Swiss, Singapore and Korean Regulatory Agencies Become First to Receive New WHO Listing 03/11/2023 Disha Shetty The drug regulatory authorities of Switzerland, the Republic of Korea and Singapore have become the first three countries to be listed as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLA) that can be used as a point of reference for other countries’ deliberations on approval of new drugs and vaccines. The WHO’s recently established WLA framework is intended to create […] Continue reading -> Health Sector is ‘Ill-Prepared’ to Protect People Against Heat and Other Extreme Weather Events 03/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Heat is the deadliest of extreme weather events, and heat-related mortality could be 30 times higher than previously thought, killing 500,000 people annually between 2000 and 2019. Yet only half the world’s governments have heat warning services, less than a quarter (23%) of health ministries use meteorological information to monitor climate-sensitive health risks, and […] Continue reading -> WHO Repeats Call for Humanitarian Pause in Gaza-Israel Conflict as Injured Palestinians Arrive in Egypt for Treatment 02/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeated calls for a “humanitarian pause” in the fierce fighting between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza to allow for the resupply of Palestinian hospitals in Gaza, and treatment of injured and ill, saying “we are running out of words to describe the horror.” Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, […] Continue reading -> Climate Adaptation Crisis Deepens as Rich Nations Break Finance Promises 02/11/2023 Stefan Anderson Wealthy nations are falling tens of billions of dollars short of their pledge to help climate-vulnerable regions adapt to a warming planet, widening an already vast gap in funding and leaving millions at risk, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, released on Thursday, found that international financial flows […] Continue reading -> New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> Bangladesh Becomes World’s First Country to Eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis 01/11/2023 Disha Shetty Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated by the World Health Organization for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar, as a public health problem. VL, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite transmitted by sandflies, affects some one million people worldwide every year, mostly in Southeast Asia […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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. 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Health Sector is ‘Ill-Prepared’ to Protect People Against Heat and Other Extreme Weather Events 03/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Heat is the deadliest of extreme weather events, and heat-related mortality could be 30 times higher than previously thought, killing 500,000 people annually between 2000 and 2019. Yet only half the world’s governments have heat warning services, less than a quarter (23%) of health ministries use meteorological information to monitor climate-sensitive health risks, and […] Continue reading -> WHO Repeats Call for Humanitarian Pause in Gaza-Israel Conflict as Injured Palestinians Arrive in Egypt for Treatment 02/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeated calls for a “humanitarian pause” in the fierce fighting between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza to allow for the resupply of Palestinian hospitals in Gaza, and treatment of injured and ill, saying “we are running out of words to describe the horror.” Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, […] Continue reading -> Climate Adaptation Crisis Deepens as Rich Nations Break Finance Promises 02/11/2023 Stefan Anderson Wealthy nations are falling tens of billions of dollars short of their pledge to help climate-vulnerable regions adapt to a warming planet, widening an already vast gap in funding and leaving millions at risk, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, released on Thursday, found that international financial flows […] Continue reading -> New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> Bangladesh Becomes World’s First Country to Eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis 01/11/2023 Disha Shetty Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated by the World Health Organization for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar, as a public health problem. VL, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite transmitted by sandflies, affects some one million people worldwide every year, mostly in Southeast Asia […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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.
WHO Repeats Call for Humanitarian Pause in Gaza-Israel Conflict as Injured Palestinians Arrive in Egypt for Treatment 02/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeated calls for a “humanitarian pause” in the fierce fighting between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza to allow for the resupply of Palestinian hospitals in Gaza, and treatment of injured and ill, saying “we are running out of words to describe the horror.” Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, […] Continue reading -> Climate Adaptation Crisis Deepens as Rich Nations Break Finance Promises 02/11/2023 Stefan Anderson Wealthy nations are falling tens of billions of dollars short of their pledge to help climate-vulnerable regions adapt to a warming planet, widening an already vast gap in funding and leaving millions at risk, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, released on Thursday, found that international financial flows […] Continue reading -> New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> Bangladesh Becomes World’s First Country to Eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis 01/11/2023 Disha Shetty Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated by the World Health Organization for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar, as a public health problem. VL, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite transmitted by sandflies, affects some one million people worldwide every year, mostly in Southeast Asia […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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.
Climate Adaptation Crisis Deepens as Rich Nations Break Finance Promises 02/11/2023 Stefan Anderson Wealthy nations are falling tens of billions of dollars short of their pledge to help climate-vulnerable regions adapt to a warming planet, widening an already vast gap in funding and leaving millions at risk, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, released on Thursday, found that international financial flows […] Continue reading -> New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> Bangladesh Becomes World’s First Country to Eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis 01/11/2023 Disha Shetty Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated by the World Health Organization for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar, as a public health problem. VL, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite transmitted by sandflies, affects some one million people worldwide every year, mostly in Southeast Asia […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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.
New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> Bangladesh Becomes World’s First Country to Eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis 01/11/2023 Disha Shetty Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated by the World Health Organization for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar, as a public health problem. VL, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite transmitted by sandflies, affects some one million people worldwide every year, mostly in Southeast Asia […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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.
Bangladesh Becomes World’s First Country to Eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis 01/11/2023 Disha Shetty Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated by the World Health Organization for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar, as a public health problem. VL, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite transmitted by sandflies, affects some one million people worldwide every year, mostly in Southeast Asia […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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.
46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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.
Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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.
Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity 31/10/2023 Margaret Gyapong & Shingai Machingaidze The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. The Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the already existing inequities in our global health ecosystem, from unequal access to vaccines to restrictive […] Continue reading -> Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] 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
Addressing Food and Nutrition Needs ‘Rights-Based approach’ 31/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Tackling inequities in food, nutrition and health outcomes needs a rights-based approach to food and nutrition, based on equality and centred on historically marginalised individuals and communities, according to Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. “The intersection of the right to health and right to food is […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts