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They study the planets deadliest diseases in remote, conflict-prone areas in countries with the lowest health spending and fewest resources, yet the world relies on them to stop the next pandemic.ca..
Meet eight Africa-based scientists and doctors using cutting-edge genomic tools, data-sharing platforms and shoe-leather epidemiology to identify, track, and counter the spread of emerging pathogens on a continent thats spawned some of humanitys most devastating diseases yellow fever, HIV, Ebola, and Lassa among them..
A new strain of the mpox-causing monkeypox virus spreading in central Africa is the latest scourge to set off a global health emergency, but climate change, urbanization, deforestation, and intensive livestock production are accelerating the emergence of contagious threats..
Madhi says an element of cultural imperialism the idea that research can be better done in high-income countries is giving way to an appreciation of the unique skill set that exists in Africa, especially as donors and philanthropic organizations focus more on supporting the continents scientists and encouraging them to lead research projects, not just implement them..
. Jacqueline Weyer, who heads up the emerging zoonotic and parasitic unit at South Africas National Institute of Communicable Diseases, where she studies viruses, like Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, that circulate in animals and cause disease when they spillover and infect humans..
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