Global & Humanitarian Medicine
Practice changing | A four-month rifapentine regiment with moxifloxacin is noninferior to the standard 6-month regimen in the treatment of tuberculosis.
6 May, 2021 | 08:56h | UTCCommentary: Four-month TB treatment matches six-month standard of care – Aidsmap
WHO: New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900 000 midwives.
6 May, 2021 | 08:45h | UTCNew report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900 000 midwives – World Health Organization
Report: The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021 – UN sexual and reproductive health agency
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
9⃣3⃣% of #midwives are women. But too many face persistent gender discrimination that prevents them from thriving professionally.
Gender transformative policies are key to change this! 👉https://t.co/qxkv16SVxp #MidwivesDay #IDM2021 pic.twitter.com/7aBBwvXFQa
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 5, 2021
RCT: Community-initiated kangaroo mother care reduced the risk of moderate-to-severe maternal postpartum depressive symptoms among mothers of low-birth-weight infants in low-income areas in India
5 May, 2021 | 08:21h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Skin to Skin care doesn’t only help babies; it also helps mothers!
Randomized trial of ~2k mothers from India found kangaroo care reduces postpartum depression #neoEBM #mentalhealth @JAMANetworkOpen https://t.co/6YqPQChKLe pic.twitter.com/DYAbU3Tsxu
— Abdul Razak, MD, FRCPCH (@DrAbdulRazak_MD) April 23, 2021
Opinion | The world could be doing much more to help India: Countries can’t go it alone in tackling Covid-19
30 Apr, 2021 | 08:16h | UTCThe world could be doing much more to help India – Vox
See also: WHO provides update on India’s surging epidemic second wave and variant B.1.617 – Science Speaks: Global ID News AND People Are Talking About A ‘Double Mutant’ Variant In India. What Does That Mean? – NPR AND WHO says India COVID crisis could ‘happen anywhere’ – MedicalXpress AND India’s COVID-19 Crisis Is Spiraling Out of Control. It Didn’t Have to Be This Way – TIME
Immunization services begin slow recovery from COVID-19 disruptions, though millions of children remain at risk from deadly diseases – WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
27 Apr, 2021 | 08:41h | UTCRelated report: Disability considerations for COVID-19 vaccination: WHO and UNICEF policy brief, 19 April 2021 – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
While immunization services begin slow recovery from #COVID19, millions of children around the 🌍🌏🌎 remain vulnerable to deadly diseases.
More info 👉https://t.co/YjskC8z6nc pic.twitter.com/SEv8d2VSAB
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) April 26, 2021
Malaria vaccine becomes first to achieve WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal
25 Apr, 2021 | 21:17h | UTCNews release: Malaria vaccine becomes first to achieve WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal – University of Oxford
Original study (preprint): High Efficacy of a Low Dose Candidate Malaria Vaccine, R21 in 1 Adjuvant Matrix-M™, with Seasonal Administration to Children in Burkina Faso – The Lancet
Commentaries: Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough – BBC AND Oxford Malaria vaccine proves highly effective in Burkina Faso trial – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
💡AMAZING—First high >75% efficacy vaccine for a disease with 229 million cases & 409,000 deaths worldwide in 2019 —#Malaria!
Created by Oxford, produced by Serum Institute of India, & supporting adjuvant by Novavax, SII expects to make 200 mil doses a year!
Science! #vaccine pic.twitter.com/gnPMvXxww6
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 23, 2021
Ahead of World Malaria Day, WHO launches effort to stamp out malaria in 25 more countries by 2025
22 Apr, 2021 | 08:23h | UTCReport: Zeroing in on malaria elimination: Final report of the E-2020 initiative – World Health Organization
How COVID hurt the fight against other dangerous diseases
22 Apr, 2021 | 08:35h | UTCHow COVID hurt the fight against other dangerous diseases – Nature
Related: World TB Day | Report: COVID-19 Eliminates Twelve Years of Progress Against Tuberculosis AND WHO: Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
WHO: Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
18 Apr, 2021 | 21:32h | UTC
WHO Calls For Expanding Access To Insulin At Launch of Global Diabetes Compact
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:25h | UTCWHO Calls For Expanding Access To Insulin At Launch of Global Diabetes Compact – Health Policy Watch
News release: New WHO Global Compact to speed up action to tackle diabetes – World Health Organization
Guidance: WHO global diabetes compact – World Health Organization
RCT: New shorter regimens of benznidazole monotherapy and in combination with fosravuconazole for treatment of Chagas disease
8 Apr, 2021 | 08:47h | UTC
Ebola Virus Transmission Initiated by Relapse of Systemic Ebola Virus Disease
5 Apr, 2021 | 01:05h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In this report from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola virus disease developed in a young man, and he recovered after treatment with a monoclonal antibody.
6 months later, EVD recrudesced, and he transmitted the virus to others & died from EVD @NEJM https://t.co/kJSBNdN5bC pic.twitter.com/jDnnGMLmOG— Antibiotic Steward🆔🦠Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) March 31, 2021
Using the COVID-19 pandemic to reimagine global health teaching in high-income countries
5 Apr, 2021 | 01:38h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Online teaching during this pandemic is a struggle for students & teachers.
These tips from 20 professors in global health might help!https://t.co/pZJQvTgN2V pic.twitter.com/iVJEIlx3Al
— Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@paimadhu) April 3, 2021
Randomized controlled trial compared three antiretroviral regimens started in pregnant women with HIV
2 Apr, 2021 | 09:15h | UTCCommentary: ART in pregnant women living with HIV – The Lancet
RCT: Reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute reduces blood pressure in hypertensive patients
1 Apr, 2021 | 03:32h | UTC
Commentaries on Twitter
Our new trial in India – switching from regular salt to a reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute for home cooking helps those with hypertension reduce their blood pressure. Important implications for BP control in LMIC settings #diet #globalhealth https://t.co/DD2knGuifT pic.twitter.com/zL8eVUAsdn
— Jason Wu (@Dr_WuJ) March 30, 2021
Salt substitution (70% sodium chloride/30% potassium chloride blend) is an effective, low-cost intervention for BP controlhttps://t.co/EemPEY9T2k pic.twitter.com/xVITnGLEip
— K Pavithran (@drkpavithran) March 31, 2021
M-A: Incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in incarcerated populations
25 Mar, 2021 | 08:09h | UTCCommentary: Tuberculosis in prisons: an unintended sentence? – The Lancet Public Health
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
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Our new study is published for World TB Day in @TheLancetPH investigating the prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis among incarcerated populations! https://t.co/ZXQ2pQk97K pic.twitter.com/ah4ydI3uXr— Leo Martinez (@LeoMarti_EpiTB) March 22, 2021
WHO Campaign | World Tuberculosis Day 2021: The Clock Is Ticking
24 Mar, 2021 | 08:16h | UTCWorld Tuberculosis Day 2021: The Clock Is Ticking – World Health Organization
Perspective | Leveraging Open Science to Accelerate Research
25 Mar, 2021 | 08:37h | UTCLeveraging Open Science to Accelerate Research – New England Journal of Medicine
WHO Guideline: Screening for Tuberculosis Disease
24 Mar, 2021 | 08:13h | UTCSee also: WHO Operational Handbook on Systematic Screening for Tuberculosis – World Health Organization
World TB Day | Report: COVID-19 Eliminates Twelve Years of Progress Against Tuberculosis
24 Mar, 2021 | 08:19h | UTCSee also: 1.4 million with tuberculosis, lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19 – United Nations
WHO Report: A Global Strategy on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021-2030
23 Mar, 2021 | 02:16h | UTCNews release: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: closing the gap to end neglected tropical diseases – World Health Organization
Covid-19 disruptions killed 228,000 children in South Asia, says UN report
23 Mar, 2021 | 02:22h | UTCCovid-19 disruptions killed 228,000 children in South Asia, says UN report – BBC
Report: Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia – United Nations
WHO Guideline: Updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoring
18 Mar, 2021 | 08:55h | UTCNews release: WHO publishes new clinical and service delivery recommendations for HIV prevention, treatment and care
Motivations for and Challenges in the Development of Global Medical Curricula: A Scoping Review
18 Mar, 2021 | 08:50h | UTC
Resurgence of Ebola Virus disease in Guinea linked to a survivor with virus persistence in seminal fluid for more than 500 days
14 Mar, 2021 | 20:15h | UTCCommentaries: Bombshell analysis traces new Ebola outbreak to survivor of West Africa crisis – STAT AND New Ebola outbreak likely sparked by a person infected 5 years ago – Science AND Ebola survivors can pass on the virus: we’re trying to understand what role sex plays – The Conversation AND The latest Ebola outbreak may have started with someone infected years ago – Science News