Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Amid Mountains of COVID Waste, WHO Urges Sustainable Solutions 01/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Almost four times the usual medical waste was generated in New Delhi during the height of India’s COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021 when all COVID-19 waste was mistakenly classified as infectious, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Most of the approximately 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment […] Continue reading -> Return to ‘Real’ vs ‘Edible’ Food is Needed After COVID-19 Pandemic 31/01/2022 Raisa Santos The explosion of unhealthy diets received considerable attention at last week’s WHO Executive Board meeting, as well as at last year’s UN Food Systems Summit – as key contributors to the global epidemic of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases – which have also exacerbated the health risks of billions of people […] Continue reading -> WHO Accused of Relenting to Alcohol Lobby in Action Plan to Battle ‘Harmful Use’ and Risks of Noncommunicable Disease 27/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Only 14 countries are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed at its executive board meeting on Wednesday. After listening for over three hours to countries’ views on the WHO roadmap 2023–2030 to prevent and […] Continue reading -> UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Amid Mountains of COVID Waste, WHO Urges Sustainable Solutions 01/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Almost four times the usual medical waste was generated in New Delhi during the height of India’s COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021 when all COVID-19 waste was mistakenly classified as infectious, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Most of the approximately 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment […] Continue reading -> Return to ‘Real’ vs ‘Edible’ Food is Needed After COVID-19 Pandemic 31/01/2022 Raisa Santos The explosion of unhealthy diets received considerable attention at last week’s WHO Executive Board meeting, as well as at last year’s UN Food Systems Summit – as key contributors to the global epidemic of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases – which have also exacerbated the health risks of billions of people […] Continue reading -> WHO Accused of Relenting to Alcohol Lobby in Action Plan to Battle ‘Harmful Use’ and Risks of Noncommunicable Disease 27/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Only 14 countries are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed at its executive board meeting on Wednesday. After listening for over three hours to countries’ views on the WHO roadmap 2023–2030 to prevent and […] Continue reading -> UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Amid Mountains of COVID Waste, WHO Urges Sustainable Solutions 01/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Almost four times the usual medical waste was generated in New Delhi during the height of India’s COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021 when all COVID-19 waste was mistakenly classified as infectious, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Most of the approximately 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment […] Continue reading -> Return to ‘Real’ vs ‘Edible’ Food is Needed After COVID-19 Pandemic 31/01/2022 Raisa Santos The explosion of unhealthy diets received considerable attention at last week’s WHO Executive Board meeting, as well as at last year’s UN Food Systems Summit – as key contributors to the global epidemic of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases – which have also exacerbated the health risks of billions of people […] Continue reading -> WHO Accused of Relenting to Alcohol Lobby in Action Plan to Battle ‘Harmful Use’ and Risks of Noncommunicable Disease 27/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Only 14 countries are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed at its executive board meeting on Wednesday. After listening for over three hours to countries’ views on the WHO roadmap 2023–2030 to prevent and […] Continue reading -> UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Amid Mountains of COVID Waste, WHO Urges Sustainable Solutions 01/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Almost four times the usual medical waste was generated in New Delhi during the height of India’s COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021 when all COVID-19 waste was mistakenly classified as infectious, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Most of the approximately 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment […] Continue reading -> Return to ‘Real’ vs ‘Edible’ Food is Needed After COVID-19 Pandemic 31/01/2022 Raisa Santos The explosion of unhealthy diets received considerable attention at last week’s WHO Executive Board meeting, as well as at last year’s UN Food Systems Summit – as key contributors to the global epidemic of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases – which have also exacerbated the health risks of billions of people […] Continue reading -> WHO Accused of Relenting to Alcohol Lobby in Action Plan to Battle ‘Harmful Use’ and Risks of Noncommunicable Disease 27/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Only 14 countries are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed at its executive board meeting on Wednesday. After listening for over three hours to countries’ views on the WHO roadmap 2023–2030 to prevent and […] Continue reading -> UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Amid Mountains of COVID Waste, WHO Urges Sustainable Solutions 01/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Almost four times the usual medical waste was generated in New Delhi during the height of India’s COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021 when all COVID-19 waste was mistakenly classified as infectious, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Most of the approximately 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment […] Continue reading -> Return to ‘Real’ vs ‘Edible’ Food is Needed After COVID-19 Pandemic 31/01/2022 Raisa Santos The explosion of unhealthy diets received considerable attention at last week’s WHO Executive Board meeting, as well as at last year’s UN Food Systems Summit – as key contributors to the global epidemic of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases – which have also exacerbated the health risks of billions of people […] Continue reading -> WHO Accused of Relenting to Alcohol Lobby in Action Plan to Battle ‘Harmful Use’ and Risks of Noncommunicable Disease 27/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Only 14 countries are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed at its executive board meeting on Wednesday. After listening for over three hours to countries’ views on the WHO roadmap 2023–2030 to prevent and […] Continue reading -> UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Amid Mountains of COVID Waste, WHO Urges Sustainable Solutions 01/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Almost four times the usual medical waste was generated in New Delhi during the height of India’s COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021 when all COVID-19 waste was mistakenly classified as infectious, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Most of the approximately 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment […] Continue reading -> Return to ‘Real’ vs ‘Edible’ Food is Needed After COVID-19 Pandemic 31/01/2022 Raisa Santos The explosion of unhealthy diets received considerable attention at last week’s WHO Executive Board meeting, as well as at last year’s UN Food Systems Summit – as key contributors to the global epidemic of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases – which have also exacerbated the health risks of billions of people […] Continue reading -> WHO Accused of Relenting to Alcohol Lobby in Action Plan to Battle ‘Harmful Use’ and Risks of Noncommunicable Disease 27/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Only 14 countries are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed at its executive board meeting on Wednesday. After listening for over three hours to countries’ views on the WHO roadmap 2023–2030 to prevent and […] Continue reading -> UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Return to ‘Real’ vs ‘Edible’ Food is Needed After COVID-19 Pandemic 31/01/2022 Raisa Santos The explosion of unhealthy diets received considerable attention at last week’s WHO Executive Board meeting, as well as at last year’s UN Food Systems Summit – as key contributors to the global epidemic of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases – which have also exacerbated the health risks of billions of people […] Continue reading -> WHO Accused of Relenting to Alcohol Lobby in Action Plan to Battle ‘Harmful Use’ and Risks of Noncommunicable Disease 27/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Only 14 countries are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed at its executive board meeting on Wednesday. After listening for over three hours to countries’ views on the WHO roadmap 2023–2030 to prevent and […] Continue reading -> UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Accused of Relenting to Alcohol Lobby in Action Plan to Battle ‘Harmful Use’ and Risks of Noncommunicable Disease 27/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Only 14 countries are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed at its executive board meeting on Wednesday. After listening for over three hours to countries’ views on the WHO roadmap 2023–2030 to prevent and […] Continue reading -> UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Secretary General António Guterres Calls for ‘New Global Deal’ on Debt Relief, Climate and Health 17/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher International financial institutions need to extend widespread debt relief to developing countries, and private sector companies need to mend “social contracts” with societies, and in order to “beat climate, beat COVID” fight hunger – and global financial instability, said UN Secretary General António Guterres. He was speaking on the opening day of the World Economic […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts