International Health

Spanning 7 countries, a major piece of global maternal health research found that a low-cost, widely available generic antibiotic can prevent life-threatening sepsis during childbirth in women delivering babies in low- and middle-income countries.  

Dinesh Neupane, an assistant scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, received a grant, together with the University of Gothenburg, from the Swedish Research Council to examine the relationship between heat and chronic kidney disease among migrant and non-migrant workers in Nepal.

Anthony So, one of the five lead authors of the new UN Environmental Programme Report on Antimicrobial Resistance, provides his five key takeaways. 

Walls, co-director of the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins University, will receive a $250,000 grant to further her community-based work improving the health and well-being of native communities

Roundly seen as a triumph of self-interest and collective failure, the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic proved that countries must prepare for a more coordinated, equitable effort before the next pandemic strikes.