Sarah Newey
@sneweyy.bsky.social
Global health security correspondent @telglobalhealth.bsky.social, based in Bangkok, formerly London.
Contact me: sarah.newey@telegraph.co.uk. Or find me elsewhere - @sneweyy
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Contact me: sarah.newey@telegraph.co.uk. Or find me elsewhere - @sneweyy
My work: https://sneweyy.squarespace.com/ / https://linktr.ee/neweysnews
A 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 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
A 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 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Now, 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
September 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Now, 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Really 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...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@telglobalhealth.bsky.social here - a trip which featured some high fashion...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
September 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Really 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...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@telglobalhealth.bsky.social here - a trip which featured some high fashion...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Now, 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Latest for @telegraphnews.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
September 16, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Now, 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Latest for @telegraphnews.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Cases 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Cases 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Robert 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Robert 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
At 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” www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
At 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” www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Obesity 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 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@unicef.org report taking aim at the “aggressive” marketing tactics used to promote processed foods www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
September 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Obesity 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 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@unicef.org report taking aim at the “aggressive” marketing tactics used to promote processed foods www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
🚨 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @benfarmerdt.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🚨 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @benfarmerdt.bsky.social @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
This 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
The British flat pack washing machines transforming lives: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
The British flat pack washing machines transforming lives: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
I 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
August 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I 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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
@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: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Our report from Sisaket, close to the frontlines as fighting between Thailand & Cambodia entered a third day. Tanks and jet fighters are not images that usually come to mind when most people think of the southeast Asian neighbours: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... @telegraphnews.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Our report from Sisaket, close to the frontlines as fighting between Thailand & Cambodia entered a third day. Tanks and jet fighters are not images that usually come to mind when most people think of the southeast Asian neighbours: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... @telegraphnews.bsky.social
Reporting for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social from Kratie, Phnom Penh and Battambang with a great team – Narin Sun & Jittrapon Kaicome
July 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reporting for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social from Kratie, Phnom Penh and Battambang with a great team – Narin Sun & Jittrapon Kaicome
Really embraced the global health nerd inside me for this story, reporting from bat caves & bird markets & rice field, to learn about how H5N1 is affecting families – and the new techniques to make it safer, faster & cheaper to track zoonotic pathogens: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
July 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Really embraced the global health nerd inside me for this story, reporting from bat caves & bird markets & rice field, to learn about how H5N1 is affecting families – and the new techniques to make it safer, faster & cheaper to track zoonotic pathogens: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Some clips from Bangkok yesterday, in the aftermath of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake which hit neighbouring Myanmar hard – feared more than 1,000 could be dead.
About 2km north of my flat, a highrise under construction crumbled when the tremours hit - when I arrrived, it looked like a bomb had hit
About 2km north of my flat, a highrise under construction crumbled when the tremours hit - when I arrrived, it looked like a bomb had hit
March 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Some clips from Bangkok yesterday, in the aftermath of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake which hit neighbouring Myanmar hard – feared more than 1,000 could be dead.
About 2km north of my flat, a highrise under construction crumbled when the tremours hit - when I arrrived, it looked like a bomb had hit
About 2km north of my flat, a highrise under construction crumbled when the tremours hit - when I arrrived, it looked like a bomb had hit
It was both an inspiring and demoralising couple of days.
My full dispatch for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social is free to read here: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
My full dispatch for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social is free to read here: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
February 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It was both an inspiring and demoralising couple of days.
My full dispatch for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social is free to read here: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
My full dispatch for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social is free to read here: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
An interesting point in this great read from @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social about the apparent surge in viruses this year. Are we experiencing disease outbreaks differently due to Covid?
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
An interesting point in this great read from @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social about the apparent surge in viruses this year. Are we experiencing disease outbreaks differently due to Covid?
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
A few snippets here of what it is like inside these coal mines and brick kilns – read the story here for more details (and video!) @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 6:55 AM
A few snippets here of what it is like inside these coal mines and brick kilns – read the story here for more details (and video!) @telglobalhealth.bsky.social
Only 4 countries have more TB cases than Pakistan, where almost 30% of infections are undiagnosed, fueling the epidemic. Now, the NGO Dopasi has deploted ultra-portable, AI driven x-rays to try and track down missing cases among those working in Victorian-era conditions in coal mines & brick kilns
December 16, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Only 4 countries have more TB cases than Pakistan, where almost 30% of infections are undiagnosed, fueling the epidemic. Now, the NGO Dopasi has deploted ultra-portable, AI driven x-rays to try and track down missing cases among those working in Victorian-era conditions in coal mines & brick kilns
Rate of malaria deaths last year dropped to pre-pandemic levels, but total cases are still rising, WHO has warned.
The annual malaria report also noted targets aren't being met: incidence grew from 58 to 60.4 per 1,000 people at risk between 2015 & 2023, nearly 3x higher than the target
The annual malaria report also noted targets aren't being met: incidence grew from 58 to 60.4 per 1,000 people at risk between 2015 & 2023, nearly 3x higher than the target
December 12, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Rate of malaria deaths last year dropped to pre-pandemic levels, but total cases are still rising, WHO has warned.
The annual malaria report also noted targets aren't being met: incidence grew from 58 to 60.4 per 1,000 people at risk between 2015 & 2023, nearly 3x higher than the target
The annual malaria report also noted targets aren't being met: incidence grew from 58 to 60.4 per 1,000 people at risk between 2015 & 2023, nearly 3x higher than the target
Powerful photos in Tom Parry's latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social, on Kenya's devastating drougt and the associated surge in sexual violence and child marriage
‘My screams went unheard’: Women and girls suffer in Kenya’s worst drought in 40 years: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
‘My screams went unheard’: Women and girls suffer in Kenya’s worst drought in 40 years: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
December 6, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Powerful photos in Tom Parry's latest for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social, on Kenya's devastating drougt and the associated surge in sexual violence and child marriage
‘My screams went unheard’: Women and girls suffer in Kenya’s worst drought in 40 years: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
‘My screams went unheard’: Women and girls suffer in Kenya’s worst drought in 40 years: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
This is also a useful graphic from Airfinity:
December 6, 2024 at 4:40 AM
This is also a useful graphic from Airfinity:
A lovely start to a Friday morning in Bkk 🇹🇭
December 6, 2024 at 4:10 AM
A lovely start to a Friday morning in Bkk 🇹🇭
Our Telegraph front page on Wednesday: 'I broke into my own parliament to save South Korea from a coup'.
Full story with Junho Lee here: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
And the latest as turmoil continues today: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Full story with Junho Lee here: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
And the latest as turmoil continues today: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
December 4, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Our Telegraph front page on Wednesday: 'I broke into my own parliament to save South Korea from a coup'.
Full story with Junho Lee here: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
And the latest as turmoil continues today: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Full story with Junho Lee here: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
And the latest as turmoil continues today: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...