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Global Health Resilience 2025
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Cholera: Why is a preventable disease still taking lives?
Cholera should no longer exist, yet it kills thousands of people every year. New analysis from international non-profit WaterAid offers ways to fast-track its prevention and control. The global toll of a preventable disease Cholera is a deadly diarrhoeal disease spread through ingesting contaminated food and water. Entirely preventable, it can kill within hours if...
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Why on-the-spot diagnostics are critical for the Global South
Advances in point-of-care diagnostics can help people in low and middle-income countries get access to treatment sooner, ultimately facilitating global equity and health security. The challenge of effective diagnostics in the Global South In the battle against global disease, the field of diagnostics can be overlooked. That’s frustrating admits Professor Alex Richter, MD, Director of...
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How we can accelerate the elimination of malaria – and why we must
To make malaria elimination a reality, we need to accelerate progress in prevention and therapeutic drugs. That requires greater investment and focus, says one expert in the field. If the world is serious about eliminating malaria, the status quo is not an option. The challenges posed by the disease are simply too complex — so...
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Reducing the burden of malaria through partnership
A global biopharma is fighting malaria in endemic countries through partnerships that harness R&D, broaden access to prevention and treatment options and strengthen health systems. Thomas Breuer, Chief Global Health Officer at global biopharma company GSK, is proud to be working at the forefront of malaria prevention and treatment. After all, through partnerships, his Global...
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How Africa’s Bioko Island has become a model of malaria prevention
In 2004, a remarkable life-saving public-private health project began on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, off the coast of West Africa. Known as the Bioko Island Malaria Control Project (BIMCP), its initial focus used approaches such as IRS and insecticide-treated nets to control malaria. Project aims to eliminate malaria In 2019, BIMCP evolved into the Bioko...