Malawi Battles Worst Cholera Outbreak Ever Amid Ongoing Global Vaccine Shortage 09/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan As Malawi struggles with its biggest-ever cholera outbreak, its response is being hampered by the global shortage of vaccines, warned Dr Patrick Otim Ramadan, World Health Organization (WHO) Africa’s Incident Manager for Regional Cholera Response at a media briefing on Thursday. By Wednesday, Malawi had recorded 40,284 cases and 1,316 deaths, with a case fatality […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Turkey-Syria Earthquake Is World’s Deadliest in Over a Decade 08/02/2023 Stefan Anderson The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week is now the deadliest the world has seen in over a decade. By Wednesday evening, 11,600 people had been confirmed dead. Tens of thousands more are injured. As deaths continue to mount, search and rescue teams from across the world are in a race against the […] Continue reading -> After Years of ‘Pathologising’ Normal Baby Behaviour to Sell Products, Experts Want a Ban on Infant Formula Marketing 08/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Infant formula companies have “pathologised” normal baby behaviour to promote their products, and there should be “an international, legal treaty” to prevent their marketing, according to health experts. In addition, political lobbying by milk formula companies to influence public policy should be sharply curtailed. These are some of the suggestions contained in a three-part series […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Death Toll Could Catch Up to Cancer by 2050, and Pollution is Fuelling its Spread 07/02/2023 Stefan Anderson A new UN Environment report calls for more attention to be focused on the environmental factors fostering the development of strains of drug-resistant bacteria immune to all known antibiotics, known as “superbugs”. By 2050, the UN estimates that up to 10 million deaths could be caused by superbugs and associated forms of antimicrobial resistance, matching […] Continue reading -> As Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria, WHO Extends Refugee Health Plan – Undertakes Traditional Medicine Policy 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan As a second earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday morning, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) member states offered their solidarity during an Executive Board (EB) session that presciently focused on refugees and migrants. The two earthquakes struck within 12 hours, and by Monday evening over 2,600 deaths had been reported, while thousands of people […] Continue reading -> ‘More Talk’ on WHO Replenishment Fund Ahead of May’s Health Assembly 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan A major overhaul of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances is chugging ahead after member states at Monday’s Executive Board meeting agreed that the reform proposals – including the mooted replenishment fund to bolster the global body’s core finances – will be taken to the World Health Assembly in May. However, some member states expressed […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Fires Back in Clash with Russia 04/02/2023 John Heilprin The Russian delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) called the report on the work of the UN health agency’s response to the Ukraine war “politicised,” prompting a spirited defense from the agency chief. Russia pressured the UN health agency to revise a report related to its emergency response in Ukraine, prompting […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Turkey-Syria Earthquake Is World’s Deadliest in Over a Decade 08/02/2023 Stefan Anderson The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week is now the deadliest the world has seen in over a decade. By Wednesday evening, 11,600 people had been confirmed dead. Tens of thousands more are injured. As deaths continue to mount, search and rescue teams from across the world are in a race against the […] Continue reading -> After Years of ‘Pathologising’ Normal Baby Behaviour to Sell Products, Experts Want a Ban on Infant Formula Marketing 08/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Infant formula companies have “pathologised” normal baby behaviour to promote their products, and there should be “an international, legal treaty” to prevent their marketing, according to health experts. In addition, political lobbying by milk formula companies to influence public policy should be sharply curtailed. These are some of the suggestions contained in a three-part series […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Death Toll Could Catch Up to Cancer by 2050, and Pollution is Fuelling its Spread 07/02/2023 Stefan Anderson A new UN Environment report calls for more attention to be focused on the environmental factors fostering the development of strains of drug-resistant bacteria immune to all known antibiotics, known as “superbugs”. By 2050, the UN estimates that up to 10 million deaths could be caused by superbugs and associated forms of antimicrobial resistance, matching […] Continue reading -> As Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria, WHO Extends Refugee Health Plan – Undertakes Traditional Medicine Policy 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan As a second earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday morning, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) member states offered their solidarity during an Executive Board (EB) session that presciently focused on refugees and migrants. The two earthquakes struck within 12 hours, and by Monday evening over 2,600 deaths had been reported, while thousands of people […] Continue reading -> ‘More Talk’ on WHO Replenishment Fund Ahead of May’s Health Assembly 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan A major overhaul of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances is chugging ahead after member states at Monday’s Executive Board meeting agreed that the reform proposals – including the mooted replenishment fund to bolster the global body’s core finances – will be taken to the World Health Assembly in May. However, some member states expressed […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Fires Back in Clash with Russia 04/02/2023 John Heilprin The Russian delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) called the report on the work of the UN health agency’s response to the Ukraine war “politicised,” prompting a spirited defense from the agency chief. Russia pressured the UN health agency to revise a report related to its emergency response in Ukraine, prompting […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Turkey-Syria Earthquake Is World’s Deadliest in Over a Decade 08/02/2023 Stefan Anderson The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week is now the deadliest the world has seen in over a decade. By Wednesday evening, 11,600 people had been confirmed dead. Tens of thousands more are injured. As deaths continue to mount, search and rescue teams from across the world are in a race against the […] Continue reading -> After Years of ‘Pathologising’ Normal Baby Behaviour to Sell Products, Experts Want a Ban on Infant Formula Marketing 08/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Infant formula companies have “pathologised” normal baby behaviour to promote their products, and there should be “an international, legal treaty” to prevent their marketing, according to health experts. In addition, political lobbying by milk formula companies to influence public policy should be sharply curtailed. These are some of the suggestions contained in a three-part series […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Death Toll Could Catch Up to Cancer by 2050, and Pollution is Fuelling its Spread 07/02/2023 Stefan Anderson A new UN Environment report calls for more attention to be focused on the environmental factors fostering the development of strains of drug-resistant bacteria immune to all known antibiotics, known as “superbugs”. By 2050, the UN estimates that up to 10 million deaths could be caused by superbugs and associated forms of antimicrobial resistance, matching […] Continue reading -> As Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria, WHO Extends Refugee Health Plan – Undertakes Traditional Medicine Policy 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan As a second earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday morning, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) member states offered their solidarity during an Executive Board (EB) session that presciently focused on refugees and migrants. The two earthquakes struck within 12 hours, and by Monday evening over 2,600 deaths had been reported, while thousands of people […] Continue reading -> ‘More Talk’ on WHO Replenishment Fund Ahead of May’s Health Assembly 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan A major overhaul of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances is chugging ahead after member states at Monday’s Executive Board meeting agreed that the reform proposals – including the mooted replenishment fund to bolster the global body’s core finances – will be taken to the World Health Assembly in May. However, some member states expressed […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Fires Back in Clash with Russia 04/02/2023 John Heilprin The Russian delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) called the report on the work of the UN health agency’s response to the Ukraine war “politicised,” prompting a spirited defense from the agency chief. Russia pressured the UN health agency to revise a report related to its emergency response in Ukraine, prompting […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
After Years of ‘Pathologising’ Normal Baby Behaviour to Sell Products, Experts Want a Ban on Infant Formula Marketing 08/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Infant formula companies have “pathologised” normal baby behaviour to promote their products, and there should be “an international, legal treaty” to prevent their marketing, according to health experts. In addition, political lobbying by milk formula companies to influence public policy should be sharply curtailed. These are some of the suggestions contained in a three-part series […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Death Toll Could Catch Up to Cancer by 2050, and Pollution is Fuelling its Spread 07/02/2023 Stefan Anderson A new UN Environment report calls for more attention to be focused on the environmental factors fostering the development of strains of drug-resistant bacteria immune to all known antibiotics, known as “superbugs”. By 2050, the UN estimates that up to 10 million deaths could be caused by superbugs and associated forms of antimicrobial resistance, matching […] Continue reading -> As Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria, WHO Extends Refugee Health Plan – Undertakes Traditional Medicine Policy 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan As a second earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday morning, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) member states offered their solidarity during an Executive Board (EB) session that presciently focused on refugees and migrants. The two earthquakes struck within 12 hours, and by Monday evening over 2,600 deaths had been reported, while thousands of people […] Continue reading -> ‘More Talk’ on WHO Replenishment Fund Ahead of May’s Health Assembly 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan A major overhaul of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances is chugging ahead after member states at Monday’s Executive Board meeting agreed that the reform proposals – including the mooted replenishment fund to bolster the global body’s core finances – will be taken to the World Health Assembly in May. However, some member states expressed […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Fires Back in Clash with Russia 04/02/2023 John Heilprin The Russian delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) called the report on the work of the UN health agency’s response to the Ukraine war “politicised,” prompting a spirited defense from the agency chief. Russia pressured the UN health agency to revise a report related to its emergency response in Ukraine, prompting […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Antimicrobial Resistance Death Toll Could Catch Up to Cancer by 2050, and Pollution is Fuelling its Spread 07/02/2023 Stefan Anderson A new UN Environment report calls for more attention to be focused on the environmental factors fostering the development of strains of drug-resistant bacteria immune to all known antibiotics, known as “superbugs”. By 2050, the UN estimates that up to 10 million deaths could be caused by superbugs and associated forms of antimicrobial resistance, matching […] Continue reading -> As Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria, WHO Extends Refugee Health Plan – Undertakes Traditional Medicine Policy 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan As a second earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday morning, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) member states offered their solidarity during an Executive Board (EB) session that presciently focused on refugees and migrants. The two earthquakes struck within 12 hours, and by Monday evening over 2,600 deaths had been reported, while thousands of people […] Continue reading -> ‘More Talk’ on WHO Replenishment Fund Ahead of May’s Health Assembly 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan A major overhaul of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances is chugging ahead after member states at Monday’s Executive Board meeting agreed that the reform proposals – including the mooted replenishment fund to bolster the global body’s core finances – will be taken to the World Health Assembly in May. However, some member states expressed […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Fires Back in Clash with Russia 04/02/2023 John Heilprin The Russian delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) called the report on the work of the UN health agency’s response to the Ukraine war “politicised,” prompting a spirited defense from the agency chief. Russia pressured the UN health agency to revise a report related to its emergency response in Ukraine, prompting […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria, WHO Extends Refugee Health Plan – Undertakes Traditional Medicine Policy 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan As a second earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday morning, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) member states offered their solidarity during an Executive Board (EB) session that presciently focused on refugees and migrants. The two earthquakes struck within 12 hours, and by Monday evening over 2,600 deaths had been reported, while thousands of people […] Continue reading -> ‘More Talk’ on WHO Replenishment Fund Ahead of May’s Health Assembly 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan A major overhaul of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances is chugging ahead after member states at Monday’s Executive Board meeting agreed that the reform proposals – including the mooted replenishment fund to bolster the global body’s core finances – will be taken to the World Health Assembly in May. However, some member states expressed […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Fires Back in Clash with Russia 04/02/2023 John Heilprin The Russian delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) called the report on the work of the UN health agency’s response to the Ukraine war “politicised,” prompting a spirited defense from the agency chief. Russia pressured the UN health agency to revise a report related to its emergency response in Ukraine, prompting […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘More Talk’ on WHO Replenishment Fund Ahead of May’s Health Assembly 06/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan A major overhaul of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances is chugging ahead after member states at Monday’s Executive Board meeting agreed that the reform proposals – including the mooted replenishment fund to bolster the global body’s core finances – will be taken to the World Health Assembly in May. However, some member states expressed […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Fires Back in Clash with Russia 04/02/2023 John Heilprin The Russian delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) called the report on the work of the UN health agency’s response to the Ukraine war “politicised,” prompting a spirited defense from the agency chief. Russia pressured the UN health agency to revise a report related to its emergency response in Ukraine, prompting […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Chief Fires Back in Clash with Russia 04/02/2023 John Heilprin The Russian delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) called the report on the work of the UN health agency’s response to the Ukraine war “politicised,” prompting a spirited defense from the agency chief. Russia pressured the UN health agency to revise a report related to its emergency response in Ukraine, prompting […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO EB Greenlights Evaluation of Countries’ Work to Curb Fake Medicines, in Wake of Child Deaths 03/02/2023 Megha Kaveri World Health Organization’s Executive Board (EB) has gotten behind the rollout of an independent evaluation of the agency’s member state mechanism addressing falsified and substandard medical products in order to see how surveillance and enforcement of production standards could be improved. The initiative, which now needs to go to the World Health Assembly in May, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts