Championing Inclusivity at the Global Disability Summit 19/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar & Raisa Santos From barriers to treatment for people with hearing disabilities to preconceptions about albinism and inaccessible COVID testing for wheelchair users, participants in the Global Disability Summit took a fresh look at the wide range of discriminatory practices that an estimated 1 billion people – 15% of the world’s population – living with disabilities have to […] Continue reading -> South African President Lays Down Gauntlet to Europe: Approve IP Waiver And Procure Vaccines from African Manufacturers 18/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Friday called on Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, and COVAX, the global COVID vaccine consortium to begin procuring African-made versions of vaccines for COVID and other diseases, as soon as a network of new African manufacturing facilities, now in the making, are in full production. He spoke in Brussels at an […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> BioNTech To Ship Modular mRNA Vaccine Facilities in Containers to African Countries to Jump-start Production 16/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The German-based BioNTech, which co-developed with Pfizer an mRNA COVID vaccine, said on Wednesday that it will set up modular “turnkey” mRNA vaccine facilities to produce the vaccine in Rwanda and Senegal in 2022 – with a fill-and-finish collaboration in Ghana as well. South Africa, which is the new hub for the WHO-supported mRNA vaccine […] Continue reading -> Depression Remains Overlooked and Underfunded; Experts Call to Reduce Global Burden 16/02/2022 Raisa Santos With about half of people suffering from depression in high income countries untreated or undiagnosed, with this number rising to 80-90% in low- and middle-income countries, a Lancet and World Psychiatric Association Commission have called for a unified response against this global crisis to reduce the burden of depression. Depression is estimated to impact 5% […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Call for Scientific Journals To Stop Running Advertisements From Baby Formula Industry 14/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Scientific journals need to cut ties with breast-milk substitute makers and the formula industry if they want to protect infants and young children from being at risk of malnutrition, illness and death, according to a paper published by BMJ Global Health. “The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion […] Continue reading -> Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
South African President Lays Down Gauntlet to Europe: Approve IP Waiver And Procure Vaccines from African Manufacturers 18/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Friday called on Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, and COVAX, the global COVID vaccine consortium to begin procuring African-made versions of vaccines for COVID and other diseases, as soon as a network of new African manufacturing facilities, now in the making, are in full production. He spoke in Brussels at an […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> BioNTech To Ship Modular mRNA Vaccine Facilities in Containers to African Countries to Jump-start Production 16/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The German-based BioNTech, which co-developed with Pfizer an mRNA COVID vaccine, said on Wednesday that it will set up modular “turnkey” mRNA vaccine facilities to produce the vaccine in Rwanda and Senegal in 2022 – with a fill-and-finish collaboration in Ghana as well. South Africa, which is the new hub for the WHO-supported mRNA vaccine […] Continue reading -> Depression Remains Overlooked and Underfunded; Experts Call to Reduce Global Burden 16/02/2022 Raisa Santos With about half of people suffering from depression in high income countries untreated or undiagnosed, with this number rising to 80-90% in low- and middle-income countries, a Lancet and World Psychiatric Association Commission have called for a unified response against this global crisis to reduce the burden of depression. Depression is estimated to impact 5% […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Call for Scientific Journals To Stop Running Advertisements From Baby Formula Industry 14/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Scientific journals need to cut ties with breast-milk substitute makers and the formula industry if they want to protect infants and young children from being at risk of malnutrition, illness and death, according to a paper published by BMJ Global Health. “The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion […] Continue reading -> Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> BioNTech To Ship Modular mRNA Vaccine Facilities in Containers to African Countries to Jump-start Production 16/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The German-based BioNTech, which co-developed with Pfizer an mRNA COVID vaccine, said on Wednesday that it will set up modular “turnkey” mRNA vaccine facilities to produce the vaccine in Rwanda and Senegal in 2022 – with a fill-and-finish collaboration in Ghana as well. South Africa, which is the new hub for the WHO-supported mRNA vaccine […] Continue reading -> Depression Remains Overlooked and Underfunded; Experts Call to Reduce Global Burden 16/02/2022 Raisa Santos With about half of people suffering from depression in high income countries untreated or undiagnosed, with this number rising to 80-90% in low- and middle-income countries, a Lancet and World Psychiatric Association Commission have called for a unified response against this global crisis to reduce the burden of depression. Depression is estimated to impact 5% […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Call for Scientific Journals To Stop Running Advertisements From Baby Formula Industry 14/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Scientific journals need to cut ties with breast-milk substitute makers and the formula industry if they want to protect infants and young children from being at risk of malnutrition, illness and death, according to a paper published by BMJ Global Health. “The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion […] Continue reading -> Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
BioNTech To Ship Modular mRNA Vaccine Facilities in Containers to African Countries to Jump-start Production 16/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The German-based BioNTech, which co-developed with Pfizer an mRNA COVID vaccine, said on Wednesday that it will set up modular “turnkey” mRNA vaccine facilities to produce the vaccine in Rwanda and Senegal in 2022 – with a fill-and-finish collaboration in Ghana as well. South Africa, which is the new hub for the WHO-supported mRNA vaccine […] Continue reading -> Depression Remains Overlooked and Underfunded; Experts Call to Reduce Global Burden 16/02/2022 Raisa Santos With about half of people suffering from depression in high income countries untreated or undiagnosed, with this number rising to 80-90% in low- and middle-income countries, a Lancet and World Psychiatric Association Commission have called for a unified response against this global crisis to reduce the burden of depression. Depression is estimated to impact 5% […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Call for Scientific Journals To Stop Running Advertisements From Baby Formula Industry 14/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Scientific journals need to cut ties with breast-milk substitute makers and the formula industry if they want to protect infants and young children from being at risk of malnutrition, illness and death, according to a paper published by BMJ Global Health. “The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion […] Continue reading -> Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Depression Remains Overlooked and Underfunded; Experts Call to Reduce Global Burden 16/02/2022 Raisa Santos With about half of people suffering from depression in high income countries untreated or undiagnosed, with this number rising to 80-90% in low- and middle-income countries, a Lancet and World Psychiatric Association Commission have called for a unified response against this global crisis to reduce the burden of depression. Depression is estimated to impact 5% […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Call for Scientific Journals To Stop Running Advertisements From Baby Formula Industry 14/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Scientific journals need to cut ties with breast-milk substitute makers and the formula industry if they want to protect infants and young children from being at risk of malnutrition, illness and death, according to a paper published by BMJ Global Health. “The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion […] Continue reading -> Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Call for Scientific Journals To Stop Running Advertisements From Baby Formula Industry 14/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Scientific journals need to cut ties with breast-milk substitute makers and the formula industry if they want to protect infants and young children from being at risk of malnutrition, illness and death, according to a paper published by BMJ Global Health. “The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion […] Continue reading -> Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Malnourished Afghan Children in The Grasp of Measles Outbreak 15/02/2022 Shadi Khan More and more children are losing their lives to a measles outbreak in Afghanistan as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis under the US sanctions on the country’s Taliban regime. Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the US Department of the Treasury froze Afghanistan Central Bank’s reserves, mostly held in US banks, as the […] Continue reading -> Call for Scientific Journals To Stop Running Advertisements From Baby Formula Industry 14/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Scientific journals need to cut ties with breast-milk substitute makers and the formula industry if they want to protect infants and young children from being at risk of malnutrition, illness and death, according to a paper published by BMJ Global Health. “The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion […] Continue reading -> Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Call for Scientific Journals To Stop Running Advertisements From Baby Formula Industry 14/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Scientific journals need to cut ties with breast-milk substitute makers and the formula industry if they want to protect infants and young children from being at risk of malnutrition, illness and death, according to a paper published by BMJ Global Health. “The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion […] Continue reading -> Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global COVID Vacccine Campaign Asks for $16.8 Billion; Report Says 35% of Already Donated Doses Have Yet To Be Administered 09/02/2022 Paul Adepoju The WHO co-sponsored Act Accelerator Initiative, which aims to get 70% vaccine coverage to all countries by mid-2022, as well as more equal distribution of tests and treatments, tabled its latest ask to donors – for some $16.8 billion in new funds – out of what it says would be a total cost of $48 […] Continue reading -> Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts