns to northern Nigeria amid deepening security collapse Extremist violence and mass kidnappings push hunger to starvation levels, the @wfp.org warns @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Guyana’s oil bonanza: Will the vast wealth it is generating ever trickle down? Black gold promises to transform the sleepy backwater into the new Qatar. Yet, so far, it has brought more hardship to its poorest people ✍️ @parrytom.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🚨Marburg outbreak worsens in Ethiopia as death toll rises Experts warn that the outbreak’s proximity to borders with Kenya and South Sudan means that – if not contained – it could spread rapidly @benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Fightback: scientists score series of wins in battle against superbugs Recent scientific breakthroughs fuel optimism that the pace of drug discovery is picking up again @sneweyy.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Fundraising summit for Aids, TB and malaria expected to fall billions of pounds short Global health campaigners fear the shortfall will deflect efforts to prevent increasing infections and weaken momentum in cutting deaths ✍️ @benfarmerdt.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Cases of mutant mpox ‘drastically’ increase in Europe At least 46 cases of the more dangerous mpox strain clade 1b have been detected across the continent since August Link here🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Child casualties from explosive weapons at record high New report says the equivalent of 200 plane loads of children have been killed and injured by blast injuries since 2020 @savethechildren.org More below - free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

New TB drugs reduce treatment time for world’s deadliest infectious disease Cocktail of medicine – including the new antibiotic sorfequiline – cut treatment for tuberculosis to just two months @sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Almost a third of all women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime Landmark new report on sexual violence by the WHO describes violence against women as a ‘global public health emergency’ @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Number of children with high blood pressure around the world doubles in 20 years Rising obesity seen as key to the rise of the ‘silent killer’ among those under 19 @benfarmerdt.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

A golden era of TB vaccines is coming – but is the world ready? | New op-ed from Alex Pym @wellcometrust.bsky.social With new TB vaccines on the horizon, the global health community must act now to ensure they reach those that need them most Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

‘TB suitcases’ provide high-tech hope in the face of looming funding cuts The fight against tuberculosis has recovered from a pandemic blip but now faces severe funding cuts. New innovations might limit fallout @sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

South Africa making first new cholera vaccine in decades The project is seen as a milestone in vaccine manufacture in Africa, which is almost wholly reliant on jabs and drops made elsewhere @benfarmerdt.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Baby bottles and vaccination supplies being withheld from Gaza, says UN Israel claims the items are ‘dual-use’, meaning they could be used for both civilian and military purposes @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Britain cuts global contribution to HIV, TB and malaria prevention by 15 per cent The reduction follows a wider cut to the UK’s aid budget, which has been scaled back to boost domestic defence spending Link here🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🚨Gas gangrene returns to Ukraine in echoes of First World War trench warfare Military medics say Russian drone strikes make evacuation almost impossible – creating conditions that cause infections to surge Free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Americas lose measles status after Canada outbreak Endemic transmission has been re-established in the north American country – but experts say the setback is reversible @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

‘Why I flew to Cambodia to vaccinate dogs after watching my mum die of rabies’ Robyn Thomson took part in a record-breaking immunisation drive, which is aiming to break the virus’ cycle of transmission Full story below⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Scoop: Poultry that never steps outside being sold as ‘free range’ A change in the rules means that some ‘free range’ birds being fattened for Christmas can spend their lives cooped up inside ✍️@maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Inside the alert system protecting West Africa from the next pandemic An invisible web of surveillance hunts dangerous pathogens before they can spread and spiral out of control ✍️ @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Britain ‘dangerously unprepared’ for major animal disease outbreaks, warn MPs Study warns that Defra is stuck in a ‘state of semi-permanent response’ to ongoing crises leaving it unable to prepare for severe outbreaks @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Sudan rebels covering up evidence of El Fasher massacres, new images suggest Researchers believe ‘body disposal operations are underway’ in territory held by the RSF @benfarmerdt.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

First evidence of rats hunting bats sparks disease ‘spillover’ fears Never-before-seen footage shows two of the animal kingdom’s most notorious disease-vectors getting horribly close @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social reports - full story below👇 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

African nations eye sin taxes and debt restructuring to replace lost funding Ten months after Donald Trump slashed America’s lavish overseas aid, former recipients are scrambling for new ways to fill the gaps @benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🚨Famine spreads to two more areas in Sudan The leading UN-backed international authority on hunger crises described the situation as a ‘man-made emergency’ @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🚨Famine spreads to two more areas in Sudan The leading UN-backed international authority on hunger crises described the situation as a ‘man-made emergency’ @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

The race to save lives from malaria is being undermined by a faulty field test, says new research The suspect devices are in use across vast swathes of Asia and South America and appear to throwing false negative results @sneweyy.bsky.social has the latest⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

New Covid virus found in wild Brazilian bats The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’, similar to that found in Sars-Cov-2, suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring, experts say @sneweyy.bsky.social reports⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Flockdown: UK farmers told to keep poultry indoors as bird flu surges in Europe The new DEFRA regulations apply to flocks of 50 or more birds and anyone who sells poultry products like meat and eggs @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Hundreds killed as paramilitary rebels turn El Fasher hospital into ‘human slaughterhouse’ @who.int chief @drtedros.who.int said 460 patients and companions were killed at the Saudi Maternity Hospital @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports - free to read🔓 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...