Aspirin Does Not Improve Survival for Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients 11/06/2021 Chandre Prince Administering aspirin to critically ill COVID-19 patients does not boost their odds of surviving the virus, results from a major trial studying the commonly used painkiller and blood thinner showed this week. In the RECOVERY study, University of Oxford scientists hoped that aspirin would work because it cuts the risk of blood clots — a […] Continue reading -> Ambitious Goal to End HIV/AIDS By 2030 Endorsed by UN – But Targets Threatened By Realities on the Ground 10/06/2021 Paul Adepoju UNAIDS hailed a new political roadmap to end HIV/AIDS by 2030 as a “major feat”, but admitted that its implementation would remain a challenge – along with devising ways to measure how inequalities in access to prevention and treatment are reduced for people and groups most at risk. Addressing a UN press briefing on Thursday, […] Continue reading -> US Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines Could Help ‘Turn Tide’ as Africa Runs Out of Doses, Says WHO 10/06/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden’s announcement today of some 500 million Pfizer doses to the African Union and 92 low- and middle-income countries elsewhere in the world could help begin to “turn the tide’’ on the continent’s pandemic battle, said WHO African Regional Director, Matshidiso Moeti. “The tide is starting to turn. We are now seeing […] Continue reading -> Community-Based Mental Health Care is Cost-Effective and Produces Good Outcomes, Says New WHO Guidance 10/06/2021 Raisa Santos Providing community-based mental health care that is respectful of human rights and recovery-focused has proven successful and cost-effective, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization. WHO’s new “Guidance on community mental health service: promoting person-centered and rights-based approaches”, released today, includes examples from countries including Brazil, India, Kenya, Myanmar, New Zealand, […] Continue reading -> Latin America Sees Continued COVID Surges – Despite Declines In North America And Globally 09/06/2021 Chandre Prince & Raisa Santos Although the pace of new COVID-19 infections is slowing down across North America, cases continue to rise in Latin America. Surges in COVID-related deaths and infections in some countries are even higher now than at any point during this pandemic, says the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Last week, the region reported more than […] Continue reading -> US Poised for New Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines as World Trade Organization Agrees to Text-Based Discussions’ Over IP Waiver for COVID Tools 09/06/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council agreed on Wednesday to move ahead with a “text-based process” – effectively greenlighting negotiations over a proposal to waive intellectual property associated with COVID tests, treatments and vaccines, Geneva-based trade officials said. The move was the latest in a series of incremental advances on the controversial initiative by India […] Continue reading -> Mastercard Foundation Donates US$ 1.3 Billion to Vaccinate 50 Million Africans Against COVID-19 09/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The Mastercard Foundation will spend US$ 1.3 billion over the next three years to help vaccinate 50 million Africans against COVID-19 and accelerate the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic, one of the world’s biggest foundations has announced. Tuesday’s announcement by the Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC) comes less […] Continue reading -> Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Russia stunned the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS on Tuesday when it proposed a series of last-minute oral amendments to the meeting’s final political declaration – removing references to “rights”; the decriminalisation of sex work; and harm reduction in the context of the battle against HIV/AIDS. The text of the final declaration had […] Continue reading -> Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ambitious Goal to End HIV/AIDS By 2030 Endorsed by UN – But Targets Threatened By Realities on the Ground 10/06/2021 Paul Adepoju UNAIDS hailed a new political roadmap to end HIV/AIDS by 2030 as a “major feat”, but admitted that its implementation would remain a challenge – along with devising ways to measure how inequalities in access to prevention and treatment are reduced for people and groups most at risk. Addressing a UN press briefing on Thursday, […] Continue reading -> US Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines Could Help ‘Turn Tide’ as Africa Runs Out of Doses, Says WHO 10/06/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden’s announcement today of some 500 million Pfizer doses to the African Union and 92 low- and middle-income countries elsewhere in the world could help begin to “turn the tide’’ on the continent’s pandemic battle, said WHO African Regional Director, Matshidiso Moeti. “The tide is starting to turn. We are now seeing […] Continue reading -> Community-Based Mental Health Care is Cost-Effective and Produces Good Outcomes, Says New WHO Guidance 10/06/2021 Raisa Santos Providing community-based mental health care that is respectful of human rights and recovery-focused has proven successful and cost-effective, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization. WHO’s new “Guidance on community mental health service: promoting person-centered and rights-based approaches”, released today, includes examples from countries including Brazil, India, Kenya, Myanmar, New Zealand, […] Continue reading -> Latin America Sees Continued COVID Surges – Despite Declines In North America And Globally 09/06/2021 Chandre Prince & Raisa Santos Although the pace of new COVID-19 infections is slowing down across North America, cases continue to rise in Latin America. Surges in COVID-related deaths and infections in some countries are even higher now than at any point during this pandemic, says the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Last week, the region reported more than […] Continue reading -> US Poised for New Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines as World Trade Organization Agrees to Text-Based Discussions’ Over IP Waiver for COVID Tools 09/06/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council agreed on Wednesday to move ahead with a “text-based process” – effectively greenlighting negotiations over a proposal to waive intellectual property associated with COVID tests, treatments and vaccines, Geneva-based trade officials said. The move was the latest in a series of incremental advances on the controversial initiative by India […] Continue reading -> Mastercard Foundation Donates US$ 1.3 Billion to Vaccinate 50 Million Africans Against COVID-19 09/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The Mastercard Foundation will spend US$ 1.3 billion over the next three years to help vaccinate 50 million Africans against COVID-19 and accelerate the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic, one of the world’s biggest foundations has announced. Tuesday’s announcement by the Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC) comes less […] Continue reading -> Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Russia stunned the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS on Tuesday when it proposed a series of last-minute oral amendments to the meeting’s final political declaration – removing references to “rights”; the decriminalisation of sex work; and harm reduction in the context of the battle against HIV/AIDS. The text of the final declaration had […] Continue reading -> Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines Could Help ‘Turn Tide’ as Africa Runs Out of Doses, Says WHO 10/06/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden’s announcement today of some 500 million Pfizer doses to the African Union and 92 low- and middle-income countries elsewhere in the world could help begin to “turn the tide’’ on the continent’s pandemic battle, said WHO African Regional Director, Matshidiso Moeti. “The tide is starting to turn. We are now seeing […] Continue reading -> Community-Based Mental Health Care is Cost-Effective and Produces Good Outcomes, Says New WHO Guidance 10/06/2021 Raisa Santos Providing community-based mental health care that is respectful of human rights and recovery-focused has proven successful and cost-effective, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization. WHO’s new “Guidance on community mental health service: promoting person-centered and rights-based approaches”, released today, includes examples from countries including Brazil, India, Kenya, Myanmar, New Zealand, […] Continue reading -> Latin America Sees Continued COVID Surges – Despite Declines In North America And Globally 09/06/2021 Chandre Prince & Raisa Santos Although the pace of new COVID-19 infections is slowing down across North America, cases continue to rise in Latin America. Surges in COVID-related deaths and infections in some countries are even higher now than at any point during this pandemic, says the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Last week, the region reported more than […] Continue reading -> US Poised for New Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines as World Trade Organization Agrees to Text-Based Discussions’ Over IP Waiver for COVID Tools 09/06/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council agreed on Wednesday to move ahead with a “text-based process” – effectively greenlighting negotiations over a proposal to waive intellectual property associated with COVID tests, treatments and vaccines, Geneva-based trade officials said. The move was the latest in a series of incremental advances on the controversial initiative by India […] Continue reading -> Mastercard Foundation Donates US$ 1.3 Billion to Vaccinate 50 Million Africans Against COVID-19 09/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The Mastercard Foundation will spend US$ 1.3 billion over the next three years to help vaccinate 50 million Africans against COVID-19 and accelerate the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic, one of the world’s biggest foundations has announced. Tuesday’s announcement by the Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC) comes less […] Continue reading -> Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Russia stunned the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS on Tuesday when it proposed a series of last-minute oral amendments to the meeting’s final political declaration – removing references to “rights”; the decriminalisation of sex work; and harm reduction in the context of the battle against HIV/AIDS. The text of the final declaration had […] Continue reading -> Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Community-Based Mental Health Care is Cost-Effective and Produces Good Outcomes, Says New WHO Guidance 10/06/2021 Raisa Santos Providing community-based mental health care that is respectful of human rights and recovery-focused has proven successful and cost-effective, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization. WHO’s new “Guidance on community mental health service: promoting person-centered and rights-based approaches”, released today, includes examples from countries including Brazil, India, Kenya, Myanmar, New Zealand, […] Continue reading -> Latin America Sees Continued COVID Surges – Despite Declines In North America And Globally 09/06/2021 Chandre Prince & Raisa Santos Although the pace of new COVID-19 infections is slowing down across North America, cases continue to rise in Latin America. Surges in COVID-related deaths and infections in some countries are even higher now than at any point during this pandemic, says the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Last week, the region reported more than […] Continue reading -> US Poised for New Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines as World Trade Organization Agrees to Text-Based Discussions’ Over IP Waiver for COVID Tools 09/06/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council agreed on Wednesday to move ahead with a “text-based process” – effectively greenlighting negotiations over a proposal to waive intellectual property associated with COVID tests, treatments and vaccines, Geneva-based trade officials said. The move was the latest in a series of incremental advances on the controversial initiative by India […] Continue reading -> Mastercard Foundation Donates US$ 1.3 Billion to Vaccinate 50 Million Africans Against COVID-19 09/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The Mastercard Foundation will spend US$ 1.3 billion over the next three years to help vaccinate 50 million Africans against COVID-19 and accelerate the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic, one of the world’s biggest foundations has announced. Tuesday’s announcement by the Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC) comes less […] Continue reading -> Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Russia stunned the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS on Tuesday when it proposed a series of last-minute oral amendments to the meeting’s final political declaration – removing references to “rights”; the decriminalisation of sex work; and harm reduction in the context of the battle against HIV/AIDS. The text of the final declaration had […] Continue reading -> Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Latin America Sees Continued COVID Surges – Despite Declines In North America And Globally 09/06/2021 Chandre Prince & Raisa Santos Although the pace of new COVID-19 infections is slowing down across North America, cases continue to rise in Latin America. Surges in COVID-related deaths and infections in some countries are even higher now than at any point during this pandemic, says the WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Last week, the region reported more than […] Continue reading -> US Poised for New Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines as World Trade Organization Agrees to Text-Based Discussions’ Over IP Waiver for COVID Tools 09/06/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council agreed on Wednesday to move ahead with a “text-based process” – effectively greenlighting negotiations over a proposal to waive intellectual property associated with COVID tests, treatments and vaccines, Geneva-based trade officials said. The move was the latest in a series of incremental advances on the controversial initiative by India […] Continue reading -> Mastercard Foundation Donates US$ 1.3 Billion to Vaccinate 50 Million Africans Against COVID-19 09/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The Mastercard Foundation will spend US$ 1.3 billion over the next three years to help vaccinate 50 million Africans against COVID-19 and accelerate the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic, one of the world’s biggest foundations has announced. Tuesday’s announcement by the Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC) comes less […] Continue reading -> Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Russia stunned the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS on Tuesday when it proposed a series of last-minute oral amendments to the meeting’s final political declaration – removing references to “rights”; the decriminalisation of sex work; and harm reduction in the context of the battle against HIV/AIDS. The text of the final declaration had […] Continue reading -> Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Poised for New Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines as World Trade Organization Agrees to Text-Based Discussions’ Over IP Waiver for COVID Tools 09/06/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council agreed on Wednesday to move ahead with a “text-based process” – effectively greenlighting negotiations over a proposal to waive intellectual property associated with COVID tests, treatments and vaccines, Geneva-based trade officials said. The move was the latest in a series of incremental advances on the controversial initiative by India […] Continue reading -> Mastercard Foundation Donates US$ 1.3 Billion to Vaccinate 50 Million Africans Against COVID-19 09/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The Mastercard Foundation will spend US$ 1.3 billion over the next three years to help vaccinate 50 million Africans against COVID-19 and accelerate the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic, one of the world’s biggest foundations has announced. Tuesday’s announcement by the Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC) comes less […] Continue reading -> Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Russia stunned the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS on Tuesday when it proposed a series of last-minute oral amendments to the meeting’s final political declaration – removing references to “rights”; the decriminalisation of sex work; and harm reduction in the context of the battle against HIV/AIDS. The text of the final declaration had […] Continue reading -> Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mastercard Foundation Donates US$ 1.3 Billion to Vaccinate 50 Million Africans Against COVID-19 09/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The Mastercard Foundation will spend US$ 1.3 billion over the next three years to help vaccinate 50 million Africans against COVID-19 and accelerate the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic, one of the world’s biggest foundations has announced. Tuesday’s announcement by the Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC) comes less […] Continue reading -> Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Russia stunned the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS on Tuesday when it proposed a series of last-minute oral amendments to the meeting’s final political declaration – removing references to “rights”; the decriminalisation of sex work; and harm reduction in the context of the battle against HIV/AIDS. The text of the final declaration had […] Continue reading -> Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Russia stunned the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS on Tuesday when it proposed a series of last-minute oral amendments to the meeting’s final political declaration – removing references to “rights”; the decriminalisation of sex work; and harm reduction in the context of the battle against HIV/AIDS. The text of the final declaration had […] Continue reading -> Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Rediscovering the Potential of Traditional Markets as Sources of Safe, Healthy Foods 08/06/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin While the COVID pandemic has highlighted the pathogen risks that can emerge from unsafe animal and food handling in traditional markets – those same markets are also sources of healthy, fresh food for billions of people around the world – healthier and fresher, in many cases, than what may be found on a supermarket shelf. […] Continue reading -> Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver? 08/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan While European Union (EU) member states continue to oppose a waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, they may soon find themselves at odds with the European Parliament, which is expected to pass a resolution in support of the waiver on Wednesday. Negotiations on the controversial waiver proposal, co-sponsored by India and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts