Call for Swift Actions to Counter the Emerging Threat of e-cigarettes at WHO Board 25/01/2024 Paul Adepoju World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lauded the success of tobacco control measures at the Wednesday evening session of the Executive Board meeting, but expressed concerns about the growing use of harmful products like e-cigarettes among youth. He urged member states, “to take swift action to counter this emerging threat” of children […] Continue reading -> Universal Health Coverage Has Wide Support But is Undermined by Lack of Financing and Health Workers 25/01/2024 Disha Shetty The World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board discussed ways to deliver Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on Wednesday, and while most member states expressed support for UHC, they highlighted bottlenecks of lack of finance and trained healthcare workers for being off track with its implementation. In its report to the board, the WHO estimated that over […] Continue reading -> WHO’s New Regional Appointments Are Historic – and Controversial 23/01/2024 Disha Shetty The World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board confirmed the appointment of three new regional directors on Tuesday, which are both controversial and historic. The election of Saima Wazed, the daughter of Bangladesh’s prime minister, to lead the South-East Asia region has already been mired in allegations of nepotism. Tonga’s Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala steps into his […] Continue reading -> No Agreement on How to Address WHO Regional Election Differences 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Variation between the six regions of the World Health Organization (WHO) on how their regional directors are nominated – and whether these should be standardised – generated substantial discussion at the body’s executive board (EB) meeting on Tuesday. A report from the WHO’s legal counsel on regional nominations noted key areas where a lack of […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Investor Round’ Gets Enthusiastic Support as Route to Sustainable Funding 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan By hosting a high-level “investor round” to raise flexible funding for its operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) will address one of its “greatest overall risks, namely dependency on the very few number of donors”. This is according to Germany’s Björn Kümmel, chair of the WHO Working Group on Sustainable Financing, who told the WHO’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> New Global Alliance Pledges $55 million to Boost Women’s Health 19/01/2024 Disha Shetty The final hours of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday saw the launch of a new Global Alliance for Women’s Health which has the broad ambition of, “re-shaping the future of women’s health and the global economy.” So far 42 organizations have expressed interest in joining the alliance, including government leaders and representatives from […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Universal Health Coverage Has Wide Support But is Undermined by Lack of Financing and Health Workers 25/01/2024 Disha Shetty The World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board discussed ways to deliver Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on Wednesday, and while most member states expressed support for UHC, they highlighted bottlenecks of lack of finance and trained healthcare workers for being off track with its implementation. In its report to the board, the WHO estimated that over […] Continue reading -> WHO’s New Regional Appointments Are Historic – and Controversial 23/01/2024 Disha Shetty The World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board confirmed the appointment of three new regional directors on Tuesday, which are both controversial and historic. The election of Saima Wazed, the daughter of Bangladesh’s prime minister, to lead the South-East Asia region has already been mired in allegations of nepotism. Tonga’s Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala steps into his […] Continue reading -> No Agreement on How to Address WHO Regional Election Differences 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Variation between the six regions of the World Health Organization (WHO) on how their regional directors are nominated – and whether these should be standardised – generated substantial discussion at the body’s executive board (EB) meeting on Tuesday. A report from the WHO’s legal counsel on regional nominations noted key areas where a lack of […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Investor Round’ Gets Enthusiastic Support as Route to Sustainable Funding 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan By hosting a high-level “investor round” to raise flexible funding for its operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) will address one of its “greatest overall risks, namely dependency on the very few number of donors”. This is according to Germany’s Björn Kümmel, chair of the WHO Working Group on Sustainable Financing, who told the WHO’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> New Global Alliance Pledges $55 million to Boost Women’s Health 19/01/2024 Disha Shetty The final hours of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday saw the launch of a new Global Alliance for Women’s Health which has the broad ambition of, “re-shaping the future of women’s health and the global economy.” So far 42 organizations have expressed interest in joining the alliance, including government leaders and representatives from […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO’s New Regional Appointments Are Historic – and Controversial 23/01/2024 Disha Shetty The World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board confirmed the appointment of three new regional directors on Tuesday, which are both controversial and historic. The election of Saima Wazed, the daughter of Bangladesh’s prime minister, to lead the South-East Asia region has already been mired in allegations of nepotism. Tonga’s Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala steps into his […] Continue reading -> No Agreement on How to Address WHO Regional Election Differences 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Variation between the six regions of the World Health Organization (WHO) on how their regional directors are nominated – and whether these should be standardised – generated substantial discussion at the body’s executive board (EB) meeting on Tuesday. A report from the WHO’s legal counsel on regional nominations noted key areas where a lack of […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Investor Round’ Gets Enthusiastic Support as Route to Sustainable Funding 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan By hosting a high-level “investor round” to raise flexible funding for its operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) will address one of its “greatest overall risks, namely dependency on the very few number of donors”. This is according to Germany’s Björn Kümmel, chair of the WHO Working Group on Sustainable Financing, who told the WHO’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> New Global Alliance Pledges $55 million to Boost Women’s Health 19/01/2024 Disha Shetty The final hours of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday saw the launch of a new Global Alliance for Women’s Health which has the broad ambition of, “re-shaping the future of women’s health and the global economy.” So far 42 organizations have expressed interest in joining the alliance, including government leaders and representatives from […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
No Agreement on How to Address WHO Regional Election Differences 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Variation between the six regions of the World Health Organization (WHO) on how their regional directors are nominated – and whether these should be standardised – generated substantial discussion at the body’s executive board (EB) meeting on Tuesday. A report from the WHO’s legal counsel on regional nominations noted key areas where a lack of […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Investor Round’ Gets Enthusiastic Support as Route to Sustainable Funding 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan By hosting a high-level “investor round” to raise flexible funding for its operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) will address one of its “greatest overall risks, namely dependency on the very few number of donors”. This is according to Germany’s Björn Kümmel, chair of the WHO Working Group on Sustainable Financing, who told the WHO’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> New Global Alliance Pledges $55 million to Boost Women’s Health 19/01/2024 Disha Shetty The final hours of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday saw the launch of a new Global Alliance for Women’s Health which has the broad ambition of, “re-shaping the future of women’s health and the global economy.” So far 42 organizations have expressed interest in joining the alliance, including government leaders and representatives from […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO ‘Investor Round’ Gets Enthusiastic Support as Route to Sustainable Funding 23/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan By hosting a high-level “investor round” to raise flexible funding for its operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) will address one of its “greatest overall risks, namely dependency on the very few number of donors”. This is according to Germany’s Björn Kümmel, chair of the WHO Working Group on Sustainable Financing, who told the WHO’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> New Global Alliance Pledges $55 million to Boost Women’s Health 19/01/2024 Disha Shetty The final hours of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday saw the launch of a new Global Alliance for Women’s Health which has the broad ambition of, “re-shaping the future of women’s health and the global economy.” So far 42 organizations have expressed interest in joining the alliance, including government leaders and representatives from […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> New Global Alliance Pledges $55 million to Boost Women’s Health 19/01/2024 Disha Shetty The final hours of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday saw the launch of a new Global Alliance for Women’s Health which has the broad ambition of, “re-shaping the future of women’s health and the global economy.” So far 42 organizations have expressed interest in joining the alliance, including government leaders and representatives from […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Experts Convene in Davos to Tackle Growing Brain Health Crisis 20/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman There will be close to 10 billion people in the world by 2050, and if the World Health Organization estimates are correct, as many as 22% of them – or 22 billion people – will be over 60. A separate study by American doctors found that by that same year, the number of people living […] Continue reading -> New Global Alliance Pledges $55 million to Boost Women’s Health 19/01/2024 Disha Shetty The final hours of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday saw the launch of a new Global Alliance for Women’s Health which has the broad ambition of, “re-shaping the future of women’s health and the global economy.” So far 42 organizations have expressed interest in joining the alliance, including government leaders and representatives from […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Global Alliance Pledges $55 million to Boost Women’s Health 19/01/2024 Disha Shetty The final hours of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday saw the launch of a new Global Alliance for Women’s Health which has the broad ambition of, “re-shaping the future of women’s health and the global economy.” So far 42 organizations have expressed interest in joining the alliance, including government leaders and representatives from […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Pandemic Accord: The Final Stretch Begins 19/01/2024 Daniela Morich As we approach the final months of member-state negotiations over a World Health Organization Pandemic Accord, due to come before the World Health Assembly in May, the efforts to forge a consensus have witnessed modest progress. However, the original divide between developed and developing countries on key issues such as finance, access and benefit sharing, […] Continue reading -> At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
At Davos, Lessons from COVID Help Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 18/01/2024 Disha Shetty Improving disease surveillance, strengthening primary healthcare, and being able to expand quickly during a crisis are some of the important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to ‘Disease X’, according to health experts speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Disease X is a placeholder for unknown diseases,” […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts