Supporting colleagues facing potential sexual exploitation or abuse (PSEA) in the workplace, may start with small acts of recognition but can have lasting positive impacts, according to a UN member of staff working in the Southeast Asian country, Lao People's Democratic Republic.

96 Global Health NOW: The Hepatitis B Vote: A Pivotal Moment for U.S. Vaccine Policy View this email in your browser December 8, 2025 Forward Share Post TOP STORIES 20+ babies in Hungary have died of maternally contracted syphilis, and 63 cases have been confirmed in the country this year as syphilis cases increase worldwide. The Telegraph 

2 MERS cases have been reported in France; both patients had been on the same trip to the Arabian Peninsula; no secondary transmission has been detected. Outbreak News Today 

Kenya signed a $2.5 billion, five-year agreement to accept U.S. funding to help fight infectious diseases, becoming the first country to sign a deal aligned with the Trump administration’s foreign policy goals; the agreement sparked concerns about the security of sensitive health data. BBC

Environmental advocates in Canada are pushing for a moratorium on the use of glyphosate, the key ingredient in RoundUp, after a 25-year-old foundational research paper on the herbicide’s safety was retracted by the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology following revelations that RoundUp’s maker, Monsanto, may have helped produce the paper. CBC IN FOCUS Members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC headquarters. Atlanta, Georgia, December 5. Megan Varner/Bloomberg via Getty The Hepatitis B Vote: A Pivotal Moment for U.S. Vaccine Policy     It’s a tectonic shift in U.S. immunization policy: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted Friday to withdraw a long-standing recommendation that newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccination at birth. 

• The decision was made without new evidence and against the strong consensus of medical groups that the change puts children at unnecessary risk, reports Health Policy Watch.   

New recommendations, established efficacy: The panel now suggests delaying the first hepatitis B dose until at least two months for infants born to virus-negative mothers. 

• But the vaccine’s safety is well established, reports Nature, which outlines the history of the shot, its timing, and its role in bringing down infections in young people by 99%. 

Sharp pivot: ACIP’s 8-3 vote sets the stage for broader reconsideration of childhood immunization policy, reports STAT.  

• President Trump weighed in Friday, urging health officials to review the entire childhood vaccine schedule, calling the U.S. an “outlier,” reports The Washington Post (gift link).  

What’s next: The decision about actually changing the vaccine guidelines now sits with the CDC’s acting director. 

• But states are already pushing back against ACIP’s recommendation: New York declared that it would not change guidance, and Ohio officials criticized the move. 

Related:     4 fact-checks after CDC vaccine panel ends universal newborn hep B vaccine recommendations – Politifact     Three-fourths of Americans support hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, poll finds – reports CIDRAP  GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES CHILD HEALTH Australia’s Sweeping Social Media Ban    A strict ban on social media accounts for users under 16 takes effect in 
Australia this week, prompting platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snap, and YouTube to deactivate hundreds of thousands of accounts, reports Reuters via The Straits Times.  

• Other governments worldwide are watching the move, which Australian officials call the “first domino” in such regulation. 

Details of the ban: Unlike current age-restrictions that are easy to work around and difficult to enforce, Australia has multiple compliance requirements, reports The Atlantic (gift link), including: 

• A “layered safety approach,” including AI-informed age detection, activity-pattern analysis, and mandatory age verification. 

• Protections to block circumvention attempts, and parent reporting. 

• Fines of up to $49.5 million for platforms.  

The Quote: “Social media was a big social experiment. In some ways, this is an antidote social experiment,” said eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant.   QUICK HITS Trump DoJ ‘immediately’ stops enforcing prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, according to leaked memo – The Independent

Faulty glucose monitors linked to 7 deaths and more than 700 injuries, FDA warns – AP

'Very concerning': Opioids for sickle cell pain often not administered fast enough in ED – Healio

How the new H-1B visa fee is upending health care in rural America – The Washington Post (gift link)    Editors’ pick 2025: Our favourite essays and longform stories on public health in South Africa – Bhekisisa    Ashish Jha to leave Brown University School of Public Health – The Brown Daily Herald    ‘One bite and he was hooked’: from Kenya to Nepal, how parents are battling ultra-processed foods – The Guardian  Issue No. 2833
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96 Global Health NOW: Child Deaths Are Rising—And Avoidable View this email in your browser December 4, 2025 Forward Share Post TOP STORIES Baby formula in the U.K. will soon be purchasable using supermarket loyalty points and vouchers, as government officials seek affordability solutions in the face of dramatically increasing formula costs. BBC 

A “pre-pandemic” plan to address bird flu risks has been shared with EU health officials by the European CDC, which is urging increased surveillance and hospital capacity as H5N1 spreads in birds and as risk of mutation and human spread grows. The Telegraph

A single HPV vaccination could be as effective as two doses to prevent the virus that causes cervical cancer, finds a new U.S. National Cancer Institute-led study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which enrolled more than 20,000 girls and tracked them for five years. AP

The vaccine advisory panel to the U.S. CDC is expected to vote later today on whether to abandon the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns; anticipated votes posted online late Wednesday suggest a shift to “individual-based decision-making” for the newborn shot and a recommendation to delay administering the vaccine until babies are 2 months old. CNN IN FOCUS Denish Odule, a Village Health Team officer, takes a blood sample to do a malaria rapid diagnostic test, in Apac District, Uganda, on April 7. Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images Child Deaths Are Rising—And Avoidable 
Global child mortality is projected to rise for the first time this century, as countries and major donors cut foundational health funding and as diseases like malaria gain a stronger foothold, find two major reports released this week by the Gates Foundation and the WHO. 

• “It is 100% avoidable. There is no reason why those children should be dying,” said Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation, which released its annual Goalkeepers Report yesterday.  

Deaths of children under age 5 are expected to reach 4.8 million in 2025, per that report, which is ~200,000 more than last year, per CNN. And further aid reductions of 20%–30% could lead to 12–16 million additional child deaths by 2045.  

Malaria’s mounting toll: Meanwhile, young children made up the greatest share of ~610,000 deaths in 2024, per a WHO report released today—an increase from 2023, which does not account for 2025 funding cuts, per Reuters.  

• Many of the deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa, as funding shortfalls stall progress and as rising drug resistance and climate change threaten resurgence, warned WHO leaders, per Nile Post. 

Clear solutions: Well-established solutions like improved primary health care and routine immunizations are the “best bet” at strengthening protections for children—if they can be funded. 

• “We could be the generation who had access to the most advanced science and innovation in human history—but couldn’t get the funding together to ensure it saved lives,” said Bill Gates.  

Related: Over 5,000 Ugandans Died of Malaria in 2024 as WHO Warns of Rising Drug Resistance – Nile Post  

GHN EXCLUSIVE REPORT Phasing Out Mercury Fillings 
Mercury will no longer be used as a key ingredient in dental fillings, after countries agreed to phase out its usage at COP-6 last month.

Background: While mercury-based dental amalgams have been used for 150 years, more countries have begun banning the metal’s usage as its harmful environmental and health impacts come to light. 

The rollback: In the agreement, countries pledged to phase out mercury by 2034.  

• After years of debate, the decision was carried over the finish line by late backing from the WHO, Brazil, and the U.S.—which reversed its longstanding opposition to a ban.  

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OPPORTUNITY Calling All Humanitarians 
In-Sight Collaborative is accepting applications for a 10-week Humanitarian Leadership Program (February 16–April 27, 2026), designed for anyone interested in learning more about humanitarian leadership, whether they’re new to the sector or are seasoned humanitarian professionals.  

• To keep the program accessible to people from all socioeconomic backgrounds, attendees are asked to “pay what they can” for participation. 
• Learn more and apply 
• Deadline: January 30, 2026 

ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION The Slop of Nightmares 
“ChatGPT, design me a massive holiday mural that’s less festive and more epic hellscape.”

Something like this, surely, was the AI prompt behind the work of “Lovecraftian horror” that, for a time, loomed over passersby in an otherwise-charming London suburb.  

Because “you know what’s Christmassy? A snowman with a [expletive] eye on his cheek,” one Redditor joked.  

Reportedly “commissioned” by a Kingston upon Thames building landlord, the work was inspired by Bruegel the Elder—but was giving Hieronymus Bosch.  

Yet somehow, it was still a gift—a horror to look at, but a joy to put into words: 

• “The disturbing scene appeared to contain large troops of men with misshapen bodies and contorted faces attempting to skate over shallow, foamy waters. Elsewhere, groups filled an infeasibly large wooden boat. Heavily-disfigured dogs bounded about, some appearing to transmogrify into birds,” wrote Jo Lawson-Tancred for Artnet. 

If this description turns out to be AI-generated, well, we’ll just cry. 

QUICK HITS Congo hosts Africa’s first simulation exercise on antimicrobial resistance surveillance – WHO     Researchers slightly lower study’s estimate of drop in global income due to climate change – AP    A dozen former FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten vaccine approvals – The Washington Post (gift link)    FDA names Tracy Beth Høeg, fresh from vaccine safety probe, as acting head of drug center – Fierce Biotech    WHO launches new, unified plan for countries to manage coronaviruses: COVID-19 and beyond – WHO  Issue No. 2832
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Six African football legends are urging the continent to unite and step up efforts to vaccinate every child against the life-threatening polio virus.  

The authoritative World Health Organization (WHO) World Malaria Report, published on Thursday, shows that resistance to antimalarial drugs now poses one of the most acute risks to control efforts across Africa and beyond.

96 Global Health NOW: A New Era for GLP-1 Drugs; and The Toxic Toll of Battery Recycling View this email in your browser December 3, 2025 Forward Share Post TOP STORIES

Nearly one in five child deaths worldwide is linked to growth failure, with ~1 million children failing to reach their fifth birthday each year due to devastating health impacts, per new findings in the Global Burden of Disease 2023 study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, which recorded the most deaths in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

UK support for a key anti-FGM program will end next year, a major step back for the country after years of leading global efforts to stop female genital mutilation; the move will defund the 10+-year-old initiative, The Girl Generation, which supports grassroots organizations trying to end FGM. The Telegraph

A U.S. vaccine advisory committee convening later this week appears likely to delay hepatitis B shots routinely administered to newborns and may broadly revise the use of other vaccines, based on preliminary comments by officials. The New York Times (gift link)

A special type of immune cell plays an essential role in the tiny percentage of HIV patients who achieve a “functional cure,” allowing them to live for years without taking antiretroviral drugs; the discovery by two independent groups of scientists signals a possible new path in the search for a cure. Science

IN FOCUS A pharmacy owner speaks with a customer in Pristina, Kosovo, on March 27. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty A New Era for GLP-1 Drugs    The WHO has released its first guidelines on GLP-1 weight-loss medicines, signaling a continued sea change in global health policy and the clinical approach to address the growing obesity crisis, per UN News.      The stakes: The WHO warns that one billion+ people worldwide live with obesity—a number that could double by 2030.    A shifting response: GLP-1 therapies including semaglutide, tirzepatide, and liraglutide are not a standalone solution, but the drugs have potential to “help millions overcome obesity and reduce its associated harms,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.     Access issues: The WHO warned that high costs and scarce supply have led to unequal access: fewer than 10% of eligible patients are expected to access GLP-1 therapies by 2030, reports the BBC.   Broader impact: Researchers are exploring whether GLP-1 drugs might also reduce cravings for alcohol, nicotine, and opioids, reports Nature.     And a new era of GLP-1 drugs is on the horizon, with innovations that include more potent injectables and once-daily pills, for which drugmakers hope to secure approval and release within the next year, reports The Washington Post (gift link).     Meanwhile, San Francisco is suing major food manufacturers over health harms linked to ultraprocessed foods, claiming the companies “engineered a public health crisis,” reports the AP.   DATA POINT

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A child dies of tuberculosis—amounting to ~175,000 deaths among children in 2024 from a disease we have the tools to diagnose, prevent, and cure. —MSF Access Campaign
  POLLUTION The Toxic Toll of Battery Recycling     American car companies have long relied on recycled lead for batteries. But the process of recycling is steadily poisoning the communities working and living around the factories throughout Africa.  

• Children near one factory cluster outside Lagos, Nigeria, had lead levels that could cause lifelong brain damage, per testing commissioned for an investigation. 

Automakers were aware of the lead pollution for nearly 30 years, The Examination and The New York Times report.  

• Repeatedly, they and battery companies opted not to act when warned of the dangers—excluding lead from environmental policies and blocking advocates’ attempts to intervene.  

The Examination    Related: The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People – The New York Times (gift link)   GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES QUICK HITS Fiji faces major HIV outbreak – The Lancet (free registration required)     More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found – NPR Shots    The changing shape of Chinese aid to Africa – The Economist    South Africa finally declares GBV a national disaster – The New Humanitarian    For those living with dementia, new study suggests shingles vaccine could slow the disease – Medical Xpress    A Different Type of Dementia Is Changing What’s Known About Cognitive Decline – The New York Times (gift link)     A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it – NPR  Issue No. 2831
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A program developed by a McGill researcher to help cancer survivors cope with the fear their cancer will return is expanding across Canada. 

The Fear of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) program offers evidence-based support to address what co-founder Christine Maheu calls one of the most overlooked aspects of recovery. 

A program developed by a McGill researcher to help cancer survivors cope with the fear their cancer will return is expanding across Canada. 

The Fear of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) program offers evidence-based support to address what co-founder Christine Maheu calls one of the most overlooked aspects of recovery. 

Sam Harper and Arijit Nandi have received funding to help strengthen national capacity in metaresearch through the Research-on-Research joint initiative, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Michael Smith Health Research BC (MSHRBC).

Sam Harper and Arijit Nandi have received funding to help strengthen national capacity in metaresearch through the Research-on-Research joint initiative, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Michael Smith Health Research BC (MSHRBC).

96 Global Health NOW: Dispensing ‘Free Chances at Life’: Public Health Vending Machines Are More Than a Novelty View this email in your browser December 2, 2025 Forward Share Post TOP STORIES

More than 1,250 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand have been killed in floods and landslides following two recent cyclones and a typhoon; 1.1 million people have been displaced in Sri Lanka alone. Al Jazeera 

Ethiopia’s Marburg virus outbreak has now claimed eight lives total, after authorities reported three new deaths yesterday; 12 cases have been confirmed in southern Ethiopia since mid-November. CIDRAP 

A New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center will appear before the Supreme Court today to fight a prosecutor’s subpoena demanding donor information; the prosecutor is investigating whether First Choice Women’s Resource Centers misled clients to discourage abortions. AP 

A gene in avian flu viruses protects them against heat generated by a human’s fever, essentially neutralizing one of the body’s prime defenses; higher temps even help the viruses replicate, according to Cambridge and Glasgow university scientists. New Atlas 

IN FOCUS: GHN EXCLUSIVE A public health vending machine at the Deadwood Tavern, in Iowa City. Ben Mummey Dispensing ‘Free Chances at Life’  
As the overdose crisis swept across the U.S., it became clear to those working in harm reduction that to stem the crisis, the barrier to accessing naloxone had to be lowered.  
  In recent years, more and more communities have embraced public health vending machines that dispense free doses of the lifesaving overdose reversal medication and often, a range of other harm reduction products including sharps containers and wound care kits.  
  The machines are part of a “new guard” of approaches to an overdose crisis that demanded broader, more accessible services that can reach people who might not use traditional health services and allow users to remain anonymous, says Rosemarie Martin of UMass Chan Medical School.  
  Promising results: Research shows products in the machines are, indeed, helping to save lives. Since 2021, naloxone dispensed by one machine in Cincinnati has helped reverse 5,000 overdoses, according to University of Cincinnati researchers tracking its use.  
  A shifting response: Overdoses in the US are declining overall, and concerted efforts to de-stigmatize and expand access to harm reduction products deserve some credit for that, says Martin. But access to low-barrier harm reduction tools remains uneven across the country—and it’s unclear how well these interventions will be funded long-term, says Martin.   “It’s important that we celebrate the wins … but there’s a lot of work to do.”  READ THE FULL STORY BY ANNALIES WINNY GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES MEASLES  Warnings and Wins in WHO Update
The WHO warned of rising measles cases across the globe, even as it recognizes major progress in combating the disease over the last 25 years, in a new report.     Significant strides: Globally, measles deaths have fallen 88% since 2000, and 96 countries have now eliminated measles, per the WHO (news release).  

• The number of children vaccinated against measles is nearly back to pre-pandemic levels.  

Setbacks: ~11 million infections were reported in 2024—about 800,000 more than before the pandemic. 

• 59 countries faced major outbreaks last year, nearly triple the 2021 total. 

Behind the rise: Only 76% of children globally received both vaccine doses in 2024, with most under-protected children living in fragile or conflict-affected regions. Misinformation is also taking a toll.     Related: South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation – KFF Health News  GOOD NEWS QUICK HITS With school violence rising, Europe eyes a usual suspect: Social media – The Christian Science Monitor    After Roe, Churches Promised to Support Women. Three Years Later, Has Anything Changed? – More to Her Story    The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers – The Washington Post (gift link, free subscription required)    These Zika mothers went to battle — and their cry was heard – NPR Goats and Soda 
Racial bias in medicine can be as simple as dismissing Black patients as a ‘hard stick’ – STAT (commentary)    Stunning new 3D images reveal yellow fever’s hidden structure – University of Queensland (ScienceDaily)  Issue No. 2830
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96 Global Health NOW: AIDS Response ‘at a Crossroads’ View this email in your browser December 1, 2025 Forward Share Post TOP STORIES Famine conditions in Nigeria are returning for the first time in a decade amid growing extremist violence, the World Food Programme has warned, with ~15,000 people in the northern Borno State facing “catastrophic hunger” during the 2026 lean season, and ~35,000 facing severe food insecurity. The Telegraph

DRC’s Ebola outbreak has ended, after passing 42 consecutive days with no new cases recorded, the country’s health ministry announced today; out of 64 total cases since the outbreak’s September 4 start, 45 people died and 19 recovered. Reuters

Nearly half of landmine victims are children, per the new annual Landmine Monitor report, with many children injured or killed while searching for scrap metal, tending animals, and cultivating crops; 6,279 casualties were reported in 2024, with Burma the most dangerous country for such accidents. ReliefWeb    The U.S. FDA’s top vaccine regulator, Vinay Prasad, proposed broad changes to vaccine trial protocols in a Friday memo, claiming that a new review links 10 children’s deaths to the COVID vaccine; doctors and public health experts questioned the findings absent proof or peer review. The New York Times (gift link)  IN FOCUS Nepali activists hold a candlelight vigil on the eve of AIDS Day. Kathmandu, Nepal, November 30. Sanjit Pariyar/NurPhoto via Getty AIDS Response ‘at a Crossroads’    In the face of severe disruptions to the fight against HIV/AIDS, the WHO is urging governments on this World AIDS Day to expand access to new prevention tools—especially the twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir (LEN).    ‘Devastating impact’ of aid cuts: Already, the impact of major international aid funding cuts this year by the U.S., the U.K., and Europe is being felt, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, reports The Guardian. 

• The cuts have led to the closure of clinics and outreach centers worldwide, and left ~2.5 million people without PrEP. And 1.3 million new infections have been recorded—disproportionately among key populations, UNAIDS data show.  

Leaning into innovation: Despite these setbacks, the WHO hailed the “remarkable momentum” of new LEN approvals in several countries this year, and is calling for HIV services’ integration into primary care to restructure response.     Meanwhile, the U.S. government will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day, according to The New York Times (gift link)—with the State Department directing employees not to use government funds to mark the day and to “refrain from publicly promoting” the day in communication channels.     Related:  
Presidential HIV council warns proposed cuts could reverse decades of progress – ABC     The U.S. government's failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time – STAT (commentary)     Drug vending machines revolutionise fight against HIV in Sao Paulo – The Telegraph   EDITOR'S NOTE Virtual Global Health Week    Want to learn more about global health? Curious about public health communications, food security, corruption in health, AI in global health, and other topics? Join Virtual Global Health Week sponsored by the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, running tomorrow through Thursday. The live webinars are free and open to the public.     If you’re interested in the consequences of U.S. foreign aid cuts, please join the Communicating the Global Impact of U.S. Policies panel on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET. I’ll be joining journalists Molly Knight Raskin, Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman, and Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson on this Pulitzer Center panel. —Brian  OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Twenty-year study shows cleaner water slashes cancer and heart disease deaths – Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health via ScienceDaily

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command – The New York Times (gift link)

No soap, no tents, no food: Rohingya families fight for survival as aid plummets – The Guardian

Uranium detected in breast milk of Indian mothers – The Telegraph

The Undermining of the C.D.C. – The New Yorker (commentary)

Egypt triumphs over centuries-old fight against trachoma – Devex    New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids – AP  Issue No. 2829
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Pooja Mishra’s health kept worsening until she began treatment for HIV at age 19, two years after her diagnosis. From wondering if she’d ever be able to live a normal life, today she is youth coordinator at a coalition for people with the disease in India.

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guideline on the use of a new class of weight-loss medicines, marking a significant shift in global health policy as obesity rates continue to rise. 

A woman living with disabilities in a camp for displaced people in Nigeria is demonstrating why it is essential that people like her are included in society and how dignity can be protected even in the harshest places.

Twenty-four McGill researchers have been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, a ranking prepared each year by Clarivate, an analytics company based in the US. The list assesses researchers in a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science. The number of McGill scholars on the list grew from 14 in 2024 to 24 in 2025.

Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers™ list recognizes McGill’s global research influence, with Canada once again in top ten ranking

Twenty-four McGill researchers have been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, placing them among the top researchers worldwide whose work has demonstrated rigorous scholarship and broad and significant global influence in their fields. Their expertise spans a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science.

Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment and care, as shrinking funding threatens to reverse decades of progress, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday, ahead of World AIDS Day.