Recent Aid Cuts Jeopardize 40% Reduction in Maternal Mortality Since 2000 08/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Maternal mortality rates have dropped by 40% since 2000, largely due to improved access to essential health services. But WHO officials warn that the recent, deep cuts to international aid could be as disruptive as the COVID-19 pandemic, if not more so, to a woman’s chances of surviving pregnancy and childbirth. And in 2023, more […] Continue reading -> Myanmar’s Collapsing Health System Crushed Beneath Earthquake and Civil War 04/04/2025 Stefan Anderson Myanmar’s health system was collapsing. Then the earthquake hit. “The houses, which were all built on the water, were gone — all flattened,” 15-year-old Myat Nyein from Inle Lake in Shan State, recalled in testimony to Save the Children. His mother died in the disaster, her body found covered in bruises with stitches on her […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> US Slashes Quarter of Federal Health Workforce 28/03/2025 Stefan Anderson The Department of Health and Human Services will cut an additional 10,000 full-time employees, bringing total reductions to nearly a quarter of the federal workforce responsible for Americans’ health. HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who rose to prominence as the leader of the world’s largest anti-vaccine activist group before taking control of the US health […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Organisations Face Backlash After Trump, Musk Link USAID Grantees to ‘Terrorism’ 25/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Civil society organisations (CSOs) globally face investigation, restrictions and harassment in dozens of countries after US President Donald Trump claimed that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was run by “radical left lunatics” and Elon Musk claimed that several grantees supported terror organisations. This is according to a recent survey carried out by the […] Continue reading -> Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance and Labs Hit Hardest by US Budget Cuts 18/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, according to the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). SAGE, which advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on immunisation, issued the warning at a media briefing on Tuesday after its four-day biannual meeting. It warned […] Continue reading -> Why Do Health Inequality Solutions Keep Failing? 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman How can health inequality be reduced? This was the topic of the most recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. Understanding Health Inequality “Health inequity is produced by and within social relations that govern the production and exchange of concrete material things that we need to survive and flourish, to […] Continue reading -> ‘I Cried Every Day’—How a Noma Survivor Turned Tragedy Into Triumph 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman “There is ability in disability,” says Mulikat Okanlawon, a Noma survivor from Nigeria. Okanlawon shared this message on a recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. The episode was one of two focused on the real-life experiences of people living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Noma primarily affects children. The […] Continue reading -> USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Myanmar’s Collapsing Health System Crushed Beneath Earthquake and Civil War 04/04/2025 Stefan Anderson Myanmar’s health system was collapsing. Then the earthquake hit. “The houses, which were all built on the water, were gone — all flattened,” 15-year-old Myat Nyein from Inle Lake in Shan State, recalled in testimony to Save the Children. His mother died in the disaster, her body found covered in bruises with stitches on her […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> US Slashes Quarter of Federal Health Workforce 28/03/2025 Stefan Anderson The Department of Health and Human Services will cut an additional 10,000 full-time employees, bringing total reductions to nearly a quarter of the federal workforce responsible for Americans’ health. HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who rose to prominence as the leader of the world’s largest anti-vaccine activist group before taking control of the US health […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Organisations Face Backlash After Trump, Musk Link USAID Grantees to ‘Terrorism’ 25/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Civil society organisations (CSOs) globally face investigation, restrictions and harassment in dozens of countries after US President Donald Trump claimed that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was run by “radical left lunatics” and Elon Musk claimed that several grantees supported terror organisations. This is according to a recent survey carried out by the […] Continue reading -> Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance and Labs Hit Hardest by US Budget Cuts 18/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, according to the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). SAGE, which advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on immunisation, issued the warning at a media briefing on Tuesday after its four-day biannual meeting. It warned […] Continue reading -> Why Do Health Inequality Solutions Keep Failing? 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman How can health inequality be reduced? This was the topic of the most recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. Understanding Health Inequality “Health inequity is produced by and within social relations that govern the production and exchange of concrete material things that we need to survive and flourish, to […] Continue reading -> ‘I Cried Every Day’—How a Noma Survivor Turned Tragedy Into Triumph 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman “There is ability in disability,” says Mulikat Okanlawon, a Noma survivor from Nigeria. Okanlawon shared this message on a recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. The episode was one of two focused on the real-life experiences of people living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Noma primarily affects children. The […] Continue reading -> USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> US Slashes Quarter of Federal Health Workforce 28/03/2025 Stefan Anderson The Department of Health and Human Services will cut an additional 10,000 full-time employees, bringing total reductions to nearly a quarter of the federal workforce responsible for Americans’ health. HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who rose to prominence as the leader of the world’s largest anti-vaccine activist group before taking control of the US health […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Organisations Face Backlash After Trump, Musk Link USAID Grantees to ‘Terrorism’ 25/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Civil society organisations (CSOs) globally face investigation, restrictions and harassment in dozens of countries after US President Donald Trump claimed that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was run by “radical left lunatics” and Elon Musk claimed that several grantees supported terror organisations. This is according to a recent survey carried out by the […] Continue reading -> Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance and Labs Hit Hardest by US Budget Cuts 18/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, according to the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). SAGE, which advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on immunisation, issued the warning at a media briefing on Tuesday after its four-day biannual meeting. It warned […] Continue reading -> Why Do Health Inequality Solutions Keep Failing? 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman How can health inequality be reduced? This was the topic of the most recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. Understanding Health Inequality “Health inequity is produced by and within social relations that govern the production and exchange of concrete material things that we need to survive and flourish, to […] Continue reading -> ‘I Cried Every Day’—How a Noma Survivor Turned Tragedy Into Triumph 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman “There is ability in disability,” says Mulikat Okanlawon, a Noma survivor from Nigeria. Okanlawon shared this message on a recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. The episode was one of two focused on the real-life experiences of people living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Noma primarily affects children. The […] Continue reading -> USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Slashes Quarter of Federal Health Workforce 28/03/2025 Stefan Anderson The Department of Health and Human Services will cut an additional 10,000 full-time employees, bringing total reductions to nearly a quarter of the federal workforce responsible for Americans’ health. HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who rose to prominence as the leader of the world’s largest anti-vaccine activist group before taking control of the US health […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Organisations Face Backlash After Trump, Musk Link USAID Grantees to ‘Terrorism’ 25/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Civil society organisations (CSOs) globally face investigation, restrictions and harassment in dozens of countries after US President Donald Trump claimed that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was run by “radical left lunatics” and Elon Musk claimed that several grantees supported terror organisations. This is according to a recent survey carried out by the […] Continue reading -> Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance and Labs Hit Hardest by US Budget Cuts 18/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, according to the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). SAGE, which advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on immunisation, issued the warning at a media briefing on Tuesday after its four-day biannual meeting. It warned […] Continue reading -> Why Do Health Inequality Solutions Keep Failing? 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman How can health inequality be reduced? This was the topic of the most recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. Understanding Health Inequality “Health inequity is produced by and within social relations that govern the production and exchange of concrete material things that we need to survive and flourish, to […] Continue reading -> ‘I Cried Every Day’—How a Noma Survivor Turned Tragedy Into Triumph 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman “There is ability in disability,” says Mulikat Okanlawon, a Noma survivor from Nigeria. Okanlawon shared this message on a recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. The episode was one of two focused on the real-life experiences of people living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Noma primarily affects children. The […] Continue reading -> USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Civil Society Organisations Face Backlash After Trump, Musk Link USAID Grantees to ‘Terrorism’ 25/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Civil society organisations (CSOs) globally face investigation, restrictions and harassment in dozens of countries after US President Donald Trump claimed that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was run by “radical left lunatics” and Elon Musk claimed that several grantees supported terror organisations. This is according to a recent survey carried out by the […] Continue reading -> Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance and Labs Hit Hardest by US Budget Cuts 18/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, according to the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). SAGE, which advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on immunisation, issued the warning at a media briefing on Tuesday after its four-day biannual meeting. It warned […] Continue reading -> Why Do Health Inequality Solutions Keep Failing? 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman How can health inequality be reduced? This was the topic of the most recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. Understanding Health Inequality “Health inequity is produced by and within social relations that govern the production and exchange of concrete material things that we need to survive and flourish, to […] Continue reading -> ‘I Cried Every Day’—How a Noma Survivor Turned Tragedy Into Triumph 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman “There is ability in disability,” says Mulikat Okanlawon, a Noma survivor from Nigeria. Okanlawon shared this message on a recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. The episode was one of two focused on the real-life experiences of people living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Noma primarily affects children. The […] Continue reading -> USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance and Labs Hit Hardest by US Budget Cuts 18/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, according to the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). SAGE, which advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on immunisation, issued the warning at a media briefing on Tuesday after its four-day biannual meeting. It warned […] Continue reading -> Why Do Health Inequality Solutions Keep Failing? 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman How can health inequality be reduced? This was the topic of the most recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. Understanding Health Inequality “Health inequity is produced by and within social relations that govern the production and exchange of concrete material things that we need to survive and flourish, to […] Continue reading -> ‘I Cried Every Day’—How a Noma Survivor Turned Tragedy Into Triumph 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman “There is ability in disability,” says Mulikat Okanlawon, a Noma survivor from Nigeria. Okanlawon shared this message on a recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. The episode was one of two focused on the real-life experiences of people living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Noma primarily affects children. The […] Continue reading -> USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Why Do Health Inequality Solutions Keep Failing? 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman How can health inequality be reduced? This was the topic of the most recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. Understanding Health Inequality “Health inequity is produced by and within social relations that govern the production and exchange of concrete material things that we need to survive and flourish, to […] Continue reading -> ‘I Cried Every Day’—How a Noma Survivor Turned Tragedy Into Triumph 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman “There is ability in disability,” says Mulikat Okanlawon, a Noma survivor from Nigeria. Okanlawon shared this message on a recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. The episode was one of two focused on the real-life experiences of people living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Noma primarily affects children. The […] Continue reading -> USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘I Cried Every Day’—How a Noma Survivor Turned Tragedy Into Triumph 15/03/2025 Maayan Hoffman “There is ability in disability,” says Mulikat Okanlawon, a Noma survivor from Nigeria. Okanlawon shared this message on a recent episode of the Global Health Matters podcast with Dr. Garry Aslanyan. The episode was one of two focused on the real-life experiences of people living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Noma primarily affects children. The […] Continue reading -> USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
USAID ‘Officially’ Gutted, but Administration Overstepped Constitutional Power, Judge Rules 11/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of US international aid programs were “canceled” hours before a federal district judge ruled that the administration’s actions were an overreach of the Executive branch’s power. At risk are thousands of lifesaving humanitarian programs. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, 500,000 Rohynga children depend on food treatment […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts