When Vaccines Are Gone
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Recently, we reported on WiRED International’s efforts to equip community health workers (CHWs) to support HIV/AIDS patients deprived of antiretrovirals (ARVs) due to abrupt U.S. government funding cuts
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WiRED Releases Urgent Module to Help People with HIV/AIDS
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WiRED International has just launched an urgent module titled When ARVs Are Gone: HIV/AIDS Symptoms Management. This training equips community health workers (CHWs) with the tools they need to address
Dangers of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
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What are viral hemorrhagic fevers? They are infectious diseases that may damage blood vessels and cause bleeding. VHFs such as Ebola, Marburg, Dengue, yellow fever, and Lassa fever are contracted
WiRED International Releases Module on Avian Flu
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WiRED International has just released an evidence-based training module designed to help community health workers (CHWs) and others working in public health to understand important elements of this rapidly
Kansas Tackling Record Tuberculosis Outbreak
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The Kansas City, Kansas metro area is experiencing the largest outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in U.S. history, with 67 active cases reported so far. TB is preventable and curable, but if left untreated
Alarming Global Rise in Diabetes in Recent Decades
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Diabetes is a global epidemic. The World Health Organization recently reported that the number of adults with diabetes has quadrupled since 1990, leading to an increase in the disease, especially in low-and
WiRED Community Health Workers Continuing Vital Health Work in Kenya
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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
Water Purification in Times of Climate Change
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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
August Report from Community Health Workers in Kenya
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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
Update: Concern Rises over Increase in Mpox Cases in Kenya
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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