2016 Global Health News Stories
- Vaccine Shortage Threatens Polio Eradication Effortsexternal icon Newsweek
December 29, 2016 - Medical detectives raced to save a man from a rare, ‘universally lethal’ diseaseexternal icon Washington Post
December 22, 2016 - Community support groups deliver HIV treatment in Mozambiqueexternal icon ONE
December 1, 2016 - Project Zeroexternal icon The Huffington Post
November 22, 2016 - What Global Disease Threat Worries Public-Health Officials Most?external icon The Wall Street Journal
November 21, 2016 - Get on the Fast-Track — The life-cycle approach to HIVexternal icon UNAIDS
November 21, 2016 - CDC, Senegal Researchers Find ‘Much Needed Alternative’ to PCR in Meridian Malaria Assayexternal icon Genome Web
November 21, 2016 - The Rainy Season Strategy To Stop Malariaexternal icon NPR
November 16, 2016 - Health Report: Polio Vaccine Shortageexternal icon Voice of America
October 25, 2016 - CDC: Polio eradication within sight but efforts still neededexternal icon CIDRAP
October 24, 2016 - Billionaires Pony Up More Funds in Fight to Eradicate Polioexternal icon The Wall Street Journal
October 24, 2016 - Rocks And Auto Parts Were Part Of Polio Survivor’s Rehab Planexternal icon NPR
October 24, 2016 - Here’s Some Promising News on World Polio Dayexternal icon TIME
October 24, 2016 - How Boko Haram Is Keeping Polio Alive In Nigeriaexternal icon NPR
September 14, 2016 - Virus hunters search for the next deadly disease outbreakexternal icon CNN
August 23, 2016 - Video: Investigating the world’s deadliest diseasesexternal icon CNN
August 18, 2016 - Video: Virus hunters look for deadly diseases in bat cavesexternal icon CNN
August 18, 2016 - Video: How mosquitos are threatening the health of horsesexternal icon CNN
August 18, 2016 - After Setback, Nigeria Digs In to End Polioexternal icon VOA News
August 20, 2016 - Joplin native, with CDC, fights against HIV/AIDS in Tanzaniaexternal icon The Joplin Globe
August 10, 2016 - Hypertension is now more common in poor and middle-income countries than rich onesexternal icon The Washington Post
August 9, 2016 - The Globally Synchronized Switch—Another Milestone Toward Achieving Polio Eradicationexternal icon JAMA Pediatrics
August 1, 2016 - UNAIDS warns that after significant reductions, declines in new HIV infections among adults have stalled and are rising in some regionsexternal icon UNAIDS
July 12, 2016 - The CDC and WHO are teaming up to end the ‘contagious disease’ of child violenceexternal icon The Washington Post
July 12, 2016 - CHAMPS Network announces selection of sites in three countriesexternal icon Emory
June 14, 2016 - Total eradication of polio is Rotary’s top priorityexternal icon Korea Joongang Daily
June 6, 2016 - Health officials to weigh declaring global emergency as yellow fever strikes southwest Africa external iconLos Angeles Times
May 18, 2016 - 9 African epidemiologists receive Africa CDC fellowship certificates after completing rigorous 2 month training courseexternal icon Bloomberg
May 6, 2016 - The End Of Polio Is Within Reach. Here’s What Workers Are Doing To Finish The Fight.external icon A Plus
Apr 26, 2016 - Top stories for World Immunization Weekexternal icon Healio Infectious Disease News
Apr 26, 2016 - United States Train Detectives to Investigate Disease Outbreaksexternal icon Vietnam U.S. Embassy
Apr 22, 2016 - Strong labs save lives in the fight against HIV and TB in Africaexternal icon ONE
Apr 20, 2016 - Is U.S. prepared for next disease outbreak?external icon CNN
Apr 19, 2016 - Health officials to begin new global effort to eradicate polioexternal icon PBS
Apr 16, 2016 - Funding Opportunity: Operations Research (Implementation Science) for Strengthening Global Health Protection Implementation Department of Health and Human Servicesexternal icon Grants.gov
Apr 15, 2016 - The Unrelenting Specter of Drug-Resistant Malariaexternal icon Medium: The Development Set
Mar 29, 2016 - Yellow fever vaccine shortage as outbreak in Angola spreadsexternal icon CNN
Mar 25, 2016 - CDC Media Statement on World TB Day 2016external icon Huffington Post
Mar 24, 2016 - World TB Day 2016: CDC’s Shannon Hader on leadership against an epidemicexternal icon Science Speaks
Mar 24, 2016 - Congress Goes Home for Easter Break Without Paying for Zika Fightexternal icon NBC News
Mar 23, 2016 - This lab is ground zero in the U.S. fight against Zikaexternal icon The Washington Post
Mar 20, 2016 - Newly developed Malaria Vaccine yet to be approved KTN News Kenya
Mar 17, 2016 - Dr. Myron G. Schultz, Who Helped Identify AIDS Crisis, Dies at 81external icon The New York Time
Mar 5, 2016 - Thailand – CDC’s Partnership toward Global Health Securityexternal icon Royal Thai Embassy
Mar 1, 2016 - Photos: Disease Detectives Seek Zika Answers in Brazilexternal icon PBS
February 29, 2016 - Spotlight on Zika Helps Neglected Tropical Diseasesexternal icon VOA
February 26, 2016 - Disease Detectives In Brazil Go Door-To-Door To Solve Zika Mystery external icon NPR
February 25, 2016 - US impressed by successes recorded on health programmes it supports external icon Daily News
February 24, 2016 - CDC Arrives In Brazil To Investigate Zika Outbreakexternal icon NPR
February 23, 2016 - CDC Team Kicks off Zika Study in Brazil Focused on Zikaexternal icon ABC News
February 22, 2016 - How a tiny mosquito became one of the world’s ‘most efficient killers’external icon The Washington Post
February 19, 2016 - UPDATE 1-Initial results of U.S.-Brazil studies on Zika mystery expected by Mayexternal icon Reuters
February 19, 2016 - Web Briefing for Media – The Zika Virus: What’s Next in the U.S. and Abroad?external icon Kaiser Family Foundation
February 17, 2016 - A disease detective hunts pathogens with a photographic memory — and a genius mindexternal icon Stat News
February 16, 2016 - This Mosquito Likes Us Too Much For Our Own Goodexternal icon NPR
February 11, 2016 - Zika Virus Outbreak Prompts CDC to Activate Highest Emergency Ops Levelexternal icon ABC
February 8, 2016 - CDC Sees Major Challenges Ahead In The Fight Against Zikaexternal icon NPR
February 3, 2016 - Global Prevalence of Past-year Violence Against Children: A Systematic Review and Minimum Estimatesexternal icon American Academy of Pediatrics
January 2016 - What innovations have the greatest potential to transform global health? Global Health Technologies Coalition
January 15, 2016 - Why does global health innovation matter to you personally? Global Health Technologies Coalition
January 15, 2016 - Latest Ebola outbreak over in Liberia; West Africa is at zero, but new flare-ups are likely to occurexternal icon SaportaReport
January 14, 2016 - Surveillance Training Helps Prepare Developing Countries for Next Ebola Outbreakexternal icon SaportaReport
January 12, 2016 - CDC Director Calls It ‘Shameful’ This Curable Disease Still Kills Millionsexternal icon Huffington Post
January 8, 2016 - Carter Center Announces Only 22 People had Guinea Worm Disease in 2015external icon Carter Center
January 7, 2016 - Is Zika Virus in Brazil Causing Brain Damage in Babies?external icon VOA News
January 7, 2016 - CDC Investigates Zika Virus Case In Puerto Ricoexternal icon WABE
January 5, 2016 - U.S. Becomes More Vulnerable to Tropical Diseases Like Zikaexternal icon NY Times
January 4, 2016 - Ebola Transition, Opioid Deaths Top CDC’s 2016 Agendaexternal icon WABE
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Page last reviewed: March 2, 2020
Content source: Global Health
