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 ->
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced it would seek to roll back 31 climate, air and water pollution, and emissions regulations, declaring this is the “biggest deregulatory action” in US history. Leading environmental health voices say that rolling back pollution and climate regulations will inextricably harm the public’s health, though the Trump administration asserts that […] Continue reading ->
The list of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) projects that the Trump administration has cancelled runs to 368 pages and provides a rare glimpse of the extent of the US international influence. READ HERE: USAID Terminated Awards (6 March 2025) Projects vary from huge infrastructure support programmes (14 to unspecified countries worth $800 […] Continue reading ->
A four-year, multi-country trial measuring health impacts of reduced indoor air pollution due to the shifting of households from biomass to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has yielded  mixed results – defying expectations that reduced indoor air pollution would yield significant health benefits. The study of 3,200 households in four Asian, African and Latin America countries […] Continue reading ->
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 ->
Chad and Bangladesh  ranked as the most polluted countries in 2024, while Delhi, India was the most polluted capital city, according to the 2024 World Air Quality report produced by the Swiss-based IQAir.  But only seven countries worldwide met WHO air quality guidelines and Africa’s pollution levels remains under-reported. Pollution monitoring also fell victim to […] Continue reading ->
Almost five million lives could be saved annually if low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) invested 1% more of GDP in public healthcare spending – and used at least 40% of this to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This is according to Airfinity research commissioned by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), […] Continue reading ->