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Global Health NOW: Sudan鈥檚 Widening 鈥楴ightmare鈥�; No Known Animal Contact in Missouri Bird Flu Case; and Bat Declines Linked to Infant Mortality
September 9, 2024
Sudanese families carrying their belongings arrive at a transit center for refugees in Renk, South Sudan, on February 14. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty
Sudan鈥檚 Widening 鈥楴ightmare鈥�
Eighteen months of brutal civil war in Sudan have left the nation trapped in a 鈥渘ightmare of conflict鈥� that the world continues to ignore, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday, .
Additionally, a from the latest UN fact-finding mission cataloged 鈥渉arrowing鈥� human rights abuses committed by both sides of the conflict and called for independent peacekeepers to intervene, .
The toll 500 days in:
鈥淭he best medicine is peace,鈥� said Tedros. GHN FOR FREE Share GHN With a Student What do global health students need? I mean, besides coffee.
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Texas is suing the Biden administration to overturn a federal rule that protects the medical records of women from criminal investigation if they cross state lines to seek legal abortion.
Hair and skin care products expose kids to endocrine-disrupting chemicals called phthalates, per a published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, which found that Black children had the highest levels of phthalates in their urine.
Teen vaping has dropped to a 10-year low, CDC officials 鈥攁ttributing the 鈥渕onumental public health win鈥� to recent age restrictions and aggressive enforcement against retailers and manufacturers. RADAR: AVIAN FLU Missouri鈥檚 First Case
The the first case of H5 bird flu in a person with no known animal contact, .
A 鈥済roundbreaking鈥� study showing the connection between bats鈥� decline in the U.S. and infant mortality is the latest to demonstrate the stark toll of imbalanced ecosystems.
According to the research, , a decline in bat populations due to a fungal disease led farmers in 245 counties to increase their use of insecticides by 31% to combat an increase in insect activity.
Other possible factors鈥攍ike unemployment and drug use鈥攚ere ruled out as causes.
A warning: 52% of bat species in North America are at risk of severe declines over the next 15 years.
CORRECTION Not 鈥楯abbed鈥�
Our Sept. 3 lead summary on the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza incorrectly said that 161,000+ children under 10 had been 鈥渏abbed鈥� during the drive鈥檚 first two days. The campaign is distributing the oral polio vaccine. We regret the error. Thanks, Alexandra Brown for pointing out our mistake! OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Hundreds of thousands of parents died from drugs. Their kids need more help, advocates say. 鈥�
US is beefing up mpox testing, vaccine access against new strain, officials say 鈥�
India records first suspected mpox case, male patient in isolation 鈥�
Determinants of the desire to avoid pregnancy after the disaster of the century in T眉rkiye 鈥�
Strengthening surgical systems in LMICs: data-driven approaches 鈥嬧�嬧��
New polio strain threatens setback to eradication in Nigeria 鈥�
Light pollution at night may increase risk of Alzheimer鈥檚, study finds 鈥�
Off-Broadway musical warns of deadly threat of antibiotic resistance 鈥� Issue No. 2776
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, Aliza Rosen, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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Eighteen months of brutal civil war in Sudan have left the nation trapped in a 鈥渘ightmare of conflict鈥� that the world continues to ignore, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday, .
Additionally, a from the latest UN fact-finding mission cataloged 鈥渉arrowing鈥� human rights abuses committed by both sides of the conflict and called for independent peacekeepers to intervene, .
The toll 500 days in:
- 20,000+ people have been killed; 12+ million people have been displaced.
- The nation鈥檚 health system is 鈥渘ear collapse,鈥� with 70%鈥�80% of facilities affected.
- ~25 million people are 鈥渋n dire need of humanitarian aid.鈥�
- But: Sudan鈥檚 government said it 鈥渞ejects in their entirety鈥� the UN鈥檚 recommendations, demanding that the body support its 鈥渘ational process,鈥� .
- 25.6 million people鈥攈alf the population鈥攁re facing acute food insecurity.
- Outbreaks of cholera are on the rise, .
- Disease surveillance has been impossible in areas under RSF control, .
- Floods have destabilized infrastructure.
鈥淭he best medicine is peace,鈥� said Tedros. GHN FOR FREE Share GHN With a Student What do global health students need? I mean, besides coffee.
They need to know what鈥檚 going on in global health鈥攑ractical examples of global health issues and solutions IRL. There鈥檚 no better source than Global Health NOW.
Please share with students you know. It will help them:
- Stay on top of current issues in global health.
- Enrich their theoretical learning with real-world examples.
- Explore careers and learn about opportunities like webinars, fellowships, and travel grants.
Texas is suing the Biden administration to overturn a federal rule that protects the medical records of women from criminal investigation if they cross state lines to seek legal abortion.
Hair and skin care products expose kids to endocrine-disrupting chemicals called phthalates, per a published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, which found that Black children had the highest levels of phthalates in their urine.
Teen vaping has dropped to a 10-year low, CDC officials 鈥攁ttributing the 鈥渕onumental public health win鈥� to recent age restrictions and aggressive enforcement against retailers and manufacturers. RADAR: AVIAN FLU Missouri鈥檚 First Case
The the first case of H5 bird flu in a person with no known animal contact, .
- The case, in Missouri, was detected through the state鈥檚 seasonal flu surveillance system.
- The patient, who was hospitalized in August and has been released, had underlying medical conditions.
- At least 13 other people in the U.S. have been infected with bird flu this year, but all had occupational exposure to infected animals.
- The CDC said the risk to the general public remains low.
A 鈥済roundbreaking鈥� study showing the connection between bats鈥� decline in the U.S. and infant mortality is the latest to demonstrate the stark toll of imbalanced ecosystems.
According to the research, , a decline in bat populations due to a fungal disease led farmers in 245 counties to increase their use of insecticides by 31% to combat an increase in insect activity.
- In those same counties, infant mortality rose by ~8%鈥攁ccounting for 1,334 infant deaths鈥攆rom 2006 to 2017.
Other possible factors鈥攍ike unemployment and drug use鈥攚ere ruled out as causes.
A warning: 52% of bat species in North America are at risk of severe declines over the next 15 years.
CORRECTION Not 鈥楯abbed鈥�
Our Sept. 3 lead summary on the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza incorrectly said that 161,000+ children under 10 had been 鈥渏abbed鈥� during the drive鈥檚 first two days. The campaign is distributing the oral polio vaccine. We regret the error. Thanks, Alexandra Brown for pointing out our mistake! OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Hundreds of thousands of parents died from drugs. Their kids need more help, advocates say. 鈥�
US is beefing up mpox testing, vaccine access against new strain, officials say 鈥�
India records first suspected mpox case, male patient in isolation 鈥�
Determinants of the desire to avoid pregnancy after the disaster of the century in T眉rkiye 鈥�
Strengthening surgical systems in LMICs: data-driven approaches 鈥嬧�嬧��
New polio strain threatens setback to eradication in Nigeria 鈥�
Light pollution at night may increase risk of Alzheimer鈥檚, study finds 鈥�
Off-Broadway musical warns of deadly threat of antibiotic resistance 鈥� Issue No. 2776
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, Aliza Rosen, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing war continues to deprive hundreds of thousands of children of this fundamental right, UN agencies have warned.
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Sudan鈥檚 health system is 鈥渘ear collapse鈥� after 16 months of war have left the country and its people facing what the UN鈥檚 top health official described on Sunday as the 鈥減erfect storm of crises鈥�, which the world is largely ignoring.
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The UN Secretary-General is marking 鈥楥lean Air Day鈥� with a call for global investment in solutions that tackle climate change and the increasing public health, environmental, and economic harm caused by air pollution.
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As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right to health on Friday stressed that equitable access to vaccines is crucial in the race to save lives.
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More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a polio vaccination campaign there, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Friday.
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Global Health NOW: Deaths from Cholera Up Sharply; Paraguay鈥檚 Sex Ed Controversy; and If You Like Pi帽a Coladas, and Getting Caught in Aisle 9
September 5, 2024
A health care worker tends to a new patient at a temporary cholera treatment centre at Bwaila District hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, on February 21, 2023. Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP via Getty
Global Cholera Deaths Up Sharply
Cholera deaths shot up 71% last year, according to shared yesterday鈥攁mounting to 4,000+ deaths last year from a disease that is preventable and treatable, .
A new monitoring metric: Many African countries reported a high proportion of community deaths鈥攖hose that occurred outside hospitals鈥攁n indication of 鈥渟erious gaps in access to treatment,鈥� per the WHO.
Vaccines: The cholera vaccine supply hasn鈥檛 been able to keep up with demand; WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked other vaccine manufacturers to help boost the supply. GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners
Moderna鈥檚 mRNA mpox vaccine candidate proved more effective at preventing severe disease in monkeys than the dominant Jynneos vaccine, according to a new ; in lab tests researchers found that the vaccine also neutralizes other orthopox viruses, like camelpox, rabbitpox and multiple mpox strains.
The DRC is set to receive its first batch of 100,000 mpox vaccines鈥攎anufactured by Bavarian Nordic鈥攆rom the European Union today, and a second delivery should arrive soon.
Men aged 30 to 45 exposed to air pollution over ~five years had a 24% higher risk of being diagnosed with infertility, per a large new that also found a previously unknown association between road traffic noise pollution and infertility among women aged 35 to 45.
YouTube plans to restrict teenagers鈥� exposure to videos about weight and fitness, tweaking its algorithms to stop pushing 13-17-year-olds down 鈥渞abbit holes鈥� of related content after they view an initial video. DATA POINT GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES FAMILY PLANNING Paraguay鈥檚 Sex Ed Curriculum Stirs Controversy
鈥淢en conquer, not seduce.鈥� 鈥淕irls have smaller and lighter brains.鈥� 鈥淏oys don鈥檛 cry easily.鈥� 鈥淕irls don鈥檛 like taking risks.鈥�
Those phrases are lifted from Paraguay鈥檚 first national sex ed curriculum鈥攅ndorsed by the Ministry of Education, which left-leaning senator Esperanza Mart铆nez called 鈥渁n affront to science.鈥�
Police were recently called to a grocery store in Bilbao, northern Spain, after it became "overwhelmed" with young people emptying the produce shelves.
Their crime? Looking for love. And hijacking pineapples for the purpose, .
The pine-apple of your eye: According to the TikTok-driven rules of engagement, hopeful romantics are to arrive at the Mercadona grocery store between 7鈥�8 p.m.鈥斺�渓a hora de ligar鈥� (the hour of flirting)鈥攖hen place an upside-down pineapple in their cart and head to the wine section.
A-peel-ing prospects?: Instead of swiping right, potential matches bump carts, .
Pineapples > apps: The trend鈥檚 popularity tracks with Gen Z鈥檚 growing frustration with dating apps, .
A fruitless search: One Telegraph columnist flew from England to Spain to try her luck鈥攂ut left empty-carted and brokenhearted, : 鈥淪urely there鈥檚 no sadder sight than a woman, at the end of la hora de ligar, returning her pineapple. Alone.鈥� QUICK HITS Doctors grapple with how to save women鈥檚 lives amid 鈥榗onfusion and angst鈥� over new Louisiana law 鈥�
It Matters If It鈥檚 COVID 鈥�
Alarming HIV/AIDS rates among Black people in Georgia 鈥�
Preventing the next 鈥楩ukushima鈥� 鈥�
Russia's Growing Footprint on the African Health Landscape 鈥�
Fake Ozempic: How batch numbers help criminal groups spread dangerous drugs 鈥�
In a rural small town, a group of locals steps up to support senior health 鈥� Issue No. 2776
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, Aliza Rosen, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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Cholera deaths shot up 71% last year, according to shared yesterday鈥攁mounting to 4,000+ deaths last year from a disease that is preventable and treatable, .
- Cases were up 13% in the same period (2022-2023), with 45 countries reporting cases last year.
- 38% of the reported cases were among children under 5.
- 32% less cases reported in the Middle East and Asia and a 125% increase in Africa; top hot spots included Afghanistan, the DRC, Malawi, and Somalia.
A new monitoring metric: Many African countries reported a high proportion of community deaths鈥攖hose that occurred outside hospitals鈥攁n indication of 鈥渟erious gaps in access to treatment,鈥� per the WHO.
Vaccines: The cholera vaccine supply hasn鈥檛 been able to keep up with demand; WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked other vaccine manufacturers to help boost the supply. GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners
Moderna鈥檚 mRNA mpox vaccine candidate proved more effective at preventing severe disease in monkeys than the dominant Jynneos vaccine, according to a new ; in lab tests researchers found that the vaccine also neutralizes other orthopox viruses, like camelpox, rabbitpox and multiple mpox strains.
The DRC is set to receive its first batch of 100,000 mpox vaccines鈥攎anufactured by Bavarian Nordic鈥攆rom the European Union today, and a second delivery should arrive soon.
Men aged 30 to 45 exposed to air pollution over ~five years had a 24% higher risk of being diagnosed with infertility, per a large new that also found a previously unknown association between road traffic noise pollution and infertility among women aged 35 to 45.
YouTube plans to restrict teenagers鈥� exposure to videos about weight and fitness, tweaking its algorithms to stop pushing 13-17-year-olds down 鈥渞abbit holes鈥� of related content after they view an initial video. DATA POINT GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES FAMILY PLANNING Paraguay鈥檚 Sex Ed Curriculum Stirs Controversy
鈥淢en conquer, not seduce.鈥� 鈥淕irls have smaller and lighter brains.鈥� 鈥淏oys don鈥檛 cry easily.鈥� 鈥淕irls don鈥檛 like taking risks.鈥�
Those phrases are lifted from Paraguay鈥檚 first national sex ed curriculum鈥攅ndorsed by the Ministry of Education, which left-leaning senator Esperanza Mart铆nez called 鈥渁n affront to science.鈥�
- The text promotes abstinence, deems sex 鈥淕od鈥檚 invention for married people,鈥� discourages condom use, and ignores sexual orientation or identity, to the approval of conservative forces and dismay of sexual health educators.
- Many mothers in the country鈥攚hich has South America鈥檚 highest rate of teenage pregnancy鈥攂lame their teen pregnancies on norms that kept them in the dark about sex.
Police were recently called to a grocery store in Bilbao, northern Spain, after it became "overwhelmed" with young people emptying the produce shelves.
Their crime? Looking for love. And hijacking pineapples for the purpose, .
The pine-apple of your eye: According to the TikTok-driven rules of engagement, hopeful romantics are to arrive at the Mercadona grocery store between 7鈥�8 p.m.鈥斺�渓a hora de ligar鈥� (the hour of flirting)鈥攖hen place an upside-down pineapple in their cart and head to the wine section.
A-peel-ing prospects?: Instead of swiping right, potential matches bump carts, .
Pineapples > apps: The trend鈥檚 popularity tracks with Gen Z鈥檚 growing frustration with dating apps, .
A fruitless search: One Telegraph columnist flew from England to Spain to try her luck鈥攂ut left empty-carted and brokenhearted, : 鈥淪urely there鈥檚 no sadder sight than a woman, at the end of la hora de ligar, returning her pineapple. Alone.鈥� QUICK HITS Doctors grapple with how to save women鈥檚 lives amid 鈥榗onfusion and angst鈥� over new Louisiana law 鈥�
It Matters If It鈥檚 COVID 鈥�
Alarming HIV/AIDS rates among Black people in Georgia 鈥�
Preventing the next 鈥楩ukushima鈥� 鈥�
Russia's Growing Footprint on the African Health Landscape 鈥�
Fake Ozempic: How batch numbers help criminal groups spread dangerous drugs 鈥�
In a rural small town, a group of locals steps up to support senior health 鈥� Issue No. 2776
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, Aliza Rosen, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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The second phase of a two-round campaign to vaccinate over half a million young children in Gaza against polio began in Khan Younis on Thursday, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
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