Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Zimbabwe Struggles With Rising Diabetes – And Lack of Data on Prevalence Amongst Children 07/06/2024 Jeffrey Moyo Like most African countries, non-communicable (NCDs) diseases, including diabetes, is increasing in Zimbabwe. And children are increasingly among the cases that go undetected or treatment until severe symptoms emerge. HARARE, Zimbabwe – Ten-year-old Tadisa Sayi already contends with diabetes and when his blood sugar levels spike his mother, Naume Shereketo, endures the mood swings induced […] Continue reading -> One Health is a ‘One World’ Agenda, Even as Negotiators Wrangle Over Inclusion in WHO Pandemic Accord 06/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Is One Health really an agenda of only the Global North? Panelists at an event last week, hosted by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Center, think otherwise. They talked about how developing countries are putting One Health principles into practice to head off future disease outbreaks. One Health is critical to future prevention of […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Appeal for More Resources Ahead of UN meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance 06/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan With less than four months to the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), global leaders have proposed a variety of measures to address the growing threat of pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics. The recently published zero draft of the political declaration for the meeting aims to reduce global deaths caused by […] Continue reading -> World Will Permanently Exceed 1.5°C Tipping Point Before 2030 – At Current Carbon Emissions Rate 05/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher ‘Extortion level’ capital costs put renewables out of reach in most developing economies; fossil fuel companies rake in record profits; and world reels from record heat, freak floods and drought, says UN Secretary General. New climate data released Wednesday shows virtually all key global warming parameters, including land and sea temperatures at all time record […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Votes to Recognize Center for Reproductive Rights But Egypt Promises to ‘Escalate’ Issue to WHA 04/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on Tuesday voted to recognize the US-based Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) as a non-state actor “in official relations” with it, in a motion carried by a narrow 17-13 margin, with four abstentions. After multiple rounds of voting, the final vote was by way of a secret ballot. […] Continue reading -> Proposed WHO Recognition of Center for Reproductive Rights Provokes Storm at WHO Executive Board 03/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A bitter debate over proposed WHO recognition of a non-profit center for reproductive health rights, erupted in full force at the WHO Executive Board on Monday – after a tumultuous week of the World Health Assembly where member states largely skirted the increasingly contentious issue of sexual and reproductive health rights. The proposal by the […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Two Resolutions on Gaza Crisis that Slam Israel, Hamas – and Call for Hostage Release 02/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHA delegates spent over 10 hours in diplomatic maneuvers, debates and painful rollcount votes Friday, finally approving two measures that decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in sharply different, and sometimes contradictory terms. One motion co-sponsored by a coalition of Algeria, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Egypt and other Middle Eastern allies, condemns “indiscriminate attacks” by […] Continue reading -> ‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Zimbabwe Struggles With Rising Diabetes – And Lack of Data on Prevalence Amongst Children 07/06/2024 Jeffrey Moyo Like most African countries, non-communicable (NCDs) diseases, including diabetes, is increasing in Zimbabwe. And children are increasingly among the cases that go undetected or treatment until severe symptoms emerge. HARARE, Zimbabwe – Ten-year-old Tadisa Sayi already contends with diabetes and when his blood sugar levels spike his mother, Naume Shereketo, endures the mood swings induced […] Continue reading -> One Health is a ‘One World’ Agenda, Even as Negotiators Wrangle Over Inclusion in WHO Pandemic Accord 06/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Is One Health really an agenda of only the Global North? Panelists at an event last week, hosted by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Center, think otherwise. They talked about how developing countries are putting One Health principles into practice to head off future disease outbreaks. One Health is critical to future prevention of […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Appeal for More Resources Ahead of UN meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance 06/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan With less than four months to the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), global leaders have proposed a variety of measures to address the growing threat of pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics. The recently published zero draft of the political declaration for the meeting aims to reduce global deaths caused by […] Continue reading -> World Will Permanently Exceed 1.5°C Tipping Point Before 2030 – At Current Carbon Emissions Rate 05/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher ‘Extortion level’ capital costs put renewables out of reach in most developing economies; fossil fuel companies rake in record profits; and world reels from record heat, freak floods and drought, says UN Secretary General. New climate data released Wednesday shows virtually all key global warming parameters, including land and sea temperatures at all time record […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Votes to Recognize Center for Reproductive Rights But Egypt Promises to ‘Escalate’ Issue to WHA 04/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on Tuesday voted to recognize the US-based Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) as a non-state actor “in official relations” with it, in a motion carried by a narrow 17-13 margin, with four abstentions. After multiple rounds of voting, the final vote was by way of a secret ballot. […] Continue reading -> Proposed WHO Recognition of Center for Reproductive Rights Provokes Storm at WHO Executive Board 03/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A bitter debate over proposed WHO recognition of a non-profit center for reproductive health rights, erupted in full force at the WHO Executive Board on Monday – after a tumultuous week of the World Health Assembly where member states largely skirted the increasingly contentious issue of sexual and reproductive health rights. The proposal by the […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Two Resolutions on Gaza Crisis that Slam Israel, Hamas – and Call for Hostage Release 02/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHA delegates spent over 10 hours in diplomatic maneuvers, debates and painful rollcount votes Friday, finally approving two measures that decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in sharply different, and sometimes contradictory terms. One motion co-sponsored by a coalition of Algeria, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Egypt and other Middle Eastern allies, condemns “indiscriminate attacks” by […] Continue reading -> ‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One Health is a ‘One World’ Agenda, Even as Negotiators Wrangle Over Inclusion in WHO Pandemic Accord 06/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Is One Health really an agenda of only the Global North? Panelists at an event last week, hosted by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Center, think otherwise. They talked about how developing countries are putting One Health principles into practice to head off future disease outbreaks. One Health is critical to future prevention of […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Appeal for More Resources Ahead of UN meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance 06/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan With less than four months to the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), global leaders have proposed a variety of measures to address the growing threat of pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics. The recently published zero draft of the political declaration for the meeting aims to reduce global deaths caused by […] Continue reading -> World Will Permanently Exceed 1.5°C Tipping Point Before 2030 – At Current Carbon Emissions Rate 05/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher ‘Extortion level’ capital costs put renewables out of reach in most developing economies; fossil fuel companies rake in record profits; and world reels from record heat, freak floods and drought, says UN Secretary General. New climate data released Wednesday shows virtually all key global warming parameters, including land and sea temperatures at all time record […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Votes to Recognize Center for Reproductive Rights But Egypt Promises to ‘Escalate’ Issue to WHA 04/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on Tuesday voted to recognize the US-based Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) as a non-state actor “in official relations” with it, in a motion carried by a narrow 17-13 margin, with four abstentions. After multiple rounds of voting, the final vote was by way of a secret ballot. […] Continue reading -> Proposed WHO Recognition of Center for Reproductive Rights Provokes Storm at WHO Executive Board 03/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A bitter debate over proposed WHO recognition of a non-profit center for reproductive health rights, erupted in full force at the WHO Executive Board on Monday – after a tumultuous week of the World Health Assembly where member states largely skirted the increasingly contentious issue of sexual and reproductive health rights. The proposal by the […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Two Resolutions on Gaza Crisis that Slam Israel, Hamas – and Call for Hostage Release 02/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHA delegates spent over 10 hours in diplomatic maneuvers, debates and painful rollcount votes Friday, finally approving two measures that decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in sharply different, and sometimes contradictory terms. One motion co-sponsored by a coalition of Algeria, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Egypt and other Middle Eastern allies, condemns “indiscriminate attacks” by […] Continue reading -> ‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Leaders Appeal for More Resources Ahead of UN meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance 06/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan With less than four months to the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), global leaders have proposed a variety of measures to address the growing threat of pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics. The recently published zero draft of the political declaration for the meeting aims to reduce global deaths caused by […] Continue reading -> World Will Permanently Exceed 1.5°C Tipping Point Before 2030 – At Current Carbon Emissions Rate 05/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher ‘Extortion level’ capital costs put renewables out of reach in most developing economies; fossil fuel companies rake in record profits; and world reels from record heat, freak floods and drought, says UN Secretary General. New climate data released Wednesday shows virtually all key global warming parameters, including land and sea temperatures at all time record […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Votes to Recognize Center for Reproductive Rights But Egypt Promises to ‘Escalate’ Issue to WHA 04/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on Tuesday voted to recognize the US-based Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) as a non-state actor “in official relations” with it, in a motion carried by a narrow 17-13 margin, with four abstentions. After multiple rounds of voting, the final vote was by way of a secret ballot. […] Continue reading -> Proposed WHO Recognition of Center for Reproductive Rights Provokes Storm at WHO Executive Board 03/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A bitter debate over proposed WHO recognition of a non-profit center for reproductive health rights, erupted in full force at the WHO Executive Board on Monday – after a tumultuous week of the World Health Assembly where member states largely skirted the increasingly contentious issue of sexual and reproductive health rights. The proposal by the […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Two Resolutions on Gaza Crisis that Slam Israel, Hamas – and Call for Hostage Release 02/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHA delegates spent over 10 hours in diplomatic maneuvers, debates and painful rollcount votes Friday, finally approving two measures that decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in sharply different, and sometimes contradictory terms. One motion co-sponsored by a coalition of Algeria, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Egypt and other Middle Eastern allies, condemns “indiscriminate attacks” by […] Continue reading -> ‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Will Permanently Exceed 1.5°C Tipping Point Before 2030 – At Current Carbon Emissions Rate 05/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher ‘Extortion level’ capital costs put renewables out of reach in most developing economies; fossil fuel companies rake in record profits; and world reels from record heat, freak floods and drought, says UN Secretary General. New climate data released Wednesday shows virtually all key global warming parameters, including land and sea temperatures at all time record […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Votes to Recognize Center for Reproductive Rights But Egypt Promises to ‘Escalate’ Issue to WHA 04/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on Tuesday voted to recognize the US-based Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) as a non-state actor “in official relations” with it, in a motion carried by a narrow 17-13 margin, with four abstentions. After multiple rounds of voting, the final vote was by way of a secret ballot. […] Continue reading -> Proposed WHO Recognition of Center for Reproductive Rights Provokes Storm at WHO Executive Board 03/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A bitter debate over proposed WHO recognition of a non-profit center for reproductive health rights, erupted in full force at the WHO Executive Board on Monday – after a tumultuous week of the World Health Assembly where member states largely skirted the increasingly contentious issue of sexual and reproductive health rights. The proposal by the […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Two Resolutions on Gaza Crisis that Slam Israel, Hamas – and Call for Hostage Release 02/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHA delegates spent over 10 hours in diplomatic maneuvers, debates and painful rollcount votes Friday, finally approving two measures that decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in sharply different, and sometimes contradictory terms. One motion co-sponsored by a coalition of Algeria, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Egypt and other Middle Eastern allies, condemns “indiscriminate attacks” by […] Continue reading -> ‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Executive Board Votes to Recognize Center for Reproductive Rights But Egypt Promises to ‘Escalate’ Issue to WHA 04/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on Tuesday voted to recognize the US-based Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) as a non-state actor “in official relations” with it, in a motion carried by a narrow 17-13 margin, with four abstentions. After multiple rounds of voting, the final vote was by way of a secret ballot. […] Continue reading -> Proposed WHO Recognition of Center for Reproductive Rights Provokes Storm at WHO Executive Board 03/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A bitter debate over proposed WHO recognition of a non-profit center for reproductive health rights, erupted in full force at the WHO Executive Board on Monday – after a tumultuous week of the World Health Assembly where member states largely skirted the increasingly contentious issue of sexual and reproductive health rights. The proposal by the […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Two Resolutions on Gaza Crisis that Slam Israel, Hamas – and Call for Hostage Release 02/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHA delegates spent over 10 hours in diplomatic maneuvers, debates and painful rollcount votes Friday, finally approving two measures that decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in sharply different, and sometimes contradictory terms. One motion co-sponsored by a coalition of Algeria, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Egypt and other Middle Eastern allies, condemns “indiscriminate attacks” by […] Continue reading -> ‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Proposed WHO Recognition of Center for Reproductive Rights Provokes Storm at WHO Executive Board 03/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A bitter debate over proposed WHO recognition of a non-profit center for reproductive health rights, erupted in full force at the WHO Executive Board on Monday – after a tumultuous week of the World Health Assembly where member states largely skirted the increasingly contentious issue of sexual and reproductive health rights. The proposal by the […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Two Resolutions on Gaza Crisis that Slam Israel, Hamas – and Call for Hostage Release 02/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHA delegates spent over 10 hours in diplomatic maneuvers, debates and painful rollcount votes Friday, finally approving two measures that decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in sharply different, and sometimes contradictory terms. One motion co-sponsored by a coalition of Algeria, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Egypt and other Middle Eastern allies, condemns “indiscriminate attacks” by […] Continue reading -> ‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHA Approves Two Resolutions on Gaza Crisis that Slam Israel, Hamas – and Call for Hostage Release 02/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHA delegates spent over 10 hours in diplomatic maneuvers, debates and painful rollcount votes Friday, finally approving two measures that decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in sharply different, and sometimes contradictory terms. One motion co-sponsored by a coalition of Algeria, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Egypt and other Middle Eastern allies, condemns “indiscriminate attacks” by […] Continue reading -> ‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved 01/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan After two years of intensive negotiations – including long nights this week – the World Health Assembly (WHA) finally passed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and committed to completing pandemic agreement talks within a year. After failing to agree on the amendments before WHA opened on Monday, member states have been racing to […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Change Threatens Progress Against Malaria, Countries Warn at World Health Assembly 01/06/2024 Paul Adepoju The fight against malaria is facing a new and urgent challenge as climate change and extreme weather events threaten to undermine decades of progress, according to warnings from several countries at the 77th World Health Assembly this week. “Recent extreme weather events such as flooding in Malawi and other countries have intensified malaria transmission, disproportionately […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts