Kat Lay
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Journalist - global health correspondent at The Guardian (
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Kat Lay
The Guardian
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Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding
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Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding
Campaigner criticises ‘shortsighted and self-defeating’ decision and says it increases risk to the UK public The polio virus was detected in London sewage for the second time this year, days before ministers withdrew funding for global polio eradication efforts. Its detection reveals the spending cuts to be “shortsighted and self-defeating”, campaigners said. Polio is an extremely infectious viral disease, which typically affects young children under-five. It can cause paralysis by damaging nerves in the spine and base of the brain, and can be life-threatening if it affects muscles used for breathing. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/27/polio-virus-detected-in-london-days-before-ministers-cut-global-eradication-funding?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
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WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East
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WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East
Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ‘safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has said * Middle East crisis – live updates A total stop to hostilities in the Middle East is needed to halt a “health crisis unfolding in real time”, the World Health Organization’s chief in the region has said. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities must be treated as “safe havens”, urged Dr Hanan Balkhy, the WHO’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/26/who-warns-of-health-crisis-unfolding-in-real-time-across-middle-east?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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MSI Reproductive Choices say UK aid cuts include a 23% funding reduction for the Women’s Integrated Sexual Health programme in West and Central Africa. They predict an additional 410k unintended pregnancies, 1k maternal deaths and 110k unsafe abortions as a result.
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The Guardian
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The Myanmar nurses dodging drones to graduate from a secret jungle school
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The Myanmar nurses dodging drones to graduate from a secret jungle school
This week, the first students completed a three-year degree course, ready to treat displaced people and pro-democracy fighters unable to risk government-run hospitals
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/19/the-myanmar-nurses-dodging-drones-to-graduate-from-a-secret-jungle-school?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1773896829
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Ben Simms
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It was Gordon Brown who launched the
#HealthPartnerships
approach in 2007, harnessing
#NHS
expertise to drive
#UHC
delivery in
#LMICs
. It is this Labour Govt which is ending this work, 18 years later. A sad moment.
#UKGlobalHealthSummit
@katlay.bsky.social
.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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UK government axes flagship global health project
Programme which supports schemes in six African countries was previously hailed as vital protection for Britain against future pandemics
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/12/uk-government-axes-flagship-global-health-project
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Melody Schreiber
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“We are fearful that this is a prototype for other studies,” said
@cdelawalla.bsky.social
. My latest on the unlikely researchers at the heart of US vaccine policy:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Experts fear ‘unethical’ vaccine trial in Africa is ‘prototype’ for US studies under RFK Jr
Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/rfk-vaccine-trials-guinea-bissau
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The Guardian
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Weight-loss jab could be made for $3 a month, study finds
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Weight-loss jab could be made for $3 a month, study finds
Cheap semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, could help millions with diabetes and obesity in 160 countries Weight-loss jabs such as Wegovy and Ozempic could be made for just $3 a month, according to new analysis, potentially making the treatment available to millions in poorer countries as patents expire. More than a billion people live with obesity worldwide, with rates rising fast in lower-income nations as they shift to westernised diets and more sedentary lifestyles. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/06/generic-drugs-weight-loss-semaglutide-ozempic-wegovy-diabetes-obesity-study?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Kat Lay
The Guardian
29 days ago
Rising anger over ‘lop-sided’ and ‘immoral’ US health funding pacts with African countries
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Rising anger over ‘lop-sided’ and ‘immoral’ US health funding pacts with African countries
Zimbabwe refuses to sign agreement and Kenya faces a court case over data sharing as new aid deals come under scrutiny
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/27/rising-anger-over-lop-sided-immoral-us-health-funding-pacts-africa-countries?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1772175923
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Andrew Green
about 1 month ago
For
@theguardian.com
, I gained access to a leaked draft of America's $1bn memorandum of understanding with Zambia that features mandatory targets, sharing of data, and requires access to mining concessions:
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US accused of ‘shameless exploitation’ over proposed Zambian health aid deal
Leaked draft of $1bn memorandum of understanding reveals mandatory targets, sharing of data, and reported access to mining concessions
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/25/zambia-us-health-aid-deal-exploitation-mining-concessions-data-sharing-targets
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Kat Lay
The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Traditional food could help reverse Nepal’s ‘diabetes epidemic’, studies suggest
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Traditional food could help reverse Nepal’s ‘diabetes epidemic’, studies suggest
With medication largely unaffordable in the country, experts hope community support and a change in diet could reduce soaring type 2 diabetes rates
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/10/traditional-food-could-help-reverse-nepals-diabetes-epidemic-studies-suggest?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770718735
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Kat Lay
The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030, study finds
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Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030, study finds
Modelling suggests 5.4m children under five among those who could die if budgets of donor countries such as UK and US continue to be slashed
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/03/aid-cuts-avoidable-deaths-study-children-uk-us-donor-countries?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770103034
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Kat Lay
The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study
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Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study
UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchers
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/03/public-health-ultra-processed-foods-regulation-cigarettes-addiction-nutrition?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770095519
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The Guardian
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Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ fatalities
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Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ fatalities
Ifunanya Nwangene died in hospital after being bitten in her Abuja home, raising questions about the availability of effective antivenoms
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/04/death-of-nigerian-singer-highlights-crisis-of-preventable-snakebite-fatalities?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770200212
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Melody Schreiber
2 months ago
U.S. health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was cancelled. A hotly debated study on hepatitis B in Guinea-Bissau is indeed halted, as I reported last week. Here's my latest:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended
Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/23/guinea-bissau-hepatitis-b-vaccine-study
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The Guardian
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Global midwife shortage raises rates of maternity intervention, report warns
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Global midwife shortage raises rates of maternity intervention, report warns
World is short of a million midwives, report finds, with adequate access potentially saving 4.3m lives a year
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/20/world-shortage-million-midwives-icm-healthcare-mothers-babies-intervention?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768893708
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Kat Lay
The Guardian
2 months ago
Cloth wraps treated with ‘dirt cheap’ insecticide cut malaria cases in babies
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Cloth wraps treated with ‘dirt cheap’ insecticide cut malaria cases in babies
Soaking fabrics in a commonly used insect repellent is a simple and effective tool as mosquito bites become more common during daytime, study shows
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/16/cloth-wraps-treated-with-insecticide-cut-malaria-cases-in-babies?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768540060
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Melody Schreiber
2 months ago
BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been *cancelled,* I can now report. A senior official with Africa CDC confirmed the cancellation and said GB officials are working to make sure any research is conducted ethically:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/hepatitis-b-vaccines-study-africa-cancel?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Doctors and nurses should be wearing respirator-grade masks rather than "inadequate" surgical masks or no face covering at all when in front of patients, a group of experts has said, urging WHO guideline changes
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Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/09/health-professionals-respirator-grade-masks-who-advise
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The Guardian
3 months ago
‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach
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‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach
The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change lives
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/07/families-cystic-fibrosis-drug-prices-affordable-generic-triko-vertex-pharmaceuticals-beximco-trikafta-kaftrio?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1767788802
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Kat Lay
The Guardian
3 months ago
Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives
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Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives
From HIV to TB, scientists and doctors made breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of some of the world’s deadliest diseases
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/22/five-big-global-health-wins-in-2025-that-will-save-millions-of-lives?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766405299
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The Guardian
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‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
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‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcare From herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as poultices to acupuncturists in China using needles to cure migraines, or Indian yogis practising meditation, traditional remedies have increasingly being shown to work, and deserve more attention and research, according to a World Health Organization official. A historical lack of evidence, which has seen traditional practices dismissed by many, could change with more investment and the use of modern technology, according to Dr Shyama Kuruvilla, who leads the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/20/who-traditional-medicine-alternative-remedies-mainstream-healthcare-evidence?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Kat Lay
Melody Schreiber
3 months ago
The CDC just announced a new study on hepatitis B vaccination on newborns in Guinea-Bissau – a move that researchers call “highly unethical” and “extremely risky”. Happy to team up with
@katlay.bsky.social
on this story:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/19/hepatitis-b-vaccine-study-guinea-bissau-rfk
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The Guardian
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Figures reveal stark reality of US funding cuts as 1,394 family planning clinics shut
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Figures reveal stark reality of US funding cuts as 1,394 family planning clinics shut
Survey by world’s largest network for sexual and reproductive health shows devastation to services, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, and amplification of anti-rights voices
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/16/figures-us-funding-cuts-family-planning-clinics-shut-anti-rights?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1765879857
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The Guardian
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New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea
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New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea
First new treatments for sexually transmitted disease in decades approved by US Food and Drug Administration as number of cases worldwide surge to 82m The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria, researchers have said. Gonorrhoea is on the rise around the world, with more than 82m infections globally each year and particularly high rates in Africa and countries in the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific region, which reaches from Mongolia and China to New Zealand. Cases in England are at a record high, and rates in Europe were three times higher in 2023 than in 2014. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/16/health-antibiotic-resistance-drugs-superbugs-sexually-transmitted-gonorrhoea?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
4 months ago
How the cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core and will mean millions more infections ahead
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How the cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/01/global-health-hiv-aids-funding-cuts-infections-prevention?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1764569576
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Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall
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Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall
Leading past donors including France, Japan and European Commission fail to contribute at pledging summit Control of the deadly infectious diseases HIV, tuberculosis and malaria “hangs in the balance” after a shortfall in donations to a leading global health fund, advocates have warned. Only $11.3bn of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria’s $18bn (£14bn) targeted budget for 2026 to 2028 has been confirmed so far. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/22/control-of-hiv-tb-and-malaria-at-risk-after-global-health-fund-donations-fall?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
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New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests
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New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests
Sorfequiline shows stronger action than existing treatments against illness that killed 1.23 million last year
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/19/new-drug-could-be-breakthrough-killer-tb-tuberculosis-sorfequiline?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1763549639
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‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK
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‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK
British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/13/british-american-tobacco-africa-zambia-uk
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The Guardian
5 months ago
US to demand countries share data on ‘pathogens with epidemic potential’ in return for health aid
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US to demand countries share data on ‘pathogens with epidemic potential’ in return for health aid
Draft template seen by the Guardian has no reference to countries receiving benefits for sharing information, such as guaranteed access to medicines developed as a result
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/08/us-countries-share-data-pathogens-epidemic-potential-health-aid?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1762600034
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‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s women
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‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s women
‘The women here are warriors,’ says a midwife in Joal, and contraception is key to their health and life chances. But now UK and US aid cuts threaten to undo years of progress
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/27/senegal-africa-aid-cuts-contraception-msi-birth-control-harm-women-health-poverty?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761542084
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The Guardian
5 months ago
Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns
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Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns
Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growth
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/21/global-health-infectious-disease-aid-cuts-malaria-funding-cost-deaths-gdp-africa?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761002458
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AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies
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AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children and sexual violence survivors are flooding stock photo sites and increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who have voiced concern over a new era of “poverty porn”. “All over the place, people are using it,” said Noah Arnold, who works at Fairpicture, a Swiss-based organisation focused on promoting ethical imagery in global development. “Some are actively using AI imagery, and others, we know that they’re experimenting at least.” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/20/ai-generated-poverty-porn-fake-images-being-used-by-aid-agencies?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
5 months ago
🚨 Imposter alert 🚨 Studies into everything from cancer and HIV being plagued by "fraudulent" participants Includes people pretending to have the diseases It's undermining the reliability of trials and potentially harming patients Stark warning here:
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Is this response real? Imposters are putting health studies at risk
Automated bots and people lying about their conditions risk skewing the results of medical research, Oxford academics have warned
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/imposter-participants-health-medical-studies-8bjwhz9xg
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The Guardian
6 months ago
US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda
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US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda
Trump administration reported to be planning expansion of ‘global gag rule’ to halt any initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/08/us-trump-administration-forcing-other-countries-un-drop-dei-diversity-initiatives-or-lose-funding?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1759920010
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‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief
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‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief
Operations are being carried out without proper anaesthetics and what painkillers there are have to be rationed, say doctors
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/29/most-people-are-just-toughing-it-out-shortage-of-drugs-leaves-gazas-wounded-without-pain-relief?CMP=share_btn_url
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
6 months ago
Who'd want to be Archbishop of Canterbury?! We're close to finding out who's got the job But how are they chosen? Who's in the frame? And what happens next? Is there any conclave-style ceremony to it? Peer behind the cloak of confidentiality, as I explain all:
www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
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How the next Archbishop of Canterbury is chosen and what happens next
The election for the new Archbishop of Canterbury is shrouded in secrecy. From the likely shortlisted faces to what happens next, here’s our visual guide
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/how-next-archbishop-canterbury-chosen-tjljzhhw9
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The Guardian
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Cheap supplies of HIV-prevention jab for poorer countries hailed as ‘genuine chance to end’ global epidemic
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Cheap supplies of HIV-prevention jab for poorer countries hailed as ‘genuine chance to end’ global epidemic
Lenacapavir described as ‘next best thing’ to an HIV vaccine will cost $40 a year for each patient in 120 countries from 2027, funders say
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/24/hiv-prevention-jab-pre-exposure-prophylaxis-prep-lenacapavir-120-poorer-countries-2027?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1758715471
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Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen
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Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen
While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the first
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/23/death-by-aid-cuts-how-a-decision-in-the-us-led-to-the-loss-of-a-mother-in-yemen?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1758604548
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Kai Kupferschmidt
6 months ago
Good news! Ring vaccinations against
#Ebola
have begun in DRC, according to
@who.int
: “An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.”
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Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bulape, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease has begun in Bulape health zone in the Democratic Republic of ...
https://www.afro.who.int/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/ebola-vaccination-begins-democratic-republic-congo
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More children and teens worldwide are obese than underweight for the first time, according to a UN report that blames increasing levels of junk food in their diets
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Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time
Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says Unicef
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/10/junk-food-upf-more-children-obese-than-underweight-unicef
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Smoking avatars and online games: how big tobacco targets young people in the metaverse
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Smoking avatars and online games: how big tobacco targets young people in the metaverse
Cigarettes and vapes are being smuggled into virtual spaces beyond the reach of regulation, creating a new battleground for health campaigners
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/22/avatar-smokes-big-tobacco-children-metaverse-cigarettes-vapes-virtual-regulation-health?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1753168045
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Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve
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Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve
The country, beset by war, has the world’s lowest rates of vaccination, says the World Health Organization, as global immunisation drive also stalls
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/17/infectious-diseases-sudan-children-vaccination-rates-immunisation-routine-jabs-measles?CMP=share_btn_url
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High-risk HIV groups facing record levels of criminalisation as countries bring in draconian laws
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High-risk HIV groups facing record levels of criminalisation as countries bring in draconian laws
Curbs on LGBTQ+ rights and a halt to US funding may reverse decades of progress in fight to end Aids epidemic, warns UNAids
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/10/unaids-high-risk-hiv-groups-lgbtq-record-criminalisation-usaid-funding
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‘Delay is catastrophic’: how swift administration of antibiotics could save thousands of African children in comas
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‘Delay is catastrophic’: how instant antibiotics could save thousands of African children in comas
Analysis finds key to survival for children found to be unconscious and unresponsive is a quick dose of drugs and fast access to specialist care
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/03/antibiotics-children-coma-africa-malaria-bacterial-infection-research
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The Guardian
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Tobacco exposure killed more than 7m people in 2023, study finds
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Tobacco exposure killed more than 7m people in 2023, study finds
Researchers say tobacco linked to about one in eight deaths worldwide and numbers rising sharply in some countries Exposure to tobacco killed more than 7 million people worldwide in 2023, according to estimates. It remains the leading risk factor for deaths in men, among whom there were 5.59m deaths, and ranks seventh for women, among whom there were 1.77m deaths. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/24/tobacco-exposure-killed-more-than-7m-people-worldwide-2023-study?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Vapes threaten to undo gains in tackling dangers of tobacco, health leaders warn
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Vapes threaten to undo gains in tackling dangers of tobacco, health leaders warn
WHO calls for higher cigarette taxes, plus graphic warnings on vapes, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/23/smoking-vapes-tobacco-industry-world-health-organization-gains-dangers-global-health
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Frontline AIDS
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A drug with the potential to “end the
#HIV
pandemic” will launch in the US this week. We join
@unaids.org
's call to "make
#lenacapavir
available and affordable for all who need it." Read the latest by
@katlay.bsky.social
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‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers
As regulator prepares to approve Lenacapavir in the US, campaigners are urging the manufacturer, Gilead, to make it ‘available and affordable for all who need it’
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/17/hiv-ending-drug-lenacapavir-manufacture-cost-per-patient-gilead
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Mother to child transmission of HIV is completely preventable with antiretroviral drugs. We cannot go back to the 80s and 90s of the HIV epidemic.
add a skeleton here at some point
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