“We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> Over Half of New Cancer Drugs Approved Based On Potentially Biased Evidence, New Study Finds 19/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK – Over half of new cancer drug approvals granted by European authorities between 2014-2016 may have been made based on evidence from biased clinical trials, according to a new study published in The BMJ. The study, led by Dr. Christopher Booth, professor of oncology from Queens University Cancer Research Institute, raises serious questions […] Continue reading -> More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Health Impacts of Climate Change More Visible – But Health Can’t Move The Needle At UN Climate Summit All Alone 19/09/2019 David Branigan Health is becoming more prominent in the climate debate in light of the mounting human toll from extreme weather – and that’s only the tip of the ’iceberg’, in terms of what lies in store, says Daniel Kass, senior vice president at Vital Strategies and former Deputy Commissioner of Health for New York City. But […] Continue reading -> Ambitious Universal Health Coverage Declaration Goes Before World Leaders at UNGA 18/09/2019 William New NEW YORK – As heads of state and international organisations gather for the 74th United Nations General Assembly, Monday’s High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of the key events of this session. It aspires to elevate access to quality healthcare for the global population by 2030, and one billion more people by […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Kenya Rolls Out Landmark Malaria Vaccine Pilot 13/09/2019 Editorial team Kenya initiated a national pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine today, joining Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that remains a leading killer of children under the age of 5 years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be rolled out nationally in […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Over Half of New Cancer Drugs Approved Based On Potentially Biased Evidence, New Study Finds 19/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK – Over half of new cancer drug approvals granted by European authorities between 2014-2016 may have been made based on evidence from biased clinical trials, according to a new study published in The BMJ. The study, led by Dr. Christopher Booth, professor of oncology from Queens University Cancer Research Institute, raises serious questions […] Continue reading -> More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Health Impacts of Climate Change More Visible – But Health Can’t Move The Needle At UN Climate Summit All Alone 19/09/2019 David Branigan Health is becoming more prominent in the climate debate in light of the mounting human toll from extreme weather – and that’s only the tip of the ’iceberg’, in terms of what lies in store, says Daniel Kass, senior vice president at Vital Strategies and former Deputy Commissioner of Health for New York City. But […] Continue reading -> Ambitious Universal Health Coverage Declaration Goes Before World Leaders at UNGA 18/09/2019 William New NEW YORK – As heads of state and international organisations gather for the 74th United Nations General Assembly, Monday’s High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of the key events of this session. It aspires to elevate access to quality healthcare for the global population by 2030, and one billion more people by […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Kenya Rolls Out Landmark Malaria Vaccine Pilot 13/09/2019 Editorial team Kenya initiated a national pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine today, joining Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that remains a leading killer of children under the age of 5 years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be rolled out nationally in […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Health Impacts of Climate Change More Visible – But Health Can’t Move The Needle At UN Climate Summit All Alone 19/09/2019 David Branigan Health is becoming more prominent in the climate debate in light of the mounting human toll from extreme weather – and that’s only the tip of the ’iceberg’, in terms of what lies in store, says Daniel Kass, senior vice president at Vital Strategies and former Deputy Commissioner of Health for New York City. But […] Continue reading -> Ambitious Universal Health Coverage Declaration Goes Before World Leaders at UNGA 18/09/2019 William New NEW YORK – As heads of state and international organisations gather for the 74th United Nations General Assembly, Monday’s High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of the key events of this session. It aspires to elevate access to quality healthcare for the global population by 2030, and one billion more people by […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Kenya Rolls Out Landmark Malaria Vaccine Pilot 13/09/2019 Editorial team Kenya initiated a national pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine today, joining Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that remains a leading killer of children under the age of 5 years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be rolled out nationally in […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Impacts of Climate Change More Visible – But Health Can’t Move The Needle At UN Climate Summit All Alone 19/09/2019 David Branigan Health is becoming more prominent in the climate debate in light of the mounting human toll from extreme weather – and that’s only the tip of the ’iceberg’, in terms of what lies in store, says Daniel Kass, senior vice president at Vital Strategies and former Deputy Commissioner of Health for New York City. But […] Continue reading -> Ambitious Universal Health Coverage Declaration Goes Before World Leaders at UNGA 18/09/2019 William New NEW YORK – As heads of state and international organisations gather for the 74th United Nations General Assembly, Monday’s High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of the key events of this session. It aspires to elevate access to quality healthcare for the global population by 2030, and one billion more people by […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Kenya Rolls Out Landmark Malaria Vaccine Pilot 13/09/2019 Editorial team Kenya initiated a national pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine today, joining Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that remains a leading killer of children under the age of 5 years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be rolled out nationally in […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ambitious Universal Health Coverage Declaration Goes Before World Leaders at UNGA 18/09/2019 William New NEW YORK – As heads of state and international organisations gather for the 74th United Nations General Assembly, Monday’s High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of the key events of this session. It aspires to elevate access to quality healthcare for the global population by 2030, and one billion more people by […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Kenya Rolls Out Landmark Malaria Vaccine Pilot 13/09/2019 Editorial team Kenya initiated a national pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine today, joining Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that remains a leading killer of children under the age of 5 years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be rolled out nationally in […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Kenya Rolls Out Landmark Malaria Vaccine Pilot 13/09/2019 Editorial team Kenya initiated a national pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine today, joining Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that remains a leading killer of children under the age of 5 years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be rolled out nationally in […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Kenya Rolls Out Landmark Malaria Vaccine Pilot 13/09/2019 Editorial team Kenya initiated a national pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine today, joining Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that remains a leading killer of children under the age of 5 years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be rolled out nationally in […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Kenya Rolls Out Landmark Malaria Vaccine Pilot 13/09/2019 Editorial team Kenya initiated a national pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine today, joining Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that remains a leading killer of children under the age of 5 years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be rolled out nationally in […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Leaders Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy At Global Summit 12/09/2019 Grace Ren At a first-ever Global Vaccination Summit, health leaders worldwide ramped up efforts to tackle “vaccine hesitancy”, which has prompted the recent resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. “After many years of progress, we are at a critical turning point. Measles is resurging, and 1 in 10 children continues to miss out on essential childhood […] Continue reading -> AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
AI & Healthcare Conference Considers Access, Equity & Gender 11/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Digital health holds the potential to transform health systems so that they become more proactive and responsive to patients, advocates said at Wednesday’s launch of a two-day international conference that brought together members of the global healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) communities in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry hub, Basel. But using AI doesn’t inherently empower women […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts