Uganda’s PEPFAR Grant Likely to Go Ahead, as UN Human Rights Office is Closed 07/08/2023 Kerry Cullinan Most of the $500 million in US support for Uganda’s HIV/AIDS epidemic, financed by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), is likely to go ahead next month despite the country’s draconian new Anti-Homosexuality Act, according to sources close to the process. However, it is still possible that some parts of the PEPFAR […] Continue reading -> Healthier Diets, Lifestyles and Cities: Bloomberg’s Kelly Henning Reflects on a 16-Year Partnership with WHO 04/08/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 300 million people have been protected from becoming smokers in the 15 years since WHO launched the ‘MPOWER’ package of recommended policies for reducing smoking prevalence in countries worldwide, declared Kelly Henning, of Bloomberg Philanthropies, at a press conference in Geneva this week. She was speaking at a WHO briefing launching the 2023 WHO […] Continue reading -> US Consolidates Efforts to Address Pandemics, HIV and Other Global Health Threats into Single Bureau 02/08/2023 Kerry Cullinan The US has consolidated its efforts to address global health threats into a single structure, the Bureau of Global Heath Security and Diplomacy, which was launched on Monday. Renowned Cameroonian health expert Dr John Nkengasong, appointed last year to lead the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), leads the new structure and will […] Continue reading -> Africa’s High Cancer Deaths Can Be Addressed by Improved Access to Key Medicines 01/08/2023 Kerry Cullinan Africa has one of the highest cancer death rates in the world, yet this could be markedly improved by better access to treatments already widely available in high-income countries for the continent’s biggest killers – breast, cervical, lung and prostate cancers and Kaposi sarcoma. This is according to a recent study by the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership […] Continue reading -> While Anti-Smoking Policies Cover 70% of Global Population, Taxation is Under-Utilised 31/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 5.6 billion people – 71% of the world’s population – are now covered by at least one tobacco protection policy adopted by their national governments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published today. That is five times more people than were protected in 2007, when the comprehensive set of anti-smoking policies, […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> July Likely to be Hottest Month Ever Recorded 27/07/2023 Disha Shetty July 2023 may have experienced temperatures last seen in prehistoric times, as climate scientists confirm that once rare heatwaves are now routine events. Record heatwaves have been seen this year from the US to India, and according to the latest analysis, this July may be the hottest ever recorded. Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate scientist […] Continue reading -> The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker 27/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan A single healthcare worker infected with COVID-19 cost the Kenyan economy over $33,000 – around 18 times the country’s per capita GDP. This is according to a new report on the economic cost of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Eswatini, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa (the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) during the […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Healthier Diets, Lifestyles and Cities: Bloomberg’s Kelly Henning Reflects on a 16-Year Partnership with WHO 04/08/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 300 million people have been protected from becoming smokers in the 15 years since WHO launched the ‘MPOWER’ package of recommended policies for reducing smoking prevalence in countries worldwide, declared Kelly Henning, of Bloomberg Philanthropies, at a press conference in Geneva this week. She was speaking at a WHO briefing launching the 2023 WHO […] Continue reading -> US Consolidates Efforts to Address Pandemics, HIV and Other Global Health Threats into Single Bureau 02/08/2023 Kerry Cullinan The US has consolidated its efforts to address global health threats into a single structure, the Bureau of Global Heath Security and Diplomacy, which was launched on Monday. Renowned Cameroonian health expert Dr John Nkengasong, appointed last year to lead the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), leads the new structure and will […] Continue reading -> Africa’s High Cancer Deaths Can Be Addressed by Improved Access to Key Medicines 01/08/2023 Kerry Cullinan Africa has one of the highest cancer death rates in the world, yet this could be markedly improved by better access to treatments already widely available in high-income countries for the continent’s biggest killers – breast, cervical, lung and prostate cancers and Kaposi sarcoma. This is according to a recent study by the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership […] Continue reading -> While Anti-Smoking Policies Cover 70% of Global Population, Taxation is Under-Utilised 31/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 5.6 billion people – 71% of the world’s population – are now covered by at least one tobacco protection policy adopted by their national governments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published today. That is five times more people than were protected in 2007, when the comprehensive set of anti-smoking policies, […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> July Likely to be Hottest Month Ever Recorded 27/07/2023 Disha Shetty July 2023 may have experienced temperatures last seen in prehistoric times, as climate scientists confirm that once rare heatwaves are now routine events. Record heatwaves have been seen this year from the US to India, and according to the latest analysis, this July may be the hottest ever recorded. Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate scientist […] Continue reading -> The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker 27/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan A single healthcare worker infected with COVID-19 cost the Kenyan economy over $33,000 – around 18 times the country’s per capita GDP. This is according to a new report on the economic cost of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Eswatini, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa (the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) during the […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Consolidates Efforts to Address Pandemics, HIV and Other Global Health Threats into Single Bureau 02/08/2023 Kerry Cullinan The US has consolidated its efforts to address global health threats into a single structure, the Bureau of Global Heath Security and Diplomacy, which was launched on Monday. Renowned Cameroonian health expert Dr John Nkengasong, appointed last year to lead the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), leads the new structure and will […] Continue reading -> Africa’s High Cancer Deaths Can Be Addressed by Improved Access to Key Medicines 01/08/2023 Kerry Cullinan Africa has one of the highest cancer death rates in the world, yet this could be markedly improved by better access to treatments already widely available in high-income countries for the continent’s biggest killers – breast, cervical, lung and prostate cancers and Kaposi sarcoma. This is according to a recent study by the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership […] Continue reading -> While Anti-Smoking Policies Cover 70% of Global Population, Taxation is Under-Utilised 31/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 5.6 billion people – 71% of the world’s population – are now covered by at least one tobacco protection policy adopted by their national governments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published today. That is five times more people than were protected in 2007, when the comprehensive set of anti-smoking policies, […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> July Likely to be Hottest Month Ever Recorded 27/07/2023 Disha Shetty July 2023 may have experienced temperatures last seen in prehistoric times, as climate scientists confirm that once rare heatwaves are now routine events. Record heatwaves have been seen this year from the US to India, and according to the latest analysis, this July may be the hottest ever recorded. Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate scientist […] Continue reading -> The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker 27/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan A single healthcare worker infected with COVID-19 cost the Kenyan economy over $33,000 – around 18 times the country’s per capita GDP. This is according to a new report on the economic cost of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Eswatini, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa (the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) during the […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa’s High Cancer Deaths Can Be Addressed by Improved Access to Key Medicines 01/08/2023 Kerry Cullinan Africa has one of the highest cancer death rates in the world, yet this could be markedly improved by better access to treatments already widely available in high-income countries for the continent’s biggest killers – breast, cervical, lung and prostate cancers and Kaposi sarcoma. This is according to a recent study by the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership […] Continue reading -> While Anti-Smoking Policies Cover 70% of Global Population, Taxation is Under-Utilised 31/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 5.6 billion people – 71% of the world’s population – are now covered by at least one tobacco protection policy adopted by their national governments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published today. That is five times more people than were protected in 2007, when the comprehensive set of anti-smoking policies, […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> July Likely to be Hottest Month Ever Recorded 27/07/2023 Disha Shetty July 2023 may have experienced temperatures last seen in prehistoric times, as climate scientists confirm that once rare heatwaves are now routine events. Record heatwaves have been seen this year from the US to India, and according to the latest analysis, this July may be the hottest ever recorded. Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate scientist […] Continue reading -> The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker 27/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan A single healthcare worker infected with COVID-19 cost the Kenyan economy over $33,000 – around 18 times the country’s per capita GDP. This is according to a new report on the economic cost of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Eswatini, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa (the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) during the […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
While Anti-Smoking Policies Cover 70% of Global Population, Taxation is Under-Utilised 31/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 5.6 billion people – 71% of the world’s population – are now covered by at least one tobacco protection policy adopted by their national governments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published today. That is five times more people than were protected in 2007, when the comprehensive set of anti-smoking policies, […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> July Likely to be Hottest Month Ever Recorded 27/07/2023 Disha Shetty July 2023 may have experienced temperatures last seen in prehistoric times, as climate scientists confirm that once rare heatwaves are now routine events. Record heatwaves have been seen this year from the US to India, and according to the latest analysis, this July may be the hottest ever recorded. Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate scientist […] Continue reading -> The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker 27/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan A single healthcare worker infected with COVID-19 cost the Kenyan economy over $33,000 – around 18 times the country’s per capita GDP. This is according to a new report on the economic cost of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Eswatini, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa (the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) during the […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> July Likely to be Hottest Month Ever Recorded 27/07/2023 Disha Shetty July 2023 may have experienced temperatures last seen in prehistoric times, as climate scientists confirm that once rare heatwaves are now routine events. Record heatwaves have been seen this year from the US to India, and according to the latest analysis, this July may be the hottest ever recorded. Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate scientist […] Continue reading -> The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker 27/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan A single healthcare worker infected with COVID-19 cost the Kenyan economy over $33,000 – around 18 times the country’s per capita GDP. This is according to a new report on the economic cost of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Eswatini, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa (the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) during the […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
July Likely to be Hottest Month Ever Recorded 27/07/2023 Disha Shetty July 2023 may have experienced temperatures last seen in prehistoric times, as climate scientists confirm that once rare heatwaves are now routine events. Record heatwaves have been seen this year from the US to India, and according to the latest analysis, this July may be the hottest ever recorded. Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate scientist […] Continue reading -> The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker 27/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan A single healthcare worker infected with COVID-19 cost the Kenyan economy over $33,000 – around 18 times the country’s per capita GDP. This is according to a new report on the economic cost of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Eswatini, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa (the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) during the […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The Cost of a Single COVID-Infected Health Worker 27/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan A single healthcare worker infected with COVID-19 cost the Kenyan economy over $33,000 – around 18 times the country’s per capita GDP. This is according to a new report on the economic cost of COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in Eswatini, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa (the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) during the […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Change Lawsuits Surge as Global Temperatures Hurtle Towards Levels Far Above 1.5°C 27/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The number of climate cases taken to court has more than doubled in the last five years, as people and communities turn to the legal system to hold governments and corporations accountable for their inaction on climate change, according to a new Global Climate Litigation Report, published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and […] Continue reading -> Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Some Cancer Drugs Excluded from New WHO Essential Medicines List Because of Cost 26/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan High cost has prevented some cancer drugs from being included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated Essential Medicines List (EML) and Essential Medicines for List Children (EMLc) released on Wednesday. These include “patented, highly-priced” treatments for lung and breast cancer. “With the cancer medicines, we are facing now an issue where we have a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts