The number of WHO programme divisions would be reduced from 10 to just five and the number of directors in headquarters would shrink from nearly 80 to around 30 in an emergency reorganisation plan reviewed by the agency’s executive management group at a closed-door retreat on Saturday.    The plan, to be presented to member […] Continue reading ->
The federal agency responsible for protecting the environment in the United States will stop requiring most polluters to report their emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that cause climate change. The upcoming policy shift by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), first reported by ProPublica on Thursday, will effectively render the second-largest greenhouse […] Continue reading ->
Heads of six UN agencies including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the World Food Programme issued a desperate warning that blockades of aid, food, medicine and life-saving supplies to Gaza since Israel resumed its attack on the enclave show “utter disregard for human life.” “For over a month, no commercial or humanitarian supplies have […] Continue reading ->
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 (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 ->
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 ->