UN Appeals for Groundwater Protection as Large Tracts of Africa Battle Drought 23/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan As global water experts meet at the World Water Forum in Senegal this week, large swathes of Africa are facing famine as severe droughts prevail in the Horn of Africa and large parts of southern Africa. “Harvests are ruined, livestock is dying and families are bearing the consequences of increasingly frequent climate extremes,” according to […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> ‘There is No Safe Place in Ukraine’ 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan There have been 52 attacks on Ukrainian health facilities in the past 25 days, more than two every day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, the health of fleeing refugees, their impact on the health services of neighbouring countries, and the fate of Ukraine’s tuberculosis patients are foremost on healthcare providers’ minds. “In […] Continue reading -> New Children’s TB Guidelines a ‘Game-Changer’ With Non-Invasive Tests, Shortened Treatments 21/03/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Children and adolescents diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from a set of new guidelines that aim to shorten the treatment plan, expand preventative care, and introduce better diagnostic testing and treatments. The World Health Organisation (WHO) today released a new set of ‘game-changer’ guidelines where children and adolescents with non-severe forms of drug-susceptible TB […] Continue reading -> As Europe Moves to Improve Mental Health Services for Children, Experts Are Concerned About Men’s Mental State 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan Mental health practitioners worldwide are warning of a massive wave of pandemic-related mental health issues that many countries are ill-equipped to address. On Monday, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe office and the government of Greece launched a new European programme to strengthen and improve the quality of mental health services for children and adolescents. […] Continue reading -> Mass Polio Vaccination Drive to Administer More Than 80 Million Doses to Southern African Children in Five Countries 18/03/2022 Raisa Santos Malawi is launching a mass vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1, which is to extend to 23 million children across five southern African countries, WHO said on Friday. The campaign, to kick off Sunday, follows Malawi’s declaration of a polio outbreak on 17 February – three months after the first polio virus case in […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> ‘There is No Safe Place in Ukraine’ 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan There have been 52 attacks on Ukrainian health facilities in the past 25 days, more than two every day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, the health of fleeing refugees, their impact on the health services of neighbouring countries, and the fate of Ukraine’s tuberculosis patients are foremost on healthcare providers’ minds. “In […] Continue reading -> New Children’s TB Guidelines a ‘Game-Changer’ With Non-Invasive Tests, Shortened Treatments 21/03/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Children and adolescents diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from a set of new guidelines that aim to shorten the treatment plan, expand preventative care, and introduce better diagnostic testing and treatments. The World Health Organisation (WHO) today released a new set of ‘game-changer’ guidelines where children and adolescents with non-severe forms of drug-susceptible TB […] Continue reading -> As Europe Moves to Improve Mental Health Services for Children, Experts Are Concerned About Men’s Mental State 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan Mental health practitioners worldwide are warning of a massive wave of pandemic-related mental health issues that many countries are ill-equipped to address. On Monday, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe office and the government of Greece launched a new European programme to strengthen and improve the quality of mental health services for children and adolescents. […] Continue reading -> Mass Polio Vaccination Drive to Administer More Than 80 Million Doses to Southern African Children in Five Countries 18/03/2022 Raisa Santos Malawi is launching a mass vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1, which is to extend to 23 million children across five southern African countries, WHO said on Friday. The campaign, to kick off Sunday, follows Malawi’s declaration of a polio outbreak on 17 February – three months after the first polio virus case in […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> ‘There is No Safe Place in Ukraine’ 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan There have been 52 attacks on Ukrainian health facilities in the past 25 days, more than two every day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, the health of fleeing refugees, their impact on the health services of neighbouring countries, and the fate of Ukraine’s tuberculosis patients are foremost on healthcare providers’ minds. “In […] Continue reading -> New Children’s TB Guidelines a ‘Game-Changer’ With Non-Invasive Tests, Shortened Treatments 21/03/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Children and adolescents diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from a set of new guidelines that aim to shorten the treatment plan, expand preventative care, and introduce better diagnostic testing and treatments. The World Health Organisation (WHO) today released a new set of ‘game-changer’ guidelines where children and adolescents with non-severe forms of drug-susceptible TB […] Continue reading -> As Europe Moves to Improve Mental Health Services for Children, Experts Are Concerned About Men’s Mental State 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan Mental health practitioners worldwide are warning of a massive wave of pandemic-related mental health issues that many countries are ill-equipped to address. On Monday, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe office and the government of Greece launched a new European programme to strengthen and improve the quality of mental health services for children and adolescents. […] Continue reading -> Mass Polio Vaccination Drive to Administer More Than 80 Million Doses to Southern African Children in Five Countries 18/03/2022 Raisa Santos Malawi is launching a mass vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1, which is to extend to 23 million children across five southern African countries, WHO said on Friday. The campaign, to kick off Sunday, follows Malawi’s declaration of a polio outbreak on 17 February – three months after the first polio virus case in […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘There is No Safe Place in Ukraine’ 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan There have been 52 attacks on Ukrainian health facilities in the past 25 days, more than two every day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, the health of fleeing refugees, their impact on the health services of neighbouring countries, and the fate of Ukraine’s tuberculosis patients are foremost on healthcare providers’ minds. “In […] Continue reading -> New Children’s TB Guidelines a ‘Game-Changer’ With Non-Invasive Tests, Shortened Treatments 21/03/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Children and adolescents diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from a set of new guidelines that aim to shorten the treatment plan, expand preventative care, and introduce better diagnostic testing and treatments. The World Health Organisation (WHO) today released a new set of ‘game-changer’ guidelines where children and adolescents with non-severe forms of drug-susceptible TB […] Continue reading -> As Europe Moves to Improve Mental Health Services for Children, Experts Are Concerned About Men’s Mental State 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan Mental health practitioners worldwide are warning of a massive wave of pandemic-related mental health issues that many countries are ill-equipped to address. On Monday, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe office and the government of Greece launched a new European programme to strengthen and improve the quality of mental health services for children and adolescents. […] Continue reading -> Mass Polio Vaccination Drive to Administer More Than 80 Million Doses to Southern African Children in Five Countries 18/03/2022 Raisa Santos Malawi is launching a mass vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1, which is to extend to 23 million children across five southern African countries, WHO said on Friday. The campaign, to kick off Sunday, follows Malawi’s declaration of a polio outbreak on 17 February – three months after the first polio virus case in […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Children’s TB Guidelines a ‘Game-Changer’ With Non-Invasive Tests, Shortened Treatments 21/03/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Children and adolescents diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from a set of new guidelines that aim to shorten the treatment plan, expand preventative care, and introduce better diagnostic testing and treatments. The World Health Organisation (WHO) today released a new set of ‘game-changer’ guidelines where children and adolescents with non-severe forms of drug-susceptible TB […] Continue reading -> As Europe Moves to Improve Mental Health Services for Children, Experts Are Concerned About Men’s Mental State 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan Mental health practitioners worldwide are warning of a massive wave of pandemic-related mental health issues that many countries are ill-equipped to address. On Monday, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe office and the government of Greece launched a new European programme to strengthen and improve the quality of mental health services for children and adolescents. […] Continue reading -> Mass Polio Vaccination Drive to Administer More Than 80 Million Doses to Southern African Children in Five Countries 18/03/2022 Raisa Santos Malawi is launching a mass vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1, which is to extend to 23 million children across five southern African countries, WHO said on Friday. The campaign, to kick off Sunday, follows Malawi’s declaration of a polio outbreak on 17 February – three months after the first polio virus case in […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Europe Moves to Improve Mental Health Services for Children, Experts Are Concerned About Men’s Mental State 21/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan Mental health practitioners worldwide are warning of a massive wave of pandemic-related mental health issues that many countries are ill-equipped to address. On Monday, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe office and the government of Greece launched a new European programme to strengthen and improve the quality of mental health services for children and adolescents. […] Continue reading -> Mass Polio Vaccination Drive to Administer More Than 80 Million Doses to Southern African Children in Five Countries 18/03/2022 Raisa Santos Malawi is launching a mass vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1, which is to extend to 23 million children across five southern African countries, WHO said on Friday. The campaign, to kick off Sunday, follows Malawi’s declaration of a polio outbreak on 17 February – three months after the first polio virus case in […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mass Polio Vaccination Drive to Administer More Than 80 Million Doses to Southern African Children in Five Countries 18/03/2022 Raisa Santos Malawi is launching a mass vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1, which is to extend to 23 million children across five southern African countries, WHO said on Friday. The campaign, to kick off Sunday, follows Malawi’s declaration of a polio outbreak on 17 February – three months after the first polio virus case in […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
From COVID to Humanitarian Crises – Medical Oxygen Needs More Prioritization for its Lifesaving Capacities 17/03/2022 Raisa Santos From patients lying in the parking lots of hospitals, in the back seats of cars suffocating as their family members searched frantically for oxygen in India during its second wave of COVID last year, to the inability to receive emergency care amidst constant bombing and shelling in current war-torn Ukraine, global health experts and leaders […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts