This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most neglected infectious disease. Since the turn of the 20th century, over one billion people have died from TB – a death toll greater than that from malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, plague […] Continue reading ->
The pandemic agreement will not be adopted at a special World Health Assembly (WHA) next month as countries still need “more time” to conclude the complex talks. Co-chairs of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou and Precious Matsoso broke this news at a media briefing on Monday evening. The […] Continue reading ->
As 40,000 delegates’ flights streamed into Baku’s Heydar Aliyev airport over the weekend, battle lines were drawn on the opening day of COP29 in the Azerbaijani capital as developing countries demanded wealthy nations commit trillions of dollars to combat the climate crisis. The high-stakes climate mega-conference launched on Monday, just weeks after its less prominent […] Continue reading ->
The voices of the children’s choir echoed in the conference hall as a reminder that more than one billion children who experience some form of violence each year. Their performance was part of the historic first high-level ministerial conference to end violence against children in Bogota late last week, which brought together government delegations, children, […] Continue reading ->
One in seven young people aged 10 to 19 live with a diagnosable mental disorder, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). One in four children lives with a parent with a mental health condition. Suicide is the fourth most significant cause of death for adolescents globally. The economic cost of neglecting youth mental […] Continue reading ->
US President-elect Donald Trump railed against “globalists” during his election campaign, and his victory will have serious ramifications for global health – particularly for action against climate change, scientific institutions and regulatory bodies, United Nations agencies and sexual and reproductive health. 1. Climate denial “We will drill, baby, drill,” Trump told the Republican National Convention […] Continue reading ->
Two million lives could be saved annually through urgent climate action, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday in a stark message to negotiators ahead of next week’s climate summit in Baku, warning that rising temperatures are wreaking havoc on global health, disrupting healthcare systems and fueling disease outbreaks worldwide. The new WHO report, […] Continue reading ->
The US should lift its Marburg-related entry restrictions on people travelling from Rwanda as they are “killing” that country’s economy, according to Dr Jean Kaseya. The US requires people who have visited Rwanda in the past 21 days to fly to one of only three airports for health screening. “Now that we are out of […] Continue reading ->
There are big gaps in the data that governments rely on to make decisions to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to the latest report by the UN body World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released on Thursday. Climate data includes information about rainfall, drought, sea level rise, storm surges, and cyclones, as well as the […] Continue reading ->
For some years, the Indian government has monitored farm fires, a major source of Delhi’s air pollutions. Officials say the fire count is drastically down as a result, but researchers say their satellite surveillance is missing fires. DELHI – Peak pollution season has been building up for the last few weeks, and a major government […] Continue reading ->