More Kawasaki Disease In Italian Children With ‘Strong’ Link To COVID-19, Reports Lancet Study 15/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Children are 30 times more likely to experience Kawasaki-like disease in Bergamo, Italy’s epicentre of infections and deaths, reported a Lancet study of 29 children on Wednesday. The SARS-CoV-2 virus could trigger symptoms similar to those of a severe cardiovascular illness called Kawasaki disease. While there were 19 cases of Kawasaki disease in the past […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Food Insecurity: An Additional 135 Million People Worldwide Will Be Undernourished 14/05/2020 Tsering Lhamo An additional 135 million people globally will be unable to feed themselves if measures are not put in place to ensure food security, said World Food Programme Regional Director for West and Central Africa Chris Nikoi, in a regular press briefing on Thursday. In the WHO African region, an extra 22 million people will be […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Fighting Misinformation During COVID-19 14/05/2020 Howard Catton On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale on Tuesday, we marked International Nurses Day, a day for the world to focus on the invaluable role that nurses play in our society. They not only have a tremendous role in health settings but are also crucial for the economic wellbeing and national security […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Near Accord On Resolution For COVID-19 Response; Advocacy Groups Ask – Will It Have Teeth….Or Not? 13/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states were close to an agreement Wednesday evening on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to the upcoming World Health Assembly. If approved, it would pave the way for coordinated planning by the global health community to ensure wide and equitable access by people worldwide to COVID-19 medicines […] Continue reading -> Life Expectancy Increased, But COVID-19 Threatens Gains 13/05/2020 Grace Ren Life expectancy has increased, particularly in low income countries, but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track, according to the World Health Organization’s annual roundup of worldwide disease and mortality trends. “The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Events Series Kicks Off Thursday 13/05/2020 Editorial team Health Policy Watch is the media partner for the Geneva Graduate Institute – Global Health Centre series of World Health Assembly events, running Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. The series of events is built around themes relevant to the 73rd session of the WHA, 18-19 May, the first ever Assembly to bring together the World […] Continue reading -> Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Food Insecurity: An Additional 135 Million People Worldwide Will Be Undernourished 14/05/2020 Tsering Lhamo An additional 135 million people globally will be unable to feed themselves if measures are not put in place to ensure food security, said World Food Programme Regional Director for West and Central Africa Chris Nikoi, in a regular press briefing on Thursday. In the WHO African region, an extra 22 million people will be […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Fighting Misinformation During COVID-19 14/05/2020 Howard Catton On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale on Tuesday, we marked International Nurses Day, a day for the world to focus on the invaluable role that nurses play in our society. They not only have a tremendous role in health settings but are also crucial for the economic wellbeing and national security […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Near Accord On Resolution For COVID-19 Response; Advocacy Groups Ask – Will It Have Teeth….Or Not? 13/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states were close to an agreement Wednesday evening on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to the upcoming World Health Assembly. If approved, it would pave the way for coordinated planning by the global health community to ensure wide and equitable access by people worldwide to COVID-19 medicines […] Continue reading -> Life Expectancy Increased, But COVID-19 Threatens Gains 13/05/2020 Grace Ren Life expectancy has increased, particularly in low income countries, but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track, according to the World Health Organization’s annual roundup of worldwide disease and mortality trends. “The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Events Series Kicks Off Thursday 13/05/2020 Editorial team Health Policy Watch is the media partner for the Geneva Graduate Institute – Global Health Centre series of World Health Assembly events, running Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. The series of events is built around themes relevant to the 73rd session of the WHA, 18-19 May, the first ever Assembly to bring together the World […] Continue reading -> Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Fighting Misinformation During COVID-19 14/05/2020 Howard Catton On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale on Tuesday, we marked International Nurses Day, a day for the world to focus on the invaluable role that nurses play in our society. They not only have a tremendous role in health settings but are also crucial for the economic wellbeing and national security […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Near Accord On Resolution For COVID-19 Response; Advocacy Groups Ask – Will It Have Teeth….Or Not? 13/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states were close to an agreement Wednesday evening on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to the upcoming World Health Assembly. If approved, it would pave the way for coordinated planning by the global health community to ensure wide and equitable access by people worldwide to COVID-19 medicines […] Continue reading -> Life Expectancy Increased, But COVID-19 Threatens Gains 13/05/2020 Grace Ren Life expectancy has increased, particularly in low income countries, but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track, according to the World Health Organization’s annual roundup of worldwide disease and mortality trends. “The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Events Series Kicks Off Thursday 13/05/2020 Editorial team Health Policy Watch is the media partner for the Geneva Graduate Institute – Global Health Centre series of World Health Assembly events, running Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. The series of events is built around themes relevant to the 73rd session of the WHA, 18-19 May, the first ever Assembly to bring together the World […] Continue reading -> Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Fighting Misinformation During COVID-19 14/05/2020 Howard Catton On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale on Tuesday, we marked International Nurses Day, a day for the world to focus on the invaluable role that nurses play in our society. They not only have a tremendous role in health settings but are also crucial for the economic wellbeing and national security […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Near Accord On Resolution For COVID-19 Response; Advocacy Groups Ask – Will It Have Teeth….Or Not? 13/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states were close to an agreement Wednesday evening on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to the upcoming World Health Assembly. If approved, it would pave the way for coordinated planning by the global health community to ensure wide and equitable access by people worldwide to COVID-19 medicines […] Continue reading -> Life Expectancy Increased, But COVID-19 Threatens Gains 13/05/2020 Grace Ren Life expectancy has increased, particularly in low income countries, but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track, according to the World Health Organization’s annual roundup of worldwide disease and mortality trends. “The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Events Series Kicks Off Thursday 13/05/2020 Editorial team Health Policy Watch is the media partner for the Geneva Graduate Institute – Global Health Centre series of World Health Assembly events, running Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. The series of events is built around themes relevant to the 73rd session of the WHA, 18-19 May, the first ever Assembly to bring together the World […] Continue reading -> Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Fighting Misinformation During COVID-19 14/05/2020 Howard Catton On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale on Tuesday, we marked International Nurses Day, a day for the world to focus on the invaluable role that nurses play in our society. They not only have a tremendous role in health settings but are also crucial for the economic wellbeing and national security […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Near Accord On Resolution For COVID-19 Response; Advocacy Groups Ask – Will It Have Teeth….Or Not? 13/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states were close to an agreement Wednesday evening on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to the upcoming World Health Assembly. If approved, it would pave the way for coordinated planning by the global health community to ensure wide and equitable access by people worldwide to COVID-19 medicines […] Continue reading -> Life Expectancy Increased, But COVID-19 Threatens Gains 13/05/2020 Grace Ren Life expectancy has increased, particularly in low income countries, but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track, according to the World Health Organization’s annual roundup of worldwide disease and mortality trends. “The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Events Series Kicks Off Thursday 13/05/2020 Editorial team Health Policy Watch is the media partner for the Geneva Graduate Institute – Global Health Centre series of World Health Assembly events, running Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. The series of events is built around themes relevant to the 73rd session of the WHA, 18-19 May, the first ever Assembly to bring together the World […] Continue reading -> Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Member States Near Accord On Resolution For COVID-19 Response; Advocacy Groups Ask – Will It Have Teeth….Or Not? 13/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states were close to an agreement Wednesday evening on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to the upcoming World Health Assembly. If approved, it would pave the way for coordinated planning by the global health community to ensure wide and equitable access by people worldwide to COVID-19 medicines […] Continue reading -> Life Expectancy Increased, But COVID-19 Threatens Gains 13/05/2020 Grace Ren Life expectancy has increased, particularly in low income countries, but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track, according to the World Health Organization’s annual roundup of worldwide disease and mortality trends. “The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Events Series Kicks Off Thursday 13/05/2020 Editorial team Health Policy Watch is the media partner for the Geneva Graduate Institute – Global Health Centre series of World Health Assembly events, running Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. The series of events is built around themes relevant to the 73rd session of the WHA, 18-19 May, the first ever Assembly to bring together the World […] Continue reading -> Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Life Expectancy Increased, But COVID-19 Threatens Gains 13/05/2020 Grace Ren Life expectancy has increased, particularly in low income countries, but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track, according to the World Health Organization’s annual roundup of worldwide disease and mortality trends. “The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Events Series Kicks Off Thursday 13/05/2020 Editorial team Health Policy Watch is the media partner for the Geneva Graduate Institute – Global Health Centre series of World Health Assembly events, running Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. The series of events is built around themes relevant to the 73rd session of the WHA, 18-19 May, the first ever Assembly to bring together the World […] Continue reading -> Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Assembly Events Series Kicks Off Thursday 13/05/2020 Editorial team Health Policy Watch is the media partner for the Geneva Graduate Institute – Global Health Centre series of World Health Assembly events, running Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. The series of events is built around themes relevant to the 73rd session of the WHA, 18-19 May, the first ever Assembly to bring together the World […] Continue reading -> Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Taiwan – The Contested Bone Of Global Health Diplomacy Amid Pandemic Mayhem 12/05/2020 Kyra Dupont/Geneva Solutions Over a dozen World Health Organization Member States have proposed inviting Taiwan as an observer to the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place virtually on May 18 and 19. The US-inspired move is formally led by a number of small countries and island states in Africa, central America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. […] Continue reading -> Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Swelling Bloc Of WHO Member States Proposes Invitation To Taiwan For May 18 World Health Assembly 11/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 13 Member States have now submitted a formal proposal to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to extend an invitation to Taiwan to attend the Assembly as an observer – a status that it has not held since 2016, according to WHO documents. The move, while initiated by the Central American state of Belize, essentially […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts