Progress towards global nutrition targets is too slow, and rising food prices threaten to put healthy diets even further out of ...

Despite the Deadline, US Bilateral Health Deals Are Not Ready for Implementation

Public Health

Although the United States’ bilateral health memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with 35 countries are due to come into effect on Thursday ...

PAHO’s Annual Meeting Opens Amid Political Tension and Calls for Stronger Regional Cooperation

World Health Organization

At the opening of the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO)’s annual meeting on Monday, officials celebrated progress made in tackling regional ...

MPP Signs Multiple Regional Agreements to Expand Access to Flu Antiviral Medicine

Medicines & Vaccines

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicense agreements with 11 manufacturers across multiple regions to expand access to generic baloxavir ...

The Health Case for Investment in Clean Air in Africa

Inside View

News in Brief

Conflict May Explain Drop in Ebola Cases, as Amnesty Documents M23 ‘Abuses’ in DRC

The security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be behind the significant decline in Ebola cases over ...

01/10/2026

Renewed Fighting in Yemen Brings Increased Cholera, Measles and Dengue

Thousands of people displaced by conflict in Yemen are at risk of cholera, measles, malaria and dengue as the El ...

29/09/2026

Doctor Calls for Psychological Support for Ebola Survivors and Families

After a gruelling recent Ebola infection, Dr Patrick Oparpio, a gynaecologist based in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of ...

11/09/2026

The Health Case for Investment in Clean Air in Africa

Inside View

Global Health Policy in Geneva & Worldwide

AfricaMore

DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II)

Vital Signs in Global Health

The Digital Campaigns Shaping Candidates’ Messages in Race for WHO Director-General

WHO 2027 Election

Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere

Ebola

When Harm Hides in Hospital: Messaging and the Medicalisation of Female Genital Mutilation

Inside View

Health Policy Watch Verified account Follow

Non-profit independent global health news. Sign up for daily email news alerts: https://t.co/n0hdOpa6m6 @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social

Health Policy Watch

Verified account @healthpolicyw ·

22h

Public air-quality data may do more than inform: it can strengthen accountability.

New research links the loss of US embassy monitoring with higher pollution, especially where other trusted data were scarce.

Read the full HPW report 📰➡️

✍️ Sophia

Reply on Twitter 2105614200370323518 Retweet on Twitter 2105614200370323518 Like on Twitter 2105614200370323518 Twitter 2105614200370323518

Health Policy Watch

Verified account @healthpolicyw ·

23h

G20+ countries pledged another $700 million for DRC’s Ebola response, bringing total funding above $2.9 billion.

@AfricaCDC says the test now is getting those funds rapidly and transparently to affected communities.

Read the full HPW report 📰➡️

✍️

Reply on Twitter 2105601616816869567 Retweet on Twitter 2105601616816869567 Like on Twitter 2105601616816869567 4 Twitter 2105601616816869567

Health Policy Watch

Verified account @healthpolicyw ·

24h

Ahead of #COP31, the climate debate is shifting. Energy independence, affordability and security are converging with climate goals — but developing nations warn the transition will stall without accessible finance.

Read the full HPW report:

Reply on Twitter 2105593815289450683 Retweet on Twitter 2105593815289450683 Like on Twitter 2105593815289450683 Twitter 2105593815289450683

Health Policy Watch

Verified account @healthpolicyw ·

1 Oct

The first @UN declaration on sea-level rise puts a legal and political stake in the ground: countries threatened by rising seas should not lose their statehood, sovereignty or maritime rights.

Read the full HPW report📰➡️

✍️@stefancanderson
@UN @CA_Latest