What happens when the people closest to a health threat are equipped to recognize it, report it, and act before it spreads? Three children in a community in Enugu State, Nigeria, lost their lives to cholera within six months. For…
Inside Ajegunle market, two traders stood beside a small medicine stall discussing a persistent cough affecting one of their family members. One of them reached for antibiotics she had used before, convinced they...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the Hantavirus outbreak linked to the expedition cruise ship, MV Hondius, over, following two months of coordinated international surveillance and ...
Recent reports of new cases of Ebola caused by the Bundibuyo Virus in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda with imported cases in Germany and France have once again brought global attention to ...
Communities are increasingly taking the center stage in disease prevention, because outbreaks often happen first in homes and neighbourhoods. Accordingly, our Strengthening Community Participation for Disease Prevention and Early Detection (SCOPED) ...