Brazil Pandemic Summit Underscores the Global Gaps in Preparedness 31/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan As climate change drives disease outbreaks, the world remains ill-prepared for another pandemic – lacking in collaborative surveillance, diagnostic tools and finance, speakers told the Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit (GPPS) in Brazil. The two-day summit, attended by a global who’s who of pandemic experts, aimed to “reinvigorate the momentum for pandemic preparedness and response” – […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Grapple With How to Expand HIV Care to Include NCDs 29/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan As the disease burden in developing countries shifts from infectious to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), governments and patient advocates are grappling with how to re-engineer healthcare systems to address both. The extraordinary global focus on HIV has resulted in a siloed network of HIV clinics to treat the virus – but there is growing acknowledgement that […] Continue reading -> Nigeria’s Primary Health Centers Are Essential for NCD Control – But Lack Drugs and Support 26/07/2024 Kate Okorie Fifteen-year-old Mathias Ofoke is one of four children in his family born with type 1 diabetes. Whenever his symptoms worsened, he was taken to the nearest primary healthcare (PHC) center where he was repeatedly treated for malaria. It wasn’t until February, when a non-governmental organization (NGO), Abby Cares Foundation, organized a clinical outreach at Ezza […] Continue reading -> Malawi Acts to Overcome COVID-era Setbacks in HPV Vaccination 25/07/2024 Josephine Chinele After experiencing the distress of caring for a loved one with advanced cervical cancer, Edna Maloya vowed to take proactive measures to ensure that her family and friends would be protected. “I was my cousin’s caregiver. I can’t take chances with cervical cancer,” says Maloya, who lives in Blantyre, Malawi’s second largest city. She happily […] Continue reading -> Progress Towards SDG ‘No Hunger’ Goal Remains Stalled; One in 11 People Undernourished 24/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Global levels of hunger remain stagnant at the highest rates seen in over a decade, as one in 11 people worldwide (8.9%) faced hunger, or undernourishment, in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, released on Wednesday. The report, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International […] Continue reading -> AIDS Activists Delight in HIV Prevention Trial Results – And Press Gilead to Lower Price of ‘Miracle Drug’ 24/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Delegates at the International AIDS conference leapt to their feet in delight after results from one of the most promising HIV prevention trial in the history of the epidemic – a twice-yearly injection of lenacapavir that prevented 100% of new HIV infections – were presented on Wednesday. Principal investigator Professor Linda-Gail Bekker from […] Continue reading -> More than Three-Quarters of People with Neurological Diseases in Low Income Countries Can’t Access Treatment 23/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Nearly half of the world’s population suffers from some form of neurological condition ranging from simple migraines to Alzheimers. And yet in low-income countries, more than 75% of people needing neurological treatment cannot access care, according to a new World Health Organization report released on Tuesday, World Brain Day. The treatment gap – the difference […] Continue reading -> Germany Pledges Continued Global AIDS Support Amid Fiscal and Political Pressures 23/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the global campaign against AIDS, including the Global Fund, at the opening of the international AIDS Conference – and appealed to other global powers to do the same. The Ukraine war is draining Germany’s resources, and on the far right, the substantial and growing […] Continue reading -> NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Developing Countries Grapple With How to Expand HIV Care to Include NCDs 29/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan As the disease burden in developing countries shifts from infectious to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), governments and patient advocates are grappling with how to re-engineer healthcare systems to address both. The extraordinary global focus on HIV has resulted in a siloed network of HIV clinics to treat the virus – but there is growing acknowledgement that […] Continue reading -> Nigeria’s Primary Health Centers Are Essential for NCD Control – But Lack Drugs and Support 26/07/2024 Kate Okorie Fifteen-year-old Mathias Ofoke is one of four children in his family born with type 1 diabetes. Whenever his symptoms worsened, he was taken to the nearest primary healthcare (PHC) center where he was repeatedly treated for malaria. It wasn’t until February, when a non-governmental organization (NGO), Abby Cares Foundation, organized a clinical outreach at Ezza […] Continue reading -> Malawi Acts to Overcome COVID-era Setbacks in HPV Vaccination 25/07/2024 Josephine Chinele After experiencing the distress of caring for a loved one with advanced cervical cancer, Edna Maloya vowed to take proactive measures to ensure that her family and friends would be protected. “I was my cousin’s caregiver. I can’t take chances with cervical cancer,” says Maloya, who lives in Blantyre, Malawi’s second largest city. She happily […] Continue reading -> Progress Towards SDG ‘No Hunger’ Goal Remains Stalled; One in 11 People Undernourished 24/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Global levels of hunger remain stagnant at the highest rates seen in over a decade, as one in 11 people worldwide (8.9%) faced hunger, or undernourishment, in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, released on Wednesday. The report, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International […] Continue reading -> AIDS Activists Delight in HIV Prevention Trial Results – And Press Gilead to Lower Price of ‘Miracle Drug’ 24/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Delegates at the International AIDS conference leapt to their feet in delight after results from one of the most promising HIV prevention trial in the history of the epidemic – a twice-yearly injection of lenacapavir that prevented 100% of new HIV infections – were presented on Wednesday. Principal investigator Professor Linda-Gail Bekker from […] Continue reading -> More than Three-Quarters of People with Neurological Diseases in Low Income Countries Can’t Access Treatment 23/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Nearly half of the world’s population suffers from some form of neurological condition ranging from simple migraines to Alzheimers. And yet in low-income countries, more than 75% of people needing neurological treatment cannot access care, according to a new World Health Organization report released on Tuesday, World Brain Day. The treatment gap – the difference […] Continue reading -> Germany Pledges Continued Global AIDS Support Amid Fiscal and Political Pressures 23/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the global campaign against AIDS, including the Global Fund, at the opening of the international AIDS Conference – and appealed to other global powers to do the same. The Ukraine war is draining Germany’s resources, and on the far right, the substantial and growing […] Continue reading -> NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Nigeria’s Primary Health Centers Are Essential for NCD Control – But Lack Drugs and Support 26/07/2024 Kate Okorie Fifteen-year-old Mathias Ofoke is one of four children in his family born with type 1 diabetes. Whenever his symptoms worsened, he was taken to the nearest primary healthcare (PHC) center where he was repeatedly treated for malaria. It wasn’t until February, when a non-governmental organization (NGO), Abby Cares Foundation, organized a clinical outreach at Ezza […] Continue reading -> Malawi Acts to Overcome COVID-era Setbacks in HPV Vaccination 25/07/2024 Josephine Chinele After experiencing the distress of caring for a loved one with advanced cervical cancer, Edna Maloya vowed to take proactive measures to ensure that her family and friends would be protected. “I was my cousin’s caregiver. I can’t take chances with cervical cancer,” says Maloya, who lives in Blantyre, Malawi’s second largest city. She happily […] Continue reading -> Progress Towards SDG ‘No Hunger’ Goal Remains Stalled; One in 11 People Undernourished 24/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Global levels of hunger remain stagnant at the highest rates seen in over a decade, as one in 11 people worldwide (8.9%) faced hunger, or undernourishment, in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, released on Wednesday. The report, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International […] Continue reading -> AIDS Activists Delight in HIV Prevention Trial Results – And Press Gilead to Lower Price of ‘Miracle Drug’ 24/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Delegates at the International AIDS conference leapt to their feet in delight after results from one of the most promising HIV prevention trial in the history of the epidemic – a twice-yearly injection of lenacapavir that prevented 100% of new HIV infections – were presented on Wednesday. Principal investigator Professor Linda-Gail Bekker from […] Continue reading -> More than Three-Quarters of People with Neurological Diseases in Low Income Countries Can’t Access Treatment 23/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Nearly half of the world’s population suffers from some form of neurological condition ranging from simple migraines to Alzheimers. And yet in low-income countries, more than 75% of people needing neurological treatment cannot access care, according to a new World Health Organization report released on Tuesday, World Brain Day. The treatment gap – the difference […] Continue reading -> Germany Pledges Continued Global AIDS Support Amid Fiscal and Political Pressures 23/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the global campaign against AIDS, including the Global Fund, at the opening of the international AIDS Conference – and appealed to other global powers to do the same. The Ukraine war is draining Germany’s resources, and on the far right, the substantial and growing […] Continue reading -> NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Malawi Acts to Overcome COVID-era Setbacks in HPV Vaccination 25/07/2024 Josephine Chinele After experiencing the distress of caring for a loved one with advanced cervical cancer, Edna Maloya vowed to take proactive measures to ensure that her family and friends would be protected. “I was my cousin’s caregiver. I can’t take chances with cervical cancer,” says Maloya, who lives in Blantyre, Malawi’s second largest city. She happily […] Continue reading -> Progress Towards SDG ‘No Hunger’ Goal Remains Stalled; One in 11 People Undernourished 24/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Global levels of hunger remain stagnant at the highest rates seen in over a decade, as one in 11 people worldwide (8.9%) faced hunger, or undernourishment, in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, released on Wednesday. The report, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International […] Continue reading -> AIDS Activists Delight in HIV Prevention Trial Results – And Press Gilead to Lower Price of ‘Miracle Drug’ 24/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Delegates at the International AIDS conference leapt to their feet in delight after results from one of the most promising HIV prevention trial in the history of the epidemic – a twice-yearly injection of lenacapavir that prevented 100% of new HIV infections – were presented on Wednesday. Principal investigator Professor Linda-Gail Bekker from […] Continue reading -> More than Three-Quarters of People with Neurological Diseases in Low Income Countries Can’t Access Treatment 23/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Nearly half of the world’s population suffers from some form of neurological condition ranging from simple migraines to Alzheimers. And yet in low-income countries, more than 75% of people needing neurological treatment cannot access care, according to a new World Health Organization report released on Tuesday, World Brain Day. The treatment gap – the difference […] Continue reading -> Germany Pledges Continued Global AIDS Support Amid Fiscal and Political Pressures 23/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the global campaign against AIDS, including the Global Fund, at the opening of the international AIDS Conference – and appealed to other global powers to do the same. The Ukraine war is draining Germany’s resources, and on the far right, the substantial and growing […] Continue reading -> NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Progress Towards SDG ‘No Hunger’ Goal Remains Stalled; One in 11 People Undernourished 24/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Global levels of hunger remain stagnant at the highest rates seen in over a decade, as one in 11 people worldwide (8.9%) faced hunger, or undernourishment, in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, released on Wednesday. The report, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International […] Continue reading -> AIDS Activists Delight in HIV Prevention Trial Results – And Press Gilead to Lower Price of ‘Miracle Drug’ 24/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Delegates at the International AIDS conference leapt to their feet in delight after results from one of the most promising HIV prevention trial in the history of the epidemic – a twice-yearly injection of lenacapavir that prevented 100% of new HIV infections – were presented on Wednesday. Principal investigator Professor Linda-Gail Bekker from […] Continue reading -> More than Three-Quarters of People with Neurological Diseases in Low Income Countries Can’t Access Treatment 23/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Nearly half of the world’s population suffers from some form of neurological condition ranging from simple migraines to Alzheimers. And yet in low-income countries, more than 75% of people needing neurological treatment cannot access care, according to a new World Health Organization report released on Tuesday, World Brain Day. The treatment gap – the difference […] Continue reading -> Germany Pledges Continued Global AIDS Support Amid Fiscal and Political Pressures 23/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the global campaign against AIDS, including the Global Fund, at the opening of the international AIDS Conference – and appealed to other global powers to do the same. The Ukraine war is draining Germany’s resources, and on the far right, the substantial and growing […] Continue reading -> NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
AIDS Activists Delight in HIV Prevention Trial Results – And Press Gilead to Lower Price of ‘Miracle Drug’ 24/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Delegates at the International AIDS conference leapt to their feet in delight after results from one of the most promising HIV prevention trial in the history of the epidemic – a twice-yearly injection of lenacapavir that prevented 100% of new HIV infections – were presented on Wednesday. Principal investigator Professor Linda-Gail Bekker from […] Continue reading -> More than Three-Quarters of People with Neurological Diseases in Low Income Countries Can’t Access Treatment 23/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Nearly half of the world’s population suffers from some form of neurological condition ranging from simple migraines to Alzheimers. And yet in low-income countries, more than 75% of people needing neurological treatment cannot access care, according to a new World Health Organization report released on Tuesday, World Brain Day. The treatment gap – the difference […] Continue reading -> Germany Pledges Continued Global AIDS Support Amid Fiscal and Political Pressures 23/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the global campaign against AIDS, including the Global Fund, at the opening of the international AIDS Conference – and appealed to other global powers to do the same. The Ukraine war is draining Germany’s resources, and on the far right, the substantial and growing […] Continue reading -> NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More than Three-Quarters of People with Neurological Diseases in Low Income Countries Can’t Access Treatment 23/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Nearly half of the world’s population suffers from some form of neurological condition ranging from simple migraines to Alzheimers. And yet in low-income countries, more than 75% of people needing neurological treatment cannot access care, according to a new World Health Organization report released on Tuesday, World Brain Day. The treatment gap – the difference […] Continue reading -> Germany Pledges Continued Global AIDS Support Amid Fiscal and Political Pressures 23/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the global campaign against AIDS, including the Global Fund, at the opening of the international AIDS Conference – and appealed to other global powers to do the same. The Ukraine war is draining Germany’s resources, and on the far right, the substantial and growing […] Continue reading -> NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Germany Pledges Continued Global AIDS Support Amid Fiscal and Political Pressures 23/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the global campaign against AIDS, including the Global Fund, at the opening of the international AIDS Conference – and appealed to other global powers to do the same. The Ukraine war is draining Germany’s resources, and on the far right, the substantial and growing […] Continue reading -> NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
NCD Alliance Appeals to HIV Organizations to Press Governments for More Action on Chronic Diseases 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – Despite a global commitment to cut deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, virtually all countries are off-track – and the NCD Alliance is appealing to allied organizations to help pressure governments to take action. “NCDs cause three out of four deaths globally, and 80% of premature mortality from NCDs […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UNAIDS Blames Punitive Laws and Stigma for HIV Surge in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22/07/2024 Kerry Cullinan MUNICH – While new HIV infections in 2023 plummeted globally to the level that they were in the late 1980s, they have surged by 20% in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since 2010, according to UNAIDS. There were 140,000 new HIV infections across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2023, with 93% of new cases […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts