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Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan

Germany

Science Journalist at Freelance

Journalist, Media Strategist, Media Coach | Cares about #journalism #globalhealth #climatechange #lgbtq #neurodivergence #pandemicaccord #education #humanrights

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Articles

  • Microplastics: an underestimated and underregulated crisis

    2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan

    Publication History:Published April 8, 2025DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00086-4Also available on ScienceDirectCopyright: © 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. Plastics are everywhere—even in the air we breathe. Researchers are discovering microplastics (<5 mm) and nanoplastics (<1 μm), not just in the environment around us, but also in the internal organs of animals and human beings.

  • Global cholera resurgence-a preventable tragedy

    1 month ago | thelancet.com | Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan

    As the latest cholera situation report from WHO shows, the global burden of cholera continues to rise, in part due to a lack of political will to address it. Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan reports.

  • PEPFAR halt puts millions at risk in global HIV fight

    2 months ago | thelancet.com | Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan

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  • Reinvigorating malaria control in Africa

    2 months ago | thelancet.com | Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan

    Africa's progress towards malaria control is stalling in high-burden regions due to political instability, funding gaps, and ineffective health systems. Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan reports.

  • Treating a feverish planet: The Dengue Alliance

    Jan 9, 2025 | thelancet.com | Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan

    Treating a feverish planet: The Dengue Alliance is a short film released by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) on YouTube on Nov 7, 2024.

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14 Feb 25

RT @etkelley419: Powerful piece by @Lancet HIV &amp; @VijaySciWri on the real, immediate impacts on patients &amp; provicers of @PEPFAR freeze. (1/…

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1 Dec 24

How ambitious are #EU #CleanAir targets? Read more... [Paywall] https://t.co/0bX4FwNc66 #ClimateTargets #ClimateMitigation @UNEP @WHO_Europe #AirPollution #NCDs #NonCommunicableDiseases Cc. @doctorsoumya @HelenClarkNZ @euobs

Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan
Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan @VijaySciWri
15 Nov 24

Are we #journalists going to write for our #AI-readers soon? @verge @particle_news - https://t.co/UjMGSlLRlS