Insightful to talk to Dr Tom Fletcher about his 5 week stint on the frontline of Uganda's recent #Ebola outbreak, which finally is subsiding.

His reflections offer critical lessons for future outbreaks: better train staff in advance & fund more non-vaccine research.

“When I reflect back to where we were at the beginning in Sierra Leone and Guinea, many of the key tools just weren’t there. And they’re still not there… it’s pretty scandalous,” he said.

Full interview: https://t.co/NOIWPctAZr

Exciting results on a new sleeping sickness drug: 95% effective in late stage patients, and 100% effective in those diagnosed early in a trial in the DRC & Guinea. Could this be the beginning of the end of the disease?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/new-cure-sleeping-sickness-could-eliminate-nightmare-disease/

Also more stunning 🦟 pics from Simon Townsley..

#neglecteddiseases #sleepingsickness #globalhealth #tsetseflies

A few weeks ago, I spoke to Dr Rosie James – a British canadian doctor who bravely spoke publicly about her experience of inappropriate sexualised behaviour from a senior WHO staff member at the World Health Summit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/doctor-sexually-assaulted-who-health-summit-speaks/

I'm looking to speak to others who have had similar experiences, this can be completely anonymous. My email is [email protected] if this has happened to you or someone you know #globalhealth #WHO #HealthToo #MeToo #sexualassault #UN

Loved learning more about this incredibly detailed research: Scientists studying found flying foxes found that they shed much more #Hendra virus when they were starving – their search for food pushed them closer to humans and livestock

This combination set the stage for a surge in spillover events, where pathogens jump to other animals or humans. And it allows experts to predict when #spillovers will happen: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/why-hungry-bats-could-start-next-pandemic/ #onehealth #bats #australia

Very powerful piece from Dr Asma Aweis Abdallah in Somalia:

"We see mothers who tell us they have lost babies while on the road – yet they continue their journey, bringing with them other children for treatment. I have witnessed so much pain and grief through my work. One of the patients I remember is a 23-year-old mother who came to Baidoa with her child – the mother had measles and the girl had malnutrition."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/somalia-lurching-one-disaster-next-barely-have-time-catch/ #Somalia #famine #humanitarianism