Taxing Sugary Drinks is a ‘Win for Health and Government Revenue’ 13/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Taxing sugary drinks can be a win for health and government revenue, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) at the launch of its first ever tax manual for sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) on Tuesday. “SSBs have little to no added nutritional value, but their consumption is significantly associated with tooth decay, weight gain and obesity, […] Continue reading -> WHO Appoints Wellcome’s Farrar as Chief Scientist, ex-Tonga Minister as Chief Nurse 13/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Wellcome Trust director Dr Jeremy Farrar will become the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Scientist in the second quarter of 2023, according to announcements by the WHO and Wellcome on Tuesday. Farrar’s second five-year term is ending next February and Wellcome Trust “have been planning the transition for some time, and a global search for […] Continue reading -> Conflicts and Climate Change Are Undermining UHC in Eastern Mediterranean 12/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan COVID-19, conflicts and climate change are posing additional challenges to efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMRO), the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged on the eve of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day on Monday. “The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vulnerability of our health, social protection and economic systems,” Dr […] Continue reading -> As Drug Resistance Surges, Experts Call for Antibiotics for Newborns to be Prioritised 12/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Leading public health experts are calling for urgent action to develop antibiotics for newborn babies, a population that is particularly vulnerable to antibiotic resistance. Each year, there are an estimated three million cases of neonatal sepsis causing up to 570,000 deaths, many due to a current lack of effective antibiotics, according to a paper published […] Continue reading -> Despite Mosquitoes’ Wily Evolution, Countries Make Progress Against Malaria 08/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Wily malaria-carrying mosquitoes are biting people earlier in the day before they get under their protective bednets and sleeping outside homes to avoid insecticide – and many have developed resistance to the insecticide used to impregnate the bednets. Despite these and other challenges, progress against malaria has been relatively steady – even during the height […] Continue reading -> Homicide Charges for Those Making Harmful Fake Medicine? 07/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan There should be much harsher penalties, including homicide charges, for those who intentionally falsify medicine and include harmful ingredients, according to Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). Sehmi was speaking at an event hosted by Fight the Fakes Alliance in Geneva on Wednesday to highlight the global proliferation of fake […] Continue reading -> US Wants WTO to Delay Decision on TRIPS Waiver Extension for COVID-19 Tests and Treatment 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced on Tuesday that it supports extending the deadline on whether the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement should be extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. Trade ministers adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement in June, giving members scope to diversify the production […] Continue reading -> Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia’s parliament passed a new criminal code that bans extramarital sex and criminalises abortion except for rape survivors on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The code applies to both citizens and visitors, and those who have sex outside marriage face up to a year in prison. Indonesia’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism and its tourism industry […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Appoints Wellcome’s Farrar as Chief Scientist, ex-Tonga Minister as Chief Nurse 13/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Wellcome Trust director Dr Jeremy Farrar will become the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Scientist in the second quarter of 2023, according to announcements by the WHO and Wellcome on Tuesday. Farrar’s second five-year term is ending next February and Wellcome Trust “have been planning the transition for some time, and a global search for […] Continue reading -> Conflicts and Climate Change Are Undermining UHC in Eastern Mediterranean 12/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan COVID-19, conflicts and climate change are posing additional challenges to efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMRO), the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged on the eve of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day on Monday. “The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vulnerability of our health, social protection and economic systems,” Dr […] Continue reading -> As Drug Resistance Surges, Experts Call for Antibiotics for Newborns to be Prioritised 12/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Leading public health experts are calling for urgent action to develop antibiotics for newborn babies, a population that is particularly vulnerable to antibiotic resistance. Each year, there are an estimated three million cases of neonatal sepsis causing up to 570,000 deaths, many due to a current lack of effective antibiotics, according to a paper published […] Continue reading -> Despite Mosquitoes’ Wily Evolution, Countries Make Progress Against Malaria 08/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Wily malaria-carrying mosquitoes are biting people earlier in the day before they get under their protective bednets and sleeping outside homes to avoid insecticide – and many have developed resistance to the insecticide used to impregnate the bednets. Despite these and other challenges, progress against malaria has been relatively steady – even during the height […] Continue reading -> Homicide Charges for Those Making Harmful Fake Medicine? 07/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan There should be much harsher penalties, including homicide charges, for those who intentionally falsify medicine and include harmful ingredients, according to Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). Sehmi was speaking at an event hosted by Fight the Fakes Alliance in Geneva on Wednesday to highlight the global proliferation of fake […] Continue reading -> US Wants WTO to Delay Decision on TRIPS Waiver Extension for COVID-19 Tests and Treatment 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced on Tuesday that it supports extending the deadline on whether the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement should be extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. Trade ministers adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement in June, giving members scope to diversify the production […] Continue reading -> Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia’s parliament passed a new criminal code that bans extramarital sex and criminalises abortion except for rape survivors on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The code applies to both citizens and visitors, and those who have sex outside marriage face up to a year in prison. Indonesia’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism and its tourism industry […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Conflicts and Climate Change Are Undermining UHC in Eastern Mediterranean 12/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan COVID-19, conflicts and climate change are posing additional challenges to efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMRO), the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged on the eve of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day on Monday. “The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vulnerability of our health, social protection and economic systems,” Dr […] Continue reading -> As Drug Resistance Surges, Experts Call for Antibiotics for Newborns to be Prioritised 12/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Leading public health experts are calling for urgent action to develop antibiotics for newborn babies, a population that is particularly vulnerable to antibiotic resistance. Each year, there are an estimated three million cases of neonatal sepsis causing up to 570,000 deaths, many due to a current lack of effective antibiotics, according to a paper published […] Continue reading -> Despite Mosquitoes’ Wily Evolution, Countries Make Progress Against Malaria 08/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Wily malaria-carrying mosquitoes are biting people earlier in the day before they get under their protective bednets and sleeping outside homes to avoid insecticide – and many have developed resistance to the insecticide used to impregnate the bednets. Despite these and other challenges, progress against malaria has been relatively steady – even during the height […] Continue reading -> Homicide Charges for Those Making Harmful Fake Medicine? 07/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan There should be much harsher penalties, including homicide charges, for those who intentionally falsify medicine and include harmful ingredients, according to Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). Sehmi was speaking at an event hosted by Fight the Fakes Alliance in Geneva on Wednesday to highlight the global proliferation of fake […] Continue reading -> US Wants WTO to Delay Decision on TRIPS Waiver Extension for COVID-19 Tests and Treatment 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced on Tuesday that it supports extending the deadline on whether the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement should be extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. Trade ministers adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement in June, giving members scope to diversify the production […] Continue reading -> Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia’s parliament passed a new criminal code that bans extramarital sex and criminalises abortion except for rape survivors on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The code applies to both citizens and visitors, and those who have sex outside marriage face up to a year in prison. Indonesia’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism and its tourism industry […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Drug Resistance Surges, Experts Call for Antibiotics for Newborns to be Prioritised 12/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Leading public health experts are calling for urgent action to develop antibiotics for newborn babies, a population that is particularly vulnerable to antibiotic resistance. Each year, there are an estimated three million cases of neonatal sepsis causing up to 570,000 deaths, many due to a current lack of effective antibiotics, according to a paper published […] Continue reading -> Despite Mosquitoes’ Wily Evolution, Countries Make Progress Against Malaria 08/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Wily malaria-carrying mosquitoes are biting people earlier in the day before they get under their protective bednets and sleeping outside homes to avoid insecticide – and many have developed resistance to the insecticide used to impregnate the bednets. Despite these and other challenges, progress against malaria has been relatively steady – even during the height […] Continue reading -> Homicide Charges for Those Making Harmful Fake Medicine? 07/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan There should be much harsher penalties, including homicide charges, for those who intentionally falsify medicine and include harmful ingredients, according to Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). Sehmi was speaking at an event hosted by Fight the Fakes Alliance in Geneva on Wednesday to highlight the global proliferation of fake […] Continue reading -> US Wants WTO to Delay Decision on TRIPS Waiver Extension for COVID-19 Tests and Treatment 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced on Tuesday that it supports extending the deadline on whether the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement should be extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. Trade ministers adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement in June, giving members scope to diversify the production […] Continue reading -> Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia’s parliament passed a new criminal code that bans extramarital sex and criminalises abortion except for rape survivors on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The code applies to both citizens and visitors, and those who have sex outside marriage face up to a year in prison. Indonesia’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism and its tourism industry […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Despite Mosquitoes’ Wily Evolution, Countries Make Progress Against Malaria 08/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Wily malaria-carrying mosquitoes are biting people earlier in the day before they get under their protective bednets and sleeping outside homes to avoid insecticide – and many have developed resistance to the insecticide used to impregnate the bednets. Despite these and other challenges, progress against malaria has been relatively steady – even during the height […] Continue reading -> Homicide Charges for Those Making Harmful Fake Medicine? 07/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan There should be much harsher penalties, including homicide charges, for those who intentionally falsify medicine and include harmful ingredients, according to Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). Sehmi was speaking at an event hosted by Fight the Fakes Alliance in Geneva on Wednesday to highlight the global proliferation of fake […] Continue reading -> US Wants WTO to Delay Decision on TRIPS Waiver Extension for COVID-19 Tests and Treatment 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced on Tuesday that it supports extending the deadline on whether the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement should be extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. Trade ministers adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement in June, giving members scope to diversify the production […] Continue reading -> Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia’s parliament passed a new criminal code that bans extramarital sex and criminalises abortion except for rape survivors on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The code applies to both citizens and visitors, and those who have sex outside marriage face up to a year in prison. Indonesia’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism and its tourism industry […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Homicide Charges for Those Making Harmful Fake Medicine? 07/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan There should be much harsher penalties, including homicide charges, for those who intentionally falsify medicine and include harmful ingredients, according to Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). Sehmi was speaking at an event hosted by Fight the Fakes Alliance in Geneva on Wednesday to highlight the global proliferation of fake […] Continue reading -> US Wants WTO to Delay Decision on TRIPS Waiver Extension for COVID-19 Tests and Treatment 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced on Tuesday that it supports extending the deadline on whether the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement should be extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. Trade ministers adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement in June, giving members scope to diversify the production […] Continue reading -> Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia’s parliament passed a new criminal code that bans extramarital sex and criminalises abortion except for rape survivors on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The code applies to both citizens and visitors, and those who have sex outside marriage face up to a year in prison. Indonesia’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism and its tourism industry […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Wants WTO to Delay Decision on TRIPS Waiver Extension for COVID-19 Tests and Treatment 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced on Tuesday that it supports extending the deadline on whether the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement should be extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. Trade ministers adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement in June, giving members scope to diversify the production […] Continue reading -> Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia’s parliament passed a new criminal code that bans extramarital sex and criminalises abortion except for rape survivors on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The code applies to both citizens and visitors, and those who have sex outside marriage face up to a year in prison. Indonesia’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism and its tourism industry […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex 06/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia’s parliament passed a new criminal code that bans extramarital sex and criminalises abortion except for rape survivors on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The code applies to both citizens and visitors, and those who have sex outside marriage face up to a year in prison. Indonesia’s economy is heavily dependent on tourism and its tourism industry […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Twenty Years On, HIV Activist is Still Fighting for Access to Cheaper Medicine 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Twenty years ago, Hazel Tau, a young South African living with HIV, and her peers had little chance of getting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because it was completely unaffordable. The South African price for just one of the three ARV drugs she needed, AZT, was 665% higher than the best-priced generic available elsewhere in the world. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts