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Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

96 Global Health NOW: Warfare Over Welfare; Reviving Pediatric Health in Sudan; and India鈥檚 Diabetes Epidemic September 3, 2025 Mortar shells move along a conveyor at General Dynamics in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on August 20. Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Warfare Over Welfare     The global arms industry should be viewed as a commercial determinant of health, similar to tobacco and fossil fuels, .     Beyond war zones: how arms production and use fuel long-term public health crises by:   

• Disrupting health and food systems  

• Diverting funds from critically needed health infrastructure 

• Increasing deadly access to firearms in civilian settings 

• Harming the environment through pollution and contamination 

Low-income regions are consistently most vulnerable to such detrimental impacts.  
  Industry influence: Much like the tobacco, alcohol, and fossil fuel industries, arms companies use lobbying, media, research funding, and 鈥渕ilitainment鈥� to shape policy and public perception, .  
  Confronting the machine: The health sector must challenge the arms industry with the same resistance applied to Big Tobacco or Big Oil, 鈥攅xposing harms, advocating for peace and disarmament, and pushing for a shift in government spending from weapons to public welfare.  

• 鈥淚t is often argued that there are no winners in war鈥攐nly losers. This is not quite true. There is always a winner, and that is the arms industry.鈥� 

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Respiratory infections from suspected COVID-19 or flu are surging in Gaza, where malnutrition renders many vulnerable to severe illness and depleted medical supplies complicate response efforts; 94 cases of Guillain-Barr茅 syndrome have also been reported, with 10 associated deaths.      Papua New Guinea confirmed its first human case of paralytic polio鈥攊n an unvaccinated 4-year-old boy who developed acute flaccid paralysis caused by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2, establishing that the virus has transitioned from environmental detection to direct impact, .     An over-the-counter nasal spray, azelastine, may help prevent COVID-19 infection and a range of respiratory infections including the flu and RSV, that showed the antihistamine works as an antiviral.     1,000+ federal health employees have called for HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign arguing that he has 鈥減ut the health of all Americans at risk鈥� by spreading misinformation, undermining the CDC, and cutting the federal health workforce.   U.S. and Global Health Policy News House GOP keeps NIH funding Trump wanted to cut 鈥�      Trump鈥檚 HHS Agrees to Restore LGBTQ+, Reproductive Health Data 鈥�  
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It鈥檚 Easy to Find 鈥�       Big shakeups to the childhood vaccination schedule could be nearing 鈥�     Vaccines are becoming an electoral liability for Republicans 鈥�      What to know about a Texas bill to let residents sue out-of-state abortion pill providers  鈥�   GHN EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY Two-year-old Riham Ata lies on a gurney in one of Al-Buluk Hospital's severe malnutrition wards. Omdurman, Sudan, April 26. Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Scarred by War, Saved by Care: Reviving Pediatric Health in Sudan  
In Sudan, childhood has become a casualty of war.     The war that erupted between rival forces in April 2023 has spiraled into a humanitarian emergency, , a Sudanese emergency medicine intern now based in Saudi Arabia.     Sudan鈥檚 children have suffered the most:   

• Some  now need humanitarian aid. 

• This year, 3.2 to 4 million Sudanese children under 5 will face life-threatening malnutrition.   

How can Sudan鈥檚 children be saved? Developed countries and international organizations must immediately step up to stabilize the situation and build back .      The takeaway: Reviving pediatric care in Sudan is more than just a humanitarian priority; it is a test of whether the world will protect Sudanese children鈥檚 futures during one of the worst wars of our time, Iraqi writes in an exclusive GHN commentary.     Ed. Note: Read Iraqi鈥檚 commentary for details on essential next steps.    GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES India鈥檚 Diabetes Epidemic   India now accounts for a quarter of all global diabetes cases, with ~212 million people living with the disease鈥�8X as many as in 1990, and likely surpassing China and the U.S. combined.    How it happened: A combination of factors created the perfect conditions for diabetes to thrive.  

• The consumption of imported fast foods: Sales of ultra-processed foods in India have risen by ~13% every year since 2011. 

• Genetic traits: People of South Asian heritage are more likely to develop diabetes at a much lower BMI, even within what is considered a healthy weight range. 

• Urbanization: Around 35% of Indians now live in cities, compared to 18% in the 1960s; by 2030, that number is expected to rise to 40%. 

   OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer 鈥�     Laid-off USAID workers struggle to find work as new job cuts approach 鈥�     USAID's enduring impact on anaemia management must be preserved 鈥�     鈥楴o place in children鈥檚 hands鈥�: under-16s in England to be banned from buying energy drinks 鈥�    
Vote by Dutch lawmakers threatens major primate research center 鈥�     The new faces of cancer: Young, outspoken and online 鈥�       These scientists found Alzheimer's in their genes. Here's what they did next 鈥�     Analysis of NEJM Abstracts Confirms the Value of Peer Review 鈥�     There鈥檚 something in the water. Khayelitsha鈥檚 kids want you to see it 鈥�    Issue No. 2781
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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