Fighting the Scourge of Fake Medicines: Global Fund Replenishment is Moment of Truth 09/09/2022 Adam Aspinall The upcoming Global Fund Replenishment drive, 19-21 September, will be critical to holding onto and advancing progress against infectious diseases in multiple ways – among them ensuring the flow of quality-assured medicines to low-income countries and fighting falsified and substandard medicines that can comprise up to 70% of drugs on the market in some parts […] Continue reading -> Pan-American Region Secures First Monkeypox Vaccines Deal 08/09/2022 Raisa Santos & Stefan Anderson In an effort to prevent the spread of monkeypox, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) signed an agreement with Bavarian Nordic to obtain 100,000 vaccine doses for Latin America and the Caribbean. That will allow PAHO to start delivering the doses to the 12 countries that requested them in September. The agreement will make the […] Continue reading -> China Maintains “zero-COVID” Policy in Chengdu Despite Fatal 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake 07/09/2022 Raisa Santos Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu are sticking to the nation’s “zero-COVID” policy demanding a lockdown on the city’s 21 million inhabitants even in the face of a major earthquake that has killed at least 66 people in the region. Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province, has been beset by a heatwave and […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns Against ‘Complacency’ over COVID-19 and Monkeypox 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although COVID-19 and monkeypox cases are declining globally, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned against complacency on Wednesday. Although COVID-19 cases were down by 80% since February, “last week, one person died with COVID-19 every 44 seconds and most of those those those deaths are avoidable,” said Tedros. “There is no […] Continue reading -> New Initiative Will Enable Speedy Introduction of COVID-19 Antivirals in Africa and Southeast Asia 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan A new initiative to introduce COVID-19 oral antivirals and national test-and-treat programmes in 10 countries in Africa and Southeast Asia was launched on Wednesday by the COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium. The consortium will support governments to introduce and scale up access to antivirals, starting with Pfizer’s Paxlovid, in high-risk populations in Ghana, Kenya, Laos, […] Continue reading -> Unitaid Invests in New TB Tests, as South Africa Study Reports Importance of Better Screening 06/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Two-fifths of people with tuberculosis are unaware that they are infected because their diagnosis relies on outdated tests – something Unitaid and partners aim to change with a $30 million investment in new diagnostic technologies to enable same-day results. Announcing the investment on Tuesday, the global health agency explained that the current diagnosis in low and […] Continue reading -> UN Approves High-Level Pandemic Summit 02/09/2022 John Heilprin The United Nations General Assembly voted to hold a summit of heads of state and other world leaders next year to find fair, long-lasting solutions for the global inequities and inadequate responses that the COVID-19 pandemic has all too painfully highlighted. Delegates to the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the resolution in a consensus vote on […] Continue reading -> Fraction of US Monkeypox Cases With No Recent MSM Contact Continues to Increase in Silent Spread to Other Communities 02/09/2022 Raisa Santos The fraction of monkeypox cases with no recent contact with men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to rise in the US – accounting for one-third of cases – suggesting a silent spread of the virus to other communities. Men with recent MSM contact accounted for 65.78% of cases as of 20 August, according […] Continue reading -> A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pan-American Region Secures First Monkeypox Vaccines Deal 08/09/2022 Raisa Santos & Stefan Anderson In an effort to prevent the spread of monkeypox, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) signed an agreement with Bavarian Nordic to obtain 100,000 vaccine doses for Latin America and the Caribbean. That will allow PAHO to start delivering the doses to the 12 countries that requested them in September. The agreement will make the […] Continue reading -> China Maintains “zero-COVID” Policy in Chengdu Despite Fatal 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake 07/09/2022 Raisa Santos Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu are sticking to the nation’s “zero-COVID” policy demanding a lockdown on the city’s 21 million inhabitants even in the face of a major earthquake that has killed at least 66 people in the region. Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province, has been beset by a heatwave and […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns Against ‘Complacency’ over COVID-19 and Monkeypox 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although COVID-19 and monkeypox cases are declining globally, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned against complacency on Wednesday. Although COVID-19 cases were down by 80% since February, “last week, one person died with COVID-19 every 44 seconds and most of those those those deaths are avoidable,” said Tedros. “There is no […] Continue reading -> New Initiative Will Enable Speedy Introduction of COVID-19 Antivirals in Africa and Southeast Asia 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan A new initiative to introduce COVID-19 oral antivirals and national test-and-treat programmes in 10 countries in Africa and Southeast Asia was launched on Wednesday by the COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium. The consortium will support governments to introduce and scale up access to antivirals, starting with Pfizer’s Paxlovid, in high-risk populations in Ghana, Kenya, Laos, […] Continue reading -> Unitaid Invests in New TB Tests, as South Africa Study Reports Importance of Better Screening 06/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Two-fifths of people with tuberculosis are unaware that they are infected because their diagnosis relies on outdated tests – something Unitaid and partners aim to change with a $30 million investment in new diagnostic technologies to enable same-day results. Announcing the investment on Tuesday, the global health agency explained that the current diagnosis in low and […] Continue reading -> UN Approves High-Level Pandemic Summit 02/09/2022 John Heilprin The United Nations General Assembly voted to hold a summit of heads of state and other world leaders next year to find fair, long-lasting solutions for the global inequities and inadequate responses that the COVID-19 pandemic has all too painfully highlighted. Delegates to the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the resolution in a consensus vote on […] Continue reading -> Fraction of US Monkeypox Cases With No Recent MSM Contact Continues to Increase in Silent Spread to Other Communities 02/09/2022 Raisa Santos The fraction of monkeypox cases with no recent contact with men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to rise in the US – accounting for one-third of cases – suggesting a silent spread of the virus to other communities. Men with recent MSM contact accounted for 65.78% of cases as of 20 August, according […] Continue reading -> A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
China Maintains “zero-COVID” Policy in Chengdu Despite Fatal 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake 07/09/2022 Raisa Santos Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu are sticking to the nation’s “zero-COVID” policy demanding a lockdown on the city’s 21 million inhabitants even in the face of a major earthquake that has killed at least 66 people in the region. Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province, has been beset by a heatwave and […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns Against ‘Complacency’ over COVID-19 and Monkeypox 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although COVID-19 and monkeypox cases are declining globally, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned against complacency on Wednesday. Although COVID-19 cases were down by 80% since February, “last week, one person died with COVID-19 every 44 seconds and most of those those those deaths are avoidable,” said Tedros. “There is no […] Continue reading -> New Initiative Will Enable Speedy Introduction of COVID-19 Antivirals in Africa and Southeast Asia 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan A new initiative to introduce COVID-19 oral antivirals and national test-and-treat programmes in 10 countries in Africa and Southeast Asia was launched on Wednesday by the COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium. The consortium will support governments to introduce and scale up access to antivirals, starting with Pfizer’s Paxlovid, in high-risk populations in Ghana, Kenya, Laos, […] Continue reading -> Unitaid Invests in New TB Tests, as South Africa Study Reports Importance of Better Screening 06/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Two-fifths of people with tuberculosis are unaware that they are infected because their diagnosis relies on outdated tests – something Unitaid and partners aim to change with a $30 million investment in new diagnostic technologies to enable same-day results. Announcing the investment on Tuesday, the global health agency explained that the current diagnosis in low and […] Continue reading -> UN Approves High-Level Pandemic Summit 02/09/2022 John Heilprin The United Nations General Assembly voted to hold a summit of heads of state and other world leaders next year to find fair, long-lasting solutions for the global inequities and inadequate responses that the COVID-19 pandemic has all too painfully highlighted. Delegates to the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the resolution in a consensus vote on […] Continue reading -> Fraction of US Monkeypox Cases With No Recent MSM Contact Continues to Increase in Silent Spread to Other Communities 02/09/2022 Raisa Santos The fraction of monkeypox cases with no recent contact with men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to rise in the US – accounting for one-third of cases – suggesting a silent spread of the virus to other communities. Men with recent MSM contact accounted for 65.78% of cases as of 20 August, according […] Continue reading -> A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Warns Against ‘Complacency’ over COVID-19 and Monkeypox 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although COVID-19 and monkeypox cases are declining globally, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned against complacency on Wednesday. Although COVID-19 cases were down by 80% since February, “last week, one person died with COVID-19 every 44 seconds and most of those those those deaths are avoidable,” said Tedros. “There is no […] Continue reading -> New Initiative Will Enable Speedy Introduction of COVID-19 Antivirals in Africa and Southeast Asia 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan A new initiative to introduce COVID-19 oral antivirals and national test-and-treat programmes in 10 countries in Africa and Southeast Asia was launched on Wednesday by the COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium. The consortium will support governments to introduce and scale up access to antivirals, starting with Pfizer’s Paxlovid, in high-risk populations in Ghana, Kenya, Laos, […] Continue reading -> Unitaid Invests in New TB Tests, as South Africa Study Reports Importance of Better Screening 06/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Two-fifths of people with tuberculosis are unaware that they are infected because their diagnosis relies on outdated tests – something Unitaid and partners aim to change with a $30 million investment in new diagnostic technologies to enable same-day results. Announcing the investment on Tuesday, the global health agency explained that the current diagnosis in low and […] Continue reading -> UN Approves High-Level Pandemic Summit 02/09/2022 John Heilprin The United Nations General Assembly voted to hold a summit of heads of state and other world leaders next year to find fair, long-lasting solutions for the global inequities and inadequate responses that the COVID-19 pandemic has all too painfully highlighted. Delegates to the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the resolution in a consensus vote on […] Continue reading -> Fraction of US Monkeypox Cases With No Recent MSM Contact Continues to Increase in Silent Spread to Other Communities 02/09/2022 Raisa Santos The fraction of monkeypox cases with no recent contact with men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to rise in the US – accounting for one-third of cases – suggesting a silent spread of the virus to other communities. Men with recent MSM contact accounted for 65.78% of cases as of 20 August, according […] Continue reading -> A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Initiative Will Enable Speedy Introduction of COVID-19 Antivirals in Africa and Southeast Asia 07/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan A new initiative to introduce COVID-19 oral antivirals and national test-and-treat programmes in 10 countries in Africa and Southeast Asia was launched on Wednesday by the COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium. The consortium will support governments to introduce and scale up access to antivirals, starting with Pfizer’s Paxlovid, in high-risk populations in Ghana, Kenya, Laos, […] Continue reading -> Unitaid Invests in New TB Tests, as South Africa Study Reports Importance of Better Screening 06/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Two-fifths of people with tuberculosis are unaware that they are infected because their diagnosis relies on outdated tests – something Unitaid and partners aim to change with a $30 million investment in new diagnostic technologies to enable same-day results. Announcing the investment on Tuesday, the global health agency explained that the current diagnosis in low and […] Continue reading -> UN Approves High-Level Pandemic Summit 02/09/2022 John Heilprin The United Nations General Assembly voted to hold a summit of heads of state and other world leaders next year to find fair, long-lasting solutions for the global inequities and inadequate responses that the COVID-19 pandemic has all too painfully highlighted. Delegates to the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the resolution in a consensus vote on […] Continue reading -> Fraction of US Monkeypox Cases With No Recent MSM Contact Continues to Increase in Silent Spread to Other Communities 02/09/2022 Raisa Santos The fraction of monkeypox cases with no recent contact with men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to rise in the US – accounting for one-third of cases – suggesting a silent spread of the virus to other communities. Men with recent MSM contact accounted for 65.78% of cases as of 20 August, according […] Continue reading -> A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Unitaid Invests in New TB Tests, as South Africa Study Reports Importance of Better Screening 06/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Two-fifths of people with tuberculosis are unaware that they are infected because their diagnosis relies on outdated tests – something Unitaid and partners aim to change with a $30 million investment in new diagnostic technologies to enable same-day results. Announcing the investment on Tuesday, the global health agency explained that the current diagnosis in low and […] Continue reading -> UN Approves High-Level Pandemic Summit 02/09/2022 John Heilprin The United Nations General Assembly voted to hold a summit of heads of state and other world leaders next year to find fair, long-lasting solutions for the global inequities and inadequate responses that the COVID-19 pandemic has all too painfully highlighted. Delegates to the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the resolution in a consensus vote on […] Continue reading -> Fraction of US Monkeypox Cases With No Recent MSM Contact Continues to Increase in Silent Spread to Other Communities 02/09/2022 Raisa Santos The fraction of monkeypox cases with no recent contact with men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to rise in the US – accounting for one-third of cases – suggesting a silent spread of the virus to other communities. Men with recent MSM contact accounted for 65.78% of cases as of 20 August, according […] Continue reading -> A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Approves High-Level Pandemic Summit 02/09/2022 John Heilprin The United Nations General Assembly voted to hold a summit of heads of state and other world leaders next year to find fair, long-lasting solutions for the global inequities and inadequate responses that the COVID-19 pandemic has all too painfully highlighted. Delegates to the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the resolution in a consensus vote on […] Continue reading -> Fraction of US Monkeypox Cases With No Recent MSM Contact Continues to Increase in Silent Spread to Other Communities 02/09/2022 Raisa Santos The fraction of monkeypox cases with no recent contact with men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to rise in the US – accounting for one-third of cases – suggesting a silent spread of the virus to other communities. Men with recent MSM contact accounted for 65.78% of cases as of 20 August, according […] Continue reading -> A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Fraction of US Monkeypox Cases With No Recent MSM Contact Continues to Increase in Silent Spread to Other Communities 02/09/2022 Raisa Santos The fraction of monkeypox cases with no recent contact with men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to rise in the US – accounting for one-third of cases – suggesting a silent spread of the virus to other communities. Men with recent MSM contact accounted for 65.78% of cases as of 20 August, according […] Continue reading -> A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer 01/09/2022 Stefan Anderson Researchers have significantly strengthened the safety profile of a watershed treatment course for highly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — a heartening breakthrough set to change the lives of millions of MDR-TB patients around the world. The results of a randomized-controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine today showed the new oral TB […] Continue reading -> WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Advises Condom Use as Monkeypox is Detected in Semen 01/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although it is not yet entirely clear whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms during sex as monkeypox DNA has now been detected in semen. “There have definitely been reports of the detection of the monkeypox virus DNA in semen,” Dr Rosamund Lewis, the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts