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The mission of the Global Health Working Group is to explore and improve current and emerging states of health and human security worldwide.

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CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 18:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 18:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 18:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 18:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 18:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 18:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux
 

        
A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a boy who had contact with an Ebola patient in the village of Mangina, in North Kivu province, on Aug. 18. (Olivia Acland/Reuters)

washingtonpost.com - by Lena H. Sun - November 5, 2018 

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CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 18:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

93 Percent of the World’s Children Breathe Toxic, Polluted Air Each Day

Wed, 2018-10-31 05:46 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - REPORT - WHO - Air pollution and child health: prescribing clean air

usatoday.com - by Doyle Rice - October 30, 2018

Nearly 2 billion children – about 93 percent of the world’s children under the age of 15 – breathe toxic, putrid air that’s so polluted it puts their health and well-being at serious risk, a new report said. 

Many of the children die: The United Nations' World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 600,000 children died in 2016 from lower respiratory infections caused by dirty air . . . 

 . . . Air pollution can affect children's cognitive ability and can also trigger asthma as well as cancer. Children who have been exposed to high levels of air pollution may be at greater risk for chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease later in life . . . 

 . . . The report said that overall, about 7 million people around the world die each year because of air pollution. In fact, one-third of the deaths from stroke, lung cancer and heart disease stem from polluted air, the WHO said.

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Yemen on Brink of 'World's Worst Famine in 100 Years' if War Continues

Fri, 2018-10-19 08:39 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Malnourished boys in a malnutrition treatment centre in Sana’a, Yemen. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

UN warns that famine could overwhelm country in next three months, with 13 million people at risk of starvation

theguardian.com - by Hannah Summers - October 15, 2018

Yemen could be facing the worst famine in 100 years if airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition are not halted, the UN has warned.

If war continues, famine could engulf the country in the next three months, with 12 to 13 million civilians at risk of starvation, according to Lise Grande, the agency’s humanitarian coordinator for Yemen.

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CLICK HERE - Video - BBC interview with Lise Grande of the UN - Yemen could be 'worst famine in 100 years'

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Yemen: Surge in Suspected Cholera Cases in Hodeidah

Mon, 2018-10-01 23:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - READ COMPLETE ARTICLE - YEMEN: Surge in suspected cholera cases in Hodeidah

reliefweb.int - Save the Children - October 1, 2018

Save the Children’s health centres report 170 per cent spike in suspected cases.

Malnutrition, displacement and attacks on water supplies could spark a new wave of the disease nationwide.

100,000 severely malnourished children at risk in Hodeidah.

SANAA, October 2 – Suspected cholera cases have almost tripled in Yemen’s coastal Hodeidah region since fighting escalated in June.

Health facilities supported by Save the Children across the governorate recorded a 170 per cent increase in the number of suspected cholera cases, from 497 in June to 1,342 in August.

The spike is in line with national data that also shows a steady increase of suspected cholera cases across Yemen. 30 per cent of all suspected cases are children under five years old, according to the World Health Organization.

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