Removal of US Vaccine Advisory Committee is ‘Dangerous and Unprecedented’ 10/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan The decision by United States Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to fire all members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine advisory group is “a dangerous and unprecedented action that makes our families less safe”, according to Dr Tom Frieden, CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. The Advisory Committee on Immunization […] Continue reading -> ‘We Dissent’: NIH Staff Hit Out Against ‘Politicised’ Research 09/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Over 300 employees of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have urged NIH director Dr Jay Bhattacharya to “restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue”. They have also appealed to him to reinstate staff, enable global collaboration, and research to be published in peer-reviewed journals. “We dissent […] Continue reading -> African Cholera Outbreaks Driven by Years of Under-Investment in Water and Sanitation 06/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cholera in Africa is being driven by years of under-investment in water and sanitation, according to the Africa Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Four countries – Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan and South Sudan – account for over 85% of the continent’s cholera cases and all have above-average death rates, […] Continue reading -> WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s FDA Head Appointed to Run African Medicines Agency 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan CEO of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) Dr Delese Mimi Darko has been appointed the inaugural Director-General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) by the agency’s Conference of State Parties (CoSP) at a meeting in Rwanda this week. Darko has a “wealth of experience and a distinguished track record in regulatory excellence”, according to […] Continue reading -> Gates to Direct Majority of $200 Billion Pledge to Africa 02/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday that the majority of the $200 billion he plans to donate over the next 20 years will be spent in Africa. The focus will be “on partnering with governments that prioritise the health and wellbeing of their people”, Gates told government leaders, diplomats and partners during an address at […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Appeals for More Mpox Vaccines, as Ethiopia Reports First Cases 29/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Africa needs 6.4 million mpox vaccines in the next few months to address the outbreak, which is now concentrated in Sierra Leone, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Three-quarters of Africa’s confirmed new mpox cases are in Sierra Leone, all concentrated in high-density areas in all districts, with 648 […] Continue reading -> US Absence Casts Shadow Over ‘Historic’ World Health Assembly 28/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Adopting a pandemic agreement and securing a 20% increase in member states’ fees to support the World Health Organization (WHO) were the 78th World Health Assembly’s greatest achievements. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe the adoption last Tuesday of the WHO pandemic agreement. Likewise, your approval of […] Continue reading -> Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. 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‘We Dissent’: NIH Staff Hit Out Against ‘Politicised’ Research 09/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Over 300 employees of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have urged NIH director Dr Jay Bhattacharya to “restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue”. They have also appealed to him to reinstate staff, enable global collaboration, and research to be published in peer-reviewed journals. “We dissent […] Continue reading -> African Cholera Outbreaks Driven by Years of Under-Investment in Water and Sanitation 06/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cholera in Africa is being driven by years of under-investment in water and sanitation, according to the Africa Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Four countries – Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan and South Sudan – account for over 85% of the continent’s cholera cases and all have above-average death rates, […] Continue reading -> WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s FDA Head Appointed to Run African Medicines Agency 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan CEO of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) Dr Delese Mimi Darko has been appointed the inaugural Director-General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) by the agency’s Conference of State Parties (CoSP) at a meeting in Rwanda this week. Darko has a “wealth of experience and a distinguished track record in regulatory excellence”, according to […] Continue reading -> Gates to Direct Majority of $200 Billion Pledge to Africa 02/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday that the majority of the $200 billion he plans to donate over the next 20 years will be spent in Africa. The focus will be “on partnering with governments that prioritise the health and wellbeing of their people”, Gates told government leaders, diplomats and partners during an address at […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Appeals for More Mpox Vaccines, as Ethiopia Reports First Cases 29/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Africa needs 6.4 million mpox vaccines in the next few months to address the outbreak, which is now concentrated in Sierra Leone, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Three-quarters of Africa’s confirmed new mpox cases are in Sierra Leone, all concentrated in high-density areas in all districts, with 648 […] Continue reading -> US Absence Casts Shadow Over ‘Historic’ World Health Assembly 28/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Adopting a pandemic agreement and securing a 20% increase in member states’ fees to support the World Health Organization (WHO) were the 78th World Health Assembly’s greatest achievements. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe the adoption last Tuesday of the WHO pandemic agreement. Likewise, your approval of […] Continue reading -> Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
African Cholera Outbreaks Driven by Years of Under-Investment in Water and Sanitation 06/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cholera in Africa is being driven by years of under-investment in water and sanitation, according to the Africa Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Four countries – Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan and South Sudan – account for over 85% of the continent’s cholera cases and all have above-average death rates, […] Continue reading -> WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s FDA Head Appointed to Run African Medicines Agency 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan CEO of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) Dr Delese Mimi Darko has been appointed the inaugural Director-General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) by the agency’s Conference of State Parties (CoSP) at a meeting in Rwanda this week. Darko has a “wealth of experience and a distinguished track record in regulatory excellence”, according to […] Continue reading -> Gates to Direct Majority of $200 Billion Pledge to Africa 02/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday that the majority of the $200 billion he plans to donate over the next 20 years will be spent in Africa. The focus will be “on partnering with governments that prioritise the health and wellbeing of their people”, Gates told government leaders, diplomats and partners during an address at […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Appeals for More Mpox Vaccines, as Ethiopia Reports First Cases 29/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Africa needs 6.4 million mpox vaccines in the next few months to address the outbreak, which is now concentrated in Sierra Leone, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Three-quarters of Africa’s confirmed new mpox cases are in Sierra Leone, all concentrated in high-density areas in all districts, with 648 […] Continue reading -> US Absence Casts Shadow Over ‘Historic’ World Health Assembly 28/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Adopting a pandemic agreement and securing a 20% increase in member states’ fees to support the World Health Organization (WHO) were the 78th World Health Assembly’s greatest achievements. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe the adoption last Tuesday of the WHO pandemic agreement. Likewise, your approval of […] Continue reading -> Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s FDA Head Appointed to Run African Medicines Agency 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan CEO of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) Dr Delese Mimi Darko has been appointed the inaugural Director-General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) by the agency’s Conference of State Parties (CoSP) at a meeting in Rwanda this week. Darko has a “wealth of experience and a distinguished track record in regulatory excellence”, according to […] Continue reading -> Gates to Direct Majority of $200 Billion Pledge to Africa 02/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday that the majority of the $200 billion he plans to donate over the next 20 years will be spent in Africa. The focus will be “on partnering with governments that prioritise the health and wellbeing of their people”, Gates told government leaders, diplomats and partners during an address at […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Appeals for More Mpox Vaccines, as Ethiopia Reports First Cases 29/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Africa needs 6.4 million mpox vaccines in the next few months to address the outbreak, which is now concentrated in Sierra Leone, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Three-quarters of Africa’s confirmed new mpox cases are in Sierra Leone, all concentrated in high-density areas in all districts, with 648 […] Continue reading -> US Absence Casts Shadow Over ‘Historic’ World Health Assembly 28/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Adopting a pandemic agreement and securing a 20% increase in member states’ fees to support the World Health Organization (WHO) were the 78th World Health Assembly’s greatest achievements. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe the adoption last Tuesday of the WHO pandemic agreement. Likewise, your approval of […] Continue reading -> Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Ghana’s FDA Head Appointed to Run African Medicines Agency 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan CEO of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) Dr Delese Mimi Darko has been appointed the inaugural Director-General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) by the agency’s Conference of State Parties (CoSP) at a meeting in Rwanda this week. Darko has a “wealth of experience and a distinguished track record in regulatory excellence”, according to […] Continue reading -> Gates to Direct Majority of $200 Billion Pledge to Africa 02/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday that the majority of the $200 billion he plans to donate over the next 20 years will be spent in Africa. The focus will be “on partnering with governments that prioritise the health and wellbeing of their people”, Gates told government leaders, diplomats and partners during an address at […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Appeals for More Mpox Vaccines, as Ethiopia Reports First Cases 29/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Africa needs 6.4 million mpox vaccines in the next few months to address the outbreak, which is now concentrated in Sierra Leone, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Three-quarters of Africa’s confirmed new mpox cases are in Sierra Leone, all concentrated in high-density areas in all districts, with 648 […] Continue reading -> US Absence Casts Shadow Over ‘Historic’ World Health Assembly 28/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Adopting a pandemic agreement and securing a 20% increase in member states’ fees to support the World Health Organization (WHO) were the 78th World Health Assembly’s greatest achievements. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe the adoption last Tuesday of the WHO pandemic agreement. Likewise, your approval of […] Continue reading -> Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Gates to Direct Majority of $200 Billion Pledge to Africa 02/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday that the majority of the $200 billion he plans to donate over the next 20 years will be spent in Africa. The focus will be “on partnering with governments that prioritise the health and wellbeing of their people”, Gates told government leaders, diplomats and partners during an address at […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Appeals for More Mpox Vaccines, as Ethiopia Reports First Cases 29/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Africa needs 6.4 million mpox vaccines in the next few months to address the outbreak, which is now concentrated in Sierra Leone, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Three-quarters of Africa’s confirmed new mpox cases are in Sierra Leone, all concentrated in high-density areas in all districts, with 648 […] Continue reading -> US Absence Casts Shadow Over ‘Historic’ World Health Assembly 28/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Adopting a pandemic agreement and securing a 20% increase in member states’ fees to support the World Health Organization (WHO) were the 78th World Health Assembly’s greatest achievements. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe the adoption last Tuesday of the WHO pandemic agreement. Likewise, your approval of […] Continue reading -> Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Africa CDC Appeals for More Mpox Vaccines, as Ethiopia Reports First Cases 29/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Africa needs 6.4 million mpox vaccines in the next few months to address the outbreak, which is now concentrated in Sierra Leone, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Three-quarters of Africa’s confirmed new mpox cases are in Sierra Leone, all concentrated in high-density areas in all districts, with 648 […] Continue reading -> US Absence Casts Shadow Over ‘Historic’ World Health Assembly 28/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Adopting a pandemic agreement and securing a 20% increase in member states’ fees to support the World Health Organization (WHO) were the 78th World Health Assembly’s greatest achievements. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe the adoption last Tuesday of the WHO pandemic agreement. Likewise, your approval of […] Continue reading -> Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
US Absence Casts Shadow Over ‘Historic’ World Health Assembly 28/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan Adopting a pandemic agreement and securing a 20% increase in member states’ fees to support the World Health Organization (WHO) were the 78th World Health Assembly’s greatest achievements. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe the adoption last Tuesday of the WHO pandemic agreement. Likewise, your approval of […] Continue reading -> Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing problem, countries told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday. But it has been 10 years since the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance was adopted, and the WHA endorsed […] Continue reading -> Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Assembly Acts Against Digital Marketing of Infant Formula 27/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Assembly has finally closed a loophole used by infant formula manufacturers to market their product: digital marketing. Back in 1981, when the International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, digital marketing did not exist. Updated regulations were introduced in 2012 , but […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts