Summary
Dr Matthew Dryden praises an astute doctor and the value of teamwork across continents. Plus a letter from Dr Brian Jones Devi Sridhar writes about some of the global public health responses to the outbreak of hantavirus centred on the MV Hondius, but her conclusions as to how the world avoided another global outbreak failed to recognise the real reason disaster was averted ( Right now, we could be living through a hantavirus disaster. The world avoided that, and this is why, 15 June ). The UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) programme funded by the Foreign Office and managed by the UK Health Security Agency supports health services in all UKOTs around the globe. These are small and vulnerable communities with very limited medical services in most cases. The key success of this lean but effective programme lies in close communication and strengthening the health services. Continue reading…
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