In today’s world, fraught with disease, conflict and the disastrous impact of climate change, everyone’s mental health can suffer — especially for 75% of people with depression who live in low-resource regions
We read often about countries in low-resource regions facing a life-threatening shortage of clean drinking water. People die of dehydration, contract water-borne diseases and suffer from an extreme
In August WiRED International community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya continued to address local mpox concerns while preventing and spotting endemic diseases such as cholera, malaria and
In mid-August The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox to be a global health emergency after a spreading outbreak in Africa. On August 22 UNICEF reported a surge in mpox cases among children
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global health emergency following an outbreak of a new and virulent strain of the mpox virus, formally called monkeypox. Once confined to the Democratic Republic
Rabies is one of the oldest diseases known, once always fatal to animals and humans. In 1885 Dr. Louis Pasteur injected a series of rabies vaccine into a boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog.
In May 2024 WiRED International’s community health worker (CHW) team in Kisumu worked amidst torrential rain and flooding. They visited families, conducted group health education sessions,
Lassa fever is a zoonotic (animal-borne) acute viral illness spread by the common Mastomys natalensis rat and found in parts of West Africa. Although most people’s cases are mild, one in five infections result
Summer is coming and with it the mosquito. Although tropical and subtropical areas of the world host epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases year round, climate change is causing mosquitoes to migrate
MYTH: Measles (rubeola) is an unpleasant but harmless childhood disease. You get a rash for a few days and you’re done. FACT: Measles is an extremely contagious respiratory disease whose complications