Conflict and disease put a strain on South Sudan's fragile healthcare system http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL05D1 #SouthSudan #Healthcare #CholeraOutbreak #PublicHealth #DiseasePrevention
One method of spreading the anti-parasitic malaria cure is to use it in mosquito nets instead of insecticide. Another is to release quite a small amount of mosquitos genetically modified with genes from the honeybee and the African clawed frog, which blocks normal growth of the malaria parasite inside the mosquito. These attractive folks breed with the existing mosquito population, spreading malaria immunity https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/why-the-african-clawed-frog-may-help-stop-mosquitoes-spreading-malaria/ar-AA1AOwBB #GM #genes #malaria #DiseasePrevention #BillAndMelindaGates
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Africa: Africa Turns to Mpox Lessons to Fight Cholera: [Africa CDC] The rapid spread of cholera across the continent has sparked discussions on joint efforts to combat the disease, which has impacted 16 countries, with four facing severe outbreaks. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKrv8S #Africa #Cholera #Mpox #PublicHealth #DiseasePrevention

What’s the best way to make something more efficient? If you’re DOGE, it’s to cancel a project that’s almost complete, and that would itself reduce government waste and make people safer. @SFPublicPress spoke to Jayson McCauliff, who was laid off from the U.S. Digital Service. His team was seven months from completing a project with the CDC to modernize its disease surveillance system. “The recent dismantling of our team has left me feeling a complex mix of grief for the lost potential and determination to ensure these stories are heard,” McCauliff says.

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Opposite of Efficiency for Fixing Contagious Disease Tracking

DOGE fired a U.S. Digital Service team as its work on a CDC disease surveillance system neared completion.

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Mexico Urges Medical Review Amid Tuberculosis Suspicions

Tuberculosis is a disease that can strike at any age. In fact, Mexico's healthcare system treats around 10,500 people with tuberculosis every year. Currently,

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COVID-19: How did Africa defy the odds with fewer deaths? | Context

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn't happen. Why?

Africa: We Should Care More About Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Tools We Need to Fight Them: [The Conversation Africa] Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What's different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJCtmf #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Epidemics #DiseasePrevention