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War is the perfect petri dish for disease. In this first episode of Battle Lines: Global Health Security, @ascottgeddes & @venetiarainey ask whether the next pandemic could originate on a battlefield. youtube.com/watch?v=9YQEOU… Featuring interviews with @AmeshAA & @lfspinney Tune in every Wednesday to watch or listen on YouTube and podcasting platforms.

The resurgence of meningitis is a warning sign we cannot ignore | writes Francesco Branda (@fbranda94) in our latest op-ed Poor communication, declining trust and reactive policies have given meningococcal disease an opportunity to spread Read here 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

The resurgence of meningitis is a warning sign we cannot ignore telegraph.co.uk/global-health/… @TelGlobalHealth @Telegraph

🚨UK to cut bilateral aid to Africa by £900m by 2028 Britain to stop supporting Global Polio Eradication Programme and Pandemic Fund as part of sweeping changes to aid spending @maeve_cullinan reports - free to read telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

A ‘nail in the coffin’ for the lab-leak theory? A new study suggests Covid-19 didn’t need special adaptation to spread to humans but was simply waiting for the right opportunity Analysis by medical historian Mark Honigsbaum (@honigsbaum)👇 telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

@jbdacey @ecfr @CarnegieEndow @BeirutCalling @CarnegieMEC (6/6) He added that avoiding the issue isn’t an option: “This is a problem Lebanon will have to address — if its army is not willing to fight, it undermines the narrative that it can take over protection of the borders”

@jbdacey @ecfr @CarnegieEndow @BeirutCalling @CarnegieMEC (5/6) “The army leadership… doesn’t really want to engage in a fight with Hezbollah that could crack the army, destabilise the country, [and] lead to a confrontation between the state and the Shia community,” @BeirutCalling told The Telegraph

(1/6) Why Hezbollah will go down fighting Militants are battling for their survival as Israeli pressure risks tipping Lebanon back into civil war Latest dispatch from Beirut by @PaulNuki and @SimonTownsley⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Progress in slashing child deaths has stalled, says UN Despite huge progress in reducing child mortality since 2000, 4.9 million children died of preventable causes in 2024 @maeve_cullinan has the latest telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

New research from @WaterAidUK reveals that one-in-nine mothers across sub-Saharan Africa will face life-threatening sepsis due to a lack of clean water and toilets in clinics In some areas, nearly 99% of facilities lack basic sanitation Read here🔗 telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

One-in-nine African mothers will face life-threatening sepsis New research from @WaterAidUK reveals that three-quarters of births in sub-Saharan Africa occur in facilities lacking basic sanitation @liliasebouai reports telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

🔴 Kevin once led a mob to burn nine ‘sorcerers’. The Telegraph went to Papua New Guinea to find out why accusations persist Read the full story below 🖇️ telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Scientists turn mosquitoes ‘into a vaccination tool’ to immunise bats against rabies The insects are being designed to spread vaccines instead of disease @sneweyy reports telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

(3/3) Dr Abdinasir Abubakar, head of mission at @WHOLebanon, said Israeli strikes on densely populated areas were causing more collateral damage than during the 2023–24 conflict “Civilians in Lebanon deserve better,” he said. “This is the last thing they needed” @abdinasirgole

(2/3) By midday Wednesday, 83 children had been killed and 254 injured, 23 per cent of all casualties, data suggests Of the 1,524 people killed or injured in the past 12 days, 21 per cent were women and 10 per cent migrants, mainly Syrians and Palestinians

(1/3) Israeli strikes in Lebanon killing more women and children Exclusive: Attacks creating more collateral damage than in previous rounds of fighting, says WHO @PaulNuki reports from Beirut telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

‘Like a death sentence:’ Sick migrant women abandoned in Asia’s wealthiest cities When domestic workers face life-threatening illnesses in places like Taiwan and Singapore, many are denied access to treatments @ARaquelCarvalho reports - free to read🔓 telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

@WHO targets new antibiotics to fight hospital ‘superbugs’ New guidance encourages pharmaceutical companies to focus research where need is most urgent, amid a rising AMR threat @maeve_cullinan has the latest telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…