Why did WiRED International believe it vital to create a training program dedicated solely to the concept of One Health? One Health recognizes the intrinsic link between human, animal and environmental health.
As WiRED International approaches its 30th anniversary, I’ve found myself reflecting on the long arc of my relationship with this remarkable organization — a journey that began in my childhood and has grown into
With the U.S. administration’s sudden termination of USAID and other global health funding, millions of low-resource regions lost access to medicines, vaccines and basic health infrastructure almost overnight.
Recent global efforts to address the accelerating effects of climate change have slowed and, by some indicators, lost ground. The health consequences of climate change are visible now and are expected
Ten years ago WiRED International released a health education module on chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus unknown to most people and rare outside tropical climate zones. Today, chikungunya cases
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance just posted a global watch for a rise in cases of malaria, HIV and tuberculosis (TB), possibly in epic numbers. Gavi is a global health private-public partnership with the goal of increasing
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 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
Rabies is one of the oldest diseases known, once always fatal to animals and humans. In 1885 Dr. Louis Pasteur injected a series of rabies vaccine into a boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog.
Summer is coming and with it the mosquito. Although tropical and subtropical areas of the world host epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases year round, climate change is causing mosquitoes to migrate