From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> ‘Global Health Progress’ Knowledge Hub Highlights Public-Private Initiatives On Health-Related SDGs 25/10/2019 Press release A new knowledge hub Global Health Progress, highlighting over 200 collaborations between the biopharmaceutical industry involving more than 850 government, multilateral organization and civil society partners, was launched Friday by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA). The hub provides a worldwide mapping of health-related initiatives in which IFPMA members are engaged, searchable […] Continue reading -> Global Eradication Of Wild Polio Virus Type 3 Declared On World Polio Day 24/10/2019 Grace Ren Wild polio virus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide, the World Health Organization declared Thursday following a review of the global data by an independent commission of experts. The announcement about WPV3, coinciding with World Polio Day, comes after wild polio virus type 2 (WPV2) was declared eradicated in 2015. Although one other wild […] Continue reading -> Mayors Stepping Up To Reduce Air Pollution 23/10/2019 Grace Ren & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although it was governments that made the big commitments to tackle climate change in the 2015 Paris Agreement, mayors are leading the charge in reducing air pollution on the ground. At a first-ever World Air Quality Conference, hosted by the City of London, mayors and city leaders from around the world convened Wednesday, to confer […] Continue reading -> G20 Health Ministers Issue Detailed Declaration On Global Health Goals 22/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A G20 Health Ministers Declaration, issued after a two-day meeting of ministers in Okayama Japan, has endorsed rapid achievement of universal health coverage, a more effective support of healthy ageing, increased attention to health emergencies and their underlying causes such as poverty and weak health systems, and more forceful action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The […] Continue reading -> Campaign To Ban Lead Paint Worldwide Featured For International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 21/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization and UN Environment kicked off a week-long campaign asking countries to take more assertive action to ban lead paint, coinciding with International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The Global Alliance to Ban Lead Paint, a WHO-UN Environment Partnership involving countries and civil society, has set a goal to ban lead paint in […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> ‘Global Health Progress’ Knowledge Hub Highlights Public-Private Initiatives On Health-Related SDGs 25/10/2019 Press release A new knowledge hub Global Health Progress, highlighting over 200 collaborations between the biopharmaceutical industry involving more than 850 government, multilateral organization and civil society partners, was launched Friday by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA). The hub provides a worldwide mapping of health-related initiatives in which IFPMA members are engaged, searchable […] Continue reading -> Global Eradication Of Wild Polio Virus Type 3 Declared On World Polio Day 24/10/2019 Grace Ren Wild polio virus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide, the World Health Organization declared Thursday following a review of the global data by an independent commission of experts. The announcement about WPV3, coinciding with World Polio Day, comes after wild polio virus type 2 (WPV2) was declared eradicated in 2015. Although one other wild […] Continue reading -> Mayors Stepping Up To Reduce Air Pollution 23/10/2019 Grace Ren & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although it was governments that made the big commitments to tackle climate change in the 2015 Paris Agreement, mayors are leading the charge in reducing air pollution on the ground. At a first-ever World Air Quality Conference, hosted by the City of London, mayors and city leaders from around the world convened Wednesday, to confer […] Continue reading -> G20 Health Ministers Issue Detailed Declaration On Global Health Goals 22/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A G20 Health Ministers Declaration, issued after a two-day meeting of ministers in Okayama Japan, has endorsed rapid achievement of universal health coverage, a more effective support of healthy ageing, increased attention to health emergencies and their underlying causes such as poverty and weak health systems, and more forceful action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The […] Continue reading -> Campaign To Ban Lead Paint Worldwide Featured For International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 21/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization and UN Environment kicked off a week-long campaign asking countries to take more assertive action to ban lead paint, coinciding with International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The Global Alliance to Ban Lead Paint, a WHO-UN Environment Partnership involving countries and civil society, has set a goal to ban lead paint in […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Global Health Progress’ Knowledge Hub Highlights Public-Private Initiatives On Health-Related SDGs 25/10/2019 Press release A new knowledge hub Global Health Progress, highlighting over 200 collaborations between the biopharmaceutical industry involving more than 850 government, multilateral organization and civil society partners, was launched Friday by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA). The hub provides a worldwide mapping of health-related initiatives in which IFPMA members are engaged, searchable […] Continue reading -> Global Eradication Of Wild Polio Virus Type 3 Declared On World Polio Day 24/10/2019 Grace Ren Wild polio virus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide, the World Health Organization declared Thursday following a review of the global data by an independent commission of experts. The announcement about WPV3, coinciding with World Polio Day, comes after wild polio virus type 2 (WPV2) was declared eradicated in 2015. Although one other wild […] Continue reading -> Mayors Stepping Up To Reduce Air Pollution 23/10/2019 Grace Ren & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although it was governments that made the big commitments to tackle climate change in the 2015 Paris Agreement, mayors are leading the charge in reducing air pollution on the ground. At a first-ever World Air Quality Conference, hosted by the City of London, mayors and city leaders from around the world convened Wednesday, to confer […] Continue reading -> G20 Health Ministers Issue Detailed Declaration On Global Health Goals 22/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A G20 Health Ministers Declaration, issued after a two-day meeting of ministers in Okayama Japan, has endorsed rapid achievement of universal health coverage, a more effective support of healthy ageing, increased attention to health emergencies and their underlying causes such as poverty and weak health systems, and more forceful action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The […] Continue reading -> Campaign To Ban Lead Paint Worldwide Featured For International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 21/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization and UN Environment kicked off a week-long campaign asking countries to take more assertive action to ban lead paint, coinciding with International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The Global Alliance to Ban Lead Paint, a WHO-UN Environment Partnership involving countries and civil society, has set a goal to ban lead paint in […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Eradication Of Wild Polio Virus Type 3 Declared On World Polio Day 24/10/2019 Grace Ren Wild polio virus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide, the World Health Organization declared Thursday following a review of the global data by an independent commission of experts. The announcement about WPV3, coinciding with World Polio Day, comes after wild polio virus type 2 (WPV2) was declared eradicated in 2015. Although one other wild […] Continue reading -> Mayors Stepping Up To Reduce Air Pollution 23/10/2019 Grace Ren & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although it was governments that made the big commitments to tackle climate change in the 2015 Paris Agreement, mayors are leading the charge in reducing air pollution on the ground. At a first-ever World Air Quality Conference, hosted by the City of London, mayors and city leaders from around the world convened Wednesday, to confer […] Continue reading -> G20 Health Ministers Issue Detailed Declaration On Global Health Goals 22/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A G20 Health Ministers Declaration, issued after a two-day meeting of ministers in Okayama Japan, has endorsed rapid achievement of universal health coverage, a more effective support of healthy ageing, increased attention to health emergencies and their underlying causes such as poverty and weak health systems, and more forceful action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The […] Continue reading -> Campaign To Ban Lead Paint Worldwide Featured For International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 21/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization and UN Environment kicked off a week-long campaign asking countries to take more assertive action to ban lead paint, coinciding with International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The Global Alliance to Ban Lead Paint, a WHO-UN Environment Partnership involving countries and civil society, has set a goal to ban lead paint in […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mayors Stepping Up To Reduce Air Pollution 23/10/2019 Grace Ren & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although it was governments that made the big commitments to tackle climate change in the 2015 Paris Agreement, mayors are leading the charge in reducing air pollution on the ground. At a first-ever World Air Quality Conference, hosted by the City of London, mayors and city leaders from around the world convened Wednesday, to confer […] Continue reading -> G20 Health Ministers Issue Detailed Declaration On Global Health Goals 22/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A G20 Health Ministers Declaration, issued after a two-day meeting of ministers in Okayama Japan, has endorsed rapid achievement of universal health coverage, a more effective support of healthy ageing, increased attention to health emergencies and their underlying causes such as poverty and weak health systems, and more forceful action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The […] Continue reading -> Campaign To Ban Lead Paint Worldwide Featured For International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 21/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization and UN Environment kicked off a week-long campaign asking countries to take more assertive action to ban lead paint, coinciding with International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The Global Alliance to Ban Lead Paint, a WHO-UN Environment Partnership involving countries and civil society, has set a goal to ban lead paint in […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
G20 Health Ministers Issue Detailed Declaration On Global Health Goals 22/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A G20 Health Ministers Declaration, issued after a two-day meeting of ministers in Okayama Japan, has endorsed rapid achievement of universal health coverage, a more effective support of healthy ageing, increased attention to health emergencies and their underlying causes such as poverty and weak health systems, and more forceful action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The […] Continue reading -> Campaign To Ban Lead Paint Worldwide Featured For International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 21/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization and UN Environment kicked off a week-long campaign asking countries to take more assertive action to ban lead paint, coinciding with International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The Global Alliance to Ban Lead Paint, a WHO-UN Environment Partnership involving countries and civil society, has set a goal to ban lead paint in […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Campaign To Ban Lead Paint Worldwide Featured For International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 21/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization and UN Environment kicked off a week-long campaign asking countries to take more assertive action to ban lead paint, coinciding with International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The Global Alliance to Ban Lead Paint, a WHO-UN Environment Partnership involving countries and civil society, has set a goal to ban lead paint in […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Change And Unsustainable Development Can Increase Risk Of Ebola Outbreaks 16/10/2019 Editorial team The risk of future Ebola outbreaks could be greatly reduced by more aggressive climate mitigation measures along with rapid progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. Led by researchers at University College London, the article is the first study to examine the potential effects of global warming […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Change Exacerbating Global Hunger 15/10/2019 Editorial team Some 822 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, and climate change is driving rising food insecurity in countries struck by worsening patterns of drought, flooding and other extreme weather that reduces crop yields and livestock production among for the rural poor, as well as causing food price spikes for urban populations, according to the 2018 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts