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Author Archives: Jeffrey Bigongiari
Chan appointed to second term as WHO director
TweetThe World Health Assembly, currently meeting in Geneva, appointed Dr. Margaret Chan for a second term as director-general of the World Health Organization. In her acceptance speech, Chan stressed that she would continue to improve the health of the world’s … Read More »
Dominican Republic cholera outbreak hospitalizes 60
TweetA suspected outbreak of cholera in the Dominican Republic has lead to the hospitalization of at least 60 people. The Ministry of Public Health has taken emergency measures in the town of Santiago de los Caballeros in an attempt to … Read More »
WHO relying on social media for critical surveillance
TweetThe head of communications at the World Health Organization recently said that social media has fundamentally changed the way the group conducts global health surveillance. Christine Feig made the comments at the WHO’s Strategic Health Operations Center, where a team … Read More »
NIH study shows poor quality antimalarials a danger
TweetA new U.S. National Institutes of Health study shows that poor quality antimalarial drugs can lead to increased drug resistance and inadequate treatment. The study, published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, showed that the poor quality medications pose a … Read More »
U.N.’s Ban Ki-Moon calls for polio eradication support
TweetU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon recently urged nations participating in the upcoming World Health Assembly in Geneva to deliver on their promise to eradicate polio. Ban called the effort to eliminate polio as ambitious as the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox. … Read More »