WHO Appeals to Israel: Reverse Decision Closing Headquarters of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency 01/11/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appealed to Israel to reverse this week’s decision by the country’s Knesset, or parliament, to close the Jerusalem-based operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), saying that “there is simply no other alternative to UNRWA.” Tedros also said that the third phase […] Continue reading -> Lancet’s Climate and Health Report Card: Governments, Oil and Gas Companies ‘Fuelling the Fire’ of Cascading Impacts 30/10/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The 9th Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change shows that deaths from extreme heat, hunger, and disease, all are rising because of climate change. Authors call out governments and companies that continue “fuelling the fire” with continued investment in fossil fuels and subsidies, leading to all-time high energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, which are […] Continue reading -> WHO: Final Phase of Gaza Polio Vaccine Campaign Postponed as Conflict Escalates 23/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The final phase of a planned polio campaign in northern Gaza has been postponed due to escalating violence in the area, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday. “Due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across most of northern Gaza, the Polio Technical Committee for Gaza… […] Continue reading -> Health Sector Seeks Path to Greater Impact on Climate Policies – but Fossil Fuel Subsidies Block the Way 23/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As health actors ramp up their game on climate change, in advance of the next UN Climate Conference (COP 29), the fact that global warming poses an ‘existential threat’ to health has become almost cliché. From extreme heat and flooding to the impact of drought on hunger and fossil fuel emissions that drive hazardous air […] Continue reading -> WHO Secures $1 Billion at First European Investment Round 15/10/2024 Stefan Anderson & Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – The World Health Organization secured $1 billion in pledges at a landmark fundraising event in Berlin on Monday, kickstarting a major campaign by the UN agency to overhaul its funding model and enhance its ability to tackle global health emergencies. The billion-dollar total includes $700 million in new pledges from European nations and […] Continue reading -> WHO Targets European Funds in World Health Summit ‘Investment Round’ 13/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson BERLIN — The World Health Organization is kicking off its first European “investment round” Monday at the World Health Summit, seeking to secure backing for its $11.1 billion four-year strategic plan. The Berlin summit, a marquee event on the global health calendar, draws thousands of health leaders, researchers, and advocacy groups. On the agenda: pandemic […] Continue reading -> New and More Effective Vaccine Strategies Could Reduce Antibiotics Use by One-Fifth: New WHO Analysis 10/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Better use of existing pneumonia and typhoid vaccines as well as new TB and pneumonia vaccines that are currently in clinical trials, could save over half a million deaths annually from drug resistant pathogens that don’t respond to antibiotics, according to a new WHO report on how vaccine strategies can reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). And […] Continue reading -> October 7 Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel Observed Against Grinding Gaza Conflict and Spectre of Regional War 08/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israelis in southern and northern Israel huddled in shelters under missile and rocket fire from Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Palestinians in northern Gaza were being forced to relocate away from yet another incursion of Israeli tanks into densely populated urban areas, including Jabalia refugee camp. Lebanese in southern Lebanon fled at a thickening […] Continue reading -> WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Lancet’s Climate and Health Report Card: Governments, Oil and Gas Companies ‘Fuelling the Fire’ of Cascading Impacts 30/10/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The 9th Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change shows that deaths from extreme heat, hunger, and disease, all are rising because of climate change. Authors call out governments and companies that continue “fuelling the fire” with continued investment in fossil fuels and subsidies, leading to all-time high energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, which are […] Continue reading -> WHO: Final Phase of Gaza Polio Vaccine Campaign Postponed as Conflict Escalates 23/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The final phase of a planned polio campaign in northern Gaza has been postponed due to escalating violence in the area, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday. “Due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across most of northern Gaza, the Polio Technical Committee for Gaza… […] Continue reading -> Health Sector Seeks Path to Greater Impact on Climate Policies – but Fossil Fuel Subsidies Block the Way 23/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As health actors ramp up their game on climate change, in advance of the next UN Climate Conference (COP 29), the fact that global warming poses an ‘existential threat’ to health has become almost cliché. From extreme heat and flooding to the impact of drought on hunger and fossil fuel emissions that drive hazardous air […] Continue reading -> WHO Secures $1 Billion at First European Investment Round 15/10/2024 Stefan Anderson & Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – The World Health Organization secured $1 billion in pledges at a landmark fundraising event in Berlin on Monday, kickstarting a major campaign by the UN agency to overhaul its funding model and enhance its ability to tackle global health emergencies. The billion-dollar total includes $700 million in new pledges from European nations and […] Continue reading -> WHO Targets European Funds in World Health Summit ‘Investment Round’ 13/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson BERLIN — The World Health Organization is kicking off its first European “investment round” Monday at the World Health Summit, seeking to secure backing for its $11.1 billion four-year strategic plan. The Berlin summit, a marquee event on the global health calendar, draws thousands of health leaders, researchers, and advocacy groups. On the agenda: pandemic […] Continue reading -> New and More Effective Vaccine Strategies Could Reduce Antibiotics Use by One-Fifth: New WHO Analysis 10/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Better use of existing pneumonia and typhoid vaccines as well as new TB and pneumonia vaccines that are currently in clinical trials, could save over half a million deaths annually from drug resistant pathogens that don’t respond to antibiotics, according to a new WHO report on how vaccine strategies can reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). And […] Continue reading -> October 7 Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel Observed Against Grinding Gaza Conflict and Spectre of Regional War 08/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israelis in southern and northern Israel huddled in shelters under missile and rocket fire from Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Palestinians in northern Gaza were being forced to relocate away from yet another incursion of Israeli tanks into densely populated urban areas, including Jabalia refugee camp. Lebanese in southern Lebanon fled at a thickening […] Continue reading -> WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO: Final Phase of Gaza Polio Vaccine Campaign Postponed as Conflict Escalates 23/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The final phase of a planned polio campaign in northern Gaza has been postponed due to escalating violence in the area, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday. “Due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across most of northern Gaza, the Polio Technical Committee for Gaza… […] Continue reading -> Health Sector Seeks Path to Greater Impact on Climate Policies – but Fossil Fuel Subsidies Block the Way 23/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As health actors ramp up their game on climate change, in advance of the next UN Climate Conference (COP 29), the fact that global warming poses an ‘existential threat’ to health has become almost cliché. From extreme heat and flooding to the impact of drought on hunger and fossil fuel emissions that drive hazardous air […] Continue reading -> WHO Secures $1 Billion at First European Investment Round 15/10/2024 Stefan Anderson & Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – The World Health Organization secured $1 billion in pledges at a landmark fundraising event in Berlin on Monday, kickstarting a major campaign by the UN agency to overhaul its funding model and enhance its ability to tackle global health emergencies. The billion-dollar total includes $700 million in new pledges from European nations and […] Continue reading -> WHO Targets European Funds in World Health Summit ‘Investment Round’ 13/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson BERLIN — The World Health Organization is kicking off its first European “investment round” Monday at the World Health Summit, seeking to secure backing for its $11.1 billion four-year strategic plan. The Berlin summit, a marquee event on the global health calendar, draws thousands of health leaders, researchers, and advocacy groups. On the agenda: pandemic […] Continue reading -> New and More Effective Vaccine Strategies Could Reduce Antibiotics Use by One-Fifth: New WHO Analysis 10/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Better use of existing pneumonia and typhoid vaccines as well as new TB and pneumonia vaccines that are currently in clinical trials, could save over half a million deaths annually from drug resistant pathogens that don’t respond to antibiotics, according to a new WHO report on how vaccine strategies can reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). And […] Continue reading -> October 7 Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel Observed Against Grinding Gaza Conflict and Spectre of Regional War 08/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israelis in southern and northern Israel huddled in shelters under missile and rocket fire from Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Palestinians in northern Gaza were being forced to relocate away from yet another incursion of Israeli tanks into densely populated urban areas, including Jabalia refugee camp. Lebanese in southern Lebanon fled at a thickening […] Continue reading -> WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Sector Seeks Path to Greater Impact on Climate Policies – but Fossil Fuel Subsidies Block the Way 23/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As health actors ramp up their game on climate change, in advance of the next UN Climate Conference (COP 29), the fact that global warming poses an ‘existential threat’ to health has become almost cliché. From extreme heat and flooding to the impact of drought on hunger and fossil fuel emissions that drive hazardous air […] Continue reading -> WHO Secures $1 Billion at First European Investment Round 15/10/2024 Stefan Anderson & Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – The World Health Organization secured $1 billion in pledges at a landmark fundraising event in Berlin on Monday, kickstarting a major campaign by the UN agency to overhaul its funding model and enhance its ability to tackle global health emergencies. The billion-dollar total includes $700 million in new pledges from European nations and […] Continue reading -> WHO Targets European Funds in World Health Summit ‘Investment Round’ 13/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson BERLIN — The World Health Organization is kicking off its first European “investment round” Monday at the World Health Summit, seeking to secure backing for its $11.1 billion four-year strategic plan. The Berlin summit, a marquee event on the global health calendar, draws thousands of health leaders, researchers, and advocacy groups. On the agenda: pandemic […] Continue reading -> New and More Effective Vaccine Strategies Could Reduce Antibiotics Use by One-Fifth: New WHO Analysis 10/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Better use of existing pneumonia and typhoid vaccines as well as new TB and pneumonia vaccines that are currently in clinical trials, could save over half a million deaths annually from drug resistant pathogens that don’t respond to antibiotics, according to a new WHO report on how vaccine strategies can reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). And […] Continue reading -> October 7 Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel Observed Against Grinding Gaza Conflict and Spectre of Regional War 08/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israelis in southern and northern Israel huddled in shelters under missile and rocket fire from Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Palestinians in northern Gaza were being forced to relocate away from yet another incursion of Israeli tanks into densely populated urban areas, including Jabalia refugee camp. Lebanese in southern Lebanon fled at a thickening […] Continue reading -> WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Secures $1 Billion at First European Investment Round 15/10/2024 Stefan Anderson & Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – The World Health Organization secured $1 billion in pledges at a landmark fundraising event in Berlin on Monday, kickstarting a major campaign by the UN agency to overhaul its funding model and enhance its ability to tackle global health emergencies. The billion-dollar total includes $700 million in new pledges from European nations and […] Continue reading -> WHO Targets European Funds in World Health Summit ‘Investment Round’ 13/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson BERLIN — The World Health Organization is kicking off its first European “investment round” Monday at the World Health Summit, seeking to secure backing for its $11.1 billion four-year strategic plan. The Berlin summit, a marquee event on the global health calendar, draws thousands of health leaders, researchers, and advocacy groups. On the agenda: pandemic […] Continue reading -> New and More Effective Vaccine Strategies Could Reduce Antibiotics Use by One-Fifth: New WHO Analysis 10/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Better use of existing pneumonia and typhoid vaccines as well as new TB and pneumonia vaccines that are currently in clinical trials, could save over half a million deaths annually from drug resistant pathogens that don’t respond to antibiotics, according to a new WHO report on how vaccine strategies can reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). And […] Continue reading -> October 7 Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel Observed Against Grinding Gaza Conflict and Spectre of Regional War 08/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israelis in southern and northern Israel huddled in shelters under missile and rocket fire from Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Palestinians in northern Gaza were being forced to relocate away from yet another incursion of Israeli tanks into densely populated urban areas, including Jabalia refugee camp. Lebanese in southern Lebanon fled at a thickening […] Continue reading -> WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Targets European Funds in World Health Summit ‘Investment Round’ 13/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson BERLIN — The World Health Organization is kicking off its first European “investment round” Monday at the World Health Summit, seeking to secure backing for its $11.1 billion four-year strategic plan. The Berlin summit, a marquee event on the global health calendar, draws thousands of health leaders, researchers, and advocacy groups. On the agenda: pandemic […] Continue reading -> New and More Effective Vaccine Strategies Could Reduce Antibiotics Use by One-Fifth: New WHO Analysis 10/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Better use of existing pneumonia and typhoid vaccines as well as new TB and pneumonia vaccines that are currently in clinical trials, could save over half a million deaths annually from drug resistant pathogens that don’t respond to antibiotics, according to a new WHO report on how vaccine strategies can reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). And […] Continue reading -> October 7 Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel Observed Against Grinding Gaza Conflict and Spectre of Regional War 08/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israelis in southern and northern Israel huddled in shelters under missile and rocket fire from Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Palestinians in northern Gaza were being forced to relocate away from yet another incursion of Israeli tanks into densely populated urban areas, including Jabalia refugee camp. Lebanese in southern Lebanon fled at a thickening […] Continue reading -> WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New and More Effective Vaccine Strategies Could Reduce Antibiotics Use by One-Fifth: New WHO Analysis 10/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Better use of existing pneumonia and typhoid vaccines as well as new TB and pneumonia vaccines that are currently in clinical trials, could save over half a million deaths annually from drug resistant pathogens that don’t respond to antibiotics, according to a new WHO report on how vaccine strategies can reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). And […] Continue reading -> October 7 Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel Observed Against Grinding Gaza Conflict and Spectre of Regional War 08/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israelis in southern and northern Israel huddled in shelters under missile and rocket fire from Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Palestinians in northern Gaza were being forced to relocate away from yet another incursion of Israeli tanks into densely populated urban areas, including Jabalia refugee camp. Lebanese in southern Lebanon fled at a thickening […] Continue reading -> WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
October 7 Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel Observed Against Grinding Gaza Conflict and Spectre of Regional War 08/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Israelis in southern and northern Israel huddled in shelters under missile and rocket fire from Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Palestinians in northern Gaza were being forced to relocate away from yet another incursion of Israeli tanks into densely populated urban areas, including Jabalia refugee camp. Lebanese in southern Lebanon fled at a thickening […] Continue reading -> WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Revises RSV Vaccine Guidance; Africa Chalks Up Gains in Campaigns on HPV, Measles and ‘Zero-Dose’ Children 02/10/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or that their newborns receive a dose of monoclonal antibodies to protect them against severe RSV disease, which has seen a global resurgence as the COVID-19 pandemic waned. In 2022-2023, RSV was the […] Continue reading -> World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Leaders Approve Milestone Commitment to Reduce Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance by 10% by 2030 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pledged to reduce by 10% deaths from drug resistant bacteria over the next six years in a new declaration on the “silent, slow-motion pandemic” that could kill some 39 million more people by 2050. Thursday’s milestone statement, the first on the topic since 2016, also pledges […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts