NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading ->
In a 4 September message,  the WHO/HQ Staff Association called for an Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA), now due to take place on Monday, 22 September. The message acknowledged what many staff were feeling: profound change, deep uncertainty, and a heavy personal and professional toll. Their statement flagged key concerns raised by many WHO staff about […] Continue reading ->
The United States will resume funding HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and polio medicine and the salaries of health workers directly delivering most of these services to patients through bilateral deals with governments and faith-based organizations– at least for the 2026 financial year, according to the America First Global Health Strategy unveiled by the US State Department […] Continue reading ->
Grand corruption schemes siphoning billions in state resources to government-linked elites have crushed South Sudan’s health system as the country teeters between famine and a new civil war, UN investigators found. The findings of a two-year investigation by the independent UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan published on Tuesday document how systematic corruption […] Continue reading ->
A sweeping new report by a consortium of climate and health experts offers a global indictment of how fossil fuels harm populations – from extraction to emissions, devastating human health from cradle to grave. Treating the fossil fuel sector like the tobacco sector will help, recommends the study’s authors. Fossil fuel advertisements should be banned, […] Continue reading ->