Espoir Bwenge Malembaka
@esbwenge.bsky.social
MD, PhD – Infectious Diseases Epidemiologist, Johns Hopkins University, and Center for Tropical Diseases and Global health, Bukavu, DR Congo. Interested in cholera, mpox, outbreaks, vaccines, and Barcelona football club.
Reposted by Espoir Bwenge Malembaka
My review of the third autism-Tylenol study RFK Jr mentioned is out now.
If you weighed in on "what proportion of kids have neurodevelopmental disorders" yesterday, this paper is why I asked the question. Most of you will be very surprised by their answer!
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
If you weighed in on "what proportion of kids have neurodevelopmental disorders" yesterday, this paper is why I asked the question. Most of you will be very surprised by their answer!
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
RFK Jr's third Tylenol-autism study is just run-of-the-mill bad research
I’m reading through RFK Jr’s supposed evidence that Tylenol causes autism and it’s not looking good for his conclusions.
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We are observing similar patterns of non-sexual transmission of mpox Clade Ib in eastern DR Congo.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Non-sexual community transmission of mpox clade Ib in DR Congo
Introduction In September 2023, mpox clade Ib emerged in Kamituga, a mining zone in South Kivu, DR Congo, primarily through sexual transmission. This study investigates an mpox clade Ib outbreak in Uv...
www.medrxiv.org
May 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We are observing similar patterns of non-sexual transmission of mpox Clade Ib in eastern DR Congo.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
We demonstrate a major shift in mpox transmission, with household-driven spread disproportionately affecting children, a pattern, distinct from the clade II outbreaks in men who have sex with men and early clade Ib cases in Kamituga linked to heterosexual transmission
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Non-sexual community transmission of Mpox clade 1b in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a descriptive study
Abstract Introduction In September 2023, mpox clade 1b emerged in Kamituga, a mining zone in South Kivu, DR Congo, primarily through sexual transmission. This study investigates an mpox clade 1b outbr...
doi.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We demonstrate a major shift in mpox transmission, with household-driven spread disproportionately affecting children, a pattern, distinct from the clade II outbreaks in men who have sex with men and early clade Ib cases in Kamituga linked to heterosexual transmission
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Perhaps this is a chance to push for a more equitable system that truly values the agency and leadership of countries in the Global South...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization
Trump has long been critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled the Covid-19 pandemic.
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Perhaps this is a chance to push for a more equitable system that truly values the agency and leadership of countries in the Global South...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
However, could the US withdrawal from the WHO also be an opportunity to rethink the funding structures and address the power imbalances inherent in global health? The persistent 'saviourist' and, to some people, colonialist dynamics within global health institutions have long shaped their operations
January 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
However, could the US withdrawal from the WHO also be an opportunity to rethink the funding structures and address the power imbalances inherent in global health? The persistent 'saviourist' and, to some people, colonialist dynamics within global health institutions have long shaped their operations
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Such horizontal preventive programs have been notoriously hard to motivate and fund precisely because the impact of each dollar spent is diffuse across many health outcomes and donors struggle to see the selfish benefit of their specific investment.
December 18, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Such horizontal preventive programs have been notoriously hard to motivate and fund precisely because the impact of each dollar spent is diffuse across many health outcomes and donors struggle to see the selfish benefit of their specific investment.
