A Lost Decade: Zero Progress in Reducing Premature Births Since 2010, UN finds 10/05/2023 Stefan Anderson Zero gains have been made in any region of the world in reducing premature births in the past decade, a major UN report found. In a perfect storm of flatlining progress in maternal and newborn health, preterm birth has become to the leading cause of child mortality worldwide, responsible for the deaths of over one […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> UN Multi-stakeholder Meetings Marred by Complaints About Lack of Consultation 08/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) is hosting three multi-stakeholder meetings in New York on Monday and Tuesday on tuberculosis, pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) and universal health coverage (UHC). They are aimed at getting the views of non-state actors in preparation for UN High-Level meetings in September, starting with pandemic preparedness on 20 September, followed […] Continue reading -> BREAKING! WHO Declares End to COVID-19 Global Health Emergency 05/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID global health emergency is over, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus at a press conference on Friday. His declaration came more than 39 months after WHO first declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 over a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged in Wuhan, China but […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Two Pandemic Negotiation Processes Prepare for Joint Meetings as Equity and IP Dominate Talks 04/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Equity and intellectual property (IP) rights are – unsurprisingly – the most important and trickiest issues facing countries negotiating the terms on which the next global pandemic will be addressed. This emerged at a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing on Thursday addressed by Precious Matsoso, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) crafting a pandemic […] Continue reading -> US FDA Approves First-Ever RSV Vaccine 04/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The single-shot vaccine intended for use in adults aged 60 or older represents the culmination of six decades of research to protect the world from RSV. With the green light from the FDA on Wednesday, GSK’s Arexvy vaccine […] Continue reading -> US Needs to Act Against ‘Anti-science Aggression’ to Protect Medicine and Scientists 03/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The conspiracy-based anti-science attacks on scientists and vaccines that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US are likely to have chilling, long-term effects on biomedicine, according to Professor Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The biggest casualty may be childhood vaccinations, leading to […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Across the World Show First Signs Of Recovery Since Pandemic 02/05/2023 Megha Kaveri Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, health systems across the world are showing signs of recovery from its negative impact, with fewer countries reporting on scaling back delivery of essential health services as compared with 2020-21. Disruptions to the delivery of essential health services had almost halved by the end of 2022 when compared […] Continue reading -> COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> UN Multi-stakeholder Meetings Marred by Complaints About Lack of Consultation 08/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) is hosting three multi-stakeholder meetings in New York on Monday and Tuesday on tuberculosis, pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) and universal health coverage (UHC). They are aimed at getting the views of non-state actors in preparation for UN High-Level meetings in September, starting with pandemic preparedness on 20 September, followed […] Continue reading -> BREAKING! WHO Declares End to COVID-19 Global Health Emergency 05/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID global health emergency is over, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus at a press conference on Friday. His declaration came more than 39 months after WHO first declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 over a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged in Wuhan, China but […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Two Pandemic Negotiation Processes Prepare for Joint Meetings as Equity and IP Dominate Talks 04/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Equity and intellectual property (IP) rights are – unsurprisingly – the most important and trickiest issues facing countries negotiating the terms on which the next global pandemic will be addressed. This emerged at a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing on Thursday addressed by Precious Matsoso, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) crafting a pandemic […] Continue reading -> US FDA Approves First-Ever RSV Vaccine 04/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The single-shot vaccine intended for use in adults aged 60 or older represents the culmination of six decades of research to protect the world from RSV. With the green light from the FDA on Wednesday, GSK’s Arexvy vaccine […] Continue reading -> US Needs to Act Against ‘Anti-science Aggression’ to Protect Medicine and Scientists 03/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The conspiracy-based anti-science attacks on scientists and vaccines that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US are likely to have chilling, long-term effects on biomedicine, according to Professor Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The biggest casualty may be childhood vaccinations, leading to […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Across the World Show First Signs Of Recovery Since Pandemic 02/05/2023 Megha Kaveri Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, health systems across the world are showing signs of recovery from its negative impact, with fewer countries reporting on scaling back delivery of essential health services as compared with 2020-21. Disruptions to the delivery of essential health services had almost halved by the end of 2022 when compared […] Continue reading -> COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Multi-stakeholder Meetings Marred by Complaints About Lack of Consultation 08/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) is hosting three multi-stakeholder meetings in New York on Monday and Tuesday on tuberculosis, pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) and universal health coverage (UHC). They are aimed at getting the views of non-state actors in preparation for UN High-Level meetings in September, starting with pandemic preparedness on 20 September, followed […] Continue reading -> BREAKING! WHO Declares End to COVID-19 Global Health Emergency 05/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID global health emergency is over, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus at a press conference on Friday. His declaration came more than 39 months after WHO first declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 over a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged in Wuhan, China but […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Two Pandemic Negotiation Processes Prepare for Joint Meetings as Equity and IP Dominate Talks 04/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Equity and intellectual property (IP) rights are – unsurprisingly – the most important and trickiest issues facing countries negotiating the terms on which the next global pandemic will be addressed. This emerged at a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing on Thursday addressed by Precious Matsoso, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) crafting a pandemic […] Continue reading -> US FDA Approves First-Ever RSV Vaccine 04/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The single-shot vaccine intended for use in adults aged 60 or older represents the culmination of six decades of research to protect the world from RSV. With the green light from the FDA on Wednesday, GSK’s Arexvy vaccine […] Continue reading -> US Needs to Act Against ‘Anti-science Aggression’ to Protect Medicine and Scientists 03/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The conspiracy-based anti-science attacks on scientists and vaccines that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US are likely to have chilling, long-term effects on biomedicine, according to Professor Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The biggest casualty may be childhood vaccinations, leading to […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Across the World Show First Signs Of Recovery Since Pandemic 02/05/2023 Megha Kaveri Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, health systems across the world are showing signs of recovery from its negative impact, with fewer countries reporting on scaling back delivery of essential health services as compared with 2020-21. Disruptions to the delivery of essential health services had almost halved by the end of 2022 when compared […] Continue reading -> COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
BREAKING! WHO Declares End to COVID-19 Global Health Emergency 05/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID global health emergency is over, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus at a press conference on Friday. His declaration came more than 39 months after WHO first declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 over a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged in Wuhan, China but […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Two Pandemic Negotiation Processes Prepare for Joint Meetings as Equity and IP Dominate Talks 04/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Equity and intellectual property (IP) rights are – unsurprisingly – the most important and trickiest issues facing countries negotiating the terms on which the next global pandemic will be addressed. This emerged at a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing on Thursday addressed by Precious Matsoso, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) crafting a pandemic […] Continue reading -> US FDA Approves First-Ever RSV Vaccine 04/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The single-shot vaccine intended for use in adults aged 60 or older represents the culmination of six decades of research to protect the world from RSV. With the green light from the FDA on Wednesday, GSK’s Arexvy vaccine […] Continue reading -> US Needs to Act Against ‘Anti-science Aggression’ to Protect Medicine and Scientists 03/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The conspiracy-based anti-science attacks on scientists and vaccines that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US are likely to have chilling, long-term effects on biomedicine, according to Professor Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The biggest casualty may be childhood vaccinations, leading to […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Across the World Show First Signs Of Recovery Since Pandemic 02/05/2023 Megha Kaveri Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, health systems across the world are showing signs of recovery from its negative impact, with fewer countries reporting on scaling back delivery of essential health services as compared with 2020-21. Disruptions to the delivery of essential health services had almost halved by the end of 2022 when compared […] Continue reading -> COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO’s Two Pandemic Negotiation Processes Prepare for Joint Meetings as Equity and IP Dominate Talks 04/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Equity and intellectual property (IP) rights are – unsurprisingly – the most important and trickiest issues facing countries negotiating the terms on which the next global pandemic will be addressed. This emerged at a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing on Thursday addressed by Precious Matsoso, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) crafting a pandemic […] Continue reading -> US FDA Approves First-Ever RSV Vaccine 04/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The single-shot vaccine intended for use in adults aged 60 or older represents the culmination of six decades of research to protect the world from RSV. With the green light from the FDA on Wednesday, GSK’s Arexvy vaccine […] Continue reading -> US Needs to Act Against ‘Anti-science Aggression’ to Protect Medicine and Scientists 03/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The conspiracy-based anti-science attacks on scientists and vaccines that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US are likely to have chilling, long-term effects on biomedicine, according to Professor Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The biggest casualty may be childhood vaccinations, leading to […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Across the World Show First Signs Of Recovery Since Pandemic 02/05/2023 Megha Kaveri Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, health systems across the world are showing signs of recovery from its negative impact, with fewer countries reporting on scaling back delivery of essential health services as compared with 2020-21. Disruptions to the delivery of essential health services had almost halved by the end of 2022 when compared […] Continue reading -> COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US FDA Approves First-Ever RSV Vaccine 04/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The single-shot vaccine intended for use in adults aged 60 or older represents the culmination of six decades of research to protect the world from RSV. With the green light from the FDA on Wednesday, GSK’s Arexvy vaccine […] Continue reading -> US Needs to Act Against ‘Anti-science Aggression’ to Protect Medicine and Scientists 03/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The conspiracy-based anti-science attacks on scientists and vaccines that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US are likely to have chilling, long-term effects on biomedicine, according to Professor Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The biggest casualty may be childhood vaccinations, leading to […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Across the World Show First Signs Of Recovery Since Pandemic 02/05/2023 Megha Kaveri Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, health systems across the world are showing signs of recovery from its negative impact, with fewer countries reporting on scaling back delivery of essential health services as compared with 2020-21. Disruptions to the delivery of essential health services had almost halved by the end of 2022 when compared […] Continue reading -> COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Needs to Act Against ‘Anti-science Aggression’ to Protect Medicine and Scientists 03/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The conspiracy-based anti-science attacks on scientists and vaccines that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US are likely to have chilling, long-term effects on biomedicine, according to Professor Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The biggest casualty may be childhood vaccinations, leading to […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Across the World Show First Signs Of Recovery Since Pandemic 02/05/2023 Megha Kaveri Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, health systems across the world are showing signs of recovery from its negative impact, with fewer countries reporting on scaling back delivery of essential health services as compared with 2020-21. Disruptions to the delivery of essential health services had almost halved by the end of 2022 when compared […] Continue reading -> COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Systems Across the World Show First Signs Of Recovery Since Pandemic 02/05/2023 Megha Kaveri Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, health systems across the world are showing signs of recovery from its negative impact, with fewer countries reporting on scaling back delivery of essential health services as compared with 2020-21. Disruptions to the delivery of essential health services had almost halved by the end of 2022 when compared […] Continue reading -> COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVAX Vaccines Helped Avert 2.7 Million COVID Deaths – But Could Have Saved More With Stable Regional Supplies 02/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan By the end of 2022, COVID-19 vaccines delivered by the global vaccine access initiative, COVAX, helped to avert 2.7 million deaths across 92 lower-income countries, according a new report based on modelling by researchers from Imperial College London. COVAX’s biggest success was in low-income countries, where its vaccines were responsible for three-quarters of all deaths […] Continue reading -> Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Following Kenya, Malawi Appears Ready to Ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty 01/05/2023 Josephine Chinele BLANTYRE, Malawi – Key Malawian key stakeholders have given the nod for the country to ratify the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has confirmed. The AMA is being established as a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) dedicated to improving access to quality, safe and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts