Most WHO Member States Balk at Saudi-Russian Move to Ice WHO Action Plan on Climate Change and Health 26/05/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In an eleventh-hour move, World Health Assembly member states on Monday deferred a final vote on a draft WHO Action plan on Climate Change and Health until Tuesday morning – in an effort to find a last-minute compromise with a bloc of oil-rich states trying to put the plan on ice. The move followed a […] Continue reading -> WHO To Shrink its Geneva Headquarters Down to Just Four Programme Divisions – With Health Systems a Key Pillar 22/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new, and near final iteration of WHO’s reorganization will shrink its programme divisions even further than previous drafts – from 10 to only four – with health systems emerging as one key pillar of the revamped organization. At the same time, disease control departments and preventive health teams – such as health promotion and […] Continue reading -> US Retreat from Global Commitments Impedes Battle Against Air Pollution and Climate Change: Colombia’s President 28/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA – Colombia President Gustavo Petro launched into a blistering attack on the new administration of United States President Donald Trump on the closing day of a three-day WHO conference here on air pollution – warning that progress on critical environmental health and climate topics depends on the “common agenda” that has been fostered by […] Continue reading -> Coordinated Multi-sectoral Surveillance is Necessary and Achievable for Pandemic Prevention 20/03/2025 Sarah Olson, Michel Masozera & Manoly Sisavanh The proposed pandemic agreement being negotiated at the World Health Organization (WHO) represents a critical opportunity for the global community to prevent future pandemics – including through coordinated multi-sectoral surveillance across human, animal, and environmental health data. As WHO member states gather in closed meetings over the next few week, three experts in wildlife health […] Continue reading -> COP16 Deal Commits Nations to Raise $200 Billion Annually for Biodiversity; But Funding A Big Lift 03/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Countries agreed to raise $200 billion a year by 2030 to help developing countries conserve biodiversity at the resumed Conference of Party (COP16) of the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Rome last week. The deal marks a major breakthrough after negotiations over a finance package were suspended last November in the closing hours of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
WHO To Shrink its Geneva Headquarters Down to Just Four Programme Divisions – With Health Systems a Key Pillar 22/04/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new, and near final iteration of WHO’s reorganization will shrink its programme divisions even further than previous drafts – from 10 to only four – with health systems emerging as one key pillar of the revamped organization. At the same time, disease control departments and preventive health teams – such as health promotion and […] Continue reading -> US Retreat from Global Commitments Impedes Battle Against Air Pollution and Climate Change: Colombia’s President 28/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA – Colombia President Gustavo Petro launched into a blistering attack on the new administration of United States President Donald Trump on the closing day of a three-day WHO conference here on air pollution – warning that progress on critical environmental health and climate topics depends on the “common agenda” that has been fostered by […] Continue reading -> Coordinated Multi-sectoral Surveillance is Necessary and Achievable for Pandemic Prevention 20/03/2025 Sarah Olson, Michel Masozera & Manoly Sisavanh The proposed pandemic agreement being negotiated at the World Health Organization (WHO) represents a critical opportunity for the global community to prevent future pandemics – including through coordinated multi-sectoral surveillance across human, animal, and environmental health data. As WHO member states gather in closed meetings over the next few week, three experts in wildlife health […] Continue reading -> COP16 Deal Commits Nations to Raise $200 Billion Annually for Biodiversity; But Funding A Big Lift 03/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Countries agreed to raise $200 billion a year by 2030 to help developing countries conserve biodiversity at the resumed Conference of Party (COP16) of the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Rome last week. The deal marks a major breakthrough after negotiations over a finance package were suspended last November in the closing hours of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
US Retreat from Global Commitments Impedes Battle Against Air Pollution and Climate Change: Colombia’s President 28/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Sophia Samantaroy CARTAGENA – Colombia President Gustavo Petro launched into a blistering attack on the new administration of United States President Donald Trump on the closing day of a three-day WHO conference here on air pollution – warning that progress on critical environmental health and climate topics depends on the “common agenda” that has been fostered by […] Continue reading -> Coordinated Multi-sectoral Surveillance is Necessary and Achievable for Pandemic Prevention 20/03/2025 Sarah Olson, Michel Masozera & Manoly Sisavanh The proposed pandemic agreement being negotiated at the World Health Organization (WHO) represents a critical opportunity for the global community to prevent future pandemics – including through coordinated multi-sectoral surveillance across human, animal, and environmental health data. As WHO member states gather in closed meetings over the next few week, three experts in wildlife health […] Continue reading -> COP16 Deal Commits Nations to Raise $200 Billion Annually for Biodiversity; But Funding A Big Lift 03/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Countries agreed to raise $200 billion a year by 2030 to help developing countries conserve biodiversity at the resumed Conference of Party (COP16) of the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Rome last week. The deal marks a major breakthrough after negotiations over a finance package were suspended last November in the closing hours of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
Coordinated Multi-sectoral Surveillance is Necessary and Achievable for Pandemic Prevention 20/03/2025 Sarah Olson, Michel Masozera & Manoly Sisavanh The proposed pandemic agreement being negotiated at the World Health Organization (WHO) represents a critical opportunity for the global community to prevent future pandemics – including through coordinated multi-sectoral surveillance across human, animal, and environmental health data. As WHO member states gather in closed meetings over the next few week, three experts in wildlife health […] Continue reading -> COP16 Deal Commits Nations to Raise $200 Billion Annually for Biodiversity; But Funding A Big Lift 03/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Countries agreed to raise $200 billion a year by 2030 to help developing countries conserve biodiversity at the resumed Conference of Party (COP16) of the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Rome last week. The deal marks a major breakthrough after negotiations over a finance package were suspended last November in the closing hours of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
COP16 Deal Commits Nations to Raise $200 Billion Annually for Biodiversity; But Funding A Big Lift 03/03/2025 Sophia Samantaroy Countries agreed to raise $200 billion a year by 2030 to help developing countries conserve biodiversity at the resumed Conference of Party (COP16) of the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Rome last week. The deal marks a major breakthrough after negotiations over a finance package were suspended last November in the closing hours of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts