COVID-19 Pandemic Has Highlighted the Importance of ‘One Health’ Collaborations 01/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the scientific community to start to implement a ‘One Health’ approach – encompassing people, animals, plants and the environment – to ensure the early identification of infectious diseases and make the world a healthier place. The issues that “One Health” may tackle are diverse. They can range from curbing deforestation […] Continue reading -> Geneva Health Forum – From Pandemic Response to Planetary Health 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on how human health and ‘planetary health’ are inextricably linked – through deforestation, urbanization and climate change, all of which increase future disease risks. This year’s Geneva Health Forum explores these and other critical global health challenges, as well as emerging solutions, just ahead of the World Health Assembly. […] Continue reading -> Geneva Health Forum – Unique Platform for Dialogue in the World’s Global Health Hub 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Swiss Confederation has been a key financial backer of the Geneva Health Forum since its early days. As the GHF prepares for its 2022 edition, 3-5 May, Pierre Strauss, health attaché to the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, spoke with Health Policy Watch about the evolution of the Forum and its […] Continue reading -> In Lviv, Ukrainian Volunteers Shoulder Humanitarian Response, But For How Long? 11/03/2022 Sam Mednick/LVIV, via The New Humanitarian (LVIV, Ukraine via The New Humanitarian) – Over the course of just two weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a vast humanitarian crisis inside the country and sent more than 2.3 million people fleeing into neighbouring states. The UN has set out to raise more than $1 billion to support 18 million people it […] Continue reading -> Closing the Cancer Care Gap in Indigenous, Child, and Ageing Populations for World Cancer Day 04/02/2022 Raisa Santos For the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori, cancer statistics are bleak, as they are 20% more likely to develop cancer, and twice as likely as non-Māori to die from it. But New Zealand-based Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o Te Kahu, is trying to beat back against this inequity and close the gap […] Continue reading -> Some 78% of Africans Ready to Get COVID-19 Jab – But Only 7% Have Managed, Says New Survey 16/12/2021 Raisa Santos An overwhelming majority of people in Africa – 78% of people surveyed across 19 countries in the African Union – are willing to get vaccinated, according to new research from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC). PERC – a public-private partnership consisting of organizations and institutions such as the African Union, Africa Centres […] Continue reading -> Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention 26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading -> Reflections on the ‘Other COP’ – Progress on Tobacco Control Despite COVID and Industry Attacks 19/11/2021 Gan Quan While the world was focused last week on the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), officials from 160 countries and the European Union gathered virtually to address another urgent global crisis – the crisis in tobacco consumption that is one of the largest causes of death worldwide, year after year. Otherwise known as COP9, the ninth Conference […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Geneva Health Forum – From Pandemic Response to Planetary Health 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on how human health and ‘planetary health’ are inextricably linked – through deforestation, urbanization and climate change, all of which increase future disease risks. This year’s Geneva Health Forum explores these and other critical global health challenges, as well as emerging solutions, just ahead of the World Health Assembly. […] Continue reading -> Geneva Health Forum – Unique Platform for Dialogue in the World’s Global Health Hub 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Swiss Confederation has been a key financial backer of the Geneva Health Forum since its early days. As the GHF prepares for its 2022 edition, 3-5 May, Pierre Strauss, health attaché to the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, spoke with Health Policy Watch about the evolution of the Forum and its […] Continue reading -> In Lviv, Ukrainian Volunteers Shoulder Humanitarian Response, But For How Long? 11/03/2022 Sam Mednick/LVIV, via The New Humanitarian (LVIV, Ukraine via The New Humanitarian) – Over the course of just two weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a vast humanitarian crisis inside the country and sent more than 2.3 million people fleeing into neighbouring states. The UN has set out to raise more than $1 billion to support 18 million people it […] Continue reading -> Closing the Cancer Care Gap in Indigenous, Child, and Ageing Populations for World Cancer Day 04/02/2022 Raisa Santos For the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori, cancer statistics are bleak, as they are 20% more likely to develop cancer, and twice as likely as non-Māori to die from it. But New Zealand-based Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o Te Kahu, is trying to beat back against this inequity and close the gap […] Continue reading -> Some 78% of Africans Ready to Get COVID-19 Jab – But Only 7% Have Managed, Says New Survey 16/12/2021 Raisa Santos An overwhelming majority of people in Africa – 78% of people surveyed across 19 countries in the African Union – are willing to get vaccinated, according to new research from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC). PERC – a public-private partnership consisting of organizations and institutions such as the African Union, Africa Centres […] Continue reading -> Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention 26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading -> Reflections on the ‘Other COP’ – Progress on Tobacco Control Despite COVID and Industry Attacks 19/11/2021 Gan Quan While the world was focused last week on the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), officials from 160 countries and the European Union gathered virtually to address another urgent global crisis – the crisis in tobacco consumption that is one of the largest causes of death worldwide, year after year. Otherwise known as COP9, the ninth Conference […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Geneva Health Forum – Unique Platform for Dialogue in the World’s Global Health Hub 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Swiss Confederation has been a key financial backer of the Geneva Health Forum since its early days. As the GHF prepares for its 2022 edition, 3-5 May, Pierre Strauss, health attaché to the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, spoke with Health Policy Watch about the evolution of the Forum and its […] Continue reading -> In Lviv, Ukrainian Volunteers Shoulder Humanitarian Response, But For How Long? 11/03/2022 Sam Mednick/LVIV, via The New Humanitarian (LVIV, Ukraine via The New Humanitarian) – Over the course of just two weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a vast humanitarian crisis inside the country and sent more than 2.3 million people fleeing into neighbouring states. The UN has set out to raise more than $1 billion to support 18 million people it […] Continue reading -> Closing the Cancer Care Gap in Indigenous, Child, and Ageing Populations for World Cancer Day 04/02/2022 Raisa Santos For the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori, cancer statistics are bleak, as they are 20% more likely to develop cancer, and twice as likely as non-Māori to die from it. But New Zealand-based Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o Te Kahu, is trying to beat back against this inequity and close the gap […] Continue reading -> Some 78% of Africans Ready to Get COVID-19 Jab – But Only 7% Have Managed, Says New Survey 16/12/2021 Raisa Santos An overwhelming majority of people in Africa – 78% of people surveyed across 19 countries in the African Union – are willing to get vaccinated, according to new research from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC). PERC – a public-private partnership consisting of organizations and institutions such as the African Union, Africa Centres […] Continue reading -> Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention 26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading -> Reflections on the ‘Other COP’ – Progress on Tobacco Control Despite COVID and Industry Attacks 19/11/2021 Gan Quan While the world was focused last week on the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), officials from 160 countries and the European Union gathered virtually to address another urgent global crisis – the crisis in tobacco consumption that is one of the largest causes of death worldwide, year after year. Otherwise known as COP9, the ninth Conference […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
In Lviv, Ukrainian Volunteers Shoulder Humanitarian Response, But For How Long? 11/03/2022 Sam Mednick/LVIV, via The New Humanitarian (LVIV, Ukraine via The New Humanitarian) – Over the course of just two weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a vast humanitarian crisis inside the country and sent more than 2.3 million people fleeing into neighbouring states. The UN has set out to raise more than $1 billion to support 18 million people it […] Continue reading -> Closing the Cancer Care Gap in Indigenous, Child, and Ageing Populations for World Cancer Day 04/02/2022 Raisa Santos For the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori, cancer statistics are bleak, as they are 20% more likely to develop cancer, and twice as likely as non-Māori to die from it. But New Zealand-based Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o Te Kahu, is trying to beat back against this inequity and close the gap […] Continue reading -> Some 78% of Africans Ready to Get COVID-19 Jab – But Only 7% Have Managed, Says New Survey 16/12/2021 Raisa Santos An overwhelming majority of people in Africa – 78% of people surveyed across 19 countries in the African Union – are willing to get vaccinated, according to new research from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC). PERC – a public-private partnership consisting of organizations and institutions such as the African Union, Africa Centres […] Continue reading -> Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention 26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading -> Reflections on the ‘Other COP’ – Progress on Tobacco Control Despite COVID and Industry Attacks 19/11/2021 Gan Quan While the world was focused last week on the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), officials from 160 countries and the European Union gathered virtually to address another urgent global crisis – the crisis in tobacco consumption that is one of the largest causes of death worldwide, year after year. Otherwise known as COP9, the ninth Conference […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Closing the Cancer Care Gap in Indigenous, Child, and Ageing Populations for World Cancer Day 04/02/2022 Raisa Santos For the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori, cancer statistics are bleak, as they are 20% more likely to develop cancer, and twice as likely as non-Māori to die from it. But New Zealand-based Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o Te Kahu, is trying to beat back against this inequity and close the gap […] Continue reading -> Some 78% of Africans Ready to Get COVID-19 Jab – But Only 7% Have Managed, Says New Survey 16/12/2021 Raisa Santos An overwhelming majority of people in Africa – 78% of people surveyed across 19 countries in the African Union – are willing to get vaccinated, according to new research from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC). PERC – a public-private partnership consisting of organizations and institutions such as the African Union, Africa Centres […] Continue reading -> Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention 26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading -> Reflections on the ‘Other COP’ – Progress on Tobacco Control Despite COVID and Industry Attacks 19/11/2021 Gan Quan While the world was focused last week on the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), officials from 160 countries and the European Union gathered virtually to address another urgent global crisis – the crisis in tobacco consumption that is one of the largest causes of death worldwide, year after year. Otherwise known as COP9, the ninth Conference […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Some 78% of Africans Ready to Get COVID-19 Jab – But Only 7% Have Managed, Says New Survey 16/12/2021 Raisa Santos An overwhelming majority of people in Africa – 78% of people surveyed across 19 countries in the African Union – are willing to get vaccinated, according to new research from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC). PERC – a public-private partnership consisting of organizations and institutions such as the African Union, Africa Centres […] Continue reading -> Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention 26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading -> Reflections on the ‘Other COP’ – Progress on Tobacco Control Despite COVID and Industry Attacks 19/11/2021 Gan Quan While the world was focused last week on the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), officials from 160 countries and the European Union gathered virtually to address another urgent global crisis – the crisis in tobacco consumption that is one of the largest causes of death worldwide, year after year. Otherwise known as COP9, the ninth Conference […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention 26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading -> Reflections on the ‘Other COP’ – Progress on Tobacco Control Despite COVID and Industry Attacks 19/11/2021 Gan Quan While the world was focused last week on the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), officials from 160 countries and the European Union gathered virtually to address another urgent global crisis – the crisis in tobacco consumption that is one of the largest causes of death worldwide, year after year. Otherwise known as COP9, the ninth Conference […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Reflections on the ‘Other COP’ – Progress on Tobacco Control Despite COVID and Industry Attacks 19/11/2021 Gan Quan While the world was focused last week on the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), officials from 160 countries and the European Union gathered virtually to address another urgent global crisis – the crisis in tobacco consumption that is one of the largest causes of death worldwide, year after year. Otherwise known as COP9, the ninth Conference […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Bring in the Bikes: Adopting Policies With Multiple Health Benefits 29/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Simply by promoting cycling, government officials could address a range of problems including non-communicable diseases (NCDs), car crashes, stress and air pollution. But officials in different sectors seldom factor health into planning transport and urbanisation, said public health experts at a discussion on public health systems hosted this week by Vital Strategies. “The future of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts