The world is on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if rich countries hog COVID-19 vaccine doses while the poorest suffer, the head of the WHO said. World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus denounced the “me-first” attitude of wealthy nations and also blasted vaccine manufacturers for chasing regulatory approval in rich countries rather… Read More »
NAM aidsmap has teamed up with award-winning animation studio Animade to produce U=U for World AIDS Day 2020. The film fights stigma with knowledge by reinforcing the ‘Undetectable = Untransmittable’ consensus statement that people with HIV on effective treatment can’t pass on the virus. We are delighted to have been chosen by Animade to work… Read More »
Tuesday, July 28, marks World Hepatitis Day 2020. This year’s theme is “Find the Missing Millions,” a reference to the 290 million people across the globe living with viral hepatitis but unaware of their status. The event is spearheaded by the World Hepatitis Alliance, a patient-driven nonprofit spanning 94 countries. The 2020 awareness day promotes… Read More »
By Alice Klein Jewish civilians were forcibly removed from the Warsaw ghetto by German SS soldiers during an uprising in May 1943US National Archives / Alamy Jewish people confined inside a Nazi ghetto during the second world war were able to curb a massive typhus outbreak by introducing similar infection control measures to those being… Read More »