New WHO Foundation Equity Fund Eyes AI-based Technology to Help Stroke Patients 07/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman A company that is using AI-powered technologies to help rehabilitate people with severe brain injuries, including those caused by strokes, has caught the eye of the World Health Organization (WHO) Foundation. The foundation’s Global Health Equity Fund (GHEF), formed in September will soon be ready to make its first round of investments. The WHO Foundation […] Continue reading -> Dramatic Population Drop in Russia, as War, COVID and Emigration Exacerbate Declining Births 06/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan As Russia’s war against Ukraine intensifies around Bakhmut, a new report estimates that the invading army has had between 200,000 to 250,000 casualties – dead and wounded – in the past year. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) calculates that the average rate of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine every month is “at […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Sharp Rise in Homophobia in East Africa Sparks Fear of Violence 03/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan Over the past week, there has been a steep rise in anti-LGBTQ activity organised by prominent politicians and religious leaders in Kenya and Uganda, which has sparked condemnation by health and human rights activists and fears that this will result in violence. On Thursday, Kenya’s newly elected evangelical president, William Ruto, said he would not […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board to Meet on Fate of Western Pacific Regional Director After Countries Vote to Remove Him from Post 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Executive Board is set to meet again next week in a special closed session to consider the fate of the Regional Director of WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), who has been accused of racism and harassment of staff at the Manila-based office. In a meeting earlier this week, WHO member states from the […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Promises Smooth Leadership Transition, Expands COVID Vaccination Campaign to Include Other Vaccines 02/03/2023 Paul Adepoju No date has yet been set for the recently-elected Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya to take over his new tasks, said acting director Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on Thursday. But he promised that the transition period would be a smooth one, saying: “After the decision by […] Continue reading -> China Dismisses FBI Chief’s Claim That COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Originated From Lab Leak 01/03/2023 Megha Kaveri A US intelligence chief has claimed that COVID-19 most likely originated in a laboratory in China, a claim that was promptly dismissed by the Chinese government. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray, the head of […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Dramatic Population Drop in Russia, as War, COVID and Emigration Exacerbate Declining Births 06/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan As Russia’s war against Ukraine intensifies around Bakhmut, a new report estimates that the invading army has had between 200,000 to 250,000 casualties – dead and wounded – in the past year. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) calculates that the average rate of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine every month is “at […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Sharp Rise in Homophobia in East Africa Sparks Fear of Violence 03/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan Over the past week, there has been a steep rise in anti-LGBTQ activity organised by prominent politicians and religious leaders in Kenya and Uganda, which has sparked condemnation by health and human rights activists and fears that this will result in violence. On Thursday, Kenya’s newly elected evangelical president, William Ruto, said he would not […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board to Meet on Fate of Western Pacific Regional Director After Countries Vote to Remove Him from Post 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Executive Board is set to meet again next week in a special closed session to consider the fate of the Regional Director of WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), who has been accused of racism and harassment of staff at the Manila-based office. In a meeting earlier this week, WHO member states from the […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Promises Smooth Leadership Transition, Expands COVID Vaccination Campaign to Include Other Vaccines 02/03/2023 Paul Adepoju No date has yet been set for the recently-elected Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya to take over his new tasks, said acting director Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on Thursday. But he promised that the transition period would be a smooth one, saying: “After the decision by […] Continue reading -> China Dismisses FBI Chief’s Claim That COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Originated From Lab Leak 01/03/2023 Megha Kaveri A US intelligence chief has claimed that COVID-19 most likely originated in a laboratory in China, a claim that was promptly dismissed by the Chinese government. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray, the head of […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Sharp Rise in Homophobia in East Africa Sparks Fear of Violence 03/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan Over the past week, there has been a steep rise in anti-LGBTQ activity organised by prominent politicians and religious leaders in Kenya and Uganda, which has sparked condemnation by health and human rights activists and fears that this will result in violence. On Thursday, Kenya’s newly elected evangelical president, William Ruto, said he would not […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board to Meet on Fate of Western Pacific Regional Director After Countries Vote to Remove Him from Post 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Executive Board is set to meet again next week in a special closed session to consider the fate of the Regional Director of WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), who has been accused of racism and harassment of staff at the Manila-based office. In a meeting earlier this week, WHO member states from the […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Promises Smooth Leadership Transition, Expands COVID Vaccination Campaign to Include Other Vaccines 02/03/2023 Paul Adepoju No date has yet been set for the recently-elected Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya to take over his new tasks, said acting director Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on Thursday. But he promised that the transition period would be a smooth one, saying: “After the decision by […] Continue reading -> China Dismisses FBI Chief’s Claim That COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Originated From Lab Leak 01/03/2023 Megha Kaveri A US intelligence chief has claimed that COVID-19 most likely originated in a laboratory in China, a claim that was promptly dismissed by the Chinese government. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray, the head of […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sharp Rise in Homophobia in East Africa Sparks Fear of Violence 03/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan Over the past week, there has been a steep rise in anti-LGBTQ activity organised by prominent politicians and religious leaders in Kenya and Uganda, which has sparked condemnation by health and human rights activists and fears that this will result in violence. On Thursday, Kenya’s newly elected evangelical president, William Ruto, said he would not […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board to Meet on Fate of Western Pacific Regional Director After Countries Vote to Remove Him from Post 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Executive Board is set to meet again next week in a special closed session to consider the fate of the Regional Director of WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), who has been accused of racism and harassment of staff at the Manila-based office. In a meeting earlier this week, WHO member states from the […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Promises Smooth Leadership Transition, Expands COVID Vaccination Campaign to Include Other Vaccines 02/03/2023 Paul Adepoju No date has yet been set for the recently-elected Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya to take over his new tasks, said acting director Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on Thursday. But he promised that the transition period would be a smooth one, saying: “After the decision by […] Continue reading -> China Dismisses FBI Chief’s Claim That COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Originated From Lab Leak 01/03/2023 Megha Kaveri A US intelligence chief has claimed that COVID-19 most likely originated in a laboratory in China, a claim that was promptly dismissed by the Chinese government. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray, the head of […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Executive Board to Meet on Fate of Western Pacific Regional Director After Countries Vote to Remove Him from Post 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Executive Board is set to meet again next week in a special closed session to consider the fate of the Regional Director of WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), who has been accused of racism and harassment of staff at the Manila-based office. In a meeting earlier this week, WHO member states from the […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Promises Smooth Leadership Transition, Expands COVID Vaccination Campaign to Include Other Vaccines 02/03/2023 Paul Adepoju No date has yet been set for the recently-elected Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya to take over his new tasks, said acting director Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on Thursday. But he promised that the transition period would be a smooth one, saying: “After the decision by […] Continue reading -> China Dismisses FBI Chief’s Claim That COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Originated From Lab Leak 01/03/2023 Megha Kaveri A US intelligence chief has claimed that COVID-19 most likely originated in a laboratory in China, a claim that was promptly dismissed by the Chinese government. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray, the head of […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Promises Smooth Leadership Transition, Expands COVID Vaccination Campaign to Include Other Vaccines 02/03/2023 Paul Adepoju No date has yet been set for the recently-elected Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya to take over his new tasks, said acting director Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on Thursday. But he promised that the transition period would be a smooth one, saying: “After the decision by […] Continue reading -> China Dismisses FBI Chief’s Claim That COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Originated From Lab Leak 01/03/2023 Megha Kaveri A US intelligence chief has claimed that COVID-19 most likely originated in a laboratory in China, a claim that was promptly dismissed by the Chinese government. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray, the head of […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa CDC Promises Smooth Leadership Transition, Expands COVID Vaccination Campaign to Include Other Vaccines 02/03/2023 Paul Adepoju No date has yet been set for the recently-elected Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya to take over his new tasks, said acting director Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on Thursday. But he promised that the transition period would be a smooth one, saying: “After the decision by […] Continue reading -> China Dismisses FBI Chief’s Claim That COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Originated From Lab Leak 01/03/2023 Megha Kaveri A US intelligence chief has claimed that COVID-19 most likely originated in a laboratory in China, a claim that was promptly dismissed by the Chinese government. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray, the head of […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
China Dismisses FBI Chief’s Claim That COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Originated From Lab Leak 01/03/2023 Megha Kaveri A US intelligence chief has claimed that COVID-19 most likely originated in a laboratory in China, a claim that was promptly dismissed by the Chinese government. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” Christopher Wray, the head of […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Civil Society Wants to Help Shape the Pandemic Accord 28/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Although the drafting of the proposed global pandemic accord will happen behind closed doors, civil society organisations want a say as they’re often on the ground dealing with health emergencies. This emerged during the second day of the meeting of the World Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating board (INB), which is just starting to discuss the […] Continue reading -> More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations 27/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Concerns about equity and financing dominated day one of the negotiations on a global pandemic accord’s zero draft at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Geneva head office on Monday. Opening the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) that is steering the process, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus noted that various people had […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts