The Year In Review – COVID-19, Universal Health Coverage And Noncommunicable Diseases: Three Public Health Advocates Take Stock 17/12/2020 Editorial team Indian lockdowns, telehealth in California, a “sin tax” on alcohol and cigarettes in the Philippines – three public health advocates reflect on how these and other events have shaped the narrative around non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The three included Apoorva Gomber, a medical doctor; Gina Agiostratidou, a philanthropic donor; and civil society leader Katie Dain, found […] Continue reading -> Pregnant Women Excluded From Three-Quarters Of COVID-19 Treatment Trials 17/12/2020 J Hacker Three-quarters of COVID-19 trials reviewed specifically excluded pregnant women, despite investigating medications that are already used by expectant mothers. Authors of an opinion piece published in The Lancet Global Health journal, based on a data review, warned that although pregnant women are among those most in need of effective and safe therapies, they are routinely […] Continue reading -> Nearly 6 Million People Could Be Immunized By Vaccines in 2021 – But Low-Income Countries Risk Being Left Out, Warns BMJ 16/12/2020 J Hacker Striking through the politicised warnings and potentially hollow gestures, a new study has found that COVID-19 vaccines could remain out of reach until at least 2022 for nearly one- fifth of the global population – despite months of pleas and appeals to ensure their widespread global distribution. The study, published in The BMJ, is the […] Continue reading -> Global Health And Air Pollution Advocates Hail Landmark UK Court Ruling Recognizing Air Pollution As Factor In Child’s Death 16/12/2020 Raisa Santos Global health and air pollution advocates have hailed a landmark court case which has recognized air pollution as a factor into the 2013 death of a 9 year-old girl – for the first time in history. On Wednesday, a Coroner Court in the United Kingdom ruled that air pollution was one of the causes of […] Continue reading -> COVID’s ‘Disrupted Generation’ To Be Supported by $5m Scheme Led By WHO, UN Foundation And More 15/12/2020 J Hacker As the dust began to settle in June 2009 in the aftermath of the global recession, 81 million young people found themselves out of work, as the youth unemployment rate rose to 13%. But unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – with 1 in 6 young people worldwide having already lost their job […] Continue reading -> One In Four Health Facilities Worldwide Lack Basic Water Access, WHO Report Finds 14/12/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay One out of every four health facilities worldwide lacks even the most basic access to water supplies. And in the world’s 47 least developed countries, one in every two facilities lacks such access, according to a new WHO report, co-authored with UNICEF, on access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities. The […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls On World Leaders To “Honor Their Pledge” To Fund COVID-19 Vaccines; South Africa Raises Spectre Of “Vaccine Apartheid” 11/12/2020 J Hacker, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday issued yet another plea to leaders of rich countries to “honor their pledges” to fund COVID-19 vaccines sufficient to immunize the highest risk groups across the world. He spoke a day after South African officials raised the spectre that the world was heading towards a state […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pregnant Women Excluded From Three-Quarters Of COVID-19 Treatment Trials 17/12/2020 J Hacker Three-quarters of COVID-19 trials reviewed specifically excluded pregnant women, despite investigating medications that are already used by expectant mothers. Authors of an opinion piece published in The Lancet Global Health journal, based on a data review, warned that although pregnant women are among those most in need of effective and safe therapies, they are routinely […] Continue reading -> Nearly 6 Million People Could Be Immunized By Vaccines in 2021 – But Low-Income Countries Risk Being Left Out, Warns BMJ 16/12/2020 J Hacker Striking through the politicised warnings and potentially hollow gestures, a new study has found that COVID-19 vaccines could remain out of reach until at least 2022 for nearly one- fifth of the global population – despite months of pleas and appeals to ensure their widespread global distribution. The study, published in The BMJ, is the […] Continue reading -> Global Health And Air Pollution Advocates Hail Landmark UK Court Ruling Recognizing Air Pollution As Factor In Child’s Death 16/12/2020 Raisa Santos Global health and air pollution advocates have hailed a landmark court case which has recognized air pollution as a factor into the 2013 death of a 9 year-old girl – for the first time in history. On Wednesday, a Coroner Court in the United Kingdom ruled that air pollution was one of the causes of […] Continue reading -> COVID’s ‘Disrupted Generation’ To Be Supported by $5m Scheme Led By WHO, UN Foundation And More 15/12/2020 J Hacker As the dust began to settle in June 2009 in the aftermath of the global recession, 81 million young people found themselves out of work, as the youth unemployment rate rose to 13%. But unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – with 1 in 6 young people worldwide having already lost their job […] Continue reading -> One In Four Health Facilities Worldwide Lack Basic Water Access, WHO Report Finds 14/12/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay One out of every four health facilities worldwide lacks even the most basic access to water supplies. And in the world’s 47 least developed countries, one in every two facilities lacks such access, according to a new WHO report, co-authored with UNICEF, on access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities. The […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls On World Leaders To “Honor Their Pledge” To Fund COVID-19 Vaccines; South Africa Raises Spectre Of “Vaccine Apartheid” 11/12/2020 J Hacker, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday issued yet another plea to leaders of rich countries to “honor their pledges” to fund COVID-19 vaccines sufficient to immunize the highest risk groups across the world. He spoke a day after South African officials raised the spectre that the world was heading towards a state […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Nearly 6 Million People Could Be Immunized By Vaccines in 2021 – But Low-Income Countries Risk Being Left Out, Warns BMJ 16/12/2020 J Hacker Striking through the politicised warnings and potentially hollow gestures, a new study has found that COVID-19 vaccines could remain out of reach until at least 2022 for nearly one- fifth of the global population – despite months of pleas and appeals to ensure their widespread global distribution. The study, published in The BMJ, is the […] Continue reading -> Global Health And Air Pollution Advocates Hail Landmark UK Court Ruling Recognizing Air Pollution As Factor In Child’s Death 16/12/2020 Raisa Santos Global health and air pollution advocates have hailed a landmark court case which has recognized air pollution as a factor into the 2013 death of a 9 year-old girl – for the first time in history. On Wednesday, a Coroner Court in the United Kingdom ruled that air pollution was one of the causes of […] Continue reading -> COVID’s ‘Disrupted Generation’ To Be Supported by $5m Scheme Led By WHO, UN Foundation And More 15/12/2020 J Hacker As the dust began to settle in June 2009 in the aftermath of the global recession, 81 million young people found themselves out of work, as the youth unemployment rate rose to 13%. But unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – with 1 in 6 young people worldwide having already lost their job […] Continue reading -> One In Four Health Facilities Worldwide Lack Basic Water Access, WHO Report Finds 14/12/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay One out of every four health facilities worldwide lacks even the most basic access to water supplies. And in the world’s 47 least developed countries, one in every two facilities lacks such access, according to a new WHO report, co-authored with UNICEF, on access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities. The […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls On World Leaders To “Honor Their Pledge” To Fund COVID-19 Vaccines; South Africa Raises Spectre Of “Vaccine Apartheid” 11/12/2020 J Hacker, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday issued yet another plea to leaders of rich countries to “honor their pledges” to fund COVID-19 vaccines sufficient to immunize the highest risk groups across the world. He spoke a day after South African officials raised the spectre that the world was heading towards a state […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Health And Air Pollution Advocates Hail Landmark UK Court Ruling Recognizing Air Pollution As Factor In Child’s Death 16/12/2020 Raisa Santos Global health and air pollution advocates have hailed a landmark court case which has recognized air pollution as a factor into the 2013 death of a 9 year-old girl – for the first time in history. On Wednesday, a Coroner Court in the United Kingdom ruled that air pollution was one of the causes of […] Continue reading -> COVID’s ‘Disrupted Generation’ To Be Supported by $5m Scheme Led By WHO, UN Foundation And More 15/12/2020 J Hacker As the dust began to settle in June 2009 in the aftermath of the global recession, 81 million young people found themselves out of work, as the youth unemployment rate rose to 13%. But unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – with 1 in 6 young people worldwide having already lost their job […] Continue reading -> One In Four Health Facilities Worldwide Lack Basic Water Access, WHO Report Finds 14/12/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay One out of every four health facilities worldwide lacks even the most basic access to water supplies. And in the world’s 47 least developed countries, one in every two facilities lacks such access, according to a new WHO report, co-authored with UNICEF, on access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities. The […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls On World Leaders To “Honor Their Pledge” To Fund COVID-19 Vaccines; South Africa Raises Spectre Of “Vaccine Apartheid” 11/12/2020 J Hacker, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday issued yet another plea to leaders of rich countries to “honor their pledges” to fund COVID-19 vaccines sufficient to immunize the highest risk groups across the world. He spoke a day after South African officials raised the spectre that the world was heading towards a state […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID’s ‘Disrupted Generation’ To Be Supported by $5m Scheme Led By WHO, UN Foundation And More 15/12/2020 J Hacker As the dust began to settle in June 2009 in the aftermath of the global recession, 81 million young people found themselves out of work, as the youth unemployment rate rose to 13%. But unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – with 1 in 6 young people worldwide having already lost their job […] Continue reading -> One In Four Health Facilities Worldwide Lack Basic Water Access, WHO Report Finds 14/12/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay One out of every four health facilities worldwide lacks even the most basic access to water supplies. And in the world’s 47 least developed countries, one in every two facilities lacks such access, according to a new WHO report, co-authored with UNICEF, on access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities. The […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls On World Leaders To “Honor Their Pledge” To Fund COVID-19 Vaccines; South Africa Raises Spectre Of “Vaccine Apartheid” 11/12/2020 J Hacker, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday issued yet another plea to leaders of rich countries to “honor their pledges” to fund COVID-19 vaccines sufficient to immunize the highest risk groups across the world. He spoke a day after South African officials raised the spectre that the world was heading towards a state […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One In Four Health Facilities Worldwide Lack Basic Water Access, WHO Report Finds 14/12/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay One out of every four health facilities worldwide lacks even the most basic access to water supplies. And in the world’s 47 least developed countries, one in every two facilities lacks such access, according to a new WHO report, co-authored with UNICEF, on access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities. The […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls On World Leaders To “Honor Their Pledge” To Fund COVID-19 Vaccines; South Africa Raises Spectre Of “Vaccine Apartheid” 11/12/2020 J Hacker, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday issued yet another plea to leaders of rich countries to “honor their pledges” to fund COVID-19 vaccines sufficient to immunize the highest risk groups across the world. He spoke a day after South African officials raised the spectre that the world was heading towards a state […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls On World Leaders To “Honor Their Pledge” To Fund COVID-19 Vaccines; South Africa Raises Spectre Of “Vaccine Apartheid” 11/12/2020 J Hacker, Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday issued yet another plea to leaders of rich countries to “honor their pledges” to fund COVID-19 vaccines sufficient to immunize the highest risk groups across the world. He spoke a day after South African officials raised the spectre that the world was heading towards a state […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts