Alex Kong
@alexckong.bsky.social
PhD International Health, Johns Hopkins
PharmD, University of Kansas
Former “radical lunatic” working to prevent malaria deaths at USAID.
Access to medicine/antimicrobial resistance are my jam. Views/opinions are my own.
PharmD, University of Kansas
Former “radical lunatic” working to prevent malaria deaths at USAID.
Access to medicine/antimicrobial resistance are my jam. Views/opinions are my own.
Thanks for reading, stay tuned for resumption of more regular musings on the state of global health and access to health technologies/anguished memes and re-posts, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thanks for reading, stay tuned for resumption of more regular musings on the state of global health and access to health technologies/anguished memes and re-posts, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
I encourage those in the #malaria #accesstomeds #amr space to take a look at some of our visualizations (hosted by RBM) to see what Maisha ACT can do: dashboards.endmalaria.org/en/maisha-meds
For those attending @astmh.bsky.social 2025, we'll have a live demo on November 10: maisha.app/astmh-rsvp
For those attending @astmh.bsky.social 2025, we'll have a live demo on November 10: maisha.app/astmh-rsvp
Maisha Meds
Maisha Meds’ Antimalarial Consumption Tracker (ACT) is Africa’s first comprehensive dashboard tracking malaria medicines, with a focus on the dominant private sector
dashboards.endmalaria.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I encourage those in the #malaria #accesstomeds #amr space to take a look at some of our visualizations (hosted by RBM) to see what Maisha ACT can do: dashboards.endmalaria.org/en/maisha-meds
For those attending @astmh.bsky.social 2025, we'll have a live demo on November 10: maisha.app/astmh-rsvp
For those attending @astmh.bsky.social 2025, we'll have a live demo on November 10: maisha.app/astmh-rsvp
I'm excited to support today's launch of Maisha ACT, which I was legitimately astonished to learn tracks 80% of antimalarial consumption in sub-Saharan Africa. Info on private sector use is critical, but has been opaque, for understanding antimalarial drug resistance.
maishameds.org/news/maisha-...
maishameds.org/news/maisha-...
Maisha ACT: Africa's Largest Antimalarial Tracker Goes Live
Maisha ACT covers 80% of antimalarial use across 40+ countries, delivering unprecedented visibility into the private and public sectors.
maishameds.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'm excited to support today's launch of Maisha ACT, which I was legitimately astonished to learn tracks 80% of antimalarial consumption in sub-Saharan Africa. Info on private sector use is critical, but has been opaque, for understanding antimalarial drug resistance.
maishameds.org/news/maisha-...
maishameds.org/news/maisha-...
This feels like the perfect storm for an “n-demic” to rival the “tripledemic” of COVID/flu/RSV of the past.
We’re going to have to brush up on our Greek number prefixes real fast.
We’re going to have to brush up on our Greek number prefixes real fast.
February 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This feels like the perfect storm for an “n-demic” to rival the “tripledemic” of COVID/flu/RSV of the past.
We’re going to have to brush up on our Greek number prefixes real fast.
We’re going to have to brush up on our Greek number prefixes real fast.
Every day we weaken our health system more, and we’re gearing up to lift voices who have built followings from their “let ‘er rip” mentalities to handling COVID-19. We’re cutting ourselves off from collaborative health efforts by leaving WHO, and encouraging the efflux of scientific/health experts.
February 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Every day we weaken our health system more, and we’re gearing up to lift voices who have built followings from their “let ‘er rip” mentalities to handling COVID-19. We’re cutting ourselves off from collaborative health efforts by leaving WHO, and encouraging the efflux of scientific/health experts.
The devastation of USAID has been called a pilot: to see how completely and rapidly agencies and departments can be dismantled. I hope that the courts can prevent a total loss. There are still exceptional, good people working there. But they, and the people who depend on them, need our support.
February 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The devastation of USAID has been called a pilot: to see how completely and rapidly agencies and departments can be dismantled. I hope that the courts can prevent a total loss. There are still exceptional, good people working there. But they, and the people who depend on them, need our support.
Cutting funding and our workforce could mean that resistance will spiral out of control, and millions of lives will be lost. No one believes foreign aid is perfect. But swiftly razing rather than reforming USAID upends the "journey to self-reliance" the agency promoted in Trump's first term.
February 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Cutting funding and our workforce could mean that resistance will spiral out of control, and millions of lives will be lost. No one believes foreign aid is perfect. But swiftly razing rather than reforming USAID upends the "journey to self-reliance" the agency promoted in Trump's first term.
Before I was furloughed, I was working to support efforts to combat antimalarial drug resistance (AMDR). The disruptive impact of COVID-19, AMDR, and stagnant funding have contributed to a worrisome flat-lining of progress in lowering the global malaria death rate. Malaria programs need more money.
February 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Before I was furloughed, I was working to support efforts to combat antimalarial drug resistance (AMDR). The disruptive impact of COVID-19, AMDR, and stagnant funding have contributed to a worrisome flat-lining of progress in lowering the global malaria death rate. Malaria programs need more money.