Mixed Global Progress On Use Of Antibiotics In Animals: OIE Report 01/03/2019 William New There continues to be positive progress on controlling the use of antimicrobials in animals in countries, according to a recent report of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), which is linked to the rise in human antimicrobial resistance. But more countries need to take action and better data is needed from many, the report found, as efforts will continue. Continue reading -> New Research Study Describes DNDi As “Commons” For Public Health 25/02/2019 David Branigan Since 2003, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) has worked to meet the public health needs of neglected populations by filling gaps in drug development left by the for-profit pharmaceutical industry. A new research study by the French Development Agency analysed DNDi’s unique product development partnership (PDP) model, and found that it “illustrate[s] what can be presented as a ‘commons’ within the area of public health.” Continue reading -> Gavi Begins Major Typhoid Vaccination Campaign Against Outbreak In Zimbabwe 22/02/2019 William New Geneva-based Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today announced the start of a major two-week campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people in Harare, Zimbabwe against typhoid, after an outbreak there. The campaign will be the first in Africa to use a new typhoid vaccine that can be administered to young children and is long-lasting. Nearly 2,000 cases of typhoid have been reported since a second wave of outbreak arose in September, Gavi said. Continue reading -> WHO: Global Health Expenditure Rising But Public Outlays Lag In Low Income Countries 20/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Global health expenditure is rising worldwide, and the pace is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries where growth in all forms of spending (public, private and donor aid) is now averaging 6% annually as compared to 4% in high-income countries, according to a World Health Organization report released today. Continue reading -> New Joint Initiative For More Efficient, Adaptable Clinical Practice Guidelines 19/02/2019 David Branigan Wellcome Trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the African Academy of Sciences have joined together in a new initiative to make clinical practice guidelines more efficient and adaptable for clinical trials that require less stringent approaches, such as those that take place during infectious disease outbreaks. Additionally, by applying a more flexible approach towards the application of these guidelines, the initiative also hopes to make them “future proof,” or able to better incorporate new technologies. Continue reading -> Italy Floats Proposal For New Deal On Drug Pricing At World Health Assembly 18/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian Health Minister Giulia Grillo has proposed that sweeping reforms be considered by the World Health Organization and its member states to increase global transparency of drug prices -- which may be unaffordable to most people in the developing world and increasingly costly for patients and health systems in high-income countries. Continue reading -> WHO Rocks To The “Sound Of Life” At Launch Of WHO-ITU Safe Listening Standard 15/02/2019 David Branigan Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej performed a “Sound of Life” concert at the World Health Organization to help launch the first-ever global standard for safe listening devices, aimed at raising awareness and inspiring action to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Continue reading -> ‘Netflix’ Pricing Model Eases Australians’ Access To Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs 14/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An innovative five-year agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies, involving a lump sum payment of about US$ 766 million for an unlimited five-year supply of the most advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs, has reduced the per-patient costs of these cutting-edge treatments by roughly 85%, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading -> Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. 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New Research Study Describes DNDi As “Commons” For Public Health 25/02/2019 David Branigan Since 2003, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) has worked to meet the public health needs of neglected populations by filling gaps in drug development left by the for-profit pharmaceutical industry. A new research study by the French Development Agency analysed DNDi’s unique product development partnership (PDP) model, and found that it “illustrate[s] what can be presented as a ‘commons’ within the area of public health.” Continue reading -> Gavi Begins Major Typhoid Vaccination Campaign Against Outbreak In Zimbabwe 22/02/2019 William New Geneva-based Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today announced the start of a major two-week campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people in Harare, Zimbabwe against typhoid, after an outbreak there. The campaign will be the first in Africa to use a new typhoid vaccine that can be administered to young children and is long-lasting. Nearly 2,000 cases of typhoid have been reported since a second wave of outbreak arose in September, Gavi said. Continue reading -> WHO: Global Health Expenditure Rising But Public Outlays Lag In Low Income Countries 20/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Global health expenditure is rising worldwide, and the pace is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries where growth in all forms of spending (public, private and donor aid) is now averaging 6% annually as compared to 4% in high-income countries, according to a World Health Organization report released today. Continue reading -> New Joint Initiative For More Efficient, Adaptable Clinical Practice Guidelines 19/02/2019 David Branigan Wellcome Trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the African Academy of Sciences have joined together in a new initiative to make clinical practice guidelines more efficient and adaptable for clinical trials that require less stringent approaches, such as those that take place during infectious disease outbreaks. Additionally, by applying a more flexible approach towards the application of these guidelines, the initiative also hopes to make them “future proof,” or able to better incorporate new technologies. Continue reading -> Italy Floats Proposal For New Deal On Drug Pricing At World Health Assembly 18/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian Health Minister Giulia Grillo has proposed that sweeping reforms be considered by the World Health Organization and its member states to increase global transparency of drug prices -- which may be unaffordable to most people in the developing world and increasingly costly for patients and health systems in high-income countries. Continue reading -> WHO Rocks To The “Sound Of Life” At Launch Of WHO-ITU Safe Listening Standard 15/02/2019 David Branigan Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej performed a “Sound of Life” concert at the World Health Organization to help launch the first-ever global standard for safe listening devices, aimed at raising awareness and inspiring action to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Continue reading -> ‘Netflix’ Pricing Model Eases Australians’ Access To Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs 14/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An innovative five-year agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies, involving a lump sum payment of about US$ 766 million for an unlimited five-year supply of the most advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs, has reduced the per-patient costs of these cutting-edge treatments by roughly 85%, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading -> Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gavi Begins Major Typhoid Vaccination Campaign Against Outbreak In Zimbabwe 22/02/2019 William New Geneva-based Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today announced the start of a major two-week campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people in Harare, Zimbabwe against typhoid, after an outbreak there. The campaign will be the first in Africa to use a new typhoid vaccine that can be administered to young children and is long-lasting. Nearly 2,000 cases of typhoid have been reported since a second wave of outbreak arose in September, Gavi said. Continue reading -> WHO: Global Health Expenditure Rising But Public Outlays Lag In Low Income Countries 20/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Global health expenditure is rising worldwide, and the pace is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries where growth in all forms of spending (public, private and donor aid) is now averaging 6% annually as compared to 4% in high-income countries, according to a World Health Organization report released today. Continue reading -> New Joint Initiative For More Efficient, Adaptable Clinical Practice Guidelines 19/02/2019 David Branigan Wellcome Trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the African Academy of Sciences have joined together in a new initiative to make clinical practice guidelines more efficient and adaptable for clinical trials that require less stringent approaches, such as those that take place during infectious disease outbreaks. Additionally, by applying a more flexible approach towards the application of these guidelines, the initiative also hopes to make them “future proof,” or able to better incorporate new technologies. Continue reading -> Italy Floats Proposal For New Deal On Drug Pricing At World Health Assembly 18/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian Health Minister Giulia Grillo has proposed that sweeping reforms be considered by the World Health Organization and its member states to increase global transparency of drug prices -- which may be unaffordable to most people in the developing world and increasingly costly for patients and health systems in high-income countries. Continue reading -> WHO Rocks To The “Sound Of Life” At Launch Of WHO-ITU Safe Listening Standard 15/02/2019 David Branigan Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej performed a “Sound of Life” concert at the World Health Organization to help launch the first-ever global standard for safe listening devices, aimed at raising awareness and inspiring action to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Continue reading -> ‘Netflix’ Pricing Model Eases Australians’ Access To Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs 14/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An innovative five-year agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies, involving a lump sum payment of about US$ 766 million for an unlimited five-year supply of the most advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs, has reduced the per-patient costs of these cutting-edge treatments by roughly 85%, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading -> Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO: Global Health Expenditure Rising But Public Outlays Lag In Low Income Countries 20/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Global health expenditure is rising worldwide, and the pace is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries where growth in all forms of spending (public, private and donor aid) is now averaging 6% annually as compared to 4% in high-income countries, according to a World Health Organization report released today. Continue reading -> New Joint Initiative For More Efficient, Adaptable Clinical Practice Guidelines 19/02/2019 David Branigan Wellcome Trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the African Academy of Sciences have joined together in a new initiative to make clinical practice guidelines more efficient and adaptable for clinical trials that require less stringent approaches, such as those that take place during infectious disease outbreaks. Additionally, by applying a more flexible approach towards the application of these guidelines, the initiative also hopes to make them “future proof,” or able to better incorporate new technologies. Continue reading -> Italy Floats Proposal For New Deal On Drug Pricing At World Health Assembly 18/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian Health Minister Giulia Grillo has proposed that sweeping reforms be considered by the World Health Organization and its member states to increase global transparency of drug prices -- which may be unaffordable to most people in the developing world and increasingly costly for patients and health systems in high-income countries. Continue reading -> WHO Rocks To The “Sound Of Life” At Launch Of WHO-ITU Safe Listening Standard 15/02/2019 David Branigan Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej performed a “Sound of Life” concert at the World Health Organization to help launch the first-ever global standard for safe listening devices, aimed at raising awareness and inspiring action to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Continue reading -> ‘Netflix’ Pricing Model Eases Australians’ Access To Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs 14/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An innovative five-year agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies, involving a lump sum payment of about US$ 766 million for an unlimited five-year supply of the most advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs, has reduced the per-patient costs of these cutting-edge treatments by roughly 85%, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading -> Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Joint Initiative For More Efficient, Adaptable Clinical Practice Guidelines 19/02/2019 David Branigan Wellcome Trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the African Academy of Sciences have joined together in a new initiative to make clinical practice guidelines more efficient and adaptable for clinical trials that require less stringent approaches, such as those that take place during infectious disease outbreaks. Additionally, by applying a more flexible approach towards the application of these guidelines, the initiative also hopes to make them “future proof,” or able to better incorporate new technologies. Continue reading -> Italy Floats Proposal For New Deal On Drug Pricing At World Health Assembly 18/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian Health Minister Giulia Grillo has proposed that sweeping reforms be considered by the World Health Organization and its member states to increase global transparency of drug prices -- which may be unaffordable to most people in the developing world and increasingly costly for patients and health systems in high-income countries. Continue reading -> WHO Rocks To The “Sound Of Life” At Launch Of WHO-ITU Safe Listening Standard 15/02/2019 David Branigan Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej performed a “Sound of Life” concert at the World Health Organization to help launch the first-ever global standard for safe listening devices, aimed at raising awareness and inspiring action to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Continue reading -> ‘Netflix’ Pricing Model Eases Australians’ Access To Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs 14/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An innovative five-year agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies, involving a lump sum payment of about US$ 766 million for an unlimited five-year supply of the most advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs, has reduced the per-patient costs of these cutting-edge treatments by roughly 85%, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading -> Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Italy Floats Proposal For New Deal On Drug Pricing At World Health Assembly 18/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian Health Minister Giulia Grillo has proposed that sweeping reforms be considered by the World Health Organization and its member states to increase global transparency of drug prices -- which may be unaffordable to most people in the developing world and increasingly costly for patients and health systems in high-income countries. Continue reading -> WHO Rocks To The “Sound Of Life” At Launch Of WHO-ITU Safe Listening Standard 15/02/2019 David Branigan Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej performed a “Sound of Life” concert at the World Health Organization to help launch the first-ever global standard for safe listening devices, aimed at raising awareness and inspiring action to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Continue reading -> ‘Netflix’ Pricing Model Eases Australians’ Access To Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs 14/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An innovative five-year agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies, involving a lump sum payment of about US$ 766 million for an unlimited five-year supply of the most advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs, has reduced the per-patient costs of these cutting-edge treatments by roughly 85%, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading -> Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Rocks To The “Sound Of Life” At Launch Of WHO-ITU Safe Listening Standard 15/02/2019 David Branigan Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej performed a “Sound of Life” concert at the World Health Organization to help launch the first-ever global standard for safe listening devices, aimed at raising awareness and inspiring action to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Continue reading -> ‘Netflix’ Pricing Model Eases Australians’ Access To Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs 14/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An innovative five-year agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies, involving a lump sum payment of about US$ 766 million for an unlimited five-year supply of the most advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs, has reduced the per-patient costs of these cutting-edge treatments by roughly 85%, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading -> Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Netflix’ Pricing Model Eases Australians’ Access To Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs 14/02/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An innovative five-year agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies, involving a lump sum payment of about US$ 766 million for an unlimited five-year supply of the most advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) drugs, has reduced the per-patient costs of these cutting-edge treatments by roughly 85%, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading -> Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Unitaid Calls For Proposals To Develop Technologies To Treat Malaria, HIV, TB 13/02/2019 David Branigan Unitaid has launched two separate calls for proposals for the development of improved technologies to better diagnose and treat Plasmodium vivax malaria, and to more effectively treat HIV and its coinfections, including tuberculosis and malaria, in low and middle-income countries. Continue reading -> New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New WHO-ITU Standard Released On “Safe Listening” To Prevent Hearing Loss 12/02/2019 David Branigan The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have partnered to develop the first-ever international standard for “safe listening” devices, including smartphones and audio players, to raise awareness and to prevent sound-induced hearing loss. Over 1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss around the world due to unsafe levels of sound, according to the WHO. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts