The World On Fire: Five Global Health Stories To Watch In 2020 – Part II 21/01/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “Creaking health systems” are among the leading risks faced by the global community, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2020 Report. People live longer, but health gains have also plateaued in recent decades. Threats from longstanding infections as well as those from emerging diseases pose a double set of challenges. Along with that, […] Continue reading -> Increase Healthcare Spending By 1% GDP, Save 60 Million Lives 21/01/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization’s Director-General called on global and national leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to increase their national healthcare spending by an average of 1% of National Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A 1% GDP increase in spending would inject more than US $200 billion a year into community-based primary […] Continue reading -> As Coronavirus Outbreak Surges In China, WHO Calls For Emergency Meeting 20/01/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization will convene an Emergency Committee meeting over the new coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, after more than 300 new cases were confirmed since 17 January, including the first cases to hit other Chinese megacities and provinces. On Tuesday, the virus crossed the Pacific, with the first case in the […] Continue reading -> The World On Fire: Five Global Health Stories To Watch In 2020 17/01/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The failed 2019 UN Climate Conference in Madrid ended in mid-December just about when the massive wildfire destruction of Australia’s bushlands was beginning. The wildfires that broke shortly afterward took the form of a Gaia-like revenge. Australia, along with the United States, Japan and Brazil, had been among the countries that had blocked real progress […] Continue reading -> 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Increase Healthcare Spending By 1% GDP, Save 60 Million Lives 21/01/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization’s Director-General called on global and national leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to increase their national healthcare spending by an average of 1% of National Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A 1% GDP increase in spending would inject more than US $200 billion a year into community-based primary […] Continue reading -> As Coronavirus Outbreak Surges In China, WHO Calls For Emergency Meeting 20/01/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization will convene an Emergency Committee meeting over the new coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, after more than 300 new cases were confirmed since 17 January, including the first cases to hit other Chinese megacities and provinces. On Tuesday, the virus crossed the Pacific, with the first case in the […] Continue reading -> The World On Fire: Five Global Health Stories To Watch In 2020 17/01/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The failed 2019 UN Climate Conference in Madrid ended in mid-December just about when the massive wildfire destruction of Australia’s bushlands was beginning. The wildfires that broke shortly afterward took the form of a Gaia-like revenge. Australia, along with the United States, Japan and Brazil, had been among the countries that had blocked real progress […] Continue reading -> 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Coronavirus Outbreak Surges In China, WHO Calls For Emergency Meeting 20/01/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization will convene an Emergency Committee meeting over the new coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, after more than 300 new cases were confirmed since 17 January, including the first cases to hit other Chinese megacities and provinces. On Tuesday, the virus crossed the Pacific, with the first case in the […] Continue reading -> The World On Fire: Five Global Health Stories To Watch In 2020 17/01/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The failed 2019 UN Climate Conference in Madrid ended in mid-December just about when the massive wildfire destruction of Australia’s bushlands was beginning. The wildfires that broke shortly afterward took the form of a Gaia-like revenge. Australia, along with the United States, Japan and Brazil, had been among the countries that had blocked real progress […] Continue reading -> 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The World On Fire: Five Global Health Stories To Watch In 2020 17/01/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The failed 2019 UN Climate Conference in Madrid ended in mid-December just about when the massive wildfire destruction of Australia’s bushlands was beginning. The wildfires that broke shortly afterward took the form of a Gaia-like revenge. Australia, along with the United States, Japan and Brazil, had been among the countries that had blocked real progress […] Continue reading -> 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
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 -> 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 -> 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 -> 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 -> 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 -> 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts