Global Health Needs More than Money – Philanthropy Can Amplify Impacts 14/05/2026 Anil Soni Philanthropy can help make every dollar deliver more impact. I often think about a boy I met in Kajiado County, Kenya. He was the same age as my son, but half his weight. A World Health Organization (WHO) colleague measured the circumference of his arm to confirm what was already painfully clear: he was severely […] Continue reading -> Energy Transition ‘Past Point of No Return,’ 57 Nations Declare at First Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Summit 01/05/2026 Stefan Anderson The first international conference on phasing out the oil, gas and coal igniting the climate crisis ended with 57 governments representing every continent and a third of the global economy declaring the transition away from fossil fuels is now irreversible. “Actions taken to date prove that the energy transition is past its point of no […] Continue reading -> African Leaders Declare End of Aid Era at Nairobi World Health Summit, But The Data Tell a More Complicated Story 29/04/2026 Stefan Anderson African leaders opened the World Health Summit Regional Meeting at the United Nations complex in Nairobi this week with a unified declaration that two decades of dependence on foreign aid for health is over. “The challenge that I see is that many of the leaders in our continent believe that it is somebody else’s responsibility. […] Continue reading -> Africa and Europe Announce €100 Million in Joint Initiatives to Strengthen Health Systems 21/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan The African Union and the European Commission have concluded three agreements worth €100 million aimed at strengthening Africa’s health systems. The first initiative supports the national public health institutes of 10 African countries to enhance disease surveillance, early warning systems, emergency response, research and laboratory services. The second, announced at the One Health Summit in […] Continue reading -> From Vaccines to Racism: RFK Faces Barrage of Questions in House Committee 16/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan Undermining vaccines, failing pregnant black women, threatening to remove black children with ADHD from their parents – these were some of the barrage of questions put to United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr when he appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. Kennedy was testifying about […] Continue reading -> Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Digital Tools Can Transform Maternal and Child Health – But Access Barriers Need to be Addressed 13/04/2026 Louise Kpoto & Rajat Khosla Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth that are well understood and largely preventable. Most of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the greatest burden. At the same time, millions of families continue to face financial barriers to essential health services, […] Continue reading -> War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines 06/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs and rationing of one of modern medicine’s most important imaging tools. Roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners. […] Continue reading -> Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Energy Transition ‘Past Point of No Return,’ 57 Nations Declare at First Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Summit 01/05/2026 Stefan Anderson The first international conference on phasing out the oil, gas and coal igniting the climate crisis ended with 57 governments representing every continent and a third of the global economy declaring the transition away from fossil fuels is now irreversible. “Actions taken to date prove that the energy transition is past its point of no […] Continue reading -> African Leaders Declare End of Aid Era at Nairobi World Health Summit, But The Data Tell a More Complicated Story 29/04/2026 Stefan Anderson African leaders opened the World Health Summit Regional Meeting at the United Nations complex in Nairobi this week with a unified declaration that two decades of dependence on foreign aid for health is over. “The challenge that I see is that many of the leaders in our continent believe that it is somebody else’s responsibility. […] Continue reading -> Africa and Europe Announce €100 Million in Joint Initiatives to Strengthen Health Systems 21/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan The African Union and the European Commission have concluded three agreements worth €100 million aimed at strengthening Africa’s health systems. The first initiative supports the national public health institutes of 10 African countries to enhance disease surveillance, early warning systems, emergency response, research and laboratory services. The second, announced at the One Health Summit in […] Continue reading -> From Vaccines to Racism: RFK Faces Barrage of Questions in House Committee 16/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan Undermining vaccines, failing pregnant black women, threatening to remove black children with ADHD from their parents – these were some of the barrage of questions put to United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr when he appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. Kennedy was testifying about […] Continue reading -> Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Digital Tools Can Transform Maternal and Child Health – But Access Barriers Need to be Addressed 13/04/2026 Louise Kpoto & Rajat Khosla Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth that are well understood and largely preventable. Most of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the greatest burden. At the same time, millions of families continue to face financial barriers to essential health services, […] Continue reading -> War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines 06/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs and rationing of one of modern medicine’s most important imaging tools. Roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners. […] Continue reading -> Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Leaders Declare End of Aid Era at Nairobi World Health Summit, But The Data Tell a More Complicated Story 29/04/2026 Stefan Anderson African leaders opened the World Health Summit Regional Meeting at the United Nations complex in Nairobi this week with a unified declaration that two decades of dependence on foreign aid for health is over. “The challenge that I see is that many of the leaders in our continent believe that it is somebody else’s responsibility. […] Continue reading -> Africa and Europe Announce €100 Million in Joint Initiatives to Strengthen Health Systems 21/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan The African Union and the European Commission have concluded three agreements worth €100 million aimed at strengthening Africa’s health systems. The first initiative supports the national public health institutes of 10 African countries to enhance disease surveillance, early warning systems, emergency response, research and laboratory services. The second, announced at the One Health Summit in […] Continue reading -> From Vaccines to Racism: RFK Faces Barrage of Questions in House Committee 16/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan Undermining vaccines, failing pregnant black women, threatening to remove black children with ADHD from their parents – these were some of the barrage of questions put to United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr when he appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. Kennedy was testifying about […] Continue reading -> Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Digital Tools Can Transform Maternal and Child Health – But Access Barriers Need to be Addressed 13/04/2026 Louise Kpoto & Rajat Khosla Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth that are well understood and largely preventable. Most of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the greatest burden. At the same time, millions of families continue to face financial barriers to essential health services, […] Continue reading -> War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines 06/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs and rationing of one of modern medicine’s most important imaging tools. Roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners. […] Continue reading -> Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa and Europe Announce €100 Million in Joint Initiatives to Strengthen Health Systems 21/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan The African Union and the European Commission have concluded three agreements worth €100 million aimed at strengthening Africa’s health systems. The first initiative supports the national public health institutes of 10 African countries to enhance disease surveillance, early warning systems, emergency response, research and laboratory services. The second, announced at the One Health Summit in […] Continue reading -> From Vaccines to Racism: RFK Faces Barrage of Questions in House Committee 16/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan Undermining vaccines, failing pregnant black women, threatening to remove black children with ADHD from their parents – these were some of the barrage of questions put to United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr when he appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. Kennedy was testifying about […] Continue reading -> Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Digital Tools Can Transform Maternal and Child Health – But Access Barriers Need to be Addressed 13/04/2026 Louise Kpoto & Rajat Khosla Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth that are well understood and largely preventable. Most of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the greatest burden. At the same time, millions of families continue to face financial barriers to essential health services, […] Continue reading -> War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines 06/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs and rationing of one of modern medicine’s most important imaging tools. Roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners. […] Continue reading -> Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
From Vaccines to Racism: RFK Faces Barrage of Questions in House Committee 16/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan Undermining vaccines, failing pregnant black women, threatening to remove black children with ADHD from their parents – these were some of the barrage of questions put to United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr when he appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. Kennedy was testifying about […] Continue reading -> Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Digital Tools Can Transform Maternal and Child Health – But Access Barriers Need to be Addressed 13/04/2026 Louise Kpoto & Rajat Khosla Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth that are well understood and largely preventable. Most of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the greatest burden. At the same time, millions of families continue to face financial barriers to essential health services, […] Continue reading -> War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines 06/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs and rationing of one of modern medicine’s most important imaging tools. Roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners. […] Continue reading -> Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Digital Tools Can Transform Maternal and Child Health – But Access Barriers Need to be Addressed 13/04/2026 Louise Kpoto & Rajat Khosla Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth that are well understood and largely preventable. Most of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the greatest burden. At the same time, millions of families continue to face financial barriers to essential health services, […] Continue reading -> War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines 06/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs and rationing of one of modern medicine’s most important imaging tools. Roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners. […] Continue reading -> Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Digital Tools Can Transform Maternal and Child Health – But Access Barriers Need to be Addressed 13/04/2026 Louise Kpoto & Rajat Khosla Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth that are well understood and largely preventable. Most of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the greatest burden. At the same time, millions of families continue to face financial barriers to essential health services, […] Continue reading -> War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines 06/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs and rationing of one of modern medicine’s most important imaging tools. Roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners. […] Continue reading -> Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines 06/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs and rationing of one of modern medicine’s most important imaging tools. Roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners. […] Continue reading -> Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health 06/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. Long treated as a disease primarily […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts