The hidden cost of conflict: Resurgence of falciparum malaria and new vector species in #Yemen
#MapOfTheDay and editorial in JEGH
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
S Ebrahim and others
Looks like Dr John Snow has been posthumously elevated to fellowship(?) of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Professionals - sounds good to us! - read his 'interview' here:
We love this 😊
Thanks to @datavisfriendly.bsky.social for highlighting some fantastic reproductions of Dr John Snow's iconic map of cholera spread (+ our own tongue in cheek homage to maps/arcade gaming), all submitted to our 2023 #map #competition.
Check out the winners here:
johnsnowsociety.org/2023/10/20/w...
Chart showing attitudes toward gender roles across Europe in a choropleth map. It colors each country on a scale from more egalitarian (green) to more traditional (red) based on responses to statements about work, family, and the roles of men and women
#datavis
@anychart.com, on their Data Viz Weekly caught my eye with this lovely depiction of Gender views in Europe by Teresa Talò
The pattern is so clear, color scale nicely muted. I wondered what spatial analysis could do here to show something of an overlaid visual summary. Arrows? contours?
Nicely spotted!
New paper out in @thelancet.com: The Human Consequences of Epic Fury.
"The health crisis in Iran and across the Middle East is “escalating rapidly"”
We're continuing to celebrate Dr John Snow's birthday!
Can you do better than other members of the public in the CIEH John Snow quiz? 🧐🎓⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6sD...
#HappyBirthdayDrSnow
🎁 Sterling silver 'pumphandle' earrings to commemorate John Snow's meticulous research on cholera spread via a contaminated water system in Soho, London in 1854.
Available to society members 👇
johnsnowsociety.org/join-us/#Memo
#HappyBirthdayDrSnow
Today we're celebrating the Birthday of (the man, the myth, etc) Dr John Snow MD!
This year's artwork is more than (just) stream of consciousness musings of a godchild of the social media team - each has real significance; our move to bluesky, birthday hat... and prizes for guesses re the others.
Happy Birthday John Snow!! March 15, 1813
Happy (early) Birthday to the father of Field Epidemiology! John Snow, who turns 213 on March 15th, is legendary for using disease mapping to determine the source of the London cholera outbreak in 1854. #JohnSnow #Epidemiology
"Armed conflict represents one of the most direct and destructive assaults on public health systems"
New paper in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases discusses the unravelling of global health governance order.
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
Recommended read 📖:
Library of Lost Maps by Prof James Cheshire is a personal journey through the UCL map library and some fantastic finds. If you love maps, you'll love this.
🖼️ One of first global health maps
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Prof Sir Nicholas White contributed significant advances to the treatment of #malaria, amongst other major achievements.
@thetimes.com has an excellent obituary (paywall)
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
We missed this post entirely but very glad you were able to make the pilgrimage @drjenndowd.bsky.social !
Next time feel free to email us via the details in our website; sometimes we may be able to arrange a formal tour with a member of the Society steering committee 📍🗺️
Despite increasing use of observational data in public health, researchers are still hesitant to use strong causal language (for fear of overpromising).
New paper and comment in @bmj.com sets out new guidance on appropriate use/misuse of causal language
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Despite the 19th century discovery of the mode of transmission of cholera and the rapid evolution of its prevention and treatment, it still remains a problem today. More than 16,000 new cases recorded in early 2026, mostly in Africa.
www.who.int/publications...
Thomas Wakley, the original editor of @thelancet.com was indeed no friend of Dr John Snow.
In happier news, the journal published a 'corrected' obituary in 2013:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We're glad you had a refreshing visit to the John Snow pub @pwgtennant.bsky.social 😊
Graph of the Day📉:
Relationship between coffee intake and incident dementia, in new @jama.com paper by team at @hsph.harvard.edu
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Today, on International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔍
We'd like to draw your attention to the most recent research articles in the ongoing series of women in #epidemiology research - and still accepting articles!👇
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
@bmj.com 📣 Call for papers on the geopolitics of global health 👇
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
"Some people considered me unsuccessful. I was demoted from my position, then 10 years ago I was terminated".
#Nobel Laureate Katalin Kariko on the challenges of academia and the power of self-belief.
#WomenInScience #Academia
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=u0CixIx1SUo
@nobelprize.org
Cholera is surging in Africa. A new generation of vaccines could slow it @telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
New @thelancet.com commission outlines the three major threats to global health in the post #covid era:
1. Non-communicable diseases,
2. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, and
3. Environmental degradation.
spkl.io/6018AoZ5s
Wishing you a very 🎄Merry Christmas from the John Snow Society
#Aboutlastweek: Some pictures from a fantastic lecture and celebration for Professor Paul Fine, co-founder of the John Snow Society.
🎙️Paul's talk "Serendipity and Transmissibility"
📸An original polaroid (?!) of the 5 Society founders
🥳The celebration
Incredible retirement talk by Prof. Paul Fine @lshtm.bsky.social Career dedicated to global health, critical enquiry & passion for training next generation in UK & esp Malawi where he left huge legacy. Privilege spend 10+yrs at same institution & humbling to know its not even 1/3 time hes been here.
A final reminder for today's event @LSHTM , celebrating Professor Paul Fine🎊, co-founder of the John Snow Society.
📅 9 December 2025
⏲️ 17.30
📍LSHTM | John Snow Lecture Theatre
👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
The picture shows Hanover Square in Central London - the original site of the LES (the LES is now incorporated into the Royal Scoeity of Medicine)
