As Taliban Rule Enters Sixth Year, Afghan Women’s Healthcare Is Being Dismantled 24/08/2026 Manija Mirzaie Five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan’s health system is being squeezed from two directions: shrinking healthcare services and restrictions that are making it increasingly difficult for women to reach them. The consequences are particularly acute for Afghan women. Taliban-imposed restrictions on their movement, employment and education have narrowed access to healthcare, while […] Continue reading -> Violence Against Ebola Responders Mounts in DRC as Red Cross Condemns Attacks 24/08/2026 Stefan Anderson Twelve Red Cross volunteers have been injured and an ambulance set on fire in 11 violent incidents during the 100 days since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its Ebola outbreak, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Monday. Three volunteers taking part in response activities were attacked and injured by a […] Continue reading -> Indonesian Health Minister Budi Sadikin Becomes Fourth Candidate to Run for WHO Director-General 23/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Indonesia has officially nominated its Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, for the WHO Director-General election – in what is also an unconventional candidacy for the global health agency that has traditionally been led by medical or public health professionals. Sadikin was posted as an official nominee on the WHO election website over the weekend. A […] Continue reading -> Delhi to Phase Out CNG Light Duty Trucks; Other Indian States Demand Delhi-like Airshed Battleplan 21/08/2026 Chetan Bhattacharji As Delhi’s officials finally take tough action on major pollution sources, the demand for a similar approach is rising in other states – as seen at the 8th Indian Clean Air Summit held this week in Bangalore. BANGALORE, INDIA – Two decades ago, authorities in Delhi switched public and heavy duty transport from largely diesel […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – WHO’s European Regional Office Head Hans Kluge Enters Race for Director-General 20/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Dr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, has become the third candidate to throw his hat into the ring in the race for the next WHO Director-General. He will be taking a leave of absence from his duties from Friday, 21 August 2026 following his nomination by home country Belgium. This is according […] Continue reading -> Malawi Conducts Mass Vaccinations After Detecting a Polio Case 20/08/2026 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, MALAWI – As early as 6:30 am, Malawi’s community health workers are already scattered across urban and rural neighbourhoods, dressed in sky-blue uniforms with square cooler boxes slung over their shoulders. For four days in mid-August, health surveillance assistants (HSAs) across the country walked from door to door, administering the novel oral polio […] Continue reading -> London’s Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage to Children’s Lungs 20/08/2026 Stefan Anderson The lung capacity of thousands of children stunted by traffic fumes on London’s streets recovered fully in the five years after the city imposed limits on its most polluting vehicles, a landmark study has found. The research, published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, tracked more than 3,400 children in London and Luton, a commuter […] Continue reading -> Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Violence Against Ebola Responders Mounts in DRC as Red Cross Condemns Attacks 24/08/2026 Stefan Anderson Twelve Red Cross volunteers have been injured and an ambulance set on fire in 11 violent incidents during the 100 days since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its Ebola outbreak, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Monday. Three volunteers taking part in response activities were attacked and injured by a […] Continue reading -> Indonesian Health Minister Budi Sadikin Becomes Fourth Candidate to Run for WHO Director-General 23/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Indonesia has officially nominated its Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, for the WHO Director-General election – in what is also an unconventional candidacy for the global health agency that has traditionally been led by medical or public health professionals. Sadikin was posted as an official nominee on the WHO election website over the weekend. A […] Continue reading -> Delhi to Phase Out CNG Light Duty Trucks; Other Indian States Demand Delhi-like Airshed Battleplan 21/08/2026 Chetan Bhattacharji As Delhi’s officials finally take tough action on major pollution sources, the demand for a similar approach is rising in other states – as seen at the 8th Indian Clean Air Summit held this week in Bangalore. BANGALORE, INDIA – Two decades ago, authorities in Delhi switched public and heavy duty transport from largely diesel […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – WHO’s European Regional Office Head Hans Kluge Enters Race for Director-General 20/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Dr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, has become the third candidate to throw his hat into the ring in the race for the next WHO Director-General. He will be taking a leave of absence from his duties from Friday, 21 August 2026 following his nomination by home country Belgium. This is according […] Continue reading -> Malawi Conducts Mass Vaccinations After Detecting a Polio Case 20/08/2026 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, MALAWI – As early as 6:30 am, Malawi’s community health workers are already scattered across urban and rural neighbourhoods, dressed in sky-blue uniforms with square cooler boxes slung over their shoulders. For four days in mid-August, health surveillance assistants (HSAs) across the country walked from door to door, administering the novel oral polio […] Continue reading -> London’s Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage to Children’s Lungs 20/08/2026 Stefan Anderson The lung capacity of thousands of children stunted by traffic fumes on London’s streets recovered fully in the five years after the city imposed limits on its most polluting vehicles, a landmark study has found. The research, published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, tracked more than 3,400 children in London and Luton, a commuter […] Continue reading -> Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Indonesian Health Minister Budi Sadikin Becomes Fourth Candidate to Run for WHO Director-General 23/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Indonesia has officially nominated its Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, for the WHO Director-General election – in what is also an unconventional candidacy for the global health agency that has traditionally been led by medical or public health professionals. Sadikin was posted as an official nominee on the WHO election website over the weekend. A […] Continue reading -> Delhi to Phase Out CNG Light Duty Trucks; Other Indian States Demand Delhi-like Airshed Battleplan 21/08/2026 Chetan Bhattacharji As Delhi’s officials finally take tough action on major pollution sources, the demand for a similar approach is rising in other states – as seen at the 8th Indian Clean Air Summit held this week in Bangalore. BANGALORE, INDIA – Two decades ago, authorities in Delhi switched public and heavy duty transport from largely diesel […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – WHO’s European Regional Office Head Hans Kluge Enters Race for Director-General 20/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Dr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, has become the third candidate to throw his hat into the ring in the race for the next WHO Director-General. He will be taking a leave of absence from his duties from Friday, 21 August 2026 following his nomination by home country Belgium. This is according […] Continue reading -> Malawi Conducts Mass Vaccinations After Detecting a Polio Case 20/08/2026 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, MALAWI – As early as 6:30 am, Malawi’s community health workers are already scattered across urban and rural neighbourhoods, dressed in sky-blue uniforms with square cooler boxes slung over their shoulders. For four days in mid-August, health surveillance assistants (HSAs) across the country walked from door to door, administering the novel oral polio […] Continue reading -> London’s Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage to Children’s Lungs 20/08/2026 Stefan Anderson The lung capacity of thousands of children stunted by traffic fumes on London’s streets recovered fully in the five years after the city imposed limits on its most polluting vehicles, a landmark study has found. The research, published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, tracked more than 3,400 children in London and Luton, a commuter […] Continue reading -> Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Delhi to Phase Out CNG Light Duty Trucks; Other Indian States Demand Delhi-like Airshed Battleplan 21/08/2026 Chetan Bhattacharji As Delhi’s officials finally take tough action on major pollution sources, the demand for a similar approach is rising in other states – as seen at the 8th Indian Clean Air Summit held this week in Bangalore. BANGALORE, INDIA – Two decades ago, authorities in Delhi switched public and heavy duty transport from largely diesel […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – WHO’s European Regional Office Head Hans Kluge Enters Race for Director-General 20/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Dr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, has become the third candidate to throw his hat into the ring in the race for the next WHO Director-General. He will be taking a leave of absence from his duties from Friday, 21 August 2026 following his nomination by home country Belgium. This is according […] Continue reading -> Malawi Conducts Mass Vaccinations After Detecting a Polio Case 20/08/2026 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, MALAWI – As early as 6:30 am, Malawi’s community health workers are already scattered across urban and rural neighbourhoods, dressed in sky-blue uniforms with square cooler boxes slung over their shoulders. For four days in mid-August, health surveillance assistants (HSAs) across the country walked from door to door, administering the novel oral polio […] Continue reading -> London’s Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage to Children’s Lungs 20/08/2026 Stefan Anderson The lung capacity of thousands of children stunted by traffic fumes on London’s streets recovered fully in the five years after the city imposed limits on its most polluting vehicles, a landmark study has found. The research, published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, tracked more than 3,400 children in London and Luton, a commuter […] Continue reading -> Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size 21/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the officially reported size, warned the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Speaking at a press briefing, Africa CDC’s Prof Yap Boum said the estimation of various […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – WHO’s European Regional Office Head Hans Kluge Enters Race for Director-General 20/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Dr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, has become the third candidate to throw his hat into the ring in the race for the next WHO Director-General. He will be taking a leave of absence from his duties from Friday, 21 August 2026 following his nomination by home country Belgium. This is according […] Continue reading -> Malawi Conducts Mass Vaccinations After Detecting a Polio Case 20/08/2026 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, MALAWI – As early as 6:30 am, Malawi’s community health workers are already scattered across urban and rural neighbourhoods, dressed in sky-blue uniforms with square cooler boxes slung over their shoulders. For four days in mid-August, health surveillance assistants (HSAs) across the country walked from door to door, administering the novel oral polio […] Continue reading -> London’s Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage to Children’s Lungs 20/08/2026 Stefan Anderson The lung capacity of thousands of children stunted by traffic fumes on London’s streets recovered fully in the five years after the city imposed limits on its most polluting vehicles, a landmark study has found. The research, published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, tracked more than 3,400 children in London and Luton, a commuter […] Continue reading -> Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
BREAKING – WHO’s European Regional Office Head Hans Kluge Enters Race for Director-General 20/08/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Dr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, has become the third candidate to throw his hat into the ring in the race for the next WHO Director-General. He will be taking a leave of absence from his duties from Friday, 21 August 2026 following his nomination by home country Belgium. This is according […] Continue reading -> Malawi Conducts Mass Vaccinations After Detecting a Polio Case 20/08/2026 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, MALAWI – As early as 6:30 am, Malawi’s community health workers are already scattered across urban and rural neighbourhoods, dressed in sky-blue uniforms with square cooler boxes slung over their shoulders. For four days in mid-August, health surveillance assistants (HSAs) across the country walked from door to door, administering the novel oral polio […] Continue reading -> London’s Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage to Children’s Lungs 20/08/2026 Stefan Anderson The lung capacity of thousands of children stunted by traffic fumes on London’s streets recovered fully in the five years after the city imposed limits on its most polluting vehicles, a landmark study has found. The research, published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, tracked more than 3,400 children in London and Luton, a commuter […] Continue reading -> Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Malawi Conducts Mass Vaccinations After Detecting a Polio Case 20/08/2026 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, MALAWI – As early as 6:30 am, Malawi’s community health workers are already scattered across urban and rural neighbourhoods, dressed in sky-blue uniforms with square cooler boxes slung over their shoulders. For four days in mid-August, health surveillance assistants (HSAs) across the country walked from door to door, administering the novel oral polio […] Continue reading -> London’s Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage to Children’s Lungs 20/08/2026 Stefan Anderson The lung capacity of thousands of children stunted by traffic fumes on London’s streets recovered fully in the five years after the city imposed limits on its most polluting vehicles, a landmark study has found. The research, published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, tracked more than 3,400 children in London and Luton, a commuter […] Continue reading -> Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
London’s Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage to Children’s Lungs 20/08/2026 Stefan Anderson The lung capacity of thousands of children stunted by traffic fumes on London’s streets recovered fully in the five years after the city imposed limits on its most polluting vehicles, a landmark study has found. The research, published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, tracked more than 3,400 children in London and Luton, a commuter […] Continue reading -> Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo 19/08/2026 Abdulai Gbla FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – For nearly two years, Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill has been stuck in a political and social tug-of-war that has little to do with the technical business of passing a health law. Instead, the country is wrestling with who gets to define reproductive health in the country: […] Continue reading -> NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa 19/08/2026 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts