Europeans May Have to Sleep Under Mosquito Nets as Climate Change Alters Disease Patterns 03/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman Children sick with malaria, adults in bed with fevers and rashes as a result of the Zika virus, tick-borne illnesses – all of these diseases are on the rise as a result of climate change, according to Valérie D’Acremont of the University of Lausanne. She spoke on Tuesday at the Geneva Health Forum during a […] Continue reading -> Funding and Education Are Key to Effective Implementation of ‘One Health’ Agenda 03/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman More accessible funding will be required for the international community to implement a broad One Health approach, scientist Lisa Crump of the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) told Health Policy Watch on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the Geneva Health Forum’s (GHF) kick-off discussion, “One Health: is there a paradigm shift?” Crump said that “we […] Continue reading -> ‘Making Pandemics’: Deforestation is Laying Groundwork for Next Global Health Crisis 03/05/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher When we think about the critical drivers of disease prevention and control – we need to stop thinking only about medicines, vaccines and diagnostics. In fact some of the most important forms of disease control can be found in forests – which harbor thousands of pathogens, known and unknown in relative isolation from humans and […] Continue reading -> Digital Marketing Now Dominates Advertising of Breast-Milk Substitutes – Undermining Breast Feeding 02/05/2022 Raisa Santos Digital ads for breast-milk substitutes are now one of the most popular and effective marketing strategies – negatively impacting breastfeeding practices, according to a new report published Friday by the World Health Organization. The report, ‘Scope and impact of digital marketing strategies for promoting breastmilk substitutes’, found that digital marketing of infant formulas has increased […] Continue reading -> Reducing Newborn Deaths in Uganda and Beyond Through Real-Time Temperature Monitoring 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab 3-5 May will showcase over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. The Autothermo device for continuous, real-time temperature monitoring is one of the innovations being featured there. Early detection of patients’ temperature changes, especially in the case of newborns who lack adequate temperature control, can […] Continue reading -> Fatal Outcomes for Two Confirmed Ebola Cases in DRC as Africa Strives to Reboot Immunization Strategies for COVID and Beyond 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju In DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, the two people with confirmed cases are dead and response is focusing on identifying and vaccinating contacts – because of insufficient doses to conduct a mass vaccination campaign in the outbreak area. Meanwhile, public health officials are trying to reboot Africa’s mainstream immunization programmes, which saw setbacks during the […] Continue reading -> Senior WHO Leadership Reshuffle Expected after Member States Agree on New Financing Formula for Global Health Agency 28/04/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A core group of WHO member states have agreed on a landmark move to boost their annual “assessed” contributions to the global health organization to cover 50% of its core budget needs by 2028-2029 – but contingent on internal WHO reforms to boost efficiency and transparency. Partly in response to the reform call, a reshuffle […] Continue reading -> Smart Cervical Cancer Screening Devices Could Make Early Detection a Global Reality 28/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading -> 79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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Funding and Education Are Key to Effective Implementation of ‘One Health’ Agenda 03/05/2022 Maayan Hoffman More accessible funding will be required for the international community to implement a broad One Health approach, scientist Lisa Crump of the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) told Health Policy Watch on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the Geneva Health Forum’s (GHF) kick-off discussion, “One Health: is there a paradigm shift?” Crump said that “we […] Continue reading -> ‘Making Pandemics’: Deforestation is Laying Groundwork for Next Global Health Crisis 03/05/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher When we think about the critical drivers of disease prevention and control – we need to stop thinking only about medicines, vaccines and diagnostics. In fact some of the most important forms of disease control can be found in forests – which harbor thousands of pathogens, known and unknown in relative isolation from humans and […] Continue reading -> Digital Marketing Now Dominates Advertising of Breast-Milk Substitutes – Undermining Breast Feeding 02/05/2022 Raisa Santos Digital ads for breast-milk substitutes are now one of the most popular and effective marketing strategies – negatively impacting breastfeeding practices, according to a new report published Friday by the World Health Organization. The report, ‘Scope and impact of digital marketing strategies for promoting breastmilk substitutes’, found that digital marketing of infant formulas has increased […] Continue reading -> Reducing Newborn Deaths in Uganda and Beyond Through Real-Time Temperature Monitoring 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab 3-5 May will showcase over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. The Autothermo device for continuous, real-time temperature monitoring is one of the innovations being featured there. Early detection of patients’ temperature changes, especially in the case of newborns who lack adequate temperature control, can […] Continue reading -> Fatal Outcomes for Two Confirmed Ebola Cases in DRC as Africa Strives to Reboot Immunization Strategies for COVID and Beyond 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju In DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, the two people with confirmed cases are dead and response is focusing on identifying and vaccinating contacts – because of insufficient doses to conduct a mass vaccination campaign in the outbreak area. Meanwhile, public health officials are trying to reboot Africa’s mainstream immunization programmes, which saw setbacks during the […] Continue reading -> Senior WHO Leadership Reshuffle Expected after Member States Agree on New Financing Formula for Global Health Agency 28/04/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A core group of WHO member states have agreed on a landmark move to boost their annual “assessed” contributions to the global health organization to cover 50% of its core budget needs by 2028-2029 – but contingent on internal WHO reforms to boost efficiency and transparency. Partly in response to the reform call, a reshuffle […] Continue reading -> Smart Cervical Cancer Screening Devices Could Make Early Detection a Global Reality 28/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading -> 79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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‘Making Pandemics’: Deforestation is Laying Groundwork for Next Global Health Crisis 03/05/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher When we think about the critical drivers of disease prevention and control – we need to stop thinking only about medicines, vaccines and diagnostics. In fact some of the most important forms of disease control can be found in forests – which harbor thousands of pathogens, known and unknown in relative isolation from humans and […] Continue reading -> Digital Marketing Now Dominates Advertising of Breast-Milk Substitutes – Undermining Breast Feeding 02/05/2022 Raisa Santos Digital ads for breast-milk substitutes are now one of the most popular and effective marketing strategies – negatively impacting breastfeeding practices, according to a new report published Friday by the World Health Organization. The report, ‘Scope and impact of digital marketing strategies for promoting breastmilk substitutes’, found that digital marketing of infant formulas has increased […] Continue reading -> Reducing Newborn Deaths in Uganda and Beyond Through Real-Time Temperature Monitoring 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab 3-5 May will showcase over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. The Autothermo device for continuous, real-time temperature monitoring is one of the innovations being featured there. Early detection of patients’ temperature changes, especially in the case of newborns who lack adequate temperature control, can […] Continue reading -> Fatal Outcomes for Two Confirmed Ebola Cases in DRC as Africa Strives to Reboot Immunization Strategies for COVID and Beyond 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju In DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, the two people with confirmed cases are dead and response is focusing on identifying and vaccinating contacts – because of insufficient doses to conduct a mass vaccination campaign in the outbreak area. Meanwhile, public health officials are trying to reboot Africa’s mainstream immunization programmes, which saw setbacks during the […] Continue reading -> Senior WHO Leadership Reshuffle Expected after Member States Agree on New Financing Formula for Global Health Agency 28/04/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A core group of WHO member states have agreed on a landmark move to boost their annual “assessed” contributions to the global health organization to cover 50% of its core budget needs by 2028-2029 – but contingent on internal WHO reforms to boost efficiency and transparency. Partly in response to the reform call, a reshuffle […] Continue reading -> Smart Cervical Cancer Screening Devices Could Make Early Detection a Global Reality 28/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading -> 79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Digital Marketing Now Dominates Advertising of Breast-Milk Substitutes – Undermining Breast Feeding 02/05/2022 Raisa Santos Digital ads for breast-milk substitutes are now one of the most popular and effective marketing strategies – negatively impacting breastfeeding practices, according to a new report published Friday by the World Health Organization. The report, ‘Scope and impact of digital marketing strategies for promoting breastmilk substitutes’, found that digital marketing of infant formulas has increased […] Continue reading -> Reducing Newborn Deaths in Uganda and Beyond Through Real-Time Temperature Monitoring 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab 3-5 May will showcase over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. The Autothermo device for continuous, real-time temperature monitoring is one of the innovations being featured there. Early detection of patients’ temperature changes, especially in the case of newborns who lack adequate temperature control, can […] Continue reading -> Fatal Outcomes for Two Confirmed Ebola Cases in DRC as Africa Strives to Reboot Immunization Strategies for COVID and Beyond 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju In DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, the two people with confirmed cases are dead and response is focusing on identifying and vaccinating contacts – because of insufficient doses to conduct a mass vaccination campaign in the outbreak area. Meanwhile, public health officials are trying to reboot Africa’s mainstream immunization programmes, which saw setbacks during the […] Continue reading -> Senior WHO Leadership Reshuffle Expected after Member States Agree on New Financing Formula for Global Health Agency 28/04/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A core group of WHO member states have agreed on a landmark move to boost their annual “assessed” contributions to the global health organization to cover 50% of its core budget needs by 2028-2029 – but contingent on internal WHO reforms to boost efficiency and transparency. Partly in response to the reform call, a reshuffle […] Continue reading -> Smart Cervical Cancer Screening Devices Could Make Early Detection a Global Reality 28/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading -> 79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Reducing Newborn Deaths in Uganda and Beyond Through Real-Time Temperature Monitoring 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju Geneva Health Forum’s Global Health Lab 3-5 May will showcase over 100 new diagnostics and treatment tools designed for resource-constrained settings. The Autothermo device for continuous, real-time temperature monitoring is one of the innovations being featured there. Early detection of patients’ temperature changes, especially in the case of newborns who lack adequate temperature control, can […] Continue reading -> Fatal Outcomes for Two Confirmed Ebola Cases in DRC as Africa Strives to Reboot Immunization Strategies for COVID and Beyond 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju In DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, the two people with confirmed cases are dead and response is focusing on identifying and vaccinating contacts – because of insufficient doses to conduct a mass vaccination campaign in the outbreak area. Meanwhile, public health officials are trying to reboot Africa’s mainstream immunization programmes, which saw setbacks during the […] Continue reading -> Senior WHO Leadership Reshuffle Expected after Member States Agree on New Financing Formula for Global Health Agency 28/04/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A core group of WHO member states have agreed on a landmark move to boost their annual “assessed” contributions to the global health organization to cover 50% of its core budget needs by 2028-2029 – but contingent on internal WHO reforms to boost efficiency and transparency. Partly in response to the reform call, a reshuffle […] Continue reading -> Smart Cervical Cancer Screening Devices Could Make Early Detection a Global Reality 28/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading -> 79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Fatal Outcomes for Two Confirmed Ebola Cases in DRC as Africa Strives to Reboot Immunization Strategies for COVID and Beyond 29/04/2022 Paul Adepoju In DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, the two people with confirmed cases are dead and response is focusing on identifying and vaccinating contacts – because of insufficient doses to conduct a mass vaccination campaign in the outbreak area. Meanwhile, public health officials are trying to reboot Africa’s mainstream immunization programmes, which saw setbacks during the […] Continue reading -> Senior WHO Leadership Reshuffle Expected after Member States Agree on New Financing Formula for Global Health Agency 28/04/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A core group of WHO member states have agreed on a landmark move to boost their annual “assessed” contributions to the global health organization to cover 50% of its core budget needs by 2028-2029 – but contingent on internal WHO reforms to boost efficiency and transparency. Partly in response to the reform call, a reshuffle […] Continue reading -> Smart Cervical Cancer Screening Devices Could Make Early Detection a Global Reality 28/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading -> 79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Senior WHO Leadership Reshuffle Expected after Member States Agree on New Financing Formula for Global Health Agency 28/04/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A core group of WHO member states have agreed on a landmark move to boost their annual “assessed” contributions to the global health organization to cover 50% of its core budget needs by 2028-2029 – but contingent on internal WHO reforms to boost efficiency and transparency. Partly in response to the reform call, a reshuffle […] Continue reading -> Smart Cervical Cancer Screening Devices Could Make Early Detection a Global Reality 28/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading -> 79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Smart Cervical Cancer Screening Devices Could Make Early Detection a Global Reality 28/04/2022 Maayan Hoffman Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading -> 79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
79% Rise In Measles Cases Stokes Fears of Global Outbreak; ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions 27/04/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar A 79% rise in the reported measles cases in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, has raised concerns over the possibility of an outbreak that could affect millions of children this year. Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
WHO Warns of Dangers of Health Misinformation Across Social Media Following Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter Acquisition 27/04/2022 Raisa Santos Following the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of health and vaccine misinformation on social media, and expressed hope that the acquisition would lead to an ‘improvement of quality information’. “There is misinformation and disinformation out there across whatever platform you wish to go […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts