Mercy Kinyodah

Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital Kampala.

In much needed positive news on the global health front, Uganda has declared the end of the outbreak of #Ebola Sudan virus. Even without US support, the systems will struggle but will find a way to hold and survive.
www.afro.who.int/countries/ug...

26.04.2025 13:28 — 👍 241    🔁 42    💬 2    📌 4

McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr. “Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.

“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed, they’re dangerous,” -- Republic leader Mitch McConnell, a #Polio Survivor, Defends Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr., by @sherylnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/u... via @nytimes.com #vaccination

14.12.2024 16:21 — 👍 70    🔁 16    💬 7    📌 1

HIV prevention pills should be free, but insurers are still charging Insurance companies have to pay for PrEP under federal rules, but some skirt the requirement for free access to the treatment critical to preventing HIV.

It should be a no-brainer for the health-care system: Make the HIV prevention PrEP treatment free and save a lifetime of medical expenses.

But insurers are skirting coverage mandates, and patients are getting charged. Gift link to my story on the issue:
wapo.st/4g5Lpxt

29.11.2024 15:10 — 👍 136    🔁 53    💬 3    📌 6

Reproducing my viral thread from Twitter on why we should stop using the term "sub-Saharan Africa"

Academics routinely use this term. For many years, I also used it without really thinking much about it or questioning its use. But it’s problematic and should be avoided. Here are the reasons:

29.11.2024 04:47 — 👍 82    🔁 35    💬 8    📌 6

I've always wondered why the term and this post is absolutely eye opening.

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Love this!

28.11.2024 09:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah! You must've joined the same day I did.. it was when Kendrick's album dropped.

27.11.2024 16:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.

27.11.2024 01:55 — 👍 486    🔁 204    💬 22    📌 20

Photo of Angela Merkel looking side-eyed and concerned/suspicious at Trump while he talks into a microphone. Tweet says, “This is all of us.”

27.11.2024 03:07 — 👍 98    🔁 14    💬 3    📌 1