UK aid cuts will result in destruction of millions of drugs

UK aid cuts will result in destruction of millions of drugs Almost 200 million doses of medicine for the treatment of neglected diseases in Africa are at risk of expiring because of foreign aid budget cuts. Many of the drugs that will be destroyed would have been used to help children fight conditions such as intestinal worms which stunt their development and disrupt their education. … Continue reading UK aid cuts will result in destruction of millions of drugs

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Global Health, Insects as food & feed, Madagascar

Eat the Insects, Spare the Lemurs

To solve the twin challenges of malnutrition and biodiversity loss in Madagascar, new efforts are promoting edible insects as a way to take pressure off wildlife that people hunt for meat when food is scarce. Read the full story here. Published on Mongabay, 11 July 2019. Image ©Brian Fisher, California Academy of Sciences Continue reading Eat the Insects, Spare the Lemurs

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Global Health, Insects as food & feed, Madagascar

Cricket powder for malnutrition

Cricket powder for malnutriton Insects are well-known for their high protein content. In Madagascar, which has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world, a cricket farm is selling cricket powder to humanitarian organisations providing famine relief and free-school meals. Read the full story here. Published in The Telegraph, 24 June 2019. Continue reading Cricket powder for malnutrition

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Africa, Global Health

No time for neglect

If the world doesn’t significantly step up its efforts in 2017, it will miss deadlines for stamping out some of the planet’s nastiest diseases, otherwise known at Neglected Tropical Diseases. Read the full story here. Published in The Economist’s The World in 2017 in November 2016. Save Continue reading No time for neglect

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Africa, Global Health, Radio

Saving people’s sight through surgery and mapping

Trachoma is responsible for the visual impairment of some 2m people. Yet this eye infection is easily treatable and preventable by using the SAFE strategy. S stands for Surgery, A for Antibiotics, F for Facial Hygiene and E for Environmental Cleanliness. Until recently however, it wasn’t clear exactly where the disease was. A global survey found out so that SAFE can be rolled out. Listen … Continue reading Saving people’s sight through surgery and mapping

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Africa, Global Health

Trachoma: now it’s time to say goodbye

Trachoma, an eye infection that has robbed 1m people of their sight, is under systematic attack. Read the full story here. Published in The Economist, 27 February 2016. Photo courtesy of Peter Nicholls / Sightsavers. Continue reading Trachoma: now it’s time to say goodbye

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Africa, Global Health

Ebola: voices from the epicentre of the epidemic

As Ebola spreads across West Africa, we talk to the medical and humanitarian professionals scrambling to contain the spread of the epidemic. Read the full story here. Published on the Guardian’s Global Development Professionals’ Network, 14 July 2014. Photo: Sylvain Cherkaoui/Cosmos/Médecins Sans Frontières Continue reading Ebola: voices from the epicentre of the epidemic

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Global Health

Why NTDs are about more than drugs

Disabilities caused by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are often overlooked in prevention efforts. Media coverage and health programmes must also focus on side-effects and care options. Read the full story here. Published in the Guardian’s Development Professionals’ Network, 9 January 2014. Continue reading Why NTDs are about more than drugs

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Global Health

Resuscitating investment in NTDs

While investment in diseases like malaria is growing, funding for NTD cures is showing signs of drying up. Collaboration between researchers and industry will be key to bucking the trend. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian’s Development Professionals’ Network, 23 Dec 2013. Continue reading Resuscitating investment in NTDs

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Africa, Global Health, Madagascar

Family planning in Madagascar: lessons from a conservation NGO

Blue Ventures has increased contraception use from 10% in 2007 to 55% today. What can the global health community learn from the works of this conservation NGO? Read the full story here. Published on the Guardian’s Development Professionals’ Network, 12 Nov 2013. Continue reading Family planning in Madagascar: lessons from a conservation NGO

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Emilie Filou

Freelance Journalist

Category: Global Health

UK aid cuts will result in destruction of millions of drugs

Eat the Insects, Spare the Lemurs

Cricket powder for malnutrition

No time for neglect

Saving people’s sight through surgery and mapping

Trachoma: now it’s time to say goodbye

Ebola: voices from the epicentre of the epidemic

Why NTDs are about more than drugs

Resuscitating investment in NTDs

Family planning in Madagascar: lessons from a conservation NGO