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By | November 13, 2024

Pandemic Preparedness in West Africa: Multiplayer Collaborative Solutions for a Changing Climate

Oluomachukwu Omeje (Lead Writer) The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as one of humanity’s most significant health threat, with significant impacts across Africa. Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall patterns are severely having an affect on human health, compounding risks to individuals and communities. Particularly concerning is climate change’s effect on vector-borne diseases; […]

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Ten Years After Ebola: Learnings for Lassa Fever, “Lassa-X” and Pandemic Preparedness

By | September 13, 2024

Oluomachukwu Omeje (Lead Writer) In global health, past epidemics are important learning experiences that shape our responses to future health emergencies. The 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities and strengths of public health systems. As the world continues to face emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, the lessons […]

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Global Leaders Convene at the Pandemic Preparedness Summit to Tackle Future Health Crises

By | August 4, 2024

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writer)Leaders from across the world working on various aspects of health emergency preparedness and response gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the second Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit, convened by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). This year, the summit was co-hosted by the Ministry of Health (Brazil), and Fiocruz, one […]

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