LONDON – “Cleaner air is possible when there’s political will,” said Cecilia Vaca Jones, executive director of Breathe Cities, told a ...

UN Member States Have an Unmissable Responsibility to Better Protect Us Against Outbreaks and Pandemics

Inside View

This is a fact: a new pandemic threat is not a question of if, but when. Armed with this knowledge, all ...

Mind the Gap on Ebola: It’s the People, Not Just the Virus

Inside View

Treatment tents are burning in Ituri, burial teams are facing hostility, and suspected patients are fleeing quarantine centres, disappearing into communities. ...

African Women’s Rights Charter Faces Challenge from Conservatives

Sexual & Reproductive Health

Human rights and legal experts have urged African governments not to buy into a draft charter being incubated by conservatives that ...

Wildfire Smoke: The Health Emergency That Urgently Needs a Seat at the Climate Table

Inside View

News in Brief

Despite Wildfires, Europe’s 2025 Air Quality Improves as Regulation and Tech Advances Pay Off

Decades of environmental policies, advances in technology, and cleaner approaches to industry and transportation in Europe have paid off, resulting ...

30/06/2026

Hopes Fade for Survivors of Venezuela Earthquakes

The official death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes last week was 1,450 by Sunday, but over 50,000 people are still ...

29/06/2026

WHO Urges Dramatic Expansion of Newborn Screening to Detect Birth Defects

Universal newborn screening needs to be dramatically expanded to improve infant mortality, says the World Health Organization (WHO). Without intervention, ...

23/06/2026

Wildfire Smoke: The Health Emergency That Urgently Needs a Seat at the Climate Table

Inside View

Global Health Policy in Geneva & Worldwide