Lack of Access To Antibiotics Is A Major Global Health Challenge

11/04/2019 Editorial team

[CDDEP Press Release] In a new report, CDDEP researchers identify key barriers that prevent access to antibiotics in LMICs and provides potential solutions to address them. Antibiotic resistance is an emerging global public health threat spurred by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. While “overuse” of antibiotics is widely accepted as a major health challenge, […] Continue reading ->

GARDP Set Up As Independent Legal Entity

02/04/2019 Editorial team

[DNDi Press Release] Geneva, Switzerland – 2 April 2019 Continued close collaboration with founding partners will strengthen GARDP’s efforts to address AMR The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) is now an independent legal entity following a successful three-year incubation, hosted by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi). During this time, GARDP has already begun […] Continue reading ->

New WHO Recommendations To Accelerate Progress On TB

20/03/2019 Editorial team

[WHO Press Release] WHO has issued new guidance to improve treatment of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB). WHO is recommending shifting to fully oral regimens to treat people with MDR-TB. This new treatment course is more effective and is less likely to provoke adverse side effects. WHO recommends backing up treatment with active monitoring of drug safety and […] Continue reading ->

Landmark International Guidelines Launched On Human Rights, Drug Policy

15/03/2019 Editorial team

As posted by UNAIDS and UNDP in a press release: VIENNA/GENEVA, 15 March 2019—A coalition of United Nations Member States, United Nations entities and leading human rights experts meeting at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, today launched a landmark set of international legal standards to transform and reshape global responses to the world drug […] Continue reading ->

China To Host World Environment Day 2019 On Air Pollution

15/03/2019 Editorial team

As posted by UN Environment in a World Environment Day press release: Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that China will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2019 with a theme […] Continue reading ->