Entrenching Equity in Future Pandemic Treaty 06/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan While there is unanimous agreement that equity is the essential ingredient in any future pandemic treaty ‘recipe’, World Health Organization (WHO) member states are unclear about how can it be incorporated practically. This emerged from an informal consultation on how to “operationalise and achieve” equity convened on Wednesday by the WHO intergovernmental negotiation body (INB), […] Continue reading -> Coca-Cola is ‘Already Sponsoring’ Obesity – Why is it Sponsoring Egypt’s COP27? 05/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The announcement by Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Coca-Cola will sponsor the 27th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) has been widely condemned by climate and health activists. The #COP27 Presidency announces The @CocaCola Company as a Supporting Sponsor to COP27. For more information: https://t.co/JDyhS2N79A pic.twitter.com/XRhjoA4i2b — COP27 (@COP27P) September […] Continue reading -> Weak Systems and Lack of Investment in New Antibiotics Are Key Global Health Threats 05/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Russia’s war in Ukraine is draining resources to build better health systems, while Sino-American rivalry is undermining the global solidarity needed to address future pandemics. But the massive under-investment in new antibiotics to combat drug-resistant “superbugs” and weak primary health systems might be the biggest enemies of global health. This was according to global health […] Continue reading -> Shionogi and the Medicines Patent Pool Reach Agreement on COVID-19 Antiviral Pill 04/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed a voluntary licence agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical company, Shionogi, to enable generic companies to produce its COVID-19 antiviral treatment pill candidate, provided it gets regulatory approval. The pill, ensitrelvir fumaric acid, has already shown efficacy in a phase 2/ 3 trial involving 1,821 COVID-19 patients from Japan, South […] Continue reading -> From Equity to Conspiracies, People Say What They Want From a Pandemic Treaty 29/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan From bedrooms in China to boardrooms in Geneva, people offered their views on how to protect the world against future pandemics during the second round of public hearings called by the World Health Organization (WHO). The public hearings are part of the WHO intergovernmental negotiating board (INB) process to develop a pandemic “convention, agreement or […] Continue reading -> Africa’s New Medicine Agency Needs Support From Continent’s Powerhouses 28/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Africa’s most powerful countries need to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) to ensure its credibility – and civil society organisations can lobby them to do so , said Dr Michel Sidibe, the African Union’s (AU) Special Representative on the AMA. “It is important to have countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, the DRC, […] Continue reading -> Invest in Health Workforce to Combat Pandemic, Climate and War, Kluge Appeals 27/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan European finance ministers need to recognise that the “permacrisis” of the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine pose as big a danger as a nuclear threat, and double their investment in the health workforce, according to World Health Organization (WHO) Europe director Dr Hans Kluge. This, added Kluge, was his “moonshot” for a […] Continue reading -> African Teen Pregnancies Skyrocketed During COVID Lockdowns – But Prevention is Possible 23/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Seventeen-year-old South African Amanda Nkosi* is already a mother and living with HIV – thanks to what she describes as “doing things that teenagers do” without access to accurate health information or contraception. She discovered her HIV status recently when a youth-friendly clinic opened near her home in the coastal city of Durban and offered […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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.
Coca-Cola is ‘Already Sponsoring’ Obesity – Why is it Sponsoring Egypt’s COP27? 05/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The announcement by Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Coca-Cola will sponsor the 27th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) has been widely condemned by climate and health activists. The #COP27 Presidency announces The @CocaCola Company as a Supporting Sponsor to COP27. For more information: https://t.co/JDyhS2N79A pic.twitter.com/XRhjoA4i2b — COP27 (@COP27P) September […] Continue reading -> Weak Systems and Lack of Investment in New Antibiotics Are Key Global Health Threats 05/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Russia’s war in Ukraine is draining resources to build better health systems, while Sino-American rivalry is undermining the global solidarity needed to address future pandemics. But the massive under-investment in new antibiotics to combat drug-resistant “superbugs” and weak primary health systems might be the biggest enemies of global health. This was according to global health […] Continue reading -> Shionogi and the Medicines Patent Pool Reach Agreement on COVID-19 Antiviral Pill 04/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed a voluntary licence agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical company, Shionogi, to enable generic companies to produce its COVID-19 antiviral treatment pill candidate, provided it gets regulatory approval. The pill, ensitrelvir fumaric acid, has already shown efficacy in a phase 2/ 3 trial involving 1,821 COVID-19 patients from Japan, South […] Continue reading -> From Equity to Conspiracies, People Say What They Want From a Pandemic Treaty 29/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan From bedrooms in China to boardrooms in Geneva, people offered their views on how to protect the world against future pandemics during the second round of public hearings called by the World Health Organization (WHO). The public hearings are part of the WHO intergovernmental negotiating board (INB) process to develop a pandemic “convention, agreement or […] Continue reading -> Africa’s New Medicine Agency Needs Support From Continent’s Powerhouses 28/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Africa’s most powerful countries need to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) to ensure its credibility – and civil society organisations can lobby them to do so , said Dr Michel Sidibe, the African Union’s (AU) Special Representative on the AMA. “It is important to have countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, the DRC, […] Continue reading -> Invest in Health Workforce to Combat Pandemic, Climate and War, Kluge Appeals 27/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan European finance ministers need to recognise that the “permacrisis” of the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine pose as big a danger as a nuclear threat, and double their investment in the health workforce, according to World Health Organization (WHO) Europe director Dr Hans Kluge. This, added Kluge, was his “moonshot” for a […] Continue reading -> African Teen Pregnancies Skyrocketed During COVID Lockdowns – But Prevention is Possible 23/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Seventeen-year-old South African Amanda Nkosi* is already a mother and living with HIV – thanks to what she describes as “doing things that teenagers do” without access to accurate health information or contraception. She discovered her HIV status recently when a youth-friendly clinic opened near her home in the coastal city of Durban and offered […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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.
Weak Systems and Lack of Investment in New Antibiotics Are Key Global Health Threats 05/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Russia’s war in Ukraine is draining resources to build better health systems, while Sino-American rivalry is undermining the global solidarity needed to address future pandemics. But the massive under-investment in new antibiotics to combat drug-resistant “superbugs” and weak primary health systems might be the biggest enemies of global health. This was according to global health […] Continue reading -> Shionogi and the Medicines Patent Pool Reach Agreement on COVID-19 Antiviral Pill 04/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed a voluntary licence agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical company, Shionogi, to enable generic companies to produce its COVID-19 antiviral treatment pill candidate, provided it gets regulatory approval. The pill, ensitrelvir fumaric acid, has already shown efficacy in a phase 2/ 3 trial involving 1,821 COVID-19 patients from Japan, South […] Continue reading -> From Equity to Conspiracies, People Say What They Want From a Pandemic Treaty 29/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan From bedrooms in China to boardrooms in Geneva, people offered their views on how to protect the world against future pandemics during the second round of public hearings called by the World Health Organization (WHO). The public hearings are part of the WHO intergovernmental negotiating board (INB) process to develop a pandemic “convention, agreement or […] Continue reading -> Africa’s New Medicine Agency Needs Support From Continent’s Powerhouses 28/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Africa’s most powerful countries need to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) to ensure its credibility – and civil society organisations can lobby them to do so , said Dr Michel Sidibe, the African Union’s (AU) Special Representative on the AMA. “It is important to have countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, the DRC, […] Continue reading -> Invest in Health Workforce to Combat Pandemic, Climate and War, Kluge Appeals 27/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan European finance ministers need to recognise that the “permacrisis” of the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine pose as big a danger as a nuclear threat, and double their investment in the health workforce, according to World Health Organization (WHO) Europe director Dr Hans Kluge. This, added Kluge, was his “moonshot” for a […] Continue reading -> African Teen Pregnancies Skyrocketed During COVID Lockdowns – But Prevention is Possible 23/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Seventeen-year-old South African Amanda Nkosi* is already a mother and living with HIV – thanks to what she describes as “doing things that teenagers do” without access to accurate health information or contraception. She discovered her HIV status recently when a youth-friendly clinic opened near her home in the coastal city of Durban and offered […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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.
Shionogi and the Medicines Patent Pool Reach Agreement on COVID-19 Antiviral Pill 04/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed a voluntary licence agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical company, Shionogi, to enable generic companies to produce its COVID-19 antiviral treatment pill candidate, provided it gets regulatory approval. The pill, ensitrelvir fumaric acid, has already shown efficacy in a phase 2/ 3 trial involving 1,821 COVID-19 patients from Japan, South […] Continue reading -> From Equity to Conspiracies, People Say What They Want From a Pandemic Treaty 29/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan From bedrooms in China to boardrooms in Geneva, people offered their views on how to protect the world against future pandemics during the second round of public hearings called by the World Health Organization (WHO). The public hearings are part of the WHO intergovernmental negotiating board (INB) process to develop a pandemic “convention, agreement or […] Continue reading -> Africa’s New Medicine Agency Needs Support From Continent’s Powerhouses 28/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Africa’s most powerful countries need to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) to ensure its credibility – and civil society organisations can lobby them to do so , said Dr Michel Sidibe, the African Union’s (AU) Special Representative on the AMA. “It is important to have countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, the DRC, […] Continue reading -> Invest in Health Workforce to Combat Pandemic, Climate and War, Kluge Appeals 27/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan European finance ministers need to recognise that the “permacrisis” of the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine pose as big a danger as a nuclear threat, and double their investment in the health workforce, according to World Health Organization (WHO) Europe director Dr Hans Kluge. This, added Kluge, was his “moonshot” for a […] Continue reading -> African Teen Pregnancies Skyrocketed During COVID Lockdowns – But Prevention is Possible 23/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Seventeen-year-old South African Amanda Nkosi* is already a mother and living with HIV – thanks to what she describes as “doing things that teenagers do” without access to accurate health information or contraception. She discovered her HIV status recently when a youth-friendly clinic opened near her home in the coastal city of Durban and offered […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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.
From Equity to Conspiracies, People Say What They Want From a Pandemic Treaty 29/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan From bedrooms in China to boardrooms in Geneva, people offered their views on how to protect the world against future pandemics during the second round of public hearings called by the World Health Organization (WHO). The public hearings are part of the WHO intergovernmental negotiating board (INB) process to develop a pandemic “convention, agreement or […] Continue reading -> Africa’s New Medicine Agency Needs Support From Continent’s Powerhouses 28/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Africa’s most powerful countries need to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) to ensure its credibility – and civil society organisations can lobby them to do so , said Dr Michel Sidibe, the African Union’s (AU) Special Representative on the AMA. “It is important to have countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, the DRC, […] Continue reading -> Invest in Health Workforce to Combat Pandemic, Climate and War, Kluge Appeals 27/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan European finance ministers need to recognise that the “permacrisis” of the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine pose as big a danger as a nuclear threat, and double their investment in the health workforce, according to World Health Organization (WHO) Europe director Dr Hans Kluge. This, added Kluge, was his “moonshot” for a […] Continue reading -> African Teen Pregnancies Skyrocketed During COVID Lockdowns – But Prevention is Possible 23/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Seventeen-year-old South African Amanda Nkosi* is already a mother and living with HIV – thanks to what she describes as “doing things that teenagers do” without access to accurate health information or contraception. She discovered her HIV status recently when a youth-friendly clinic opened near her home in the coastal city of Durban and offered […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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’s New Medicine Agency Needs Support From Continent’s Powerhouses 28/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Africa’s most powerful countries need to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) to ensure its credibility – and civil society organisations can lobby them to do so , said Dr Michel Sidibe, the African Union’s (AU) Special Representative on the AMA. “It is important to have countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, the DRC, […] Continue reading -> Invest in Health Workforce to Combat Pandemic, Climate and War, Kluge Appeals 27/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan European finance ministers need to recognise that the “permacrisis” of the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine pose as big a danger as a nuclear threat, and double their investment in the health workforce, according to World Health Organization (WHO) Europe director Dr Hans Kluge. This, added Kluge, was his “moonshot” for a […] Continue reading -> African Teen Pregnancies Skyrocketed During COVID Lockdowns – But Prevention is Possible 23/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Seventeen-year-old South African Amanda Nkosi* is already a mother and living with HIV – thanks to what she describes as “doing things that teenagers do” without access to accurate health information or contraception. She discovered her HIV status recently when a youth-friendly clinic opened near her home in the coastal city of Durban and offered […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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.
Invest in Health Workforce to Combat Pandemic, Climate and War, Kluge Appeals 27/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan European finance ministers need to recognise that the “permacrisis” of the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine pose as big a danger as a nuclear threat, and double their investment in the health workforce, according to World Health Organization (WHO) Europe director Dr Hans Kluge. This, added Kluge, was his “moonshot” for a […] Continue reading -> African Teen Pregnancies Skyrocketed During COVID Lockdowns – But Prevention is Possible 23/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Seventeen-year-old South African Amanda Nkosi* is already a mother and living with HIV – thanks to what she describes as “doing things that teenagers do” without access to accurate health information or contraception. She discovered her HIV status recently when a youth-friendly clinic opened near her home in the coastal city of Durban and offered […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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 Teen Pregnancies Skyrocketed During COVID Lockdowns – But Prevention is Possible 23/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Seventeen-year-old South African Amanda Nkosi* is already a mother and living with HIV – thanks to what she describes as “doing things that teenagers do” without access to accurate health information or contraception. She discovered her HIV status recently when a youth-friendly clinic opened near her home in the coastal city of Durban and offered […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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.
Global Fund Still Short of $18 Billion Target for Fighting HIV, TB and Malaria – But UK and Italy Have Yet to Announce Pledges 22/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund raised $14.25 billion at its seventh replenishment conference in New York on Wednesday – still some way short of its $18 billion target for the next three years, although the United Kingdom and Italy had yet to make their commitments at the end of a day of public pledges. US President Joe […] Continue reading -> The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] 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
The Hefty Price Tag of Obesity 21/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan After three years of number-crunching, economists have come up with a price tag for what overweight and obesity cost countries in 2019, and it’s a staggering 2.19% of their gross domestic product (GDP). On average, African countries paid $20 per capita to address the consequences of overweight and obesity, while in countries in the Americas, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts