Ending AIDS is Achievable With Progressive Laws and Policies, Says New UNAIDS Report 03/06/2021 Raisa Santos Despite the disruptions of the COVID pandemic, dozens of countries have met or exceeded the ambitious targets set by the UN General Assembly towards a goal of ending AIDS by 2030, with evidence indicating that targets were not just aspirational but achievable, according to a new report by UNAIDS. The report, released today, shows that […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Call for $50-billion Investment to End COVID-19, boost economies 01/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan A $50-billion plan to end the COVID-19 pandemic developed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), would generate an additional $9 trillion in global economic returns by 2025, said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Tuesday. The plan is supported by the World Bank Group, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Women-led Countries Performed Better in Pandemic Response 31/05/2021 Raisa Santos Women-led sectors and nations have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 response – despite only a quarter of global leaders being women, speakers at a World Health Assembly side-event noted on Friday. “Women have been delivering good health pre-pandemic – and during the pandemic,” said Dr Farah Shroff, head of the Maternal and Infant […] Continue reading -> Indonesia and Bangladesh Reveal Massive Untapped Vaccine Production Capacity at C-TAP Anniversary 28/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia could manufacture 550 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a year if pharmaceutical companies were prepared to share the know-how, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a World Health Organization event Friday. Sadikin was addressing the first anniversary of the WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), set up to encourage countries and manufacturers of COVID-19 products […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Responses Show Promise Against Antimicrobial Resistance 28/05/2021 Disha Shetty A Friday session of the 74th World Health Assembly discussed a report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multi-sectoral approaches to address it. Speakers generally supported a One Health approach involving multiple agencies concerned with communicable diseases, environment, water and food. This approach recognises the interconnectedness of people with environments and other animals. The World Health […] Continue reading -> Healthier Environments Could Halve Global Disease – ‘Nature Summit’ Needed to Highlight Linkages 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A paradigm shift towards health systems and societies that emphasize health promotion, disease prevention and environmental protection could prevent and reduce 50% of the global disease burden worldwide, experts at an informal session on the margins of the 74th World Health Assembly said on Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inextricable relationships between environments […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Resolution To Scale Up Services For Disabled People 27/05/2021 Disha Shetty A new resolution adopted on Thursday by the 74th World Health Assembly aims to scale up access to services and treatment for people living with disabilities – using a more “gender-sensitive and inclusive” approach. The resolution co-sponsored by Israel and Australia, calls upon member states to ensure that disability services are incorporated into primary health […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Leaders Call for $50-billion Investment to End COVID-19, boost economies 01/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan A $50-billion plan to end the COVID-19 pandemic developed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), would generate an additional $9 trillion in global economic returns by 2025, said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Tuesday. The plan is supported by the World Bank Group, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Women-led Countries Performed Better in Pandemic Response 31/05/2021 Raisa Santos Women-led sectors and nations have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 response – despite only a quarter of global leaders being women, speakers at a World Health Assembly side-event noted on Friday. “Women have been delivering good health pre-pandemic – and during the pandemic,” said Dr Farah Shroff, head of the Maternal and Infant […] Continue reading -> Indonesia and Bangladesh Reveal Massive Untapped Vaccine Production Capacity at C-TAP Anniversary 28/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia could manufacture 550 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a year if pharmaceutical companies were prepared to share the know-how, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a World Health Organization event Friday. Sadikin was addressing the first anniversary of the WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), set up to encourage countries and manufacturers of COVID-19 products […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Responses Show Promise Against Antimicrobial Resistance 28/05/2021 Disha Shetty A Friday session of the 74th World Health Assembly discussed a report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multi-sectoral approaches to address it. Speakers generally supported a One Health approach involving multiple agencies concerned with communicable diseases, environment, water and food. This approach recognises the interconnectedness of people with environments and other animals. The World Health […] Continue reading -> Healthier Environments Could Halve Global Disease – ‘Nature Summit’ Needed to Highlight Linkages 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A paradigm shift towards health systems and societies that emphasize health promotion, disease prevention and environmental protection could prevent and reduce 50% of the global disease burden worldwide, experts at an informal session on the margins of the 74th World Health Assembly said on Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inextricable relationships between environments […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Resolution To Scale Up Services For Disabled People 27/05/2021 Disha Shetty A new resolution adopted on Thursday by the 74th World Health Assembly aims to scale up access to services and treatment for people living with disabilities – using a more “gender-sensitive and inclusive” approach. The resolution co-sponsored by Israel and Australia, calls upon member states to ensure that disability services are incorporated into primary health […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Women-led Countries Performed Better in Pandemic Response 31/05/2021 Raisa Santos Women-led sectors and nations have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 response – despite only a quarter of global leaders being women, speakers at a World Health Assembly side-event noted on Friday. “Women have been delivering good health pre-pandemic – and during the pandemic,” said Dr Farah Shroff, head of the Maternal and Infant […] Continue reading -> Indonesia and Bangladesh Reveal Massive Untapped Vaccine Production Capacity at C-TAP Anniversary 28/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia could manufacture 550 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a year if pharmaceutical companies were prepared to share the know-how, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a World Health Organization event Friday. Sadikin was addressing the first anniversary of the WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), set up to encourage countries and manufacturers of COVID-19 products […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Responses Show Promise Against Antimicrobial Resistance 28/05/2021 Disha Shetty A Friday session of the 74th World Health Assembly discussed a report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multi-sectoral approaches to address it. Speakers generally supported a One Health approach involving multiple agencies concerned with communicable diseases, environment, water and food. This approach recognises the interconnectedness of people with environments and other animals. The World Health […] Continue reading -> Healthier Environments Could Halve Global Disease – ‘Nature Summit’ Needed to Highlight Linkages 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A paradigm shift towards health systems and societies that emphasize health promotion, disease prevention and environmental protection could prevent and reduce 50% of the global disease burden worldwide, experts at an informal session on the margins of the 74th World Health Assembly said on Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inextricable relationships between environments […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Resolution To Scale Up Services For Disabled People 27/05/2021 Disha Shetty A new resolution adopted on Thursday by the 74th World Health Assembly aims to scale up access to services and treatment for people living with disabilities – using a more “gender-sensitive and inclusive” approach. The resolution co-sponsored by Israel and Australia, calls upon member states to ensure that disability services are incorporated into primary health […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Women-led Countries Performed Better in Pandemic Response 31/05/2021 Raisa Santos Women-led sectors and nations have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 response – despite only a quarter of global leaders being women, speakers at a World Health Assembly side-event noted on Friday. “Women have been delivering good health pre-pandemic – and during the pandemic,” said Dr Farah Shroff, head of the Maternal and Infant […] Continue reading -> Indonesia and Bangladesh Reveal Massive Untapped Vaccine Production Capacity at C-TAP Anniversary 28/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia could manufacture 550 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a year if pharmaceutical companies were prepared to share the know-how, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a World Health Organization event Friday. Sadikin was addressing the first anniversary of the WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), set up to encourage countries and manufacturers of COVID-19 products […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Responses Show Promise Against Antimicrobial Resistance 28/05/2021 Disha Shetty A Friday session of the 74th World Health Assembly discussed a report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multi-sectoral approaches to address it. Speakers generally supported a One Health approach involving multiple agencies concerned with communicable diseases, environment, water and food. This approach recognises the interconnectedness of people with environments and other animals. The World Health […] Continue reading -> Healthier Environments Could Halve Global Disease – ‘Nature Summit’ Needed to Highlight Linkages 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A paradigm shift towards health systems and societies that emphasize health promotion, disease prevention and environmental protection could prevent and reduce 50% of the global disease burden worldwide, experts at an informal session on the margins of the 74th World Health Assembly said on Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inextricable relationships between environments […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Resolution To Scale Up Services For Disabled People 27/05/2021 Disha Shetty A new resolution adopted on Thursday by the 74th World Health Assembly aims to scale up access to services and treatment for people living with disabilities – using a more “gender-sensitive and inclusive” approach. The resolution co-sponsored by Israel and Australia, calls upon member states to ensure that disability services are incorporated into primary health […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Indonesia and Bangladesh Reveal Massive Untapped Vaccine Production Capacity at C-TAP Anniversary 28/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Indonesia could manufacture 550 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a year if pharmaceutical companies were prepared to share the know-how, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a World Health Organization event Friday. Sadikin was addressing the first anniversary of the WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), set up to encourage countries and manufacturers of COVID-19 products […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Responses Show Promise Against Antimicrobial Resistance 28/05/2021 Disha Shetty A Friday session of the 74th World Health Assembly discussed a report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multi-sectoral approaches to address it. Speakers generally supported a One Health approach involving multiple agencies concerned with communicable diseases, environment, water and food. This approach recognises the interconnectedness of people with environments and other animals. The World Health […] Continue reading -> Healthier Environments Could Halve Global Disease – ‘Nature Summit’ Needed to Highlight Linkages 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A paradigm shift towards health systems and societies that emphasize health promotion, disease prevention and environmental protection could prevent and reduce 50% of the global disease burden worldwide, experts at an informal session on the margins of the 74th World Health Assembly said on Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inextricable relationships between environments […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Resolution To Scale Up Services For Disabled People 27/05/2021 Disha Shetty A new resolution adopted on Thursday by the 74th World Health Assembly aims to scale up access to services and treatment for people living with disabilities – using a more “gender-sensitive and inclusive” approach. The resolution co-sponsored by Israel and Australia, calls upon member states to ensure that disability services are incorporated into primary health […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Responses Show Promise Against Antimicrobial Resistance 28/05/2021 Disha Shetty A Friday session of the 74th World Health Assembly discussed a report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multi-sectoral approaches to address it. Speakers generally supported a One Health approach involving multiple agencies concerned with communicable diseases, environment, water and food. This approach recognises the interconnectedness of people with environments and other animals. The World Health […] Continue reading -> Healthier Environments Could Halve Global Disease – ‘Nature Summit’ Needed to Highlight Linkages 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A paradigm shift towards health systems and societies that emphasize health promotion, disease prevention and environmental protection could prevent and reduce 50% of the global disease burden worldwide, experts at an informal session on the margins of the 74th World Health Assembly said on Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inextricable relationships between environments […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Resolution To Scale Up Services For Disabled People 27/05/2021 Disha Shetty A new resolution adopted on Thursday by the 74th World Health Assembly aims to scale up access to services and treatment for people living with disabilities – using a more “gender-sensitive and inclusive” approach. The resolution co-sponsored by Israel and Australia, calls upon member states to ensure that disability services are incorporated into primary health […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Healthier Environments Could Halve Global Disease – ‘Nature Summit’ Needed to Highlight Linkages 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A paradigm shift towards health systems and societies that emphasize health promotion, disease prevention and environmental protection could prevent and reduce 50% of the global disease burden worldwide, experts at an informal session on the margins of the 74th World Health Assembly said on Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inextricable relationships between environments […] Continue reading -> WHA Approves Resolution To Scale Up Services For Disabled People 27/05/2021 Disha Shetty A new resolution adopted on Thursday by the 74th World Health Assembly aims to scale up access to services and treatment for people living with disabilities – using a more “gender-sensitive and inclusive” approach. The resolution co-sponsored by Israel and Australia, calls upon member states to ensure that disability services are incorporated into primary health […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHA Approves Resolution To Scale Up Services For Disabled People 27/05/2021 Disha Shetty A new resolution adopted on Thursday by the 74th World Health Assembly aims to scale up access to services and treatment for people living with disabilities – using a more “gender-sensitive and inclusive” approach. The resolution co-sponsored by Israel and Australia, calls upon member states to ensure that disability services are incorporated into primary health […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls For More Investment In Primary Health Care; ‘World Is Far Behind’ in Reaching Universal Health Coverage 27/05/2021 Chandre Prince While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge setbacks for health systems – it has also highlighted the needs. And one of the biggest is the need for greater investment in basic primary health care systems as a pathway for ensuring Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Delegates speaking during a high-level strategic session on the third […] Continue reading -> Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed 26/05/2021 Disha Shetty Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts