‘Climate Change Is Happening to All of Us’ Guterres Tells Abu Dhabi Meeting 01/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Sounding a note of ever-increasing urgency, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told ministers gathered at a Global Preparatory Meeting for the UN Climate Action Summit, in Abu Dhabi that “we are in a battle for our lives” with regards to climate change, which is happening at an even faster pace that what top scientists […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health In SDGs: Public Comments Sought on Ambitious Initiative 28/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An ambitious Global Action Plan to accelerate progress on some 50 health-related targets of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals through better alignment of work in a dozen different UN and international agencies is open for public comments until Tuesday, 2 July. Drafts of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (GAP) […] Continue reading -> Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> New Resource Gateway Launched On Innovation & Access To Medicines 14/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Knowledge Portal that aims to ease policymakers’ access to reliable information about themes in medicines access, pricing and pharma innovation was launched today by the Global Health Centre of Geneva’s Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The Portal currently covers some 17 topics grouped under three broad themes – Pricing, Intellectual Property […] Continue reading -> World Environment Day Puts Focus On Air Pollution & Health 05/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sizeable cast of global leaders including Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and national heads of state marked World Environment Day today with a round of stark warnings over social media about the risks to people and to health of environmental degradation, air pollution and climate change – topics that will demand more […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Action Plan For Health In SDGs: Public Comments Sought on Ambitious Initiative 28/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An ambitious Global Action Plan to accelerate progress on some 50 health-related targets of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals through better alignment of work in a dozen different UN and international agencies is open for public comments until Tuesday, 2 July. Drafts of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (GAP) […] Continue reading -> Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> New Resource Gateway Launched On Innovation & Access To Medicines 14/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Knowledge Portal that aims to ease policymakers’ access to reliable information about themes in medicines access, pricing and pharma innovation was launched today by the Global Health Centre of Geneva’s Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The Portal currently covers some 17 topics grouped under three broad themes – Pricing, Intellectual Property […] Continue reading -> World Environment Day Puts Focus On Air Pollution & Health 05/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sizeable cast of global leaders including Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and national heads of state marked World Environment Day today with a round of stark warnings over social media about the risks to people and to health of environmental degradation, air pollution and climate change – topics that will demand more […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> New Resource Gateway Launched On Innovation & Access To Medicines 14/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Knowledge Portal that aims to ease policymakers’ access to reliable information about themes in medicines access, pricing and pharma innovation was launched today by the Global Health Centre of Geneva’s Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The Portal currently covers some 17 topics grouped under three broad themes – Pricing, Intellectual Property […] Continue reading -> World Environment Day Puts Focus On Air Pollution & Health 05/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sizeable cast of global leaders including Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and national heads of state marked World Environment Day today with a round of stark warnings over social media about the risks to people and to health of environmental degradation, air pollution and climate change – topics that will demand more […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> New Resource Gateway Launched On Innovation & Access To Medicines 14/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Knowledge Portal that aims to ease policymakers’ access to reliable information about themes in medicines access, pricing and pharma innovation was launched today by the Global Health Centre of Geneva’s Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The Portal currently covers some 17 topics grouped under three broad themes – Pricing, Intellectual Property […] Continue reading -> World Environment Day Puts Focus On Air Pollution & Health 05/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sizeable cast of global leaders including Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and national heads of state marked World Environment Day today with a round of stark warnings over social media about the risks to people and to health of environmental degradation, air pollution and climate change – topics that will demand more […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> New Resource Gateway Launched On Innovation & Access To Medicines 14/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Knowledge Portal that aims to ease policymakers’ access to reliable information about themes in medicines access, pricing and pharma innovation was launched today by the Global Health Centre of Geneva’s Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The Portal currently covers some 17 topics grouped under three broad themes – Pricing, Intellectual Property […] Continue reading -> World Environment Day Puts Focus On Air Pollution & Health 05/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sizeable cast of global leaders including Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and national heads of state marked World Environment Day today with a round of stark warnings over social media about the risks to people and to health of environmental degradation, air pollution and climate change – topics that will demand more […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Resource Gateway Launched On Innovation & Access To Medicines 14/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new Knowledge Portal that aims to ease policymakers’ access to reliable information about themes in medicines access, pricing and pharma innovation was launched today by the Global Health Centre of Geneva’s Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The Portal currently covers some 17 topics grouped under three broad themes – Pricing, Intellectual Property […] Continue reading -> World Environment Day Puts Focus On Air Pollution & Health 05/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sizeable cast of global leaders including Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and national heads of state marked World Environment Day today with a round of stark warnings over social media about the risks to people and to health of environmental degradation, air pollution and climate change – topics that will demand more […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Environment Day Puts Focus On Air Pollution & Health 05/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sizeable cast of global leaders including Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and national heads of state marked World Environment Day today with a round of stark warnings over social media about the risks to people and to health of environmental degradation, air pollution and climate change – topics that will demand more […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO & UN Women Launch RESPECT – Framework To Prevent Violence Against Women 29/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher RESPECT, a new framework guiding policymakers on programmes and policies that can prevent violence against women, was launched this week by the World Health Organization, UN Women and eleven other partners. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Assembly Approves Milestone Resolution On Price Transparency 28/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. Image Credits: Giulia Grillo, WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts