EXCLUSIVE: US Blocking Consensus on G20 Health Ministers’ Statement 07/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States, backed by Argentina, was reportedly blocking the G20 consensus on the final G20 Health Ministers’ statement – following their fourth and final working group meeting of the year Friday in Limpopo, South Africa, Health Policy Watch has learned. In a visible snub to the rest of the group, the US delegation also […] Continue reading -> UN Chief Calls Out ‘Deadly Negligence’ In Climate Action Ahead of COP30 Summit 07/11/2025 Stefan Anderson UN Secretary-General António Guterres told world leaders gathered in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday that breaching the 1.5°C warming threshold is now unavoidable, calling the inaction on climate change a “moral failure” and “deadly negligence.” “The hard truth is that we have failed to ensure we remain below 1.5 degrees,” Guterres said in a speech […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Delhi’s Air Pollution Rises While Trust in Official Data Falls 06/11/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji As pollution levels soar in Delhi, questions over missing data and transparency raise concerns about the government’s handling of the crisis. NEW DELHI – Farmers burning their fields near India’s capital city have caused air pollution in New Delhi to become even worse than it was on Diwali night, 20 October, when the extremely hazardous […] Continue reading -> This Year Set to Be Among Top-3 Hottest Years, Says WMO 06/11/2025 Disha Shetty The year 2025 is set to be among the top three hottest years in the planet’s 176-year observational record, according to the State of the Global Climate Update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The mean near-surface temperature from January to August was 1.42°C (± 0.12°C) above the pre-industrial average, the report said. Depending on what […] Continue reading -> World on Track for 2.8°C Warming as Paris Agreement Overshoot Now Inevitable 05/11/2025 Stefan Anderson The world is heading for 2.8°C of warming by century’s end under current policies, according to a United Nations assessment released Tuesday that finds new climate pledges have “barely moved the needle” despite a decade of international commitments under the Paris Agreement. The projection represents a decline from the 3.1°C forecast in last year’s assessment, […] Continue reading -> UN Special Rapporteur Urges ‘Right to Health’ Approach to Ensure Access to Services 05/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are being restricted, human rights defenders are being silenced, and evidence-based policy is being replaced by ideology – “but we are not powerless or voiceless”, said Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. She urged governments and organisations to use the “right to health” […] Continue reading -> Making ‘Brain Health’ an Economic Investment 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative” to mitigate this. This call was made by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, on the eve of the […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Chief Calls Out ‘Deadly Negligence’ In Climate Action Ahead of COP30 Summit 07/11/2025 Stefan Anderson UN Secretary-General António Guterres told world leaders gathered in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday that breaching the 1.5°C warming threshold is now unavoidable, calling the inaction on climate change a “moral failure” and “deadly negligence.” “The hard truth is that we have failed to ensure we remain below 1.5 degrees,” Guterres said in a speech […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Delhi’s Air Pollution Rises While Trust in Official Data Falls 06/11/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji As pollution levels soar in Delhi, questions over missing data and transparency raise concerns about the government’s handling of the crisis. NEW DELHI – Farmers burning their fields near India’s capital city have caused air pollution in New Delhi to become even worse than it was on Diwali night, 20 October, when the extremely hazardous […] Continue reading -> This Year Set to Be Among Top-3 Hottest Years, Says WMO 06/11/2025 Disha Shetty The year 2025 is set to be among the top three hottest years in the planet’s 176-year observational record, according to the State of the Global Climate Update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The mean near-surface temperature from January to August was 1.42°C (± 0.12°C) above the pre-industrial average, the report said. Depending on what […] Continue reading -> World on Track for 2.8°C Warming as Paris Agreement Overshoot Now Inevitable 05/11/2025 Stefan Anderson The world is heading for 2.8°C of warming by century’s end under current policies, according to a United Nations assessment released Tuesday that finds new climate pledges have “barely moved the needle” despite a decade of international commitments under the Paris Agreement. The projection represents a decline from the 3.1°C forecast in last year’s assessment, […] Continue reading -> UN Special Rapporteur Urges ‘Right to Health’ Approach to Ensure Access to Services 05/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are being restricted, human rights defenders are being silenced, and evidence-based policy is being replaced by ideology – “but we are not powerless or voiceless”, said Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. She urged governments and organisations to use the “right to health” […] Continue reading -> Making ‘Brain Health’ an Economic Investment 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative” to mitigate this. This call was made by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, on the eve of the […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Delhi’s Air Pollution Rises While Trust in Official Data Falls 06/11/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji As pollution levels soar in Delhi, questions over missing data and transparency raise concerns about the government’s handling of the crisis. NEW DELHI – Farmers burning their fields near India’s capital city have caused air pollution in New Delhi to become even worse than it was on Diwali night, 20 October, when the extremely hazardous […] Continue reading -> This Year Set to Be Among Top-3 Hottest Years, Says WMO 06/11/2025 Disha Shetty The year 2025 is set to be among the top three hottest years in the planet’s 176-year observational record, according to the State of the Global Climate Update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The mean near-surface temperature from January to August was 1.42°C (± 0.12°C) above the pre-industrial average, the report said. Depending on what […] Continue reading -> World on Track for 2.8°C Warming as Paris Agreement Overshoot Now Inevitable 05/11/2025 Stefan Anderson The world is heading for 2.8°C of warming by century’s end under current policies, according to a United Nations assessment released Tuesday that finds new climate pledges have “barely moved the needle” despite a decade of international commitments under the Paris Agreement. The projection represents a decline from the 3.1°C forecast in last year’s assessment, […] Continue reading -> UN Special Rapporteur Urges ‘Right to Health’ Approach to Ensure Access to Services 05/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are being restricted, human rights defenders are being silenced, and evidence-based policy is being replaced by ideology – “but we are not powerless or voiceless”, said Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. She urged governments and organisations to use the “right to health” […] Continue reading -> Making ‘Brain Health’ an Economic Investment 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative” to mitigate this. This call was made by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, on the eve of the […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Delhi’s Air Pollution Rises While Trust in Official Data Falls 06/11/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji As pollution levels soar in Delhi, questions over missing data and transparency raise concerns about the government’s handling of the crisis. NEW DELHI – Farmers burning their fields near India’s capital city have caused air pollution in New Delhi to become even worse than it was on Diwali night, 20 October, when the extremely hazardous […] Continue reading -> This Year Set to Be Among Top-3 Hottest Years, Says WMO 06/11/2025 Disha Shetty The year 2025 is set to be among the top three hottest years in the planet’s 176-year observational record, according to the State of the Global Climate Update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The mean near-surface temperature from January to August was 1.42°C (± 0.12°C) above the pre-industrial average, the report said. Depending on what […] Continue reading -> World on Track for 2.8°C Warming as Paris Agreement Overshoot Now Inevitable 05/11/2025 Stefan Anderson The world is heading for 2.8°C of warming by century’s end under current policies, according to a United Nations assessment released Tuesday that finds new climate pledges have “barely moved the needle” despite a decade of international commitments under the Paris Agreement. The projection represents a decline from the 3.1°C forecast in last year’s assessment, […] Continue reading -> UN Special Rapporteur Urges ‘Right to Health’ Approach to Ensure Access to Services 05/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are being restricted, human rights defenders are being silenced, and evidence-based policy is being replaced by ideology – “but we are not powerless or voiceless”, said Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. She urged governments and organisations to use the “right to health” […] Continue reading -> Making ‘Brain Health’ an Economic Investment 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative” to mitigate this. This call was made by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, on the eve of the […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
This Year Set to Be Among Top-3 Hottest Years, Says WMO 06/11/2025 Disha Shetty The year 2025 is set to be among the top three hottest years in the planet’s 176-year observational record, according to the State of the Global Climate Update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The mean near-surface temperature from January to August was 1.42°C (± 0.12°C) above the pre-industrial average, the report said. Depending on what […] Continue reading -> World on Track for 2.8°C Warming as Paris Agreement Overshoot Now Inevitable 05/11/2025 Stefan Anderson The world is heading for 2.8°C of warming by century’s end under current policies, according to a United Nations assessment released Tuesday that finds new climate pledges have “barely moved the needle” despite a decade of international commitments under the Paris Agreement. The projection represents a decline from the 3.1°C forecast in last year’s assessment, […] Continue reading -> UN Special Rapporteur Urges ‘Right to Health’ Approach to Ensure Access to Services 05/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are being restricted, human rights defenders are being silenced, and evidence-based policy is being replaced by ideology – “but we are not powerless or voiceless”, said Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. She urged governments and organisations to use the “right to health” […] Continue reading -> Making ‘Brain Health’ an Economic Investment 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative” to mitigate this. This call was made by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, on the eve of the […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World on Track for 2.8°C Warming as Paris Agreement Overshoot Now Inevitable 05/11/2025 Stefan Anderson The world is heading for 2.8°C of warming by century’s end under current policies, according to a United Nations assessment released Tuesday that finds new climate pledges have “barely moved the needle” despite a decade of international commitments under the Paris Agreement. The projection represents a decline from the 3.1°C forecast in last year’s assessment, […] Continue reading -> UN Special Rapporteur Urges ‘Right to Health’ Approach to Ensure Access to Services 05/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are being restricted, human rights defenders are being silenced, and evidence-based policy is being replaced by ideology – “but we are not powerless or voiceless”, said Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. She urged governments and organisations to use the “right to health” […] Continue reading -> Making ‘Brain Health’ an Economic Investment 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative” to mitigate this. This call was made by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, on the eve of the […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Special Rapporteur Urges ‘Right to Health’ Approach to Ensure Access to Services 05/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are being restricted, human rights defenders are being silenced, and evidence-based policy is being replaced by ideology – “but we are not powerless or voiceless”, said Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. She urged governments and organisations to use the “right to health” […] Continue reading -> Making ‘Brain Health’ an Economic Investment 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative” to mitigate this. This call was made by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, on the eve of the […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Making ‘Brain Health’ an Economic Investment 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative” to mitigate this. This call was made by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, on the eve of the […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The Rich ‘Had a Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses 03/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least equipped to address disease outbreaks, according to the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in a report released on Monday (3 November). The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts