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If you werenʼt able to join GHN for "Extraordinary Journeys: Stories of Refugees Fleeing Conflict and Shaping Global Health," you can now view the recording at the link below. GHN hosted the event with @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Center for Humanitarian Health. globalhealthnow.org/extraordinar...

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Read Global Health NOW 3/31/25: The Rocky Response to Burma’s Earthquake; Revisiting Extraordinary Journeys; and The Dangerous Blights of Skin Bleaching. heyor.ca/leuqVw

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Read Global Health NOW 3/26/25: COVID-19 Research Canceled; Chikungunya Vaccines En Route to Réunion; and DOGE Cuts Harm Vulnerable Vets. heyor.ca/8BQCB1

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The U.S. has no national requirements for teaching sex education in schools—leading to a patchwork of policies and teachings across states, districts, and even individual schools.

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Read Global Health NOW 3/24/25: How to Keep Traction in the TB Fight?; Fewer Eyes on Food Safety; and Preschool Parasite Prevention. heyor.ca/rimZhc

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In the face of U.S. cuts to global health initiatives, "we encourage our peers, especially those in the Global North, to reflect on who they are working for and what they are working on," write Siddhesh Zadey and Dhananjaya Sharma, two researchers from India.

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Global Health NOW 3/20/25: How a ‘Safer’ Opioid Caused a New Devastation; How to Keep Doing Global Health; and Rootsy Music. heyor.ca/nhQdjb

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Global Health NOW 3/19/25: Strategies Diverge as Bird Flu Spreads; Interrupted Agent Orange Cleanup; and Factory Farms and the Rise of Superbugs. heyor.ca/DuX99X

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Read Global Health NOW 3/18/25: Tedros Details Human Costs of U.S. Cuts; Moving Beyond Stigma in Mexico; and The Bureaucrat Bridging Gaps. heyor.ca/Htqs7G

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Read Global Health NOW 3/17/25: Cholera Deepens Ethiopia's Health Crisis; India’s Off Its Elimination Target; and The Rise of New Nicotine. heyor.ca/ehxsgc

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Read Global Health NOW 3/13/25: ‘Systematic’ Attacks on Gaza’s Reproductive Care; WHO Top Ranks Swell; and Send in the Clowns! heyor.ca/z2KeA2

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The celebrated global AIDS program faces an uncertain future with a March 25 deadline for reauthorization by U.S. Congress. It’s time to reform, not eliminate the program, writes Jirair Ratevosian, former interim chief of staff for PEPFAR and current Hock Research Fellow at @dukeghi.bsky.social.

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Read Global Health NOW 3/12/25: Violence Upends Mpox Fight in the DRC; Reform, Don’t Eliminate, PEPFAR; and Lifesaving Ultrasounds. heyor.ca/Lv1E4K

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Read Global Health NOW 3/11/25: COVID-19, 5 Years On and On and On…; How Undetected Problems Put Mothers at Risk; and The Role of Circumcision in the AIDS Fight heyor.ca/vjrFX0

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Read Global Health NOW 3/10/25: MAHA Puts Vaccines Under New Scrutiny; Pandemic-Era Repression in North Korea; and Amid a Texas Oil Boom, an Eruption of Hazards. heyor.ca/3ff0zl

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Need to catch up on this week's GHN? Read them all here. heyor.ca/hloQMh

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Read Global Health NOW 3/6/25: TB Services ‘Collapsing’; Demand Grows For Out-Of-State Abortion Care—And So Do Threats; and Germany’s Crusty Cele-bready. heyor.ca/0Iencn

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Global Health NOW 3/5/25: Inside the Disarray at the NIH; Retinol’s Ugly History; and U.S. Organ Transplant System in Turmoil heyor.ca/zW12e6

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Read Global Health NOW 3/4/25: Obesity Threatens Global Surge by 2050; Girls Denied Surgery in Afghanistan; and Vaccine Resisters Double Down heyor.ca/TdINnI

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Read Global Health NOW 3/3/25: A ‘Death Sentence’ for AIDS Programs—and Patients; February Recap; and A Future With Fewer Children. heyor.ca/JPcFdh

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Read Global Health NOW 2/27/25: The Macro Impacts of Microplastics; The Closure of a ‘Critical’ Global Health Data Resource; and Birkenstocks Arenʼt Art heyor.ca/MqiVKw

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Inexpensive and convenient, plastics have become the building blocks of modern life, but they’re also a threat to human health.

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Read Global Health NOW 2/26/25: A Medical Ground Zero; As Sports Betting Grows, So Do Addiction Concerns; and Could Labels Curb Canada’s Drinking Risks? heyor.ca/xFLIff

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In hallways, sessions, keynotes, and receptions, one topic dominated last week’s 2025 Consortium of Universities for Global Health conference. No surprise: It was the rapid change in U.S. government research funding and support for keystone global health programs like PEPFAR.

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Read Global Health NOW 2/24/25: The ‘Hollowing Out’ of Public Health; Reckoning With Forced Sterilization; and Renewed Focus on Road Safety. heyor.ca/eOQfXS

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Latin American governments must champion the creation of a regional CDC, recognizing that preparedness is essential for health security, say three public health leaders from Mexico and Peru.

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Read Global Health NOW 2/20/25: A Deeper Look at Global Suicide; Why Latin America Needs Its Own CDC; and All Verklempt Over a Fishʼs Ascent heyor.ca/7QhlZx

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Read Global Health NOW 2/19/25: Measles Gains Ground in Texas; Online Daters Kept in the Dark; and Plastic Credits Predicament. heyor.ca/pIBDfH

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Read Global Health NOW 2/18/25: Stifled Oxygen Access; Gaps at Planned Parenthood; and ‘Egg-Harvesting Scheme’ Shocks Surrogacy Sector. heyor.ca/dOIFGG

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Days after Uganda declared a new Ebola outbreak, a public health team launched the trial of a Sudan virus vaccine candidate, according to IAVI's Swati Gupta.

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Read Global Health NOW 2/17/25: U.S. Agencies Brace for More Cuts; Launching a Vaccine Trial During an Ebola Outbreak; and The ‘Wild West’ of Antivenoms in Africa. heyor.ca/Gv9HCV

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Read the February 12, 2025 edition of Global Health NOW: ‘Catastrophic’ Interruptions in HIV/AIDS Care; Judge Orders Agencies to Restore Health Data; and The ‘Queen of Cholera’. heyor.ca/CSwsqJ

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Read the February 11 edition of Global Health NOW: Global Health NOW: Disappearing Databases; Judge Halts NIH Payment Cuts; and Sweden’s Influx of Firearms. heyor.ca/bQwFeJ

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Read February 10's edition of Global Health NOW: A Deep Cut to NIH-Funded Research; Delving into D1.1; and New City, Old Threats. heyor.ca/rLkIQ1

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Read the February 6, 2025 edition of Global Health NOW: Argentina to Exit the WHO; A Potent New Way to Treat Pain; and Fat Bear Week in Altadena. heyor.ca/YXBZ45

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Today's edition of Global Health NOW: ‘Absolute Emergency’ in Goma; Female ‘Honor’ Killings on the Rise in Iran; and India Grapples with the Future of Gas Stoves. heyor.ca/a4GyTU

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Read today's edition of Global Health NOW: Sudan’s Surgeons Go Underground; Truck Stop Education; and Mosquito Magnetism. heyor.ca/zVMJyq

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Read today's edition of Global Health NOW: The Push to Dismantle USAID; January Recap; and Saving Children’s Eyesight in Mozambique. heyor.ca/trE7dy

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During uncertain times, we know reliable, timely reporting is important. Keep yourself informed by subscribing to Global Health NOW, an essential daily read for anyone interested in U.S. and global public health.

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A complex interplay of genetic, behavioral, social, and other factors drives obesity, but climate change’s role remains largely overlooked.

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Cryptosporidiosis leads to acute diarrheal disease, malnutrition, developmental delays, and the deaths of 200,000 children every year. It deserves to be on WHO’s list of neglected tropical diseases, say members of the The Cryptosporidium Therapeutics Advocacy Group.

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Kala-azar—or visceral leishmaniasis—cases have surged recently in Turkana County, Kenya—and the high death rate, especially among children, is particularly concerning.

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In a recent interview with GHN, Michelle Morse (@nychealthcommr.bsky.social), New York City’s acting health commissioner, shared her public health priorities for the residents of the largest city in the U.S.—and how her global health experience influences her work today.

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The cholera outbreak that swept Zambia in early 2024 highlighted the urgent need for improved water and sanitation infrastructure, especially in urban areas. But the crisis spotlighted another critical factor, too: the stigma surrounding the disease.

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Will Garden House Compound, a sprawling maze of makeshift shelters outside Lusaka, Zambia, become a hotspot once again for another deadly cholera outbreak during the upcoming rainy season? Journalists Kennedy Phiri and Freddie Clayton investigate.

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The U.S. government’s approach to public health seems certain to change when the second Trump administration begins on January 20, 2025. But what powers do states have to act on their own public health priorities? Reporter @joannes430.bsky.social investigates.

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What will the future hold for #pubichealth #globalhealth #Stategovernment What a fascinating read @meganranney.bsky.social @publichealthaus.bsky.social @globalhealthnow.bsky.social @ificinfo.bsky.social

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Africa Ambassador for @dndi.org, Dr. Monique Wasunna, recently spoke to GHN about her efforts to fight visceral leishmaniasis and other neglected diseases, and shared insights on the work ahead, like the NTD most likely to hit the global elimination milestone next.

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“When people are dying, you can’t waste time.“ Read this fascinating interview of Dr Monique Wasunna, keynote speaker at the latest ASTMH conference, leishmaniasis expert, and DNDi Africa Ambassador. By @globalhealthnow.bsky.social globalhealthnow.org/2024-11/negl...

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