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96 Global Health NOW: A New Form of Diabetes Comes for the Undernourished; and Curbing Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan March 24, 2026 TOP STORIES Pfizer will seek regulatory approval for a Lyme disease vaccine candidate that it says shows strong efficacy鈥攔educing the risk of developing the infection by more than 70% in people who received the vaccine versus placebo; Pfizer acknowledged, though, that not enough participants contracted the disease for conclusive confidence, potentially complicating the path to approval. 
  NIH grant terminations over the last year affected women scientists more than men,  that shows that women had, on average, 57.9% of their grant affected, compared to ~48.2% for men; early career women were disproportionately affected despite receiving less NIH funding in general. 
  Suriname confirmed a significant rise in chikungunya cases in an outbreak declared in January with 1,357+ confirmed infections, one confirmed death and another under investigation; health officials say the actual caseload may be 3X higher.  
  Four U.S. states that mandated more frequent syphilis screening during pregnancy and at delivery saw a 26% rise in case detection, , but the effect faded in the year after the mandates began, indicating the measures may require complementary supports for clinicians and patients, the researchers posit.   IN FOCUS A New Form of Diabetes Comes for the Undernourished    Across Africa, diabetes now poses a mortality threat that rivals infectious diseases like malaria and HIV鈥攂ut is far less recognizable. 

• An estimated 54 million Africans have diabetes鈥攚hich can cause blindness, amputations, and death. But many cases go undiagnosed. 

In Cameroon, 75% of people with diabetes are unaware they have the disease. Only a third of diagnosed patients receive treatment, and cost is a devastating barrier.     While infectious disease programs targeting malaria and HIV provide free treatment, there is no such support for diabetes care. Diagnostic tests are unaffordable for most, and a month's insulin supply costs an entire month's wages for basic laborers.    The crisis is compounded by a newly recognized form of the disease鈥擳ype 5 diabetes鈥攂elieved to be caused by malnutrition that prevents normal pancreas development. This 鈥渋nsidious form鈥� is particularly overlooked because diabetes is not typically associated with underweight, undernourished patients.    There are hopes that a growing drug industry in Cameroon will start to produce both insulin and other drugs and supplies, and that the growing domestic market will help bring down prices.     But in the meantime, with 鈥渇ew resources for research and even less time,鈥� physicians are focusing their resources on screening and prevention, including equipping primary health workers with blood glucose meters and blood pressure machines.      DATA POINT

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Number of new tuberculosis cases in Europe that are unreported by health services鈥撯�揳 critical detection gap revealed in the  published today by the WHO/Europe and the ECDC, marking World Tuberculosis Day. 鈥�

Related: New Tongue-Swab TB Test Could Help Eradicate the Disease, WHO Says 鈥�

HUMAN RIGHTS Curbing Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan    In 1990s Kyrgyzstan, domestic violence was rarely discussed openly and few legal or social resources were in place to support survivors.     But after three decades of dedicated work, advocates have made steady progress from silence to support, including: 

• Laws addressing family abuse. 

• A growing number of crisis centers and hotlines. 

• An increase in trained psychologists.  

• Work with international groups to stop sex trafficking.  

The quote: 鈥淚f even one person who has suffered remains without protection, then we still haven鈥檛 done everything we must,鈥� said B眉byusara Ryskulova, who founded the Sezim crisis center in 1998 to support survivors.    
  GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES QUICK HITS 鈥楾he whole country is doing it鈥�: how illegal kidney traders target Pakistan鈥檚 desperate brick kiln workers 鈥�    Trump's visa freeze sidelines immigrant doctors 鈥�     "We've Been in Famine for Months": Life in Post-Ceasefire Gaza 鈥�      Africa Rejects New Draft Text 鈥�      How the term 鈥榥eurodivergent鈥� moved from activists to pop culture 鈥� and politics 鈥� 

By finding 'bright spots' in the opioid crisis, VCU researchers are mapping a path to better outcomes 鈥�   Issue No. 2885
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96 Global Health NOW: A Scourge of Maternal Sepsis; and A Wave of Modern Witch Hunts in Papua New Guinea March 23, 2026 TOP STORIES An attack on a Sudanese hospital in East Darfur state killed 64 people, wounded 89 others, and left the hospital non-functional; 13 children, three medical workers, and numerous patients are among the dead, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who condemned the attacks on health care and the 鈥渄evastating human toll鈥� of the country鈥檚 nearly three-year conflict.     Jewish volunteer service ambulances were set ablaze in London Monday morning in what Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as 鈥渁 deeply shocking antisemitic arson attack鈥�; police say the damaged vehicles belonging to HatzolaNorthwest caught on fire after 鈥渕ultiple cylinders on the vehicles鈥� exploded.     Seriously injured patients in Global South countries often fail to reach medical care within the critical 鈥済olden hour鈥� for lifesaving care, finds a new study published in BMJ Global Health, which found that in Ghana, Pakistan, Rwanda, and South Africa, 57% of all patients arrived 1+ hour after being injured, and 34% arrived 2+ hours later, often because of ambulance-related delays.      Many U.S. nursing homes are falsely labeling dementia patients as schizophrenic in order to use dangerous antipsychotic drugs to sedate them, , which found the dangerous practice has grown increasingly common as nursing homes seek to skirt Medicare safeguards and artificially inflate their ratings.   IN FOCUS Oluhle Shezi, 17, puts cream on her 2-month-old baby in KwanGode, a rural area outside Hillcrest, South Africa. November 29, 2025. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty A Scourge of Maternal Sepsis      Women with maternal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa are 144X more likely to die than those in Western Europe or North America, , with ~36 deaths daily resulting from such infections, .    Heightened risk: ~4.7 million sepsis cases occur yearly across sub-Saharan Africa鈥攁bout 1 in 9 births.     Infrastructure failures: Three-quarters of births in the region鈥檚 health facilities take place without adequate water, sanitation, or hygiene (WASH).   

• 78% lacked a functioning toilet.  

• Two-thirds did not have clean water and soap for handwashing.  

• 65% did not meet basic standards for environmental cleaning.  

Exacerbating the problem: International aid cuts have led to a drastic loss of funding for WASH projects.   
  Potential solutions: Low-cost hygiene investments could prevent ~10 million cases of maternal sepsis and ~8,580 deaths worldwide every year, the WaterAid report estimates.      Deep water disparities: The report arrives against the , which this year spotlights how women and girls are 鈥渂earing the brunt鈥� of water insecurity, and , which highlights the need for women to be involved in water governance and leadership.     More World Water Day Coverage:  
鈥楢 mother giving birth could bleed to death while I鈥檓 out looking for water鈥� 鈥�  
Thousands of Chileans protest President Kast鈥檚 environmental rollbacks on World Water Day 鈥�  
There鈥檚 weight to World Water Day in Indigenous community still waiting for clean drinking water 鈥�  
As wells run dry, experts say we鈥檙e beyond a water crisis 鈥�  
Climate Focus: World Water Day Special 鈥�   GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES HUMAN RIGHTS A Wave of Modern Witch Hunts in Papua New Guinea    A growing number of people in Papua New Guinea have become victims of witch hunts, torture, and killings鈥攚ith accusations of sorcery, or 鈥渟anguma,鈥� especially targeting women and marginalized people.    In one region alone: Sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) incidents in the Southern Highlands province increased from 16 in 2021 to 96 in the first nine months of 2024.     Root causes: Poverty, social upheaval, and weak law enforcement have led to a culture of impunity, and social media has driven copycat behavior.     But poor health education is also a driving factor as people seek culprits for the onset of illness or death.  

• 鈥淚 think of it as an extraordinary human rights crisis, an epidemic driven by poverty, inequality, lack of education and poor health awareness,鈥� said Nick Booth, the Papua New Guinea resident representative for the UN Development Fund.  

  OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Humanitarian needs in Gaza deepen as aid access remains constrained 鈥�     The CDC鈥檚 next chief will face thorny vaccine politics. Here are 3 potential picks. 鈥�      This lab that鈥檚 determined to discover new drugs isn鈥檛 where you might expect 鈥�  
Sensitivity to hormone made by fetus may drive severe pregnancy sickness 鈥�  
  How New Mexico Became an Obamacare Success Story 鈥�     Microscopic spikes on snakeskin block bacterial buildup 鈥�     A breath of fresh air: solving Ulaanbaatar鈥檚 pollution issues 鈥� in photos 鈥� Issue No. 2884
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96 Global Health NOW: The Struggle to Protect Women in a Warming World; and A Delayed and Deadly Measles Complication Plus: Cond茅 Nasty: Why Have a Dogue in This Fight? March 19, 2026 TOP STORIES 150,000+ previously uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred in 2020 and 2021 in the U.S., likely outside of hospitals, , which drew on data from death certificates and found that the undiagnosed people who died were more likely to be Hispanic people and other people of color, largely in the South and Southwest.  

Social media apps like Instagram and TikTok, which involve algorithm-driven scrolling, are worse for mental health than social connection platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook, 鈥攚hich reported that excessive use of social media is driving unhappiness worldwide.   

Ozempic and Wegovy will soon become generic for billions of people, as Novo Nordisk is set to lose patent protection for the drugs in several of the world鈥檚 most populous countries including China, India, and Brazil鈥攍eading to significantly lower drug costs.  

China will regulate some traditional medicines, issuing draft guidelines requiring companies that produce traditional Chinese medicine injections to provide evidence that they are safe and effective and explain how they work, or face removal from the market; the guidelines will apply only to products that are injected intramuscularly or intravenously.   IN FOCUS: GHN EXCLUSIVE Pregnant women attend a demonstration of the 鈥淧lac de ot o!鈥� climate literacy tool at Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. May 2025. Mama鈥揚ikin Foundation The Struggle to Protect Women in a Warming World
In climate-vulnerable Sierra Leone, pregnant women, new mothers, and young children : Fainting from dehydration, missing prenatal visits, or struggling to breastfeed.  

Disproportionate dangers: Climate stress affects all aspects of reproductive care from contraception to postnatal treatment鈥攅specially in low-income countries. It leads to higher risks of stillbirths, low birth weights, and pregnancy complications, while also increasing gender-based violence and displacement.

• Climate adaptation for sexual and reproductive health remains 鈥渢he most neglected corner of the climate response,鈥� with <0.5% of climate-health financing reaching health initiatives鈥攁nd even less supporting women鈥檚 health. 

The big impact of small foundations: Nonprofits like the Mama鈥揚ikin Foundation have shown measurable progress helping women better understand the dangers of extreme heat and how to adopt simple strategies to protect themselves and their families.

But they, too, are imperiled: Funding delays and shrinking grants have forced programs to scale down and close their doors, even as programs are getting off the ground.

A need to adapt: Foundations are seeking new ways to diversify funding sources, including private-sector partnerships and long-term investment strategies. The need is urgent: Power brokers in developing countries 鈥渁re still dreaming that some miraculous tech is going to save us. But for developing countries, [the impacts are] happening now,鈥� said Sono Aibe, a consultant who has worked with the Mama鈥揚ikin Foundation. 
 

 

MEASLES  A Delayed and Deadly Complication
As measles cases mount in the U.S., infectious disease experts are warning doctors to be on the lookout for increased cases of a rare but fatal neurological disorder called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE.  
 
Details: Described as a 鈥渄elayed echo鈥� of measles, SSPE results from a persistent form of the virus leading to inflammation in the brain, usually years after the primary infection. It leads to neurological deterioration and almost always results in death.  

• While it affects just 1 in 10,000 people who get the measles virus, the risk is higher for those who contract measles before age 5. 

Preventable danger: Scientists , but lament having to do so: 鈥淭he problem could be solved with vaccination,鈥� said Roberto Cattaneo, a molecular biologist who studies SSPE at the Mayo Clinic.  
 
 
 
Related:  
 
Florida is trying to ignore measles until it can鈥檛 鈥�  
 
In South Carolina, measles shows how far apart neighbors can be on vaccines 鈥�   OPPORTUNITY Media-Savvy Skills for Scientists
Join us for an interactive pre-conference workshop, Communications Skills that Transform Science into Action, co-led by the CUGH Research Committee, the Pulitzer Center, and Global Health NOW, ahead of the  in Washington, D.C., on April. 9.  

• Amplify your work and translate evidence into impact with hands-on exercises aimed at equipping global health scientists, researchers, and students with practical media skills to influence global health dialogue, policy, and action.
   
• Deepen your understanding of current communication challenges with panel discussions featuring leading journalists, communicators, and academics.  

Pre-conference sessions are free, in-person, and open to the public! 

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ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION Cond茅 Nasty: Why Have a Dogue in This Fight?
They say you should pick your battles. For Cond茅 Nast鈥攖he publisher of Vogue magazine鈥攖hat battle is 鈥渨ho gets to photograph a vizsla in a turtleneck,鈥� . 

In the publishing equivalent of a bull mastiff chasing a Pomeranian, the company unleashed its legal fury on , arguing the one-woman pet project with sub-100 subscribers could damage the iconic brand 鈥渋rreparably.鈥� They demanded the 鈥渄estruction鈥� of every adorable edition!  

• After coexisting for years, Cond茅 Nast barked only after Vogue published its own dog-centric issue called 鈥� wait for it 鈥� DOGUE! So remind us鈥攚ho copied who? 

We object! The faltering Conde Nast鈥攚hich writer Michael Grynbaum describes as 鈥溾�濃�攃an only be bolstered by the spinoff featuring labradoodles in trench coats. 

On the GHN jury, it comes down to this: What鈥檚 more fashionable鈥攁 magazine with 600 pages of ads and excess, or one showcasing go-getter ingenuity and an Italian greyhound in opera gloves?  

On charges of being furry and fabulous, Dogue is guilty on all counts. 

QUICK HITS Birth control skepticism, teen fertility education center stage at Trump鈥檚 women鈥檚 health summit 鈥� 

鈥榃orst-case scenario鈥�: Middle East nuclear concerns haunt top health officials 鈥� 

Women Hitting Menopause Before 40 May Face a Long Window of Cardiac Risk 鈥� 

A step towards a first global system to track health before pregnancy 鈥� 

The Myanmar nurses dodging drones to graduate from a secret jungle school 鈥� 

A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory 鈥�  Issue No. 2883
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96 Global Health NOW: Easing the NIH Funding Freeze; and A New Tool to Curb Overprescribing March 18, 2026 TOP STORIES ~5 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including ~2.3 million newborns, , which found that most deaths are preventable鈥攊ncluding ~100,000 from severe acute malnutrition鈥攁nd noted that progress in child mortality has slowed by 60%+ since 2015.     Argentina, a founding member of the WHO, has officially left the agency, completing the process one year after requesting its withdrawal鈥攆ollowing in the footsteps of the U.S. under President Donald Trump. 

Self-harm among young people in Canada increased 2X+ between 2000 and 2024,  that charted a rise of self-harm among young people across 12 high-income countries; in Canada, the steepest increase was among girls, who reported a 3.6% increase each year. 

Warmer, wetter weather driven by climate change is fueling mosquito-borne disease epidemics, , which analyzed Peru鈥檚 record-breaking dengue outbreak in 2023 that was 10X larger than normal.   IN FOCUS Workers walk to the metro station in front of NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. May 20, 2025. Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Easing the NIH Funding Freeze     One year after dramatic cuts to NIH grant funding under the second Trump administration, spending will soon begin flowing back to researchers, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya assured lawmakers yesterday in a congressional subcommittee hearing, .   

• 鈥淢y job is to make sure every single dollar goes out, and it will go out by the end of the year, on excellent science,鈥� Bhattacharya said. 

A year of paralysis: Grant awards had 鈥渄windled to a trickle鈥� under the administration鈥檚 restrictions this past year, cutbacks that lawmakers of both parties criticized.  

• Lawmakers rejected outright the Trump administration鈥檚 proposed 40% budget cuts and instead approved a modest increase, .  

• But those funds were still held up pending White House budget approval, which was finalized this week. 

Expected acceleration: The spending approvals mean hiring and grantmaking can proceed, including funding for new grants. This fiscal year, money has mostly gone toward grant renewals.     Shift in funding strategy: Meanwhile, NIH is moving away from agency-directed projects toward investigator-led proposals, 鈥攄rastically cutting its 鈥渟olicited鈥� calls for research proposals for certain fields of study. 

• While proponents say this boosts innovation, many researchers worry it could hinder collaborative research that benefits from NIH coordination, and fear the new model will lead to gaps in understudied areas of science. 

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE A New Tool to Curb Overprescribing    In rural Rwandan clinics, antibiotics can often seem like an inevitable part of care. Nurses see as many as ~60 patients a day from remote regions and often prescribe antibiotics as a precaution to prevent unnecessary travel.     The result: 71% of children鈥檚 visits at 32 clinics led to antibiotic prescriptions鈥攆ar higher than levels considered safe to prevent antibiotic resistance, .     A new method: Researchers developed ePOCT+, a tablet-based system that guides nurses step-by-step through an algorithm-driven diagnostic process to better specify treatment plans鈥攁nd identify key distinctions between bacterial illnesses and other pathogens.    Dramatic impact: Clinics that adopted ePOCT+ saw antibiotic prescription rates drop from 71% to ~25% without harming patient outcomes.         Related: How unregulated antibiotics are fueling drug-resistant UTIs 鈥�     OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Namibia reports significant malaria resurgence in early 2026 鈥�     Health Groups Hailed a Vaccine Ruling, but Their Relief May Be Short-Lived 鈥�     Missed opportunity: 12% of teens at health system weren鈥檛 HPV-vaccinated before being sexually active 鈥�     Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches 鈥�     Severe COVID-19 Linked to Higher Lung Cancer Risk 鈥�      Crops irrigated with wastewater store drugs in their leaves 鈥�     Chad launches national effort to tackle air pollution and methane 鈥�     Kenya鈥檚 capital experiments with giving workers menstrual leave 鈥�     The snip shift: March Madness used to drive vasectomies. Now abortion bans do 鈥�   Issue No. 2882
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96 Global Health NOW: As Temperatures Soar, Physical Activity Drops鈥擶ith Deadly Consequences; and Pregnant Minors Stranded at San Benito March 17, 2026 TOP STORIES Afghanistan reported that 400 people died and ~250 were injured after a Pakistani airstrike hit a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul yesterday, while Pakistan denied the accusation that it had hit the 2,000-bed facility; the tragedy marks a sharp escalation in the conflict that began in late February. 
  The U.S. State Department may withhold assistance to people with HIV in Zambia unless its government signs a deal handing the U.S. more access to its critical minerals, per a draft memo obtained by The New York Times; ~1.3 million people in Zambia rely on daily HIV treatment through the President鈥檚 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). 

A U.S. federal judge temporarily blocked sweeping vaccine policy changes recommended by health secretary RFK, Jr.鈥檚 handpicked advisory committee; in response to the decision鈥攔elated to a lawsuit brought by medical associations鈥攖he administration said the advisory committee鈥檚 planned meeting this week will be postponed.      Mosquitoes could serve up a surprising vaccine delivery system鈥攃arrying vaccines against rabies and Nipah viruses in their saliva, to be transferred to bats feeding on the insects (or when the insects feed on the bats), per Chinese-led research ; the method would require extensive safety assessments and regulatory approval.   IN FOCUS A boy pours water on his face to get some relief from a heat wave on a hot summer afternoon on May 29, 2024, in New Delhi, India. Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty As Temperatures Soar, Physical Activity Drops鈥擶ith Deadly Consequences
Driving instead of walking. Skipping a too-hot trip to the playground or an evening walk.

In a warming world, these decisions have a dire, if less obvious impact on global health, estimating the long-term impact of forgoing physical activity because of unbearable heat,   

• Globally, reduced physical activity could result in 470,000鈥�520,000 additional deaths by 2050 and billions of dollars in productivity losses every year, .  

The calculations: The researchers analyzed physical activity surveys and temperature records across 156 countries from 2000 to 2022.  

• Each additional month where the average temperature exceeded 82F (27.8C) degrees coincided with a 1.4 percentage point increase in physical inactivity.  

Striking disparity: LMICs were projected to see the biggest impact of 鈥渞ising heat and falling activity,鈥� the Post reports, while high-income countries showed no statistically significant change鈥攑erhaps because of better access to air conditioning, gyms, and flexible work arrangements, researchers theorized.

The link between sedentary lifestyles and chronic disease is well known鈥攂ut a third of people worldwide already . 鈥溾�� Any compromise to achieving regular exercise鈥攊n this case excessively hot temperatures鈥攚ill pose broad public health risks,鈥� said Jonathan Patz of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was not involved in the study.

While the study, based on self-reported data and national temperature averages, has limitations, the projections point to a clear need for heat-proofing physical activity, such as subsidizing climate-controlled gyms and public spaces for those at risk.

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS Pregnant Minors Stranded at San Benito    Since last July, the Trump administration has been sending all unaccompanied pregnant migrant girls to one facility in San Benito, Texas鈥攁 center with a poor track record of care in a state with one of the strictest abortion bans. 

• At least half of the minors are estimated to be pregnant from rape, and some are as young as 13.  

Abortion access in question: The girls are supposed to be informed of their options, including abortion鈥攂ut lawyers and activists warn that doctors may refuse to treat them for fear of prosecution.  

• Plus: A new federal proposal could repeal the rule that requires minors seeking abortions to be transferred to a state where it is legal. 

   QUICK HITS When Children Miss Vaccines, Polio Risks Re-emerge: Lessons from Kebbi State 鈥�     A forgotten social media post may hold key clues to COVID-19鈥檚 origin 鈥�       They Didn鈥檛 Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. 鈥�     13 years, 6 doctors and a lawsuit: The road to an endometriosis diagnosis 鈥�     E. coli linked to cheddar cheese made with raw milk sickens 7 in the US 鈥�  

How Foreign-Trained Health Workers Saved the NHS 拢14 Billion 鈥�  
PhD students are turning to side hustles to make ends meet, finds Nature poll 鈥�

Irish Cancer Society provided 鈥榓lmost 30,000 free lifts to treatment in 2025鈥� 鈥�  Issue No. 2881
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