On World Health Day, WHO Director General Decries Gaza Hospital Destruction, Blaming Israel 07/04/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking out on World Health Day, WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus decried the destruction of Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital and blamed Israel for the devastation, saying that the “atrocity” of the Hamas attacks on Israeli communities 7 October, did not justify “the horrific ongoing bombardment, seige and health system demolition by Israel in Gaza.” […] Continue reading -> Access Battle for New Generation Obesity Drugs 04/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Demand for diabetes drugs such as Wegovy, Ozempic, Rybelsis and Trulicity has soared since they have been clinically proven to help weight loss – but they are massively overpriced in the US and unavailable in most low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The mark-up for these drugs – called glucagon-like […] Continue reading -> Challenging the Status Quo: Six Steps Towards Empowering Communities in Global Health 23/03/2024 Maayan Hoffman What actions and strategies are required for countries and communities to have more agency in their health? This is the topic of the latest episode of the Global Health Matters “Dialogues” podcast series, in which host Dr. Garry Aslanyan tries to “blow up some of the echo chambers that exist in global health.” In this […] Continue reading -> New WHO Report Finds Women Perform 76% of Unpaid Healthcare Activities 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Women perform an estimated 76% of all unpaid healthcare activities, according to a new WHO report on gender-based discrimination in healthcare. Globally, it has been estimated that women spend between two and ten times more time on unpaid health care work than men, amounting to a total of 16.4 billion hours per day. Further, in […] Continue reading -> Deadly Mpox Transmission in DR Congo Happening Under Radar; Most Victims are Children 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska A leading Geneva-based global health organization has decried the lack of tests available for mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where an outbreak declared in 2023 continues unchecked – saying that children are the main victims. “The mpox situation in the DRC is deeply alarming and the lack of tests for […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Guidelines for Expanding Access to Hearing Aids 01/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Over 400 million people with hearing loss could benefit from hearing devices. However, less than 20% of those people actually get hearing aids. That’s one of the findings cited in new World Health Organisation guidelines on improving access to hearing care, published Friday, just ahead of World Hearing Day. “Unaddressed hearing loss is a global […] Continue reading -> The Campaign to Recognize Noma as an NTD: How Inclusion Can Drive Research to Prevent and Treat the Disease 31/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman A milestone World Health Organization (WHO) decision to recognise noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is the result of a longstanding campaign waged for over a decade by global health researchers and advocates in Geneva and beyond. Proponents believe that inclusion can offer noma’s victims the […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Access Battle for New Generation Obesity Drugs 04/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Demand for diabetes drugs such as Wegovy, Ozempic, Rybelsis and Trulicity has soared since they have been clinically proven to help weight loss – but they are massively overpriced in the US and unavailable in most low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The mark-up for these drugs – called glucagon-like […] Continue reading -> Challenging the Status Quo: Six Steps Towards Empowering Communities in Global Health 23/03/2024 Maayan Hoffman What actions and strategies are required for countries and communities to have more agency in their health? This is the topic of the latest episode of the Global Health Matters “Dialogues” podcast series, in which host Dr. Garry Aslanyan tries to “blow up some of the echo chambers that exist in global health.” In this […] Continue reading -> New WHO Report Finds Women Perform 76% of Unpaid Healthcare Activities 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Women perform an estimated 76% of all unpaid healthcare activities, according to a new WHO report on gender-based discrimination in healthcare. Globally, it has been estimated that women spend between two and ten times more time on unpaid health care work than men, amounting to a total of 16.4 billion hours per day. Further, in […] Continue reading -> Deadly Mpox Transmission in DR Congo Happening Under Radar; Most Victims are Children 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska A leading Geneva-based global health organization has decried the lack of tests available for mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where an outbreak declared in 2023 continues unchecked – saying that children are the main victims. “The mpox situation in the DRC is deeply alarming and the lack of tests for […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Guidelines for Expanding Access to Hearing Aids 01/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Over 400 million people with hearing loss could benefit from hearing devices. However, less than 20% of those people actually get hearing aids. That’s one of the findings cited in new World Health Organisation guidelines on improving access to hearing care, published Friday, just ahead of World Hearing Day. “Unaddressed hearing loss is a global […] Continue reading -> The Campaign to Recognize Noma as an NTD: How Inclusion Can Drive Research to Prevent and Treat the Disease 31/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman A milestone World Health Organization (WHO) decision to recognise noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is the result of a longstanding campaign waged for over a decade by global health researchers and advocates in Geneva and beyond. Proponents believe that inclusion can offer noma’s victims the […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Challenging the Status Quo: Six Steps Towards Empowering Communities in Global Health 23/03/2024 Maayan Hoffman What actions and strategies are required for countries and communities to have more agency in their health? This is the topic of the latest episode of the Global Health Matters “Dialogues” podcast series, in which host Dr. Garry Aslanyan tries to “blow up some of the echo chambers that exist in global health.” In this […] Continue reading -> New WHO Report Finds Women Perform 76% of Unpaid Healthcare Activities 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Women perform an estimated 76% of all unpaid healthcare activities, according to a new WHO report on gender-based discrimination in healthcare. Globally, it has been estimated that women spend between two and ten times more time on unpaid health care work than men, amounting to a total of 16.4 billion hours per day. Further, in […] Continue reading -> Deadly Mpox Transmission in DR Congo Happening Under Radar; Most Victims are Children 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska A leading Geneva-based global health organization has decried the lack of tests available for mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where an outbreak declared in 2023 continues unchecked – saying that children are the main victims. “The mpox situation in the DRC is deeply alarming and the lack of tests for […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Guidelines for Expanding Access to Hearing Aids 01/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Over 400 million people with hearing loss could benefit from hearing devices. However, less than 20% of those people actually get hearing aids. That’s one of the findings cited in new World Health Organisation guidelines on improving access to hearing care, published Friday, just ahead of World Hearing Day. “Unaddressed hearing loss is a global […] Continue reading -> The Campaign to Recognize Noma as an NTD: How Inclusion Can Drive Research to Prevent and Treat the Disease 31/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman A milestone World Health Organization (WHO) decision to recognise noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is the result of a longstanding campaign waged for over a decade by global health researchers and advocates in Geneva and beyond. Proponents believe that inclusion can offer noma’s victims the […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New WHO Report Finds Women Perform 76% of Unpaid Healthcare Activities 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Women perform an estimated 76% of all unpaid healthcare activities, according to a new WHO report on gender-based discrimination in healthcare. Globally, it has been estimated that women spend between two and ten times more time on unpaid health care work than men, amounting to a total of 16.4 billion hours per day. Further, in […] Continue reading -> Deadly Mpox Transmission in DR Congo Happening Under Radar; Most Victims are Children 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska A leading Geneva-based global health organization has decried the lack of tests available for mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where an outbreak declared in 2023 continues unchecked – saying that children are the main victims. “The mpox situation in the DRC is deeply alarming and the lack of tests for […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Guidelines for Expanding Access to Hearing Aids 01/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Over 400 million people with hearing loss could benefit from hearing devices. However, less than 20% of those people actually get hearing aids. That’s one of the findings cited in new World Health Organisation guidelines on improving access to hearing care, published Friday, just ahead of World Hearing Day. “Unaddressed hearing loss is a global […] Continue reading -> The Campaign to Recognize Noma as an NTD: How Inclusion Can Drive Research to Prevent and Treat the Disease 31/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman A milestone World Health Organization (WHO) decision to recognise noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is the result of a longstanding campaign waged for over a decade by global health researchers and advocates in Geneva and beyond. Proponents believe that inclusion can offer noma’s victims the […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Deadly Mpox Transmission in DR Congo Happening Under Radar; Most Victims are Children 13/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska A leading Geneva-based global health organization has decried the lack of tests available for mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where an outbreak declared in 2023 continues unchecked – saying that children are the main victims. “The mpox situation in the DRC is deeply alarming and the lack of tests for […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Guidelines for Expanding Access to Hearing Aids 01/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Over 400 million people with hearing loss could benefit from hearing devices. However, less than 20% of those people actually get hearing aids. That’s one of the findings cited in new World Health Organisation guidelines on improving access to hearing care, published Friday, just ahead of World Hearing Day. “Unaddressed hearing loss is a global […] Continue reading -> The Campaign to Recognize Noma as an NTD: How Inclusion Can Drive Research to Prevent and Treat the Disease 31/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman A milestone World Health Organization (WHO) decision to recognise noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is the result of a longstanding campaign waged for over a decade by global health researchers and advocates in Geneva and beyond. Proponents believe that inclusion can offer noma’s victims the […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Issues Guidelines for Expanding Access to Hearing Aids 01/03/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Over 400 million people with hearing loss could benefit from hearing devices. However, less than 20% of those people actually get hearing aids. That’s one of the findings cited in new World Health Organisation guidelines on improving access to hearing care, published Friday, just ahead of World Hearing Day. “Unaddressed hearing loss is a global […] Continue reading -> The Campaign to Recognize Noma as an NTD: How Inclusion Can Drive Research to Prevent and Treat the Disease 31/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman A milestone World Health Organization (WHO) decision to recognise noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is the result of a longstanding campaign waged for over a decade by global health researchers and advocates in Geneva and beyond. Proponents believe that inclusion can offer noma’s victims the […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The Campaign to Recognize Noma as an NTD: How Inclusion Can Drive Research to Prevent and Treat the Disease 31/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman A milestone World Health Organization (WHO) decision to recognise noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is the result of a longstanding campaign waged for over a decade by global health researchers and advocates in Geneva and beyond. Proponents believe that inclusion can offer noma’s victims the […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
First Global Campaign for Access to Assistive Technology is Launched at Davos 17/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “It’s not just about people with disabilities, this is about all of us,” stresses Pascal Bijleveld, the CEO of ATscale Global Partnership, an organization established in 2018 to advocate for assistive technologies (AT) access, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The first-ever global campaign to expand access, ‘Unlock the Everyday’, was launched on Tuesday at […] Continue reading -> Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Clearing the Air: Clean Air Fund Calls for Philanthropic Boost as Air Quality Funding Plateaus 16/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The Clean Air Fund (CAF) urged philanthropic funders to significantly increase their support for programs and services to enhance air quality with a new report published in time for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos. “It is vital to ramp up the scale and impact of air-quality funding from this sector,” the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts