How Does Corruption Affect Health Systems Around the World? 02/12/2022 Editorial team When Patty García was a medical student in Peru some 30 years ago, she was already aware of the detrimental effect of corruption on health systems. “Back then, the corruption related to the distribution of drugs,” Garcia, who would go on to become her country’s Health Minister in 2016, shares during the latest episode of […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> Parliamentarians Seek to Address Post-COVID ‘Tsunami’ of Health System Problems 28/11/2022 Maayan Hoffman “There is this tsunami that is happening after the earthquake that was COVID-19 that is now coming to shore and hitting health systems across the world,” said Ricardo Baptista Leite, president and founder of UNITE, a global network of parliamentarians committed to addressing global health challenges. “The pandemic also led to a huge economic crisis […] Continue reading -> More Than Five Women Killed Every Hour by Intimate Partners or Family: UN Women, UNODC report 25/11/2022 Megha Kaveri Women and girls are more at risk of getting killed at home by intimate partners or family. A new report by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) said that more than five women or girls are killed every hour across the world by their partners or families. The report, released […] Continue reading -> Oral Health Neglect: The Overlooked Crisis Affecting 3.5 Billion People 22/11/2022 Stefan Anderson Oral diseases are the most common form of noncommunicable disease (NCD) in the world. Globally, these conditions affect almost 3.5 billion people – almost half of the world’s population. Long a neglected subject in global health circles, oral diseases affect about 1 billion more people than all five main NCDs – mental disorders, cardiovascular disease, […] Continue reading -> One in Three People Use Antibiotics Without Prescription: WHO Study of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 21/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new survey of citizens in 14 WHO member states in the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia found that one third of respondents questioned said that their last course of antibiotics was obtained with a medical prescription. This is at least three times more than that reported from a similar survey of 30 European Union […] Continue reading -> Skin to Skin Contact between Mothers and Preterm, Underweight Babies Improve Chances of Survival, says WHO 15/11/2022 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation (preterm) or with low birth weight should be provided immediate skin to skin contact with a caregiver, which in turn increases their chances of survival. This recommendation by the global health agency is a significant change from the previous […] Continue reading -> Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises 15/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan In the aftermath of massive pandemic-related disruptions to family planning services, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that women can be taught to give themselves contraceptive injections. This is one of the practical measures to ensure the continuity of family planning services during epidemics that is contained in the WHO’s updated family planning handbook, which […] Continue reading -> Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> Parliamentarians Seek to Address Post-COVID ‘Tsunami’ of Health System Problems 28/11/2022 Maayan Hoffman “There is this tsunami that is happening after the earthquake that was COVID-19 that is now coming to shore and hitting health systems across the world,” said Ricardo Baptista Leite, president and founder of UNITE, a global network of parliamentarians committed to addressing global health challenges. “The pandemic also led to a huge economic crisis […] Continue reading -> More Than Five Women Killed Every Hour by Intimate Partners or Family: UN Women, UNODC report 25/11/2022 Megha Kaveri Women and girls are more at risk of getting killed at home by intimate partners or family. A new report by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) said that more than five women or girls are killed every hour across the world by their partners or families. The report, released […] Continue reading -> Oral Health Neglect: The Overlooked Crisis Affecting 3.5 Billion People 22/11/2022 Stefan Anderson Oral diseases are the most common form of noncommunicable disease (NCD) in the world. Globally, these conditions affect almost 3.5 billion people – almost half of the world’s population. Long a neglected subject in global health circles, oral diseases affect about 1 billion more people than all five main NCDs – mental disorders, cardiovascular disease, […] Continue reading -> One in Three People Use Antibiotics Without Prescription: WHO Study of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 21/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new survey of citizens in 14 WHO member states in the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia found that one third of respondents questioned said that their last course of antibiotics was obtained with a medical prescription. This is at least three times more than that reported from a similar survey of 30 European Union […] Continue reading -> Skin to Skin Contact between Mothers and Preterm, Underweight Babies Improve Chances of Survival, says WHO 15/11/2022 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation (preterm) or with low birth weight should be provided immediate skin to skin contact with a caregiver, which in turn increases their chances of survival. This recommendation by the global health agency is a significant change from the previous […] Continue reading -> Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises 15/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan In the aftermath of massive pandemic-related disruptions to family planning services, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that women can be taught to give themselves contraceptive injections. This is one of the practical measures to ensure the continuity of family planning services during epidemics that is contained in the WHO’s updated family planning handbook, which […] Continue reading -> Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Parliamentarians Seek to Address Post-COVID ‘Tsunami’ of Health System Problems 28/11/2022 Maayan Hoffman “There is this tsunami that is happening after the earthquake that was COVID-19 that is now coming to shore and hitting health systems across the world,” said Ricardo Baptista Leite, president and founder of UNITE, a global network of parliamentarians committed to addressing global health challenges. “The pandemic also led to a huge economic crisis […] Continue reading -> More Than Five Women Killed Every Hour by Intimate Partners or Family: UN Women, UNODC report 25/11/2022 Megha Kaveri Women and girls are more at risk of getting killed at home by intimate partners or family. A new report by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) said that more than five women or girls are killed every hour across the world by their partners or families. The report, released […] Continue reading -> Oral Health Neglect: The Overlooked Crisis Affecting 3.5 Billion People 22/11/2022 Stefan Anderson Oral diseases are the most common form of noncommunicable disease (NCD) in the world. Globally, these conditions affect almost 3.5 billion people – almost half of the world’s population. Long a neglected subject in global health circles, oral diseases affect about 1 billion more people than all five main NCDs – mental disorders, cardiovascular disease, […] Continue reading -> One in Three People Use Antibiotics Without Prescription: WHO Study of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 21/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new survey of citizens in 14 WHO member states in the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia found that one third of respondents questioned said that their last course of antibiotics was obtained with a medical prescription. This is at least three times more than that reported from a similar survey of 30 European Union […] Continue reading -> Skin to Skin Contact between Mothers and Preterm, Underweight Babies Improve Chances of Survival, says WHO 15/11/2022 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation (preterm) or with low birth weight should be provided immediate skin to skin contact with a caregiver, which in turn increases their chances of survival. This recommendation by the global health agency is a significant change from the previous […] Continue reading -> Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises 15/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan In the aftermath of massive pandemic-related disruptions to family planning services, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that women can be taught to give themselves contraceptive injections. This is one of the practical measures to ensure the continuity of family planning services during epidemics that is contained in the WHO’s updated family planning handbook, which […] Continue reading -> Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More Than Five Women Killed Every Hour by Intimate Partners or Family: UN Women, UNODC report 25/11/2022 Megha Kaveri Women and girls are more at risk of getting killed at home by intimate partners or family. A new report by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) said that more than five women or girls are killed every hour across the world by their partners or families. The report, released […] Continue reading -> Oral Health Neglect: The Overlooked Crisis Affecting 3.5 Billion People 22/11/2022 Stefan Anderson Oral diseases are the most common form of noncommunicable disease (NCD) in the world. Globally, these conditions affect almost 3.5 billion people – almost half of the world’s population. Long a neglected subject in global health circles, oral diseases affect about 1 billion more people than all five main NCDs – mental disorders, cardiovascular disease, […] Continue reading -> One in Three People Use Antibiotics Without Prescription: WHO Study of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 21/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new survey of citizens in 14 WHO member states in the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia found that one third of respondents questioned said that their last course of antibiotics was obtained with a medical prescription. This is at least three times more than that reported from a similar survey of 30 European Union […] Continue reading -> Skin to Skin Contact between Mothers and Preterm, Underweight Babies Improve Chances of Survival, says WHO 15/11/2022 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation (preterm) or with low birth weight should be provided immediate skin to skin contact with a caregiver, which in turn increases their chances of survival. This recommendation by the global health agency is a significant change from the previous […] Continue reading -> Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises 15/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan In the aftermath of massive pandemic-related disruptions to family planning services, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that women can be taught to give themselves contraceptive injections. This is one of the practical measures to ensure the continuity of family planning services during epidemics that is contained in the WHO’s updated family planning handbook, which […] Continue reading -> Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Oral Health Neglect: The Overlooked Crisis Affecting 3.5 Billion People 22/11/2022 Stefan Anderson Oral diseases are the most common form of noncommunicable disease (NCD) in the world. Globally, these conditions affect almost 3.5 billion people – almost half of the world’s population. Long a neglected subject in global health circles, oral diseases affect about 1 billion more people than all five main NCDs – mental disorders, cardiovascular disease, […] Continue reading -> One in Three People Use Antibiotics Without Prescription: WHO Study of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 21/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new survey of citizens in 14 WHO member states in the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia found that one third of respondents questioned said that their last course of antibiotics was obtained with a medical prescription. This is at least three times more than that reported from a similar survey of 30 European Union […] Continue reading -> Skin to Skin Contact between Mothers and Preterm, Underweight Babies Improve Chances of Survival, says WHO 15/11/2022 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation (preterm) or with low birth weight should be provided immediate skin to skin contact with a caregiver, which in turn increases their chances of survival. This recommendation by the global health agency is a significant change from the previous […] Continue reading -> Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises 15/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan In the aftermath of massive pandemic-related disruptions to family planning services, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that women can be taught to give themselves contraceptive injections. This is one of the practical measures to ensure the continuity of family planning services during epidemics that is contained in the WHO’s updated family planning handbook, which […] Continue reading -> Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One in Three People Use Antibiotics Without Prescription: WHO Study of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 21/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new survey of citizens in 14 WHO member states in the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia found that one third of respondents questioned said that their last course of antibiotics was obtained with a medical prescription. This is at least three times more than that reported from a similar survey of 30 European Union […] Continue reading -> Skin to Skin Contact between Mothers and Preterm, Underweight Babies Improve Chances of Survival, says WHO 15/11/2022 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation (preterm) or with low birth weight should be provided immediate skin to skin contact with a caregiver, which in turn increases their chances of survival. This recommendation by the global health agency is a significant change from the previous […] Continue reading -> Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises 15/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan In the aftermath of massive pandemic-related disruptions to family planning services, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that women can be taught to give themselves contraceptive injections. This is one of the practical measures to ensure the continuity of family planning services during epidemics that is contained in the WHO’s updated family planning handbook, which […] Continue reading -> Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Skin to Skin Contact between Mothers and Preterm, Underweight Babies Improve Chances of Survival, says WHO 15/11/2022 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation (preterm) or with low birth weight should be provided immediate skin to skin contact with a caregiver, which in turn increases their chances of survival. This recommendation by the global health agency is a significant change from the previous […] Continue reading -> Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises 15/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan In the aftermath of massive pandemic-related disruptions to family planning services, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that women can be taught to give themselves contraceptive injections. This is one of the practical measures to ensure the continuity of family planning services during epidemics that is contained in the WHO’s updated family planning handbook, which […] Continue reading -> Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises 15/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan In the aftermath of massive pandemic-related disruptions to family planning services, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that women can be taught to give themselves contraceptive injections. This is one of the practical measures to ensure the continuity of family planning services during epidemics that is contained in the WHO’s updated family planning handbook, which […] Continue reading -> Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Colombia Votes to Tax Junk Food and Sugary Drinks 14/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Colombia’s Congress has voted to impose taxes on ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks to curb obesity and address other health issues. Ultra-processed foods facing taxes are those with high added sugars, salt, and saturated fats, including sausages, cereals, jellies and jams, purees, sauces, condiments and seasoning. These will face a 10% tax in September 2023, […] Continue reading -> How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
How Do You Spell Deadlock? T-R-I-P-S 11/11/2022 Jamil Chade Deadlock may once again be the name of the game at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights—TRIPS, for short. A communication from Switzerland and Mexico questioning the need to extend the waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics is laying bare the divergences […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts