WHO Estimates Africa’s COVID-19 Caseload is Seven Times Higher Than Official Count 14/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africa is estimated to have seven times more COVID-19 cases and three times as many deaths as officially reported, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa region. This means that the continent could have around 59 million cases and 634,500 deaths. “We’re using a model to estimate the degree of under-estimation. Our analysis indicates […] Continue reading -> Global Increase of Mental Disorders Due to COVID-19 Pandemic 11/10/2021 Raisa Santos The most systematic study to date of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on mental health suggests that it has caused an additional 53 million cases of major depressive disorder, 76 million cases of anxiety across 204 countries in 2020 alone, according to a new Lancet study. The study, published just ahead of World Mental Health Day, […] Continue reading -> ‘Burning of Fossil Fuels is Killing Us’ – Declares New WHO Climate and Health Report 11/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping World Health Organization report on Climate and Health, published just ahead of a critical Glasgow climate conference (COP 26) that begins 31 October, has declared that “the burning of fossil fuels is killing us” – the bluntest denunciation to date by the global health agency of societies’ fossil fuel addiction. “Climate change is […] Continue reading -> Medecins Sans Frontieres: 870m Vaccine Doses Being Hoarded by 10 Rich Countries – ‘Tragedy’ for Those Deprived of Jabs 08/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The hoarding of more than 870 million excess doses of COVID-19 vaccines in just 10 high-income countries is likely to deprive hundreds of millions of healthcare workers and vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries of the opportunity to get even a first vaccine dose, according to a new report by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). […] Continue reading -> After a “Lost Decade” – New WHO Alcohol Action Plan Offers Historic Chance to Address Health Risk to Billions 08/10/2021 Kristina Sperkova Long months of pandemic lockdown have only exacerbated the harms due to alcohol experienced by billions of people worldwide. Now, WHO is in the process of developing a new alcohol action plan, in an effort to re-energize a stagnant process and overcome a “lost decade” of little progress on alcohol policies. Can it make a […] Continue reading -> ‘Constructive Tone’ Now Emerging Among World Trade Organization Members On IP Waiver for COVID Health Products 07/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Discussions over a controversial World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, treatments and other tools, have become more “constructive” said a senior WTO spokesman on Thursday, in a press briefing on the first day of the WTO’s two-day General Council meeting. There has been a “subtle shifting in the direction of […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets 05/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Nineteen countries have been prioritised for support to implement new global targets aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths. This emerged at the launch on Tuesday of the new targets, which were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and their partners in the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiative. UNFPA […] Continue reading -> A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Increase of Mental Disorders Due to COVID-19 Pandemic 11/10/2021 Raisa Santos The most systematic study to date of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on mental health suggests that it has caused an additional 53 million cases of major depressive disorder, 76 million cases of anxiety across 204 countries in 2020 alone, according to a new Lancet study. The study, published just ahead of World Mental Health Day, […] Continue reading -> ‘Burning of Fossil Fuels is Killing Us’ – Declares New WHO Climate and Health Report 11/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping World Health Organization report on Climate and Health, published just ahead of a critical Glasgow climate conference (COP 26) that begins 31 October, has declared that “the burning of fossil fuels is killing us” – the bluntest denunciation to date by the global health agency of societies’ fossil fuel addiction. “Climate change is […] Continue reading -> Medecins Sans Frontieres: 870m Vaccine Doses Being Hoarded by 10 Rich Countries – ‘Tragedy’ for Those Deprived of Jabs 08/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The hoarding of more than 870 million excess doses of COVID-19 vaccines in just 10 high-income countries is likely to deprive hundreds of millions of healthcare workers and vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries of the opportunity to get even a first vaccine dose, according to a new report by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). […] Continue reading -> After a “Lost Decade” – New WHO Alcohol Action Plan Offers Historic Chance to Address Health Risk to Billions 08/10/2021 Kristina Sperkova Long months of pandemic lockdown have only exacerbated the harms due to alcohol experienced by billions of people worldwide. Now, WHO is in the process of developing a new alcohol action plan, in an effort to re-energize a stagnant process and overcome a “lost decade” of little progress on alcohol policies. Can it make a […] Continue reading -> ‘Constructive Tone’ Now Emerging Among World Trade Organization Members On IP Waiver for COVID Health Products 07/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Discussions over a controversial World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, treatments and other tools, have become more “constructive” said a senior WTO spokesman on Thursday, in a press briefing on the first day of the WTO’s two-day General Council meeting. There has been a “subtle shifting in the direction of […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets 05/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Nineteen countries have been prioritised for support to implement new global targets aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths. This emerged at the launch on Tuesday of the new targets, which were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and their partners in the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiative. UNFPA […] Continue reading -> A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Burning of Fossil Fuels is Killing Us’ – Declares New WHO Climate and Health Report 11/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A sweeping World Health Organization report on Climate and Health, published just ahead of a critical Glasgow climate conference (COP 26) that begins 31 October, has declared that “the burning of fossil fuels is killing us” – the bluntest denunciation to date by the global health agency of societies’ fossil fuel addiction. “Climate change is […] Continue reading -> Medecins Sans Frontieres: 870m Vaccine Doses Being Hoarded by 10 Rich Countries – ‘Tragedy’ for Those Deprived of Jabs 08/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The hoarding of more than 870 million excess doses of COVID-19 vaccines in just 10 high-income countries is likely to deprive hundreds of millions of healthcare workers and vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries of the opportunity to get even a first vaccine dose, according to a new report by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). […] Continue reading -> After a “Lost Decade” – New WHO Alcohol Action Plan Offers Historic Chance to Address Health Risk to Billions 08/10/2021 Kristina Sperkova Long months of pandemic lockdown have only exacerbated the harms due to alcohol experienced by billions of people worldwide. Now, WHO is in the process of developing a new alcohol action plan, in an effort to re-energize a stagnant process and overcome a “lost decade” of little progress on alcohol policies. Can it make a […] Continue reading -> ‘Constructive Tone’ Now Emerging Among World Trade Organization Members On IP Waiver for COVID Health Products 07/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Discussions over a controversial World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, treatments and other tools, have become more “constructive” said a senior WTO spokesman on Thursday, in a press briefing on the first day of the WTO’s two-day General Council meeting. There has been a “subtle shifting in the direction of […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets 05/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Nineteen countries have been prioritised for support to implement new global targets aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths. This emerged at the launch on Tuesday of the new targets, which were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and their partners in the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiative. UNFPA […] Continue reading -> A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Medecins Sans Frontieres: 870m Vaccine Doses Being Hoarded by 10 Rich Countries – ‘Tragedy’ for Those Deprived of Jabs 08/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The hoarding of more than 870 million excess doses of COVID-19 vaccines in just 10 high-income countries is likely to deprive hundreds of millions of healthcare workers and vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries of the opportunity to get even a first vaccine dose, according to a new report by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). […] Continue reading -> After a “Lost Decade” – New WHO Alcohol Action Plan Offers Historic Chance to Address Health Risk to Billions 08/10/2021 Kristina Sperkova Long months of pandemic lockdown have only exacerbated the harms due to alcohol experienced by billions of people worldwide. Now, WHO is in the process of developing a new alcohol action plan, in an effort to re-energize a stagnant process and overcome a “lost decade” of little progress on alcohol policies. Can it make a […] Continue reading -> ‘Constructive Tone’ Now Emerging Among World Trade Organization Members On IP Waiver for COVID Health Products 07/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Discussions over a controversial World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, treatments and other tools, have become more “constructive” said a senior WTO spokesman on Thursday, in a press briefing on the first day of the WTO’s two-day General Council meeting. There has been a “subtle shifting in the direction of […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets 05/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Nineteen countries have been prioritised for support to implement new global targets aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths. This emerged at the launch on Tuesday of the new targets, which were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and their partners in the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiative. UNFPA […] Continue reading -> A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
After a “Lost Decade” – New WHO Alcohol Action Plan Offers Historic Chance to Address Health Risk to Billions 08/10/2021 Kristina Sperkova Long months of pandemic lockdown have only exacerbated the harms due to alcohol experienced by billions of people worldwide. Now, WHO is in the process of developing a new alcohol action plan, in an effort to re-energize a stagnant process and overcome a “lost decade” of little progress on alcohol policies. Can it make a […] Continue reading -> ‘Constructive Tone’ Now Emerging Among World Trade Organization Members On IP Waiver for COVID Health Products 07/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Discussions over a controversial World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, treatments and other tools, have become more “constructive” said a senior WTO spokesman on Thursday, in a press briefing on the first day of the WTO’s two-day General Council meeting. There has been a “subtle shifting in the direction of […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets 05/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Nineteen countries have been prioritised for support to implement new global targets aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths. This emerged at the launch on Tuesday of the new targets, which were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and their partners in the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiative. UNFPA […] Continue reading -> A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Constructive Tone’ Now Emerging Among World Trade Organization Members On IP Waiver for COVID Health Products 07/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Discussions over a controversial World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, treatments and other tools, have become more “constructive” said a senior WTO spokesman on Thursday, in a press briefing on the first day of the WTO’s two-day General Council meeting. There has been a “subtle shifting in the direction of […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets 05/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Nineteen countries have been prioritised for support to implement new global targets aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths. This emerged at the launch on Tuesday of the new targets, which were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and their partners in the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiative. UNFPA […] Continue reading -> A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets 05/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Nineteen countries have been prioritised for support to implement new global targets aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths. This emerged at the launch on Tuesday of the new targets, which were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and their partners in the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiative. UNFPA […] Continue reading -> A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets 05/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Nineteen countries have been prioritised for support to implement new global targets aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths. This emerged at the launch on Tuesday of the new targets, which were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and their partners in the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) initiative. UNFPA […] Continue reading -> A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap? 02/10/2021 Gian Luca Burci The World Health Assembly is set to make a fateful decision in November over whether to negotiate a new international ‘Pandemic Treaty’ to improve future pandemic preparedness and response. However, major players like the United States, backed by some civil society groups, have suggested that revisions of the existing International Health Regulations (IHR) would be […] Continue reading -> New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Social Contract and One Health Approach Critical to Resilient Recovery from COVID Pandemic 01/10/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new social contract between European governments and their citizens is needed to lay the foundation for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with health at the center, said panelists at the closing session of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) on Friday. A focus on ensuring social protection and equitable access […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts