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People are using mosquito nets for fishing – and it works too well

Brian Owens · November 11, 2019 ·

Mosquito nets designed to help stop the transmission of malaria are finding a new use – fishing. However, the way they are used could have destructive consequences for both food security and coastal ecosystems. Read more in New Scientist.

Ebola needed better coordinated Canadian response

Brian Owens · July 20, 2015 ·

Canada needs to step up its game when responding to international disease outbreaks, says New Brunswick’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, who spent more than six months in Africa with the World Health Organization during the Ebola outbreak. Dr. Eilish Cleary was disappointed that the Public Health Agency of Canada was not able to deploy teams […]

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