Annie Sparrow |

Gaza’s Polio Outbreak Won’t Spare Israelis

by Annie Sparrow | August 30, 2024 | Articles, Conflict, Infectious Diseases | 0 Comments

A UNRWA employee provides polio vaccine and rotavirus vaccines for children in a clinic in Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Sept. 9, 2020. Mohammed Abed / AFP via Getty Images The country’s unvaccinated ultra-Orthodox population is at risk of contracting the...

Destroying Gaza’s Health Care System Is a War Crime

by Annie Sparrow | February 9, 2024 | Attacks on Healthcare, Conflict | 0 Comments

A man inspects the damage in a room at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 17, 2023, following Israeli bombardment. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES The ICC should prosecute Israelis responsible for bombing hospitals, denying access to medicines...

Chinese Hospitals Are Housing Another Deadly Outbreak

by Annie Sparrow | November 28, 2023 | Infectious Diseases, Infectious Threats | 0 Comments

Children are hooked up to IV drips on the stairs at a children's hospital in Beijing on Nov. 23. Authorities are covering up the spread of antibiotic-resistant pneumonia. Article initially published by Foreign Policy on November 28, 2023 and written by Annie Sparrow...

IOM’s new leadership should end complicity with Syrian repression

by Annie Sparrow | October 31, 2023 | Syria | 0 Comments

Article initially published by Geneva Solutions on October 31, 2023 and written by Annie Sparrow A crucial monitoring programme tracking the forced displacement of millions of Syrians was quietly cut by the International Organization for Migration. One of the first...

248,000 expired polio vaccines – Syria – Save the Children – 2014

by Annie Sparrow | March 24, 2023 | Polio | 0 Comments

The Truth About Polio in Syria

by Annie Sparrow | February 20, 2023 | Articles, Conflict, Infectious Threats, Polio, Syria | 0 Comments

Article initially published in The New York Review on March 6, 2014 and written by Annie Sparrow in response to Bruce Aylward's letter to the editor regarding Syria’s Polio Epidemic: The Suppressed Truth from the February 20, 2014 issue. To the Editors: Dr. Annie...

‘A Political Calculus Rather Than A Humanitarian Calculus’: Why Assad Finally Opened Borders To Aid

by Annie Sparrow | February 18, 2023 | Articles, Conflict, Syria | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/Vtf44l5tysc Global health expert Dr. Annie Sparrow joined Forbes editor Diane Brady to discuss the situation in Turkey and Syria following the devastating earthquake.

How Assad Has Encumbered Syria Earthquake Relief Efforts, & What Govts Must Do Now

by Annie Sparrow | February 17, 2023 | Articles, Conflict, Syria | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/-Fzz-K9vSU0 Donate to UNICEF to help Turkey's relief efforts: https://www.unicefusa.org/ Annie Sparrow, Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine who has worked in combat zones, joins "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the devastating earthquake that hit...

Don’t Rely on Assad to Get Aid to Syria’s Earthquake Victims

by Annie Sparrow | February 15, 2023 | Articles, Conflict, Syria | 0 Comments

An aerial view of collapsed buildings as search and rescue efforts continue in Idlib, Syria on February 13, 2023. MUHAMMED SAID/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Article initially published on February 15, 2023 in Foreign Policy and written by Annie Sparrow....

Syria: The Other Threat

by Annie Sparrow | August 12, 2022 | Articles, Conflict, Infectious Threats, Polio, Syria | 0 Comments

A health worker giving polio vaccine drops to a child, as part of a vaccination campaign organized by the opposition Assistance Coordination Unit, Aleppo, Syria, May 5, 2014 Article initially published in The New York Review on August 12, 2014 and written by Annie...