World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Children Have Strong Immunity Against COVID-19 Up to 18 Months After Being Infected 24/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman Children infected with COVID-19 maintained strong immunity against the virus for at least 18 months, according to a preprint study that was released on Wednesday. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, was conducted by Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi (KSM), the research and innovation center of Maccabi Healthcare Services in Israel, and was released on the preprint server […] Continue reading -> Not Enough Antibiotics in Drug Development – WHO’s Latest ‘Pipeline’ Report 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The World Health Organization (WHO) has once more raised the red flag over the lack of new antibacterial treatments being developed to address the mounting threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In its annual ‘pipeline report’, which assesses those antibacterial drugs in preclinical and clinical development, WHO describes the pipeline as “stagnant” and “far from meeting […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> HIV and NCDs: Integrated Care for Better Health and Stronger Systems 22/06/2022 Katie Dain & Lobna Salem People are living with HIV for much longer thanks to greatly improved antiretroviral treatments. But they also are at disproportionately high risk for non-communicable diseases which affect everyone more as they age. Now is the time to tackle both in a more integrated way. The extraordinary advances in science over the past three decades that […] Continue reading -> Gavi Launches $100m Initiative to Reach Unvaccinated Children 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new $100 million initiative to identify and reach zero-dose children – those who have not received a single routine vaccine shot – has been launched today by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision (WV). The Zero-Dose Immunization Programme (ZIP) will be led by the International […] Continue reading -> Launch of SunSmart Global UV App to Help Protect Against and Prevent Sun Exposure 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been created by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The app is available free of charge on both the Apple App and Google Play […] Continue reading -> WTO Agrees on Limited IP Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines and Package to Reduce Harmful Fishing Subsidies 17/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Limited IP waiver text says WTO members “will decide” on inclusion of COVID-19 tests and treatments within six months. The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial conference in four and a half years reached agreement early Friday morning on what officials described as “an unprecedented outcome” of six agreements, including a deal to curb some fishing […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Children Have Strong Immunity Against COVID-19 Up to 18 Months After Being Infected 24/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman Children infected with COVID-19 maintained strong immunity against the virus for at least 18 months, according to a preprint study that was released on Wednesday. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, was conducted by Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi (KSM), the research and innovation center of Maccabi Healthcare Services in Israel, and was released on the preprint server […] Continue reading -> Not Enough Antibiotics in Drug Development – WHO’s Latest ‘Pipeline’ Report 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The World Health Organization (WHO) has once more raised the red flag over the lack of new antibacterial treatments being developed to address the mounting threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In its annual ‘pipeline report’, which assesses those antibacterial drugs in preclinical and clinical development, WHO describes the pipeline as “stagnant” and “far from meeting […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> HIV and NCDs: Integrated Care for Better Health and Stronger Systems 22/06/2022 Katie Dain & Lobna Salem People are living with HIV for much longer thanks to greatly improved antiretroviral treatments. But they also are at disproportionately high risk for non-communicable diseases which affect everyone more as they age. Now is the time to tackle both in a more integrated way. The extraordinary advances in science over the past three decades that […] Continue reading -> Gavi Launches $100m Initiative to Reach Unvaccinated Children 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new $100 million initiative to identify and reach zero-dose children – those who have not received a single routine vaccine shot – has been launched today by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision (WV). The Zero-Dose Immunization Programme (ZIP) will be led by the International […] Continue reading -> Launch of SunSmart Global UV App to Help Protect Against and Prevent Sun Exposure 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been created by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The app is available free of charge on both the Apple App and Google Play […] Continue reading -> WTO Agrees on Limited IP Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines and Package to Reduce Harmful Fishing Subsidies 17/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Limited IP waiver text says WTO members “will decide” on inclusion of COVID-19 tests and treatments within six months. The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial conference in four and a half years reached agreement early Friday morning on what officials described as “an unprecedented outcome” of six agreements, including a deal to curb some fishing […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Not Enough Antibiotics in Drug Development – WHO’s Latest ‘Pipeline’ Report 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The World Health Organization (WHO) has once more raised the red flag over the lack of new antibacterial treatments being developed to address the mounting threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In its annual ‘pipeline report’, which assesses those antibacterial drugs in preclinical and clinical development, WHO describes the pipeline as “stagnant” and “far from meeting […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> HIV and NCDs: Integrated Care for Better Health and Stronger Systems 22/06/2022 Katie Dain & Lobna Salem People are living with HIV for much longer thanks to greatly improved antiretroviral treatments. But they also are at disproportionately high risk for non-communicable diseases which affect everyone more as they age. Now is the time to tackle both in a more integrated way. The extraordinary advances in science over the past three decades that […] Continue reading -> Gavi Launches $100m Initiative to Reach Unvaccinated Children 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new $100 million initiative to identify and reach zero-dose children – those who have not received a single routine vaccine shot – has been launched today by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision (WV). The Zero-Dose Immunization Programme (ZIP) will be led by the International […] Continue reading -> Launch of SunSmart Global UV App to Help Protect Against and Prevent Sun Exposure 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been created by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The app is available free of charge on both the Apple App and Google Play […] Continue reading -> WTO Agrees on Limited IP Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines and Package to Reduce Harmful Fishing Subsidies 17/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Limited IP waiver text says WTO members “will decide” on inclusion of COVID-19 tests and treatments within six months. The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial conference in four and a half years reached agreement early Friday morning on what officials described as “an unprecedented outcome” of six agreements, including a deal to curb some fishing […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> HIV and NCDs: Integrated Care for Better Health and Stronger Systems 22/06/2022 Katie Dain & Lobna Salem People are living with HIV for much longer thanks to greatly improved antiretroviral treatments. But they also are at disproportionately high risk for non-communicable diseases which affect everyone more as they age. Now is the time to tackle both in a more integrated way. The extraordinary advances in science over the past three decades that […] Continue reading -> Gavi Launches $100m Initiative to Reach Unvaccinated Children 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new $100 million initiative to identify and reach zero-dose children – those who have not received a single routine vaccine shot – has been launched today by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision (WV). The Zero-Dose Immunization Programme (ZIP) will be led by the International […] Continue reading -> Launch of SunSmart Global UV App to Help Protect Against and Prevent Sun Exposure 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been created by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The app is available free of charge on both the Apple App and Google Play […] Continue reading -> WTO Agrees on Limited IP Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines and Package to Reduce Harmful Fishing Subsidies 17/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Limited IP waiver text says WTO members “will decide” on inclusion of COVID-19 tests and treatments within six months. The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial conference in four and a half years reached agreement early Friday morning on what officials described as “an unprecedented outcome” of six agreements, including a deal to curb some fishing […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
HIV and NCDs: Integrated Care for Better Health and Stronger Systems 22/06/2022 Katie Dain & Lobna Salem People are living with HIV for much longer thanks to greatly improved antiretroviral treatments. But they also are at disproportionately high risk for non-communicable diseases which affect everyone more as they age. Now is the time to tackle both in a more integrated way. The extraordinary advances in science over the past three decades that […] Continue reading -> Gavi Launches $100m Initiative to Reach Unvaccinated Children 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new $100 million initiative to identify and reach zero-dose children – those who have not received a single routine vaccine shot – has been launched today by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision (WV). The Zero-Dose Immunization Programme (ZIP) will be led by the International […] Continue reading -> Launch of SunSmart Global UV App to Help Protect Against and Prevent Sun Exposure 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been created by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The app is available free of charge on both the Apple App and Google Play […] Continue reading -> WTO Agrees on Limited IP Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines and Package to Reduce Harmful Fishing Subsidies 17/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Limited IP waiver text says WTO members “will decide” on inclusion of COVID-19 tests and treatments within six months. The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial conference in four and a half years reached agreement early Friday morning on what officials described as “an unprecedented outcome” of six agreements, including a deal to curb some fishing […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gavi Launches $100m Initiative to Reach Unvaccinated Children 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new $100 million initiative to identify and reach zero-dose children – those who have not received a single routine vaccine shot – has been launched today by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision (WV). The Zero-Dose Immunization Programme (ZIP) will be led by the International […] Continue reading -> Launch of SunSmart Global UV App to Help Protect Against and Prevent Sun Exposure 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been created by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The app is available free of charge on both the Apple App and Google Play […] Continue reading -> WTO Agrees on Limited IP Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines and Package to Reduce Harmful Fishing Subsidies 17/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Limited IP waiver text says WTO members “will decide” on inclusion of COVID-19 tests and treatments within six months. The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial conference in four and a half years reached agreement early Friday morning on what officials described as “an unprecedented outcome” of six agreements, including a deal to curb some fishing […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Launch of SunSmart Global UV App to Help Protect Against and Prevent Sun Exposure 21/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been created by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The app is available free of charge on both the Apple App and Google Play […] Continue reading -> WTO Agrees on Limited IP Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines and Package to Reduce Harmful Fishing Subsidies 17/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Limited IP waiver text says WTO members “will decide” on inclusion of COVID-19 tests and treatments within six months. The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial conference in four and a half years reached agreement early Friday morning on what officials described as “an unprecedented outcome” of six agreements, including a deal to curb some fishing […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WTO Agrees on Limited IP Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines and Package to Reduce Harmful Fishing Subsidies 17/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Limited IP waiver text says WTO members “will decide” on inclusion of COVID-19 tests and treatments within six months. The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial conference in four and a half years reached agreement early Friday morning on what officials described as “an unprecedented outcome” of six agreements, including a deal to curb some fishing […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Spanish COVID-19 Antibody Test to be Manufactured by Biotech Africa Under Open License Agreement with WHO’s C-TAP 16/06/2022 Raisa Santos A new sublicense agreement for a COVID-19 antibody test has been announced Thursday by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) on behalf of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and South African company Biotech Africa. The new agreement builds on the first non-exclusive licensing agreement announced by WHO and MPP last year with […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts