Our paper on awareness of #Zika guidelines among Singapore clinicians is out in @PLOSCurrentsOut

Our paper “Rapid Assessment Zika Virus Knowledge Among Clinical Specialists in Singapore: A Cross-sectional Survey” was published in PLOS Currents Outbreaks this week. This was a collaboration between KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Singapore General Hospital. The first case of confirmed Zika virus disease in Singapore…

On #povertyporn at scientific conferences

This is a longer version of a letter we published in The Lancet Global Health (Tam CC, Offeddu V. Preserving dignity and anonymity at scientific conferences. Lancet Global Health 2017;5(4):e398). You can access the published version here. Numerous guidelines exist to encourage the proper conduct and reporting of medical research. The Helsinki Declaration1, on which most…

Where economics and #epidemics collide: protecting the health of migrant workers from #Zika and other emerging infections

This is a pre-submission version of our recent letter to the Lancet. The final published version can be accessed here. Following widespread criticism about inadequate action during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa(1), the global response is once again being tested by two re-emerging infectious disease threats in the form of Zika and yellow fever…