G20 Leaders Declare General Commitment To Advance Global Health 01/07/2019 David Branigan Heads of state from the world’s largest economies concluded this year’s G20 Summit in Japan with a general declaration committing to advance global health priorities – but the statement still left much to be desired in terms of concrete goals and targets. In the G20 Osaka Leaders’ Declaration, issued on Saturday at the close of […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health In SDGs: Public Comments Sought on Ambitious Initiative 28/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An ambitious Global Action Plan to accelerate progress on some 50 health-related targets of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals through better alignment of work in a dozen different UN and international agencies is open for public comments until Tuesday, 2 July. Drafts of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (GAP) […] Continue reading -> Gavi’s New 5-Year Strategy Prioritises Equity In Immunisation, Sustainable Financing 28/06/2019 David Branigan Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, just finalised its new strategic plan for 2021-2025, which aims to reach communities missed by previous immunisation efforts, including those most marginalised by poverty, geography and conflict. It also prioritises sustainability of vaccine programmes through co-financing arrangements with countries to build domestic investment in health and reduce reliance on Gavi funding. […] Continue reading -> World Leaders’ Views On Delivering UHC Featured In New Publication 27/06/2019 David Branigan A new publication on delivering universal health coverage (UHC) features diverse views by heads of state, ministers of health, United Nations leaders, UN agency directors, public and private sector global health leaders, economists, NGOs and research institutes. Continue reading -> San Francisco Set To Ban Sales Of E-Cigarettes 26/06/2019 Editorial team By Laura Klivans, KQED / California Healthline June 25, 2019 San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is slated to vote Tuesday to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in the city. The city is the corporate home of Juul Labs, the biggest producer of e-cigarettes in the country. The ordinances would make the sale of e-cigarettes illegal in […] Continue reading -> Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> Public Health-Driven R&D Focus Of Draft HRC Resolution On Access To Medicines & Vaccines 24/06/2019 David Branigan A United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) draft resolution on access to medicines and vaccines calls for making public health needs more central to the research and development (R&D) of new health products, and for the new products to be priced to ensure access. Image Credits: United Nations. Continue reading -> Despite Progress in Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Billions Still Lack Coverage 19/06/2019 Editorial team The proportion of the world’s population using safely managed sanitation services increased from 28-45% between 2000 and 2017, according to the latest joint report of the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Progress in Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. However, huge service gaps still remain, with 4.2 billion people worldwide still lacking access to […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Action Plan For Health In SDGs: Public Comments Sought on Ambitious Initiative 28/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An ambitious Global Action Plan to accelerate progress on some 50 health-related targets of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals through better alignment of work in a dozen different UN and international agencies is open for public comments until Tuesday, 2 July. Drafts of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (GAP) […] Continue reading -> Gavi’s New 5-Year Strategy Prioritises Equity In Immunisation, Sustainable Financing 28/06/2019 David Branigan Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, just finalised its new strategic plan for 2021-2025, which aims to reach communities missed by previous immunisation efforts, including those most marginalised by poverty, geography and conflict. It also prioritises sustainability of vaccine programmes through co-financing arrangements with countries to build domestic investment in health and reduce reliance on Gavi funding. […] Continue reading -> World Leaders’ Views On Delivering UHC Featured In New Publication 27/06/2019 David Branigan A new publication on delivering universal health coverage (UHC) features diverse views by heads of state, ministers of health, United Nations leaders, UN agency directors, public and private sector global health leaders, economists, NGOs and research institutes. Continue reading -> San Francisco Set To Ban Sales Of E-Cigarettes 26/06/2019 Editorial team By Laura Klivans, KQED / California Healthline June 25, 2019 San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is slated to vote Tuesday to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in the city. The city is the corporate home of Juul Labs, the biggest producer of e-cigarettes in the country. The ordinances would make the sale of e-cigarettes illegal in […] Continue reading -> Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> Public Health-Driven R&D Focus Of Draft HRC Resolution On Access To Medicines & Vaccines 24/06/2019 David Branigan A United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) draft resolution on access to medicines and vaccines calls for making public health needs more central to the research and development (R&D) of new health products, and for the new products to be priced to ensure access. Image Credits: United Nations. Continue reading -> Despite Progress in Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Billions Still Lack Coverage 19/06/2019 Editorial team The proportion of the world’s population using safely managed sanitation services increased from 28-45% between 2000 and 2017, according to the latest joint report of the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Progress in Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. However, huge service gaps still remain, with 4.2 billion people worldwide still lacking access to […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gavi’s New 5-Year Strategy Prioritises Equity In Immunisation, Sustainable Financing 28/06/2019 David Branigan Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, just finalised its new strategic plan for 2021-2025, which aims to reach communities missed by previous immunisation efforts, including those most marginalised by poverty, geography and conflict. It also prioritises sustainability of vaccine programmes through co-financing arrangements with countries to build domestic investment in health and reduce reliance on Gavi funding. […] Continue reading -> World Leaders’ Views On Delivering UHC Featured In New Publication 27/06/2019 David Branigan A new publication on delivering universal health coverage (UHC) features diverse views by heads of state, ministers of health, United Nations leaders, UN agency directors, public and private sector global health leaders, economists, NGOs and research institutes. Continue reading -> San Francisco Set To Ban Sales Of E-Cigarettes 26/06/2019 Editorial team By Laura Klivans, KQED / California Healthline June 25, 2019 San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is slated to vote Tuesday to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in the city. The city is the corporate home of Juul Labs, the biggest producer of e-cigarettes in the country. The ordinances would make the sale of e-cigarettes illegal in […] Continue reading -> Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> Public Health-Driven R&D Focus Of Draft HRC Resolution On Access To Medicines & Vaccines 24/06/2019 David Branigan A United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) draft resolution on access to medicines and vaccines calls for making public health needs more central to the research and development (R&D) of new health products, and for the new products to be priced to ensure access. Image Credits: United Nations. Continue reading -> Despite Progress in Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Billions Still Lack Coverage 19/06/2019 Editorial team The proportion of the world’s population using safely managed sanitation services increased from 28-45% between 2000 and 2017, according to the latest joint report of the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Progress in Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. However, huge service gaps still remain, with 4.2 billion people worldwide still lacking access to […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Leaders’ Views On Delivering UHC Featured In New Publication 27/06/2019 David Branigan A new publication on delivering universal health coverage (UHC) features diverse views by heads of state, ministers of health, United Nations leaders, UN agency directors, public and private sector global health leaders, economists, NGOs and research institutes. Continue reading -> San Francisco Set To Ban Sales Of E-Cigarettes 26/06/2019 Editorial team By Laura Klivans, KQED / California Healthline June 25, 2019 San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is slated to vote Tuesday to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in the city. The city is the corporate home of Juul Labs, the biggest producer of e-cigarettes in the country. The ordinances would make the sale of e-cigarettes illegal in […] Continue reading -> Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> Public Health-Driven R&D Focus Of Draft HRC Resolution On Access To Medicines & Vaccines 24/06/2019 David Branigan A United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) draft resolution on access to medicines and vaccines calls for making public health needs more central to the research and development (R&D) of new health products, and for the new products to be priced to ensure access. Image Credits: United Nations. Continue reading -> Despite Progress in Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Billions Still Lack Coverage 19/06/2019 Editorial team The proportion of the world’s population using safely managed sanitation services increased from 28-45% between 2000 and 2017, according to the latest joint report of the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Progress in Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. However, huge service gaps still remain, with 4.2 billion people worldwide still lacking access to […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
San Francisco Set To Ban Sales Of E-Cigarettes 26/06/2019 Editorial team By Laura Klivans, KQED / California Healthline June 25, 2019 San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is slated to vote Tuesday to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in the city. The city is the corporate home of Juul Labs, the biggest producer of e-cigarettes in the country. The ordinances would make the sale of e-cigarettes illegal in […] Continue reading -> Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> Public Health-Driven R&D Focus Of Draft HRC Resolution On Access To Medicines & Vaccines 24/06/2019 David Branigan A United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) draft resolution on access to medicines and vaccines calls for making public health needs more central to the research and development (R&D) of new health products, and for the new products to be priced to ensure access. Image Credits: United Nations. Continue reading -> Despite Progress in Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Billions Still Lack Coverage 19/06/2019 Editorial team The proportion of the world’s population using safely managed sanitation services increased from 28-45% between 2000 and 2017, according to the latest joint report of the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Progress in Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. However, huge service gaps still remain, with 4.2 billion people worldwide still lacking access to […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> Public Health-Driven R&D Focus Of Draft HRC Resolution On Access To Medicines & Vaccines 24/06/2019 David Branigan A United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) draft resolution on access to medicines and vaccines calls for making public health needs more central to the research and development (R&D) of new health products, and for the new products to be priced to ensure access. Image Credits: United Nations. Continue reading -> Despite Progress in Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Billions Still Lack Coverage 19/06/2019 Editorial team The proportion of the world’s population using safely managed sanitation services increased from 28-45% between 2000 and 2017, according to the latest joint report of the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Progress in Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. However, huge service gaps still remain, with 4.2 billion people worldwide still lacking access to […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Public Health-Driven R&D Focus Of Draft HRC Resolution On Access To Medicines & Vaccines 24/06/2019 David Branigan A United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) draft resolution on access to medicines and vaccines calls for making public health needs more central to the research and development (R&D) of new health products, and for the new products to be priced to ensure access. Image Credits: United Nations. Continue reading -> Despite Progress in Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Billions Still Lack Coverage 19/06/2019 Editorial team The proportion of the world’s population using safely managed sanitation services increased from 28-45% between 2000 and 2017, according to the latest joint report of the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Progress in Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. However, huge service gaps still remain, with 4.2 billion people worldwide still lacking access to […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Despite Progress in Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation, Billions Still Lack Coverage 19/06/2019 Editorial team The proportion of the world’s population using safely managed sanitation services increased from 28-45% between 2000 and 2017, according to the latest joint report of the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Progress in Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. However, huge service gaps still remain, with 4.2 billion people worldwide still lacking access to […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Launches Campaign to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance; Most Countries Fail to Report Aggregate Drug Use 18/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global AWaRe campaign, which aims to support national health systems to make more judicious use of lifesaving drugs so as to combat a worldwide trend of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – including increased pathogen resistance to common antibiotics, antivirals and anti-fungal medications. However, WHO’s own 2018 Report on […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts