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Determining the risk factors for Acute Respiratory Infections in Tanzanian children under five
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a common cause of childhood morbidity and mortality around the world. This includes upper...
Polygeia
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
How to expedite vaccine R&D in response to Disease X - A reanalysis in light of COVID-19
“Disease X, we said back then, would likely result from a virus originating in animals and would emerge somewhere on the planet where...
Polygeia
- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases by Promoting Equality
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of 20 disease and disease groups that are typified by their prevalence in...
Polygeia
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
Student Collaborative for Extempore Research on COVID-19: A Snapshot
In this article, we speak to Cathy Dominic, the Head of Policy and Founder of SCERC to understand what inspired her to spearhead this...
Polygeia
- May 2, 2020
- 6 min
COVID-19: Community Engagement & other Strategies for Social Mobilisation in Africa
The ultimate control and prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic would rely largely on human behaviours. Therefore, people’s action or...
Polygeia
- Jul 21, 2019
- 3 min
Does Big Pharma have the answers to antimicrobial resistance?
Key points Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses one of the most important global health issues of the 21st century Mortality associated...
Polygeia
- May 15, 2018
- 3 min
Disease X: the practical challenges of vaccinating against the unknown
Key points Disease X is the new disease we should all be preparing for Our research will look at how policy can impact our vaccine...
Polygeia
- Mar 27, 2018
- 3 min
World TB Day
Key points World TB Day 2018 highlighted TB as a large global problem TB research is lacking yet receives less money than other diseases,...
Polygeia
- Aug 11, 2017
- 4 min
Cholera: Not a disease of the past
In a world of rapid economic and technological progress, an expanding health care sector and rapidly evolving innovations, diseases that...
Polygeia
- May 17, 2017
- 3 min
Antimicrobial resistance: implications for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations (UN) outlined their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a series of targets which aim to significantly and...
Polygeia
- May 11, 2017
- 5 min
A One Health approach to fight the future epidemics: the case of Nipah virus in Bangladesh
Deadly epidemics have been threatening humanity since our earliest days. The recent 2013-2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in...
Polygeia
- Nov 8, 2016
- 3 min
Leprosy: a disease of the poor?
The 17th of October marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It is a day that gives the opportunity for people around...
Polygeia
- Mar 28, 2016
- 5 min
Glass Walls As Well As Ceilings: Gender Specific Barriers to Access for Health Interventions.
Of the approximately 3 billion people who live on less than $2 a day, infectious diseases represent a potent and serious source of...
Polygeia
- Mar 18, 2016
- 2 min
Polygeia at the House of Commons: Lessons from Ebola Affected Communities
Image left to right: Lord Chidgey (chair of Africa APPG), Tom Hird, Samara Linton and Richard Dowden (director of the Royal African...