Yaws [This article has been published originally in Spanish in The Conversation] We live on the remote island of Lihir, in Papua New Guinea. We are a small team, just three or four people from the ISGlobal research centre in Barcelona We live on the remote island of Lihir in the...
Epidemiology ,Environmental Health Sunday 26th of August. We are in the heart of downtown Ottawa , Organizers received 1800 general abstract submissions and 400 symposium abstracts the Canadian capital city. Hundreds of scientists and practitioners from academia, government, industry, and non-governmental organizations start...
Training & Education This year about 50 countries of the African Union signed the historic Africa Convention Free Trade Area This year about 50 countries of the African Union signed the historic Africa Convention Free Trade Area agreement that paves the way for free movement of goods and services...
Malaria Malaria is transmitted by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Photo: Krijn Paaijmans It all starts with a single bite of an infected female mosquito that results in mild, acute or chronic illness and/or eventually to loss of a human life Though...
Training & Education The newly elected president of Sierra Leone proclaimed an Executive Order instituting a monthly cleaning day in the country Let me start by giving thumbs-up to our newly elected president of the Republic of Sierra Leone , Julius Maada Bio . In 22 years, his campaign messages proved...
[This article has been published in "Espai Salut", by la Diputació de Barcelona] Heat certainly can have damaging health effects and, while there is no need to be alarmist, we should all be aware of the risks With the advent of hot weather, we begin to receive advice and...
Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health ,Immunization [This article has been written by Clara Menéndez , Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative at ISGlobal, and Vicky Fumadó , Unit of Infectious and Imported Diseases. Pediatric Service. Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Déu. It has been published in Spanish in...
Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health [This article has been written by Percy Efrain Pantoja , Medical Research Fellow, and Elena Marbán , Predoctoral Fellow] Worldwide, GBS is a major cause of death in the first months of life July is the international Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Awareness...
Environmental Health The EU Green Week: ISGlobal was invited to present about the health benefits of natural environments in the Barcelona How can we inspire cities to be more sustainable and green? The EU Green Week aimed to provide an answer to that question. The week’s theme was ‘ Green...
Ebola I had a wonderful opportunity to apply as a candidate to the Training Programme in Diagnostics Research (TPDxR) , which was part of the joint ISGlobal, Liberia Medicines and Health products Regulatory Authority, NGO Juan Ciudad and Saint Joseph’s Catholic Hospital IGORCADIA project ....
