The European Commission announced its long-awaited Global Health Resilience Initiative on Wednesday. While the policy roadmap aims to support partner countries’ transition toward health sovereignty amid historic aid cuts and shifting geopolitical realities, global health experts are concerned about its heavy reliance on private financing. As global health gains face a severe threat of reversal […] Continue reading ->
Leaders of the international NGOs, Save the Children, Seed Global Health, AMREF, and LSE Health make five asks to member states attending next week’s 79th World Health Assembly, as they take the first steps to launch a joint UN process for reforming the global health architecture.  As governments prepare for the 79th World Health Assembly […] Continue reading ->
As the campaign to elect a new World Health Organization Director-General officially opens, a timeline and guidelines for the process have been published by outgoing DG Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for consideration by member states at next week’s World Health Assembly and the upcoming Executive Board. While these aim to promote a transparent and level […] Continue reading ->
A dramatically shrinking World Health Organization (WHO) has seen a slight decline in gender parity amidst restructuring. Strict recruitment policies and targeted job cuts have actively boosted female representation within the organisation’s professional ranks. But deep regional disparities in gender representation remain unresolved, with men holding the overwhelming majority of staff posts in the African, […] Continue reading ->
The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) announced a “strategic partnership” with Nestlé to establish the World Food Academy 4 Sustainable Food Systems on 26 March.  The arrangement incorporates Nestlé’s science and technology seminars, which reached around 7,000 students across over 300 academic institutions in more than 90 countries last year, […] Continue reading ->
This week’s announcement of BioNTech factory closures in Germany marks an end to the country’s pandemic-era COVID-19 vaccine production boom. The Mainz-based pioneer announced that it will manufacture its final batches of the vaccine domestically later this year, transferring all future production to its American partner, Pfizer. This strategic retreat from Germany – which includes […] Continue reading ->