Arthur Scott-Geddes

London

Deputy Global Health Editor, Telegraph Global Health Security at The Telegraph

Deputy Global Health Editor, @TelGlobalHealth, previously in Germany and Pakistan.

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Articles

Atomic bombs destroyed their lives - now they want Russia to pay

2 weeks ago | nuclear-news.net | Arthur Scott-Geddes |Simon Townsley |Christina MacPherson

Atomic bombs destroyed their lives – now they want Russia to pay “People living around the test site “became unwitting test subjects, and their lives were treated with casual disregard due to racism and ignorance,” “It was a crime of negligence, whereby secrecy, control, and the acquisition of more powerful nuclear weapons were prioritised over the lives of local people.” Amid calls to restart nuclear testing, families are still suffering from mutations passed down through the generations...
Atomic bombs destroyed their lives

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Arthur Scott-Geddes |Simon Townsley

The Geiger counter came to life as we trudged toward the lip of the crater, its clicks becoming frantic before giving way to an alarm. "This is the Atomic Lake," said the hazmat-suited guide, throwing out his arms against the wind to encompass the circular expanse of water below.
WHO tests pandemic response with Arctic ‘mammothpox’ outbreak

1 month ago | msn.com | Maeve Cullinan |Arthur Scott-Geddes

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WHO tests pandemic response with Arctic ‘mammothpox’ outbreak

1 month ago | msn.com | Maeve Cullinan |Arthur Scott-Geddes

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Unravelling of landmine treaty a ‘major challenge to arms control’

2 months ago | msn.com | Arthur Scott-Geddes

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Unravelling of landmine treaty a 'major challenge to arms control'

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Arthur Scott-Geddes

Other demining charities The Telegraph spoke to were similarly sympathetic to the security concerns of countries bordering Russia. "We recognise there are no easy choices when a state feels under threat of armed aggression," said Riccardo Labianco, an international policy manager for the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), another major UK-based charity. "But International Humanitarian Law (IHL), including the Ottawa Convention, is designed precisely for times like these.
Flagship Gavi vaccine projects face axe if US funding stops, CEO warns

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Arthur Scott-Geddes

Some of Gavi’s flagship vaccine programmes will have to be cut if the United States goes through with a plan to stop funding the global partnership, its CEO has warned. Among the projects under threat are plans to begin building emergency stockpiles of new mpox and tuberculosis vaccines, the distribution of badly needed malaria jabs, as well as a billion dollar programme to boost vaccine production in Africa.
Flagship Gavi vaccine projects face axe if US funding stops, CEO warns

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Arthur Scott-Geddes

The Trump administration's decision to end support for Gavi, which helps purchase vaccines for the world's poorest countries and has been credited with saving the lives of 19 million children, was revealed in a spreadsheet sent to Congress last week. The US has been one of the organisation's biggest donors since it was set up at the turn of the millennium, and Dr Nishtar said she was optimistic that Washington can be persuaded to continue its support.
your next meal could be your last

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Arthur Scott-Geddes

A drug used to treat rare genetic disorders also makes human blood lethal to mosquitoes, research has shown, raising hopes for a new weapon against malaria. Nitisinone is already used to slow the effects of tyrosinemia type 1, a hereditary condition that can cause severe liver disease and kidney failure, and other diseases.
US to stop funding Gavi vaccine alliance

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Arthur Scott-Geddes

The United States is poised to stop funding Gavi, a major global vaccine partnership credited with saving the lives of millions of children. President Donald Trump’s administration also plans to dramatically scale back its support for work to combat malaria, but will continue to fund some grants for drugs that treat HIV and tuberculosis, as well as provide food aid to countries hit by wars and natural disasters.