Global health security correspondent @telglobalhealth.bsky.social, based in Bangkok, formerly London. Contact me: sarah.newey@telegraph.co.uk. Or find me elsewhere - @sneweyy My work: https://sneweyy.squarespace.com/ / https://linktr.ee/neweysnewshttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3m4rwfb43yc2xA malaria test used across Asia & South America “is not fit for purpose”, researchers have claimed – raising concerns treatment could be delayed for patients with a potentially deadly disease, while malaria elimination may be undermined by undetected transmission https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/malaria-fight-undermined-by-faulty-field-test/04 Nov 2025 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4rwfb43yc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lzydszvgis2nNow, in a first for Asia, researchers travelling by motorbike, boat and foot in Bangaldesh's eastern highlands are deploying a countermeasure that may allow them to eliminate malaria for good: the R21 vaccine. Latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/bangladesh-vaccine-malaria-final-stronghold-trial-moru/29 Sep 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzydszvgis2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lzhswhdmpk23One million people are at risk of starving to death in Yemen amid a renewed surge in fighting, the United Nations has warned - @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/a-million-people-risk-starving-to-death-in-yemen-un-warns/ @telegraphnews.bsky.social23 Sep 2025 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhswhdmpk23https://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lzfmdisnic2kReally interesting to spend some time in Singapore's 'biosecure ballroom' at Hilleman Laboratories. Read my latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social here - a trip which featured some high fashion... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/singapores-biosecure-ballroom-scientists-deadliest-diseases/22 Sep 2025 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzfmdisnic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lywms7hahs2rNow, scientists are trying to untangle a critical question: are these double whammy outbreaks really becoming more common and ferocious, or are we simply getting better at diagnosing them? Latest for @telegraphnews.bsky.social: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/hospitals-overflowing-amid-double-outbreak-of-mosquito-born/16 Sep 2025 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lywms7hahs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lymd7yge2k2gCases have jumped again since we published this story, from 58 to 68. I spoke to people in Bulape and Kinshasa to get a sense of how the Ebola outbreak is unfolding – from spread to treatments and vaccines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/drc-ebola-cases-double-as-virus-spreads-to-villages/ @telglobalhealth.bsky.social12 Sep 2025 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymd7yge2k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lyjpjayyhk2zRobert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-awaited plan to take on America’s “industrial food complex” landed on Tuesday – heavy on rhetoric but light on specifics. @maevecullinan.bsky.social explains: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/rfk-unveils-maha-strategy-more-breastfeeding-less-fluoride/ @telglobalhealth.bsky.social11 Sep 2025 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyjpjayyhk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lyjperdhek2zAt least 3 soldiers from Akhmat Battalion, a unit better known for its staged combat videos than battlefield achievements, have fallen sick with hantavirus, a rodent-borne disease known as “mouse fever” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/russias-tiktok-soldiers-suffer-outbreak-haemorrhagic-fever/ @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social11 Sep 2025 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyjperdhek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lyh6e5nwlk2qObesity has overtaken hunger as the biggest cause of malnutrition in children, according to a major @unicef.org report taking aim at the “aggressive” marketing tactics used to promote processed foods https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/obesity-overtakes-hunger-top-malnutrition-problem-children/10 Sep 2025 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyh6e5nwlk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lyen7svvbs2lThe US will make an investment in the new HIV prevention drug called lenacapavir that's been hailed as a "breakthrough" and a "game changer" by the medical community: https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5527019/hiv-prevention-drug-breakthrough-aids09 Sep 2025 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyen7svvbs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3ly2kabzlx22h🚨 A new outbreak of Ebola virus has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths. Find out more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/at-least-16-dead-in-ebola-outbreak-in-drc/ @benfarmerdt.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social05 Sep 2025 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2kabzlx22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lxwiz4vm7k2nA new bat-borne pathogen dubbed Salt Gully virus has been uncovered in flying-foxes Down Under. While there are no signs of human spillover, it is a relative of Nipah & Hendra – diseases considered ‘priority pathogens’ by WHO https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/australia-salt-gully-virus-new-pathogen-bats-nipah-hendra/ @telglobalhealth.bsky.social03 Sep 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwiz4vm7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lxgb3ceoes2lHere are seven common tropes the famine deniers are parroting – and why they’re wrong. Great piece by @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/seven-common-tropes-used-to-deny-gazas-famine-debunked/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/seven-common-tropes-used-to-deny-gazas-famine-debunked/?WT.mc_id=e_DM666012&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_GHS_New_Wed&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_GHS_New_Wed20250827&utm_campaign=DM66601228 Aug 2025 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxgb3ceoes2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lxejxrb7h225"He was saving people and they killed him. My heart aches" Great piece here on what really happened with Israel’s double-tap strike on Gaza hospital https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/27/what-really-happened-with-israel-double-tap-gaza-hospital/27 Aug 2025 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxejxrb7h225https://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lx75wzciys2vA really powerful piece: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-21/ty-article-magazine/starvation-is-everywhere-virtual-tours-of-gaza-clinics-expose-the-scale-of-the-horror/00000198-ccb7-dcce-a5bf-cdb714fb0000?utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=iOS_Native25 Aug 2025 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx75wzciys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lwpygq4o7s2eHundreds of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from starvation in northeast Nigeria after a network of nutrition clinics closes next month, the UN has warned. @liliasebouai.bsky.social: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/hundreds-of-thousands-of-children-face-starvation-nigeria/ @telglobalhealth.bsky.social19 Aug 2025 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpygq4o7s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lwgbl5vyss2pThis is a very cool story by @maevecullinan.bsky.social & @meikeeijsberg.bsky.social – and here's the data explains why. The British flat pack washing machines transforming lives: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/the-british-flat-pack-washing-machines-transforming-lives/ @telglobalhealth.bsky.social15 Aug 2025 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwgbl5vyss2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lwb4ei3cxc2dJust 2 years ago, Fiji reported 245 new HIV cases. But by 2024, that figure jumped to 1,583, earning it a grim new title: after decades of minimal spread, the tropical paradise has the world’s fastest growing epidemic Here's why: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/why-a-tropical-paradise-has-the-worlds-fastest-growing-hiv/ @telglobalhealth.bsky.social13 Aug 2025 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwb4ei3cxc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lw5b23x7os2hI keep thinking about the poignant, devastating conclusion of @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social's latest piece on mpox in Sierra Leone. Make sure to read the full piece, with photos by @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/inside-sierra-leones-terrifying-mpox-outbreak/11 Aug 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5b23x7os2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lw462i7xvc2jA sobering account from Sierra Leone – and a clear warning that mpox should not be underestimated Important report by @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social, with photographs from @simontownsley.bsky.social for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/inside-sierra-leones-terrifying-mpox-outbreak/11 Aug 2025 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw462i7xvc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lvuuu4jstc2gChina deploys ‘cannibal’ mosquitoes and killer fish to fight chikungunya https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/china-deploys-cannibal-mosquitoes-to-fight-chikungunya/ @telglobalhealth.bsky.social08 Aug 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvuuu4jstc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lvucwyvpjs2sThis is outrageous https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/07/israel-netanyahu-full-occupation-of-gaza-hamas-palestine/08 Aug 2025 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvucwyvpjs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lvmp3nn2g22z“I’ve seen tourniquets that have been left on for days, often for injuries that could have been stopped by other methods. Then their limb amputated because the tissue has died.” A great read from @maevecullinan.bsky.social: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/cult-of-tourniquets-causing-unnecessary-amputations-deaths/ @telglobalhealth.bsky.social05 Aug 2025 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvmp3nn2g22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lvaevixdnc27Over the last week, Reuters journalists spent five days in Nasser Medical Complex – while the agency was there, 53 cases of acutely malnourished children were admitted. "There is total loss of muscles. It's only skin on top of bones." https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/gaza-malnutrition-ward-childs-arm-is-wide-mothers-thumb-2025-07-30/31 Jul 2025 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvaevixdnc27https://bsky.app/profile/sneweyy.bsky.social/post/3lv7zteyhys2mRussia’s armed forces have suffered a surge of HIV infections during the war in Ukraine, which has been attributed to fatalistic soldiers having unprotected sex and using drugs – interesting piece by Liz Cookman in the Times: https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/russia-hiv-rates-rise-soldiers-ukraine-war-infections-r3p79s35l31 Jul 2025 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:4c2yikixagsealkpqeddft6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv7zteyhys2m