Transparency & Collaboration Key To Defining A “Fair” Price For Essential Medicines 14/01/2020 Grace Ren More public disclosure and information-sharing about drug prices and their R&D costs, is key to determining a fair price for essential medicines, concludes a series of five articles on fair pricing published Monday in the BMJ. The series, supported in part by the World Health Organization, highlights the increased priority drug price transparency is receiving […] Continue reading -> Immunization And Surveillance Help Stop Polio Outbreaks In 3 African Countries, Says WHO 23/12/2019 Editorial team [UN News] Kenya, Mozambique and Niger curbed different outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus over the past 24 months which affected 14 children, said a senior WHO official on Monday. Although wild poliovirus virus has not been detected in Africa since 2016, roughly 12 countries are currently facing outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus. “Ending outbreaks in the three […] Continue reading -> Cases of Cholera Decreased By 60% In 2018, Endemic Countries Make Gains 20/12/2019 Editorial team The number of cholera cases decreased by 60% in 2018 compared to 2017. Cholera-endemic countries such as Haiti, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo saw some of the highest reductions. “The decrease we are seeing in several major cholera-endemic countries demonstrates the increased engagement of countries in global efforts to slow and prevent […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use Projected To Decline Among Men Worldwide In 2020; But Shift To E-Cigarettes Unknown Factor 19/12/2019 Grace Ren For the first time in two decades, tobacco use is projected to decline among men in 2020, according to a new World Health Organization report on trends in global tobacco use. However, the new report does not consider trends in e-cigarette use, where use may in fact be increasing. “For many years now we had […] Continue reading -> More People In Low- and Middle-Income Countries Are Obese – While Others Remain Undernourished 16/12/2019 Grace Ren More than one-third of low- and middle-income countries worldwide are facing significant rates of obesity alongside continued pockets of undernutrition, according to a major new study published on Monday in The Lancet. The four-part series The Double Burden of Malnutrition, led by the World Health Organization in collaboration with a number of universities and researchers […] Continue reading -> Leveraging Urban Leaders To Battle NCDs – Healthy Cities Partnership Expands To 70 12/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher From clearing the air of hookah smoke in Amman, Jordan to bike lanes in Fortaleza, Brazil and salt-free menu options in the restaurants of Montevideo, Uruguay, the Partnership for Healthy Cities has been seeding small grants to cities across the globe – backed by a big ambition. The aim is to build a network of […] Continue reading -> ‘Better Health, Better Lives’: Norway Launches The World’s First Development Strategy On NCDs 11/12/2019 Katie Dain On 22 November, the Norwegian government broke new ground for the non-communicable disease response. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the first international development strategy to focus on combatting NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The NCD Alliance, the Norwegian Cancer Society and other civil society partners around the world have heralded this […] Continue reading -> Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Immunization And Surveillance Help Stop Polio Outbreaks In 3 African Countries, Says WHO 23/12/2019 Editorial team [UN News] Kenya, Mozambique and Niger curbed different outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus over the past 24 months which affected 14 children, said a senior WHO official on Monday. Although wild poliovirus virus has not been detected in Africa since 2016, roughly 12 countries are currently facing outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus. “Ending outbreaks in the three […] Continue reading -> Cases of Cholera Decreased By 60% In 2018, Endemic Countries Make Gains 20/12/2019 Editorial team The number of cholera cases decreased by 60% in 2018 compared to 2017. Cholera-endemic countries such as Haiti, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo saw some of the highest reductions. “The decrease we are seeing in several major cholera-endemic countries demonstrates the increased engagement of countries in global efforts to slow and prevent […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use Projected To Decline Among Men Worldwide In 2020; But Shift To E-Cigarettes Unknown Factor 19/12/2019 Grace Ren For the first time in two decades, tobacco use is projected to decline among men in 2020, according to a new World Health Organization report on trends in global tobacco use. However, the new report does not consider trends in e-cigarette use, where use may in fact be increasing. “For many years now we had […] Continue reading -> More People In Low- and Middle-Income Countries Are Obese – While Others Remain Undernourished 16/12/2019 Grace Ren More than one-third of low- and middle-income countries worldwide are facing significant rates of obesity alongside continued pockets of undernutrition, according to a major new study published on Monday in The Lancet. The four-part series The Double Burden of Malnutrition, led by the World Health Organization in collaboration with a number of universities and researchers […] Continue reading -> Leveraging Urban Leaders To Battle NCDs – Healthy Cities Partnership Expands To 70 12/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher From clearing the air of hookah smoke in Amman, Jordan to bike lanes in Fortaleza, Brazil and salt-free menu options in the restaurants of Montevideo, Uruguay, the Partnership for Healthy Cities has been seeding small grants to cities across the globe – backed by a big ambition. The aim is to build a network of […] Continue reading -> ‘Better Health, Better Lives’: Norway Launches The World’s First Development Strategy On NCDs 11/12/2019 Katie Dain On 22 November, the Norwegian government broke new ground for the non-communicable disease response. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the first international development strategy to focus on combatting NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The NCD Alliance, the Norwegian Cancer Society and other civil society partners around the world have heralded this […] Continue reading -> Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cases of Cholera Decreased By 60% In 2018, Endemic Countries Make Gains 20/12/2019 Editorial team The number of cholera cases decreased by 60% in 2018 compared to 2017. Cholera-endemic countries such as Haiti, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo saw some of the highest reductions. “The decrease we are seeing in several major cholera-endemic countries demonstrates the increased engagement of countries in global efforts to slow and prevent […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use Projected To Decline Among Men Worldwide In 2020; But Shift To E-Cigarettes Unknown Factor 19/12/2019 Grace Ren For the first time in two decades, tobacco use is projected to decline among men in 2020, according to a new World Health Organization report on trends in global tobacco use. However, the new report does not consider trends in e-cigarette use, where use may in fact be increasing. “For many years now we had […] Continue reading -> More People In Low- and Middle-Income Countries Are Obese – While Others Remain Undernourished 16/12/2019 Grace Ren More than one-third of low- and middle-income countries worldwide are facing significant rates of obesity alongside continued pockets of undernutrition, according to a major new study published on Monday in The Lancet. The four-part series The Double Burden of Malnutrition, led by the World Health Organization in collaboration with a number of universities and researchers […] Continue reading -> Leveraging Urban Leaders To Battle NCDs – Healthy Cities Partnership Expands To 70 12/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher From clearing the air of hookah smoke in Amman, Jordan to bike lanes in Fortaleza, Brazil and salt-free menu options in the restaurants of Montevideo, Uruguay, the Partnership for Healthy Cities has been seeding small grants to cities across the globe – backed by a big ambition. The aim is to build a network of […] Continue reading -> ‘Better Health, Better Lives’: Norway Launches The World’s First Development Strategy On NCDs 11/12/2019 Katie Dain On 22 November, the Norwegian government broke new ground for the non-communicable disease response. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the first international development strategy to focus on combatting NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The NCD Alliance, the Norwegian Cancer Society and other civil society partners around the world have heralded this […] Continue reading -> Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tobacco Use Projected To Decline Among Men Worldwide In 2020; But Shift To E-Cigarettes Unknown Factor 19/12/2019 Grace Ren For the first time in two decades, tobacco use is projected to decline among men in 2020, according to a new World Health Organization report on trends in global tobacco use. However, the new report does not consider trends in e-cigarette use, where use may in fact be increasing. “For many years now we had […] Continue reading -> More People In Low- and Middle-Income Countries Are Obese – While Others Remain Undernourished 16/12/2019 Grace Ren More than one-third of low- and middle-income countries worldwide are facing significant rates of obesity alongside continued pockets of undernutrition, according to a major new study published on Monday in The Lancet. The four-part series The Double Burden of Malnutrition, led by the World Health Organization in collaboration with a number of universities and researchers […] Continue reading -> Leveraging Urban Leaders To Battle NCDs – Healthy Cities Partnership Expands To 70 12/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher From clearing the air of hookah smoke in Amman, Jordan to bike lanes in Fortaleza, Brazil and salt-free menu options in the restaurants of Montevideo, Uruguay, the Partnership for Healthy Cities has been seeding small grants to cities across the globe – backed by a big ambition. The aim is to build a network of […] Continue reading -> ‘Better Health, Better Lives’: Norway Launches The World’s First Development Strategy On NCDs 11/12/2019 Katie Dain On 22 November, the Norwegian government broke new ground for the non-communicable disease response. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the first international development strategy to focus on combatting NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The NCD Alliance, the Norwegian Cancer Society and other civil society partners around the world have heralded this […] Continue reading -> Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More People In Low- and Middle-Income Countries Are Obese – While Others Remain Undernourished 16/12/2019 Grace Ren More than one-third of low- and middle-income countries worldwide are facing significant rates of obesity alongside continued pockets of undernutrition, according to a major new study published on Monday in The Lancet. The four-part series The Double Burden of Malnutrition, led by the World Health Organization in collaboration with a number of universities and researchers […] Continue reading -> Leveraging Urban Leaders To Battle NCDs – Healthy Cities Partnership Expands To 70 12/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher From clearing the air of hookah smoke in Amman, Jordan to bike lanes in Fortaleza, Brazil and salt-free menu options in the restaurants of Montevideo, Uruguay, the Partnership for Healthy Cities has been seeding small grants to cities across the globe – backed by a big ambition. The aim is to build a network of […] Continue reading -> ‘Better Health, Better Lives’: Norway Launches The World’s First Development Strategy On NCDs 11/12/2019 Katie Dain On 22 November, the Norwegian government broke new ground for the non-communicable disease response. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the first international development strategy to focus on combatting NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The NCD Alliance, the Norwegian Cancer Society and other civil society partners around the world have heralded this […] Continue reading -> Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Leveraging Urban Leaders To Battle NCDs – Healthy Cities Partnership Expands To 70 12/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher From clearing the air of hookah smoke in Amman, Jordan to bike lanes in Fortaleza, Brazil and salt-free menu options in the restaurants of Montevideo, Uruguay, the Partnership for Healthy Cities has been seeding small grants to cities across the globe – backed by a big ambition. The aim is to build a network of […] Continue reading -> ‘Better Health, Better Lives’: Norway Launches The World’s First Development Strategy On NCDs 11/12/2019 Katie Dain On 22 November, the Norwegian government broke new ground for the non-communicable disease response. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the first international development strategy to focus on combatting NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The NCD Alliance, the Norwegian Cancer Society and other civil society partners around the world have heralded this […] Continue reading -> Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Better Health, Better Lives’: Norway Launches The World’s First Development Strategy On NCDs 11/12/2019 Katie Dain On 22 November, the Norwegian government broke new ground for the non-communicable disease response. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the first international development strategy to focus on combatting NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The NCD Alliance, the Norwegian Cancer Society and other civil society partners around the world have heralded this […] Continue reading -> Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> “Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
“Even A Single Death” From Air Pollution Is Too Much: Indian Environment Secretary 09/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Madrid, Spain – India’s Environment Secretary has said that he does not deny the link between air pollution and its health impacts – and affirmed that India needs to act on the issue because “even a single death” from poor air quality would be too much. “Nobody denies that poor air quality causes morbidity and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts