After Declaring Emergency – US Weighs Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Injections to Stretch One Dose into Five 04/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States is considering shifting to intradermal injections of Monkeypox vaccine that could potentially stretch one dose of the approved MVA-BN vaccine, available only in limited quantities, into five doses, said US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf on Thursday. He was speaking at a press briefing minutes after Xavier Becerra, US Secretary […] Continue reading -> Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> Increasing Global Support for Breastfeeding Can Save 515,000 Lives and $1.5 Billion Daily 04/08/2022 Raisa Santos Nearly $575 million in global economic and human capital is lost every year due to insufficient government promotion of, and support for, breastfeeding, according to data from the latest report on The Cost of Not Breastfeeding. The 2022 report, released for World Breastfeeding Week (1 August – 7 August) finds that these losses are the […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Appeal To Respond to Food Crisis in Horn of Africa 03/08/2022 Raisa Santos In light of an unprecedented food crisis in the Horn of Africa, the World Health Organization has launched a $123.7 million funding appeal for urgently needed supplies to treat severe malnutrition and related health conditions. Driven by conflict, changes in climate and the COVID-19 pandemic, this largely arid Eastern African region of some 2 million […] Continue reading -> High Income Countries Cast Wide Net In Monkeypox Vaccination – As Researchers Scramble for Real-Life Data on Efficacy 02/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher High income countries like the United States and Canada are casting a wide net in their vaccine strategy for monkeypox, vaccinating people exposed to an infected case and groups at risk of exposure while scrambling to study the results in terms of efficacy. That was the upshot of a WHO-sponsored symposium on monkeypox research involving […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Eroded Vaccine Coverage; Now Signs of Recovery Emerging, but Not Enough 29/07/2022 Raisa Santos Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 – 2021, reports a new analysis of the state of routine immunizations across 57 lower-income countries. The analysis, by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, indicates that signs of recovery are beginning to emerge […] Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> Increasing Global Support for Breastfeeding Can Save 515,000 Lives and $1.5 Billion Daily 04/08/2022 Raisa Santos Nearly $575 million in global economic and human capital is lost every year due to insufficient government promotion of, and support for, breastfeeding, according to data from the latest report on The Cost of Not Breastfeeding. The 2022 report, released for World Breastfeeding Week (1 August – 7 August) finds that these losses are the […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Appeal To Respond to Food Crisis in Horn of Africa 03/08/2022 Raisa Santos In light of an unprecedented food crisis in the Horn of Africa, the World Health Organization has launched a $123.7 million funding appeal for urgently needed supplies to treat severe malnutrition and related health conditions. Driven by conflict, changes in climate and the COVID-19 pandemic, this largely arid Eastern African region of some 2 million […] Continue reading -> High Income Countries Cast Wide Net In Monkeypox Vaccination – As Researchers Scramble for Real-Life Data on Efficacy 02/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher High income countries like the United States and Canada are casting a wide net in their vaccine strategy for monkeypox, vaccinating people exposed to an infected case and groups at risk of exposure while scrambling to study the results in terms of efficacy. That was the upshot of a WHO-sponsored symposium on monkeypox research involving […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Eroded Vaccine Coverage; Now Signs of Recovery Emerging, but Not Enough 29/07/2022 Raisa Santos Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 – 2021, reports a new analysis of the state of routine immunizations across 57 lower-income countries. The analysis, by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, indicates that signs of recovery are beginning to emerge […] Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Increasing Global Support for Breastfeeding Can Save 515,000 Lives and $1.5 Billion Daily 04/08/2022 Raisa Santos Nearly $575 million in global economic and human capital is lost every year due to insufficient government promotion of, and support for, breastfeeding, according to data from the latest report on The Cost of Not Breastfeeding. The 2022 report, released for World Breastfeeding Week (1 August – 7 August) finds that these losses are the […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Appeal To Respond to Food Crisis in Horn of Africa 03/08/2022 Raisa Santos In light of an unprecedented food crisis in the Horn of Africa, the World Health Organization has launched a $123.7 million funding appeal for urgently needed supplies to treat severe malnutrition and related health conditions. Driven by conflict, changes in climate and the COVID-19 pandemic, this largely arid Eastern African region of some 2 million […] Continue reading -> High Income Countries Cast Wide Net In Monkeypox Vaccination – As Researchers Scramble for Real-Life Data on Efficacy 02/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher High income countries like the United States and Canada are casting a wide net in their vaccine strategy for monkeypox, vaccinating people exposed to an infected case and groups at risk of exposure while scrambling to study the results in terms of efficacy. That was the upshot of a WHO-sponsored symposium on monkeypox research involving […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Eroded Vaccine Coverage; Now Signs of Recovery Emerging, but Not Enough 29/07/2022 Raisa Santos Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 – 2021, reports a new analysis of the state of routine immunizations across 57 lower-income countries. The analysis, by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, indicates that signs of recovery are beginning to emerge […] Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Launches Appeal To Respond to Food Crisis in Horn of Africa 03/08/2022 Raisa Santos In light of an unprecedented food crisis in the Horn of Africa, the World Health Organization has launched a $123.7 million funding appeal for urgently needed supplies to treat severe malnutrition and related health conditions. Driven by conflict, changes in climate and the COVID-19 pandemic, this largely arid Eastern African region of some 2 million […] Continue reading -> High Income Countries Cast Wide Net In Monkeypox Vaccination – As Researchers Scramble for Real-Life Data on Efficacy 02/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher High income countries like the United States and Canada are casting a wide net in their vaccine strategy for monkeypox, vaccinating people exposed to an infected case and groups at risk of exposure while scrambling to study the results in terms of efficacy. That was the upshot of a WHO-sponsored symposium on monkeypox research involving […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Eroded Vaccine Coverage; Now Signs of Recovery Emerging, but Not Enough 29/07/2022 Raisa Santos Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 – 2021, reports a new analysis of the state of routine immunizations across 57 lower-income countries. The analysis, by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, indicates that signs of recovery are beginning to emerge […] Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
High Income Countries Cast Wide Net In Monkeypox Vaccination – As Researchers Scramble for Real-Life Data on Efficacy 02/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher High income countries like the United States and Canada are casting a wide net in their vaccine strategy for monkeypox, vaccinating people exposed to an infected case and groups at risk of exposure while scrambling to study the results in terms of efficacy. That was the upshot of a WHO-sponsored symposium on monkeypox research involving […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Eroded Vaccine Coverage; Now Signs of Recovery Emerging, but Not Enough 29/07/2022 Raisa Santos Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 – 2021, reports a new analysis of the state of routine immunizations across 57 lower-income countries. The analysis, by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, indicates that signs of recovery are beginning to emerge […] Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Eroded Vaccine Coverage; Now Signs of Recovery Emerging, but Not Enough 29/07/2022 Raisa Santos Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 – 2021, reports a new analysis of the state of routine immunizations across 57 lower-income countries. The analysis, by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, indicates that signs of recovery are beginning to emerge […] Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Eroded Vaccine Coverage; Now Signs of Recovery Emerging, but Not Enough 29/07/2022 Raisa Santos Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 – 2021, reports a new analysis of the state of routine immunizations across 57 lower-income countries. The analysis, by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, indicates that signs of recovery are beginning to emerge […] Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Eroded Vaccine Coverage; Now Signs of Recovery Emerging, but Not Enough 29/07/2022 Raisa Santos Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 – 2021, reports a new analysis of the state of routine immunizations across 57 lower-income countries. The analysis, by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, indicates that signs of recovery are beginning to emerge […] Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN General Assembly Approves Resolution Recognizing Right to Healthy Environment 28/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNGA decision comes on the heels of an about-face by coal-promoting US Senator Joe Manchin, to support the inclusion of a climate mitigation package as part of President Joe Biden’s flagship domestic spending package, potentially enabling its passage after months of deadlock. As regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas scorched under […] Continue reading -> UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UNAIDS: COVID-19 and Plummeting Donor Funds Slow Progress Against HIV 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – Progress against HIV has slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic as donors pull back, countries test and treat fewer people and miss key targets, UNAIDS revealed on Wednesday. “Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts