Oxford Study: COVID-19 Significant Cause of Death in US Children And Youth 31/01/2023 Megha Kaveri A new study found COVID-19 has emerged as a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US, ranking eighth overall between August 2021 and July 2022. The Oxford University study determined that COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death for more than 940,000 people in the US, including over 1,300 deaths […] Continue reading -> Tedros’ 10-Point Proposal for Reforming Global Emergency Response Gets Mixed Review 30/01/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new 10-point proposal by the World Health Organization’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for improving preparedness and response to health emergencies received mixed reviews from WHO member states in Monday’s opening session of this week’s Executive Board (EB) meeting, the agency’s 34-member governing body. It was the first substantive issue to be tackled […] Continue reading -> Bringing Neglected Tropical Diseases out of the Silo 30/01/2023 Simon Bland The number of people requiring treatment for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) decreased from 2.19 to 1.65 billion between 2010 and 2021 – an impressive 25 percent decline. However, interlinked challenges, including the COVID pandemic and, now, accelerating patterns of climate change are putting this progress at risk. On World NTD Day, we need to recognise […] Continue reading -> It’s Still a Pandemic: WHO Advisers and Chief Concur 30/01/2023 John Heilprin The World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic and Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both agree: the event continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The UN health agency agreed on Monday that ending the state of international public health emergency over the coronavirus would be premature even […] Continue reading -> WHO Provides New Medicines List, Policy Recommendations for Nuclear Emergency 27/01/2023 Maayan Hoffman The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released an updated list of medicines that should be stockpiled in the event of a radiological and nuclear emergency, along with new policy advice in the event of such an incident. “Preparedness for radiation emergencies is consistently reported as the weakest area of preparedness in many countries,” the […] Continue reading -> Africans Struggled to Get COVID-19 Tests – What Must Change Before the Next Pandemic? 26/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan Most Africans could not get a COVID-19 test unless they were hospitalised or could afford to pay a private laboratory for a pricey test – yet rapid tests were being dished out free in the US and Europe. High prices, slow regulatory approval, and outdated ideas about self-testing were some of the barriers that prevented […] Continue reading -> African Health Authorities Juggle Concurrent Outbreak Responses 26/01/2023 Paul Adepoju The first three weeks of 2023 were encouraging for the African continent’s fight against COVID-19. With cases down 97% year-on-year since the same period in 2022, hospitalizations for severe illness and deaths from the virus decreased significantly, the World Health Organization’s African Regional Office said. “For the first time since COVID-19 shook our lives, January […] Continue reading -> Tanzanian Scientists Study Mosquitoes’ Mating Behaviour to Control Malaria 25/01/2023 Kizito Makoye IFAKARA, Tanzania – When you think of malaria, a swarm of mosquitoes flying against an orange sunset is a dangerous sight. As part of their mating ritual, the dreaded bloodsuckers brazenly hover for 30 minutes, males adroitly flapping their slender wings to produce a sound that lures female partners to join them. The mosquito proliferation […] Continue reading -> Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tedros’ 10-Point Proposal for Reforming Global Emergency Response Gets Mixed Review 30/01/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new 10-point proposal by the World Health Organization’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for improving preparedness and response to health emergencies received mixed reviews from WHO member states in Monday’s opening session of this week’s Executive Board (EB) meeting, the agency’s 34-member governing body. It was the first substantive issue to be tackled […] Continue reading -> Bringing Neglected Tropical Diseases out of the Silo 30/01/2023 Simon Bland The number of people requiring treatment for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) decreased from 2.19 to 1.65 billion between 2010 and 2021 – an impressive 25 percent decline. However, interlinked challenges, including the COVID pandemic and, now, accelerating patterns of climate change are putting this progress at risk. On World NTD Day, we need to recognise […] Continue reading -> It’s Still a Pandemic: WHO Advisers and Chief Concur 30/01/2023 John Heilprin The World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic and Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both agree: the event continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The UN health agency agreed on Monday that ending the state of international public health emergency over the coronavirus would be premature even […] Continue reading -> WHO Provides New Medicines List, Policy Recommendations for Nuclear Emergency 27/01/2023 Maayan Hoffman The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released an updated list of medicines that should be stockpiled in the event of a radiological and nuclear emergency, along with new policy advice in the event of such an incident. “Preparedness for radiation emergencies is consistently reported as the weakest area of preparedness in many countries,” the […] Continue reading -> Africans Struggled to Get COVID-19 Tests – What Must Change Before the Next Pandemic? 26/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan Most Africans could not get a COVID-19 test unless they were hospitalised or could afford to pay a private laboratory for a pricey test – yet rapid tests were being dished out free in the US and Europe. High prices, slow regulatory approval, and outdated ideas about self-testing were some of the barriers that prevented […] Continue reading -> African Health Authorities Juggle Concurrent Outbreak Responses 26/01/2023 Paul Adepoju The first three weeks of 2023 were encouraging for the African continent’s fight against COVID-19. With cases down 97% year-on-year since the same period in 2022, hospitalizations for severe illness and deaths from the virus decreased significantly, the World Health Organization’s African Regional Office said. “For the first time since COVID-19 shook our lives, January […] Continue reading -> Tanzanian Scientists Study Mosquitoes’ Mating Behaviour to Control Malaria 25/01/2023 Kizito Makoye IFAKARA, Tanzania – When you think of malaria, a swarm of mosquitoes flying against an orange sunset is a dangerous sight. As part of their mating ritual, the dreaded bloodsuckers brazenly hover for 30 minutes, males adroitly flapping their slender wings to produce a sound that lures female partners to join them. The mosquito proliferation […] Continue reading -> Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Bringing Neglected Tropical Diseases out of the Silo 30/01/2023 Simon Bland The number of people requiring treatment for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) decreased from 2.19 to 1.65 billion between 2010 and 2021 – an impressive 25 percent decline. However, interlinked challenges, including the COVID pandemic and, now, accelerating patterns of climate change are putting this progress at risk. On World NTD Day, we need to recognise […] Continue reading -> It’s Still a Pandemic: WHO Advisers and Chief Concur 30/01/2023 John Heilprin The World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic and Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both agree: the event continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The UN health agency agreed on Monday that ending the state of international public health emergency over the coronavirus would be premature even […] Continue reading -> WHO Provides New Medicines List, Policy Recommendations for Nuclear Emergency 27/01/2023 Maayan Hoffman The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released an updated list of medicines that should be stockpiled in the event of a radiological and nuclear emergency, along with new policy advice in the event of such an incident. “Preparedness for radiation emergencies is consistently reported as the weakest area of preparedness in many countries,” the […] Continue reading -> Africans Struggled to Get COVID-19 Tests – What Must Change Before the Next Pandemic? 26/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan Most Africans could not get a COVID-19 test unless they were hospitalised or could afford to pay a private laboratory for a pricey test – yet rapid tests were being dished out free in the US and Europe. High prices, slow regulatory approval, and outdated ideas about self-testing were some of the barriers that prevented […] Continue reading -> African Health Authorities Juggle Concurrent Outbreak Responses 26/01/2023 Paul Adepoju The first three weeks of 2023 were encouraging for the African continent’s fight against COVID-19. With cases down 97% year-on-year since the same period in 2022, hospitalizations for severe illness and deaths from the virus decreased significantly, the World Health Organization’s African Regional Office said. “For the first time since COVID-19 shook our lives, January […] Continue reading -> Tanzanian Scientists Study Mosquitoes’ Mating Behaviour to Control Malaria 25/01/2023 Kizito Makoye IFAKARA, Tanzania – When you think of malaria, a swarm of mosquitoes flying against an orange sunset is a dangerous sight. As part of their mating ritual, the dreaded bloodsuckers brazenly hover for 30 minutes, males adroitly flapping their slender wings to produce a sound that lures female partners to join them. The mosquito proliferation […] Continue reading -> Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
It’s Still a Pandemic: WHO Advisers and Chief Concur 30/01/2023 John Heilprin The World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic and Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both agree: the event continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The UN health agency agreed on Monday that ending the state of international public health emergency over the coronavirus would be premature even […] Continue reading -> WHO Provides New Medicines List, Policy Recommendations for Nuclear Emergency 27/01/2023 Maayan Hoffman The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released an updated list of medicines that should be stockpiled in the event of a radiological and nuclear emergency, along with new policy advice in the event of such an incident. “Preparedness for radiation emergencies is consistently reported as the weakest area of preparedness in many countries,” the […] Continue reading -> Africans Struggled to Get COVID-19 Tests – What Must Change Before the Next Pandemic? 26/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan Most Africans could not get a COVID-19 test unless they were hospitalised or could afford to pay a private laboratory for a pricey test – yet rapid tests were being dished out free in the US and Europe. High prices, slow regulatory approval, and outdated ideas about self-testing were some of the barriers that prevented […] Continue reading -> African Health Authorities Juggle Concurrent Outbreak Responses 26/01/2023 Paul Adepoju The first three weeks of 2023 were encouraging for the African continent’s fight against COVID-19. With cases down 97% year-on-year since the same period in 2022, hospitalizations for severe illness and deaths from the virus decreased significantly, the World Health Organization’s African Regional Office said. “For the first time since COVID-19 shook our lives, January […] Continue reading -> Tanzanian Scientists Study Mosquitoes’ Mating Behaviour to Control Malaria 25/01/2023 Kizito Makoye IFAKARA, Tanzania – When you think of malaria, a swarm of mosquitoes flying against an orange sunset is a dangerous sight. As part of their mating ritual, the dreaded bloodsuckers brazenly hover for 30 minutes, males adroitly flapping their slender wings to produce a sound that lures female partners to join them. The mosquito proliferation […] Continue reading -> Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Provides New Medicines List, Policy Recommendations for Nuclear Emergency 27/01/2023 Maayan Hoffman The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released an updated list of medicines that should be stockpiled in the event of a radiological and nuclear emergency, along with new policy advice in the event of such an incident. “Preparedness for radiation emergencies is consistently reported as the weakest area of preparedness in many countries,” the […] Continue reading -> Africans Struggled to Get COVID-19 Tests – What Must Change Before the Next Pandemic? 26/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan Most Africans could not get a COVID-19 test unless they were hospitalised or could afford to pay a private laboratory for a pricey test – yet rapid tests were being dished out free in the US and Europe. High prices, slow regulatory approval, and outdated ideas about self-testing were some of the barriers that prevented […] Continue reading -> African Health Authorities Juggle Concurrent Outbreak Responses 26/01/2023 Paul Adepoju The first three weeks of 2023 were encouraging for the African continent’s fight against COVID-19. With cases down 97% year-on-year since the same period in 2022, hospitalizations for severe illness and deaths from the virus decreased significantly, the World Health Organization’s African Regional Office said. “For the first time since COVID-19 shook our lives, January […] Continue reading -> Tanzanian Scientists Study Mosquitoes’ Mating Behaviour to Control Malaria 25/01/2023 Kizito Makoye IFAKARA, Tanzania – When you think of malaria, a swarm of mosquitoes flying against an orange sunset is a dangerous sight. As part of their mating ritual, the dreaded bloodsuckers brazenly hover for 30 minutes, males adroitly flapping their slender wings to produce a sound that lures female partners to join them. The mosquito proliferation […] Continue reading -> Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africans Struggled to Get COVID-19 Tests – What Must Change Before the Next Pandemic? 26/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan Most Africans could not get a COVID-19 test unless they were hospitalised or could afford to pay a private laboratory for a pricey test – yet rapid tests were being dished out free in the US and Europe. High prices, slow regulatory approval, and outdated ideas about self-testing were some of the barriers that prevented […] Continue reading -> African Health Authorities Juggle Concurrent Outbreak Responses 26/01/2023 Paul Adepoju The first three weeks of 2023 were encouraging for the African continent’s fight against COVID-19. With cases down 97% year-on-year since the same period in 2022, hospitalizations for severe illness and deaths from the virus decreased significantly, the World Health Organization’s African Regional Office said. “For the first time since COVID-19 shook our lives, January […] Continue reading -> Tanzanian Scientists Study Mosquitoes’ Mating Behaviour to Control Malaria 25/01/2023 Kizito Makoye IFAKARA, Tanzania – When you think of malaria, a swarm of mosquitoes flying against an orange sunset is a dangerous sight. As part of their mating ritual, the dreaded bloodsuckers brazenly hover for 30 minutes, males adroitly flapping their slender wings to produce a sound that lures female partners to join them. The mosquito proliferation […] Continue reading -> Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Health Authorities Juggle Concurrent Outbreak Responses 26/01/2023 Paul Adepoju The first three weeks of 2023 were encouraging for the African continent’s fight against COVID-19. With cases down 97% year-on-year since the same period in 2022, hospitalizations for severe illness and deaths from the virus decreased significantly, the World Health Organization’s African Regional Office said. “For the first time since COVID-19 shook our lives, January […] Continue reading -> Tanzanian Scientists Study Mosquitoes’ Mating Behaviour to Control Malaria 25/01/2023 Kizito Makoye IFAKARA, Tanzania – When you think of malaria, a swarm of mosquitoes flying against an orange sunset is a dangerous sight. As part of their mating ritual, the dreaded bloodsuckers brazenly hover for 30 minutes, males adroitly flapping their slender wings to produce a sound that lures female partners to join them. The mosquito proliferation […] Continue reading -> Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tanzanian Scientists Study Mosquitoes’ Mating Behaviour to Control Malaria 25/01/2023 Kizito Makoye IFAKARA, Tanzania – When you think of malaria, a swarm of mosquitoes flying against an orange sunset is a dangerous sight. As part of their mating ritual, the dreaded bloodsuckers brazenly hover for 30 minutes, males adroitly flapping their slender wings to produce a sound that lures female partners to join them. The mosquito proliferation […] Continue reading -> Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Too Early to Decide on Annual COVID-19 Boosters as Virus Has No Seasonal Pattern Yet 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan While the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 will decide this week whether the virus still constitutes a global health emergency, the body’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is “very concerned” about the pandemic. “While I will not pre-empt the advice of the emergency committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in […] Continue reading -> Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Brazil to Call for Protection of Indigenous People’s Health After Bolsonaro ‘Abandonment’ During COVID-19 24/01/2023 Kerry Cullinan The new Brazilian government under President Lula da Silva intends to propose that the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the health of indigenous people systematically, including by training indigenous health workers. Santiago Alcazar, the former head of WHO in Brazil, told a discussion convened by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) on Monday that Brazil […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts