UN Agency Chiefs Warn of ‘Utter Disregard for Human Life’ as Gaza Blockade Enters Second Month 08/04/2025 Stefan Anderson Heads of six UN agencies including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the World Food Programme issued a desperate warning that blockades of aid, food, medicine and life-saving supplies to Gaza since Israel resumed its attack on the enclave show “utter disregard for human life.” “For over a month, no commercial or humanitarian supplies have […] Continue reading -> Recent Aid Cuts Jeopardize 40% Reduction in Maternal Mortality Since 2000 08/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Maternal mortality rates have dropped by 40% since 2000, largely due to improved access to essential health services. But WHO officials warn that the recent, deep cuts to international aid could be as disruptive as the COVID-19 pandemic, if not more so, to a woman’s chances of surviving pregnancy and childbirth. And in 2023, more […] Continue reading -> In Final Days of Pandemic Talks, Countries Urged to Budget for ‘Both Bombs and Bugs’ 07/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Countries keep increasing their military budgets yet seem unwilling to prepare for an “invisible enemy” – a pandemic-causing pathogen that can be more damaging than a war, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus warned at the start of the final negotiations for a pandemic agreement on Monday. The COVID-19 pandemic killed up […] Continue reading -> What’s New in the Latest Draft Pandemic Agreement? 07/04/2025 Gian Luca Burci, Ava Greenup, Ricardo Matute, Suerie Moon, Daniela Morich & Adam Strobeyko World Health Organization (WHO) member states have entered their final week of scheduled negotiations on the pandemic agreement (PA), amid renewed urgency following the United States withdrawal from the organization and widespread aid cuts that carry serious implications for global health. With limited time before the May World Health Assembly, when a final version of […] Continue reading -> Myanmar’s Collapsing Health System Crushed Beneath Earthquake and Civil War 04/04/2025 Stefan Anderson Myanmar’s health system was collapsing. Then the earthquake hit. “The houses, which were all built on the water, were gone — all flattened,” 15-year-old Myat Nyein from Inle Lake in Shan State, recalled in testimony to Save the Children. His mother died in the disaster, her body found covered in bruises with stitches on her […] Continue reading -> ‘Talk to the Desert’: The Hidden Health Toll of Natural Air Pollution 04/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA, Colombia — “When I met with taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi about the pollution from their cars, they told me to talk to the desert,” recalled Dr George Thurston, director of New York University’s research program on the health impacts of ambient and occupational air pollution. The taxi drivers’ retort points to a global […] Continue reading -> Trump Tariffs Will Make it Harder for African Countries to Finance Health 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan The tariffs imposed by the United States on goods from several African countries on Wednesday will make it even more difficult for African countries to increase their health spending, said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). These tariffs – ranging from 10% for Kenyan goods […] Continue reading -> Court Papers Against NIH Claim that Grant Cuts Are an ‘Ideological Purge’ 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Public health experts and labour unions are seeking to overturn the mass cancellation of research grants by appointees of United States President Donald Trump at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). In legal papers filed on Wednesday, the complainants describe an “ ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” – supposedly because they […] Continue reading -> Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Recent Aid Cuts Jeopardize 40% Reduction in Maternal Mortality Since 2000 08/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Maternal mortality rates have dropped by 40% since 2000, largely due to improved access to essential health services. But WHO officials warn that the recent, deep cuts to international aid could be as disruptive as the COVID-19 pandemic, if not more so, to a woman’s chances of surviving pregnancy and childbirth. And in 2023, more […] Continue reading -> In Final Days of Pandemic Talks, Countries Urged to Budget for ‘Both Bombs and Bugs’ 07/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Countries keep increasing their military budgets yet seem unwilling to prepare for an “invisible enemy” – a pandemic-causing pathogen that can be more damaging than a war, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus warned at the start of the final negotiations for a pandemic agreement on Monday. The COVID-19 pandemic killed up […] Continue reading -> What’s New in the Latest Draft Pandemic Agreement? 07/04/2025 Gian Luca Burci, Ava Greenup, Ricardo Matute, Suerie Moon, Daniela Morich & Adam Strobeyko World Health Organization (WHO) member states have entered their final week of scheduled negotiations on the pandemic agreement (PA), amid renewed urgency following the United States withdrawal from the organization and widespread aid cuts that carry serious implications for global health. With limited time before the May World Health Assembly, when a final version of […] Continue reading -> Myanmar’s Collapsing Health System Crushed Beneath Earthquake and Civil War 04/04/2025 Stefan Anderson Myanmar’s health system was collapsing. Then the earthquake hit. “The houses, which were all built on the water, were gone — all flattened,” 15-year-old Myat Nyein from Inle Lake in Shan State, recalled in testimony to Save the Children. His mother died in the disaster, her body found covered in bruises with stitches on her […] Continue reading -> ‘Talk to the Desert’: The Hidden Health Toll of Natural Air Pollution 04/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA, Colombia — “When I met with taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi about the pollution from their cars, they told me to talk to the desert,” recalled Dr George Thurston, director of New York University’s research program on the health impacts of ambient and occupational air pollution. The taxi drivers’ retort points to a global […] Continue reading -> Trump Tariffs Will Make it Harder for African Countries to Finance Health 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan The tariffs imposed by the United States on goods from several African countries on Wednesday will make it even more difficult for African countries to increase their health spending, said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). These tariffs – ranging from 10% for Kenyan goods […] Continue reading -> Court Papers Against NIH Claim that Grant Cuts Are an ‘Ideological Purge’ 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Public health experts and labour unions are seeking to overturn the mass cancellation of research grants by appointees of United States President Donald Trump at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). In legal papers filed on Wednesday, the complainants describe an “ ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” – supposedly because they […] Continue reading -> Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
In Final Days of Pandemic Talks, Countries Urged to Budget for ‘Both Bombs and Bugs’ 07/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Countries keep increasing their military budgets yet seem unwilling to prepare for an “invisible enemy” – a pandemic-causing pathogen that can be more damaging than a war, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus warned at the start of the final negotiations for a pandemic agreement on Monday. The COVID-19 pandemic killed up […] Continue reading -> What’s New in the Latest Draft Pandemic Agreement? 07/04/2025 Gian Luca Burci, Ava Greenup, Ricardo Matute, Suerie Moon, Daniela Morich & Adam Strobeyko World Health Organization (WHO) member states have entered their final week of scheduled negotiations on the pandemic agreement (PA), amid renewed urgency following the United States withdrawal from the organization and widespread aid cuts that carry serious implications for global health. With limited time before the May World Health Assembly, when a final version of […] Continue reading -> Myanmar’s Collapsing Health System Crushed Beneath Earthquake and Civil War 04/04/2025 Stefan Anderson Myanmar’s health system was collapsing. Then the earthquake hit. “The houses, which were all built on the water, were gone — all flattened,” 15-year-old Myat Nyein from Inle Lake in Shan State, recalled in testimony to Save the Children. His mother died in the disaster, her body found covered in bruises with stitches on her […] Continue reading -> ‘Talk to the Desert’: The Hidden Health Toll of Natural Air Pollution 04/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA, Colombia — “When I met with taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi about the pollution from their cars, they told me to talk to the desert,” recalled Dr George Thurston, director of New York University’s research program on the health impacts of ambient and occupational air pollution. The taxi drivers’ retort points to a global […] Continue reading -> Trump Tariffs Will Make it Harder for African Countries to Finance Health 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan The tariffs imposed by the United States on goods from several African countries on Wednesday will make it even more difficult for African countries to increase their health spending, said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). These tariffs – ranging from 10% for Kenyan goods […] Continue reading -> Court Papers Against NIH Claim that Grant Cuts Are an ‘Ideological Purge’ 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Public health experts and labour unions are seeking to overturn the mass cancellation of research grants by appointees of United States President Donald Trump at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). In legal papers filed on Wednesday, the complainants describe an “ ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” – supposedly because they […] Continue reading -> Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
What’s New in the Latest Draft Pandemic Agreement? 07/04/2025 Gian Luca Burci, Ava Greenup, Ricardo Matute, Suerie Moon, Daniela Morich & Adam Strobeyko World Health Organization (WHO) member states have entered their final week of scheduled negotiations on the pandemic agreement (PA), amid renewed urgency following the United States withdrawal from the organization and widespread aid cuts that carry serious implications for global health. With limited time before the May World Health Assembly, when a final version of […] Continue reading -> Myanmar’s Collapsing Health System Crushed Beneath Earthquake and Civil War 04/04/2025 Stefan Anderson Myanmar’s health system was collapsing. Then the earthquake hit. “The houses, which were all built on the water, were gone — all flattened,” 15-year-old Myat Nyein from Inle Lake in Shan State, recalled in testimony to Save the Children. His mother died in the disaster, her body found covered in bruises with stitches on her […] Continue reading -> ‘Talk to the Desert’: The Hidden Health Toll of Natural Air Pollution 04/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA, Colombia — “When I met with taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi about the pollution from their cars, they told me to talk to the desert,” recalled Dr George Thurston, director of New York University’s research program on the health impacts of ambient and occupational air pollution. The taxi drivers’ retort points to a global […] Continue reading -> Trump Tariffs Will Make it Harder for African Countries to Finance Health 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan The tariffs imposed by the United States on goods from several African countries on Wednesday will make it even more difficult for African countries to increase their health spending, said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). These tariffs – ranging from 10% for Kenyan goods […] Continue reading -> Court Papers Against NIH Claim that Grant Cuts Are an ‘Ideological Purge’ 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Public health experts and labour unions are seeking to overturn the mass cancellation of research grants by appointees of United States President Donald Trump at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). In legal papers filed on Wednesday, the complainants describe an “ ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” – supposedly because they […] Continue reading -> Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Myanmar’s Collapsing Health System Crushed Beneath Earthquake and Civil War 04/04/2025 Stefan Anderson Myanmar’s health system was collapsing. Then the earthquake hit. “The houses, which were all built on the water, were gone — all flattened,” 15-year-old Myat Nyein from Inle Lake in Shan State, recalled in testimony to Save the Children. His mother died in the disaster, her body found covered in bruises with stitches on her […] Continue reading -> ‘Talk to the Desert’: The Hidden Health Toll of Natural Air Pollution 04/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA, Colombia — “When I met with taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi about the pollution from their cars, they told me to talk to the desert,” recalled Dr George Thurston, director of New York University’s research program on the health impacts of ambient and occupational air pollution. The taxi drivers’ retort points to a global […] Continue reading -> Trump Tariffs Will Make it Harder for African Countries to Finance Health 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan The tariffs imposed by the United States on goods from several African countries on Wednesday will make it even more difficult for African countries to increase their health spending, said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). These tariffs – ranging from 10% for Kenyan goods […] Continue reading -> Court Papers Against NIH Claim that Grant Cuts Are an ‘Ideological Purge’ 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Public health experts and labour unions are seeking to overturn the mass cancellation of research grants by appointees of United States President Donald Trump at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). In legal papers filed on Wednesday, the complainants describe an “ ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” – supposedly because they […] Continue reading -> Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
‘Talk to the Desert’: The Hidden Health Toll of Natural Air Pollution 04/04/2025 Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA, Colombia — “When I met with taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi about the pollution from their cars, they told me to talk to the desert,” recalled Dr George Thurston, director of New York University’s research program on the health impacts of ambient and occupational air pollution. The taxi drivers’ retort points to a global […] Continue reading -> Trump Tariffs Will Make it Harder for African Countries to Finance Health 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan The tariffs imposed by the United States on goods from several African countries on Wednesday will make it even more difficult for African countries to increase their health spending, said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). These tariffs – ranging from 10% for Kenyan goods […] Continue reading -> Court Papers Against NIH Claim that Grant Cuts Are an ‘Ideological Purge’ 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Public health experts and labour unions are seeking to overturn the mass cancellation of research grants by appointees of United States President Donald Trump at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). In legal papers filed on Wednesday, the complainants describe an “ ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” – supposedly because they […] Continue reading -> Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Trump Tariffs Will Make it Harder for African Countries to Finance Health 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan The tariffs imposed by the United States on goods from several African countries on Wednesday will make it even more difficult for African countries to increase their health spending, said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). These tariffs – ranging from 10% for Kenyan goods […] Continue reading -> Court Papers Against NIH Claim that Grant Cuts Are an ‘Ideological Purge’ 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Public health experts and labour unions are seeking to overturn the mass cancellation of research grants by appointees of United States President Donald Trump at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). In legal papers filed on Wednesday, the complainants describe an “ ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” – supposedly because they […] Continue reading -> Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Court Papers Against NIH Claim that Grant Cuts Are an ‘Ideological Purge’ 03/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan Public health experts and labour unions are seeking to overturn the mass cancellation of research grants by appointees of United States President Donald Trump at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). In legal papers filed on Wednesday, the complainants describe an “ ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” – supposedly because they […] Continue reading -> Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted by a Handful of Words? 02/04/2025 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using “voluntary” to describe technology transfer. The latest draft of the pandemic agreement (text agreed by end of 21 February) states that technology transfer for the production of pandemic-related health products […] Continue reading -> WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
WHO Budget Crisis Bigger Than Previously Thought – $2.5 Billion Gap for 2025-2027 02/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s budget crisis is even bigger than previously thought. The global health organization is short nearly $1.9 billion from a planned $4.2 billion budget for 2026-27, along with a $600 million deficit through end-2025, senior WHO officials revealed at a global ‘Town Hall’ meeting of WHO staff on Tuesday, heard by Health Policy Watch. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts