Facing New Polio Cases, Malawi Resorts to Drones to Deliver Vaccines 19/07/2023 Josephine Chinele On a partly cloudy morning last week, staff and onlookers watched with excitement and curiosity as a drone carrying polio vaccine doses was launched from the Matawale Health Centre in Zomba in eastern Malawi. The drone was being sent to Chisi Island, one of the hard-to-reach parts of this district that is often left out of […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Accord Negotiations Inch Towards First Draft With Co-Chair Urging Substance Over Speed 17/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan Pandemic accord negotiations resumed on Monday with World Health Organization (WHO) member states expressing a hunger for text-based talks to begin on a first draft amid grave concerns about whether enough progress will be made before the northern hemisphere summer break. Roland Driece, co-chair of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), told the […] Continue reading -> Aspartame Linked to Liver Cancer but Evidence ‘Limited’: New Findings by International Cancer Agency 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan In groundbreaking new research, experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have raised a cautious red flag about the artificial sweetener, aspartame, and its link to liver cancer, but stress that evidence is “limited”. IARC’s Dr Mary Schubauer-Berigan described the artificial sweetener as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” based on “limited evidence” of […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> AIDS Killed One Person per Minute in 2022: Women and Girls in sub-Saharan Africa Remain Most Vulnerable 13/07/2023 Megha Kaveri Despite the giant strides the world has made in combating the HIV epidemic, the high rate of infections among women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as childhood HIV infections, continue to hamper progress. “Four thousand adolescent girls and young women acquired HIV every single week. That’s a crisis every single week. 3,100 of […] Continue reading -> Europe on Course for 120,000 Heat-Related Deaths a Year by 2050 12/07/2023 Maayan Hoffman Europe could face an average of 120,000 premature deaths attributable to heat each summer by 2050 if more effective adaptation plans are not implemented, according to a team of researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Meanwhile, as record heat was experienced across the world, lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday […] Continue reading -> COVID Highlighted Problems in Accessing Medicine for Non-Communicable Diseases – But They Can be Fixed 12/07/2023 Bente Mikkelsen The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated patients’ difficulties in accessing medication for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is a range of measures countries can take to mitigate this – and a pandemic accord could address some of the structural weaknesses. COVID-19 had a disproportionate and far-reaching impact on people living with NCDs. Not only were they more […] Continue reading -> After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Accord Negotiations Inch Towards First Draft With Co-Chair Urging Substance Over Speed 17/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan Pandemic accord negotiations resumed on Monday with World Health Organization (WHO) member states expressing a hunger for text-based talks to begin on a first draft amid grave concerns about whether enough progress will be made before the northern hemisphere summer break. Roland Driece, co-chair of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), told the […] Continue reading -> Aspartame Linked to Liver Cancer but Evidence ‘Limited’: New Findings by International Cancer Agency 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan In groundbreaking new research, experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have raised a cautious red flag about the artificial sweetener, aspartame, and its link to liver cancer, but stress that evidence is “limited”. IARC’s Dr Mary Schubauer-Berigan described the artificial sweetener as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” based on “limited evidence” of […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> AIDS Killed One Person per Minute in 2022: Women and Girls in sub-Saharan Africa Remain Most Vulnerable 13/07/2023 Megha Kaveri Despite the giant strides the world has made in combating the HIV epidemic, the high rate of infections among women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as childhood HIV infections, continue to hamper progress. “Four thousand adolescent girls and young women acquired HIV every single week. That’s a crisis every single week. 3,100 of […] Continue reading -> Europe on Course for 120,000 Heat-Related Deaths a Year by 2050 12/07/2023 Maayan Hoffman Europe could face an average of 120,000 premature deaths attributable to heat each summer by 2050 if more effective adaptation plans are not implemented, according to a team of researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Meanwhile, as record heat was experienced across the world, lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday […] Continue reading -> COVID Highlighted Problems in Accessing Medicine for Non-Communicable Diseases – But They Can be Fixed 12/07/2023 Bente Mikkelsen The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated patients’ difficulties in accessing medication for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is a range of measures countries can take to mitigate this – and a pandemic accord could address some of the structural weaknesses. COVID-19 had a disproportionate and far-reaching impact on people living with NCDs. Not only were they more […] Continue reading -> After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Accord Negotiations Inch Towards First Draft With Co-Chair Urging Substance Over Speed 17/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan Pandemic accord negotiations resumed on Monday with World Health Organization (WHO) member states expressing a hunger for text-based talks to begin on a first draft amid grave concerns about whether enough progress will be made before the northern hemisphere summer break. Roland Driece, co-chair of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), told the […] Continue reading -> Aspartame Linked to Liver Cancer but Evidence ‘Limited’: New Findings by International Cancer Agency 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan In groundbreaking new research, experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have raised a cautious red flag about the artificial sweetener, aspartame, and its link to liver cancer, but stress that evidence is “limited”. IARC’s Dr Mary Schubauer-Berigan described the artificial sweetener as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” based on “limited evidence” of […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> AIDS Killed One Person per Minute in 2022: Women and Girls in sub-Saharan Africa Remain Most Vulnerable 13/07/2023 Megha Kaveri Despite the giant strides the world has made in combating the HIV epidemic, the high rate of infections among women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as childhood HIV infections, continue to hamper progress. “Four thousand adolescent girls and young women acquired HIV every single week. That’s a crisis every single week. 3,100 of […] Continue reading -> Europe on Course for 120,000 Heat-Related Deaths a Year by 2050 12/07/2023 Maayan Hoffman Europe could face an average of 120,000 premature deaths attributable to heat each summer by 2050 if more effective adaptation plans are not implemented, according to a team of researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Meanwhile, as record heat was experienced across the world, lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday […] Continue reading -> COVID Highlighted Problems in Accessing Medicine for Non-Communicable Diseases – But They Can be Fixed 12/07/2023 Bente Mikkelsen The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated patients’ difficulties in accessing medication for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is a range of measures countries can take to mitigate this – and a pandemic accord could address some of the structural weaknesses. COVID-19 had a disproportionate and far-reaching impact on people living with NCDs. Not only were they more […] Continue reading -> After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Aspartame Linked to Liver Cancer but Evidence ‘Limited’: New Findings by International Cancer Agency 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan In groundbreaking new research, experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have raised a cautious red flag about the artificial sweetener, aspartame, and its link to liver cancer, but stress that evidence is “limited”. IARC’s Dr Mary Schubauer-Berigan described the artificial sweetener as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” based on “limited evidence” of […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> AIDS Killed One Person per Minute in 2022: Women and Girls in sub-Saharan Africa Remain Most Vulnerable 13/07/2023 Megha Kaveri Despite the giant strides the world has made in combating the HIV epidemic, the high rate of infections among women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as childhood HIV infections, continue to hamper progress. “Four thousand adolescent girls and young women acquired HIV every single week. That’s a crisis every single week. 3,100 of […] Continue reading -> Europe on Course for 120,000 Heat-Related Deaths a Year by 2050 12/07/2023 Maayan Hoffman Europe could face an average of 120,000 premature deaths attributable to heat each summer by 2050 if more effective adaptation plans are not implemented, according to a team of researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Meanwhile, as record heat was experienced across the world, lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday […] Continue reading -> COVID Highlighted Problems in Accessing Medicine for Non-Communicable Diseases – But They Can be Fixed 12/07/2023 Bente Mikkelsen The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated patients’ difficulties in accessing medication for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is a range of measures countries can take to mitigate this – and a pandemic accord could address some of the structural weaknesses. COVID-19 had a disproportionate and far-reaching impact on people living with NCDs. Not only were they more […] Continue reading -> After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> AIDS Killed One Person per Minute in 2022: Women and Girls in sub-Saharan Africa Remain Most Vulnerable 13/07/2023 Megha Kaveri Despite the giant strides the world has made in combating the HIV epidemic, the high rate of infections among women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as childhood HIV infections, continue to hamper progress. “Four thousand adolescent girls and young women acquired HIV every single week. That’s a crisis every single week. 3,100 of […] Continue reading -> Europe on Course for 120,000 Heat-Related Deaths a Year by 2050 12/07/2023 Maayan Hoffman Europe could face an average of 120,000 premature deaths attributable to heat each summer by 2050 if more effective adaptation plans are not implemented, according to a team of researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Meanwhile, as record heat was experienced across the world, lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday […] Continue reading -> COVID Highlighted Problems in Accessing Medicine for Non-Communicable Diseases – But They Can be Fixed 12/07/2023 Bente Mikkelsen The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated patients’ difficulties in accessing medication for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is a range of measures countries can take to mitigate this – and a pandemic accord could address some of the structural weaknesses. COVID-19 had a disproportionate and far-reaching impact on people living with NCDs. Not only were they more […] Continue reading -> After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
AIDS Killed One Person per Minute in 2022: Women and Girls in sub-Saharan Africa Remain Most Vulnerable 13/07/2023 Megha Kaveri Despite the giant strides the world has made in combating the HIV epidemic, the high rate of infections among women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as childhood HIV infections, continue to hamper progress. “Four thousand adolescent girls and young women acquired HIV every single week. That’s a crisis every single week. 3,100 of […] Continue reading -> Europe on Course for 120,000 Heat-Related Deaths a Year by 2050 12/07/2023 Maayan Hoffman Europe could face an average of 120,000 premature deaths attributable to heat each summer by 2050 if more effective adaptation plans are not implemented, according to a team of researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Meanwhile, as record heat was experienced across the world, lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday […] Continue reading -> COVID Highlighted Problems in Accessing Medicine for Non-Communicable Diseases – But They Can be Fixed 12/07/2023 Bente Mikkelsen The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated patients’ difficulties in accessing medication for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is a range of measures countries can take to mitigate this – and a pandemic accord could address some of the structural weaknesses. COVID-19 had a disproportionate and far-reaching impact on people living with NCDs. Not only were they more […] Continue reading -> After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Europe on Course for 120,000 Heat-Related Deaths a Year by 2050 12/07/2023 Maayan Hoffman Europe could face an average of 120,000 premature deaths attributable to heat each summer by 2050 if more effective adaptation plans are not implemented, according to a team of researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Meanwhile, as record heat was experienced across the world, lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday […] Continue reading -> COVID Highlighted Problems in Accessing Medicine for Non-Communicable Diseases – But They Can be Fixed 12/07/2023 Bente Mikkelsen The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated patients’ difficulties in accessing medication for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is a range of measures countries can take to mitigate this – and a pandemic accord could address some of the structural weaknesses. COVID-19 had a disproportionate and far-reaching impact on people living with NCDs. Not only were they more […] Continue reading -> After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID Highlighted Problems in Accessing Medicine for Non-Communicable Diseases – But They Can be Fixed 12/07/2023 Bente Mikkelsen The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated patients’ difficulties in accessing medication for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is a range of measures countries can take to mitigate this – and a pandemic accord could address some of the structural weaknesses. COVID-19 had a disproportionate and far-reaching impact on people living with NCDs. Not only were they more […] Continue reading -> After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
After Seven Years of Planning, World Rehabilitation Alliance is Finally Launched 11/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan After seven years of planning, the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday with a founding membership of 82 organisations. Welcoming the launch, actress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, said that it was an “absolute joy” that her organisation, SameYou, is a founding member of the […] Continue reading -> Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Decline Recorded in India’s Air Pollution – But Not When it Matters Most 11/07/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year government-backed report known as SAANS – the Satellite-Based Monitoring of Ambient PM2.5 At National Scale for Air Quality Management. But there appears to be little decline during the winter […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts