#global-health

#global-health

An estimated 107,500 people died from measles in 2023, most of them under the age of five, according to a new World Health Organization study.

The World Health Organization launched a flagship report declaring social connections a global public health priority, reflecting the importance of social connection for global health.

"If the world doesn't plug this hole, we estimate that an additional six million people will be newly infected in the next four years. We could have four million additional AIDS-related deaths."

Coartem Baby, developed by Medicines for Malaria Venture and Novartis, is the first malaria drug approved for infants and those weighing under 11 pounds.

World leaders face immense challenges in securing funds for development. Aid cuts have disrupted health and humanitarian work while economic instability drains government resources.

Tobacco exposure is one of the most significant risk factors identified in the Global Burden of Disease study 2023, contributing to approximately one in eight deaths worldwide.

We have been urging Gilead to make lenacapavir available and affordable for all who need it.

In his latest work, The Plea, Halloran explores how smallpox went from perhaps the deadliest infectious disease in human history to a fading memory.