BREAKING – United States Unveils Global Vaccine Sharing Scheme for 80 Million Doses by End June 03/06/2021 Editorial team United States President Joe Biden on Thusday unveiled a detailed strategy for sharing 80 million surplus US COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries in need by the end of June. A detailed allocation plan for the first 25 million of those vaccine doses calls for sharing 75% through the WHO-cosponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – […] Continue reading -> Violence Against Women Is “Unequivocally Pervasive”, Reveals Largest WHO Study Ever 09/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Almost one in three women experience physical and/or sexual violence across the course of their lifetimes. And over the past 12 months, more than one in ten women suffered from physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, according to a new WHO-led report on gender-based violence, published just a day after International Women’s Day. Gender-based violence […] Continue reading -> WHO Director General Calls On WTO To Take ‘Practical’ Action On IP Waiver For COVID Vaccines & Medicines 26/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus on Friday issued his strongest call to date for a waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, medicines and other health products – which is due to be considered next week by the World Trade Organization’s General Council. While welcoming a new UN Security Council resolution also […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom, Norway & UNICEF Reaffirm Calls for “Global Cease Fire” in UN Security Council Open Debate on COVID-19 Vaccines Access 17/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United Kingdom, Norway and UNICEF on Wednesday appealed to world leaders to give stronger backing to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ call in March 2020 for a “global cease-fire” in order to beat the COVID-19 pandemic and get vaccines to tens of millions of undocumented migrants and refugees, as well as people living in […] Continue reading -> 160 Million People Targeted In New UN Humanitarian Response Plan 01/12/2020 J Hacker More than 235 million people worldwide will require humanitarian protection next year: an increase of 40% in 12 months. The United Nations (UN)has announced an appeal for US$35 billion, which it estimates will be required to support 160 million of those most in need of support, across 56 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2021, […] Continue reading -> Cities on the Forefront of COVID-19 Response – Experiences From Athens, Bogota and Kampala 31/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Third in a series – Cities are major drivers of public health and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought increasing and urgent necessity for effective, innovative leadership and collaboration within and between cities. “The COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives around the globe and nowhere has the impact of this virus been more evident than in urban areas, […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> World Cities Day – Global Cooperation Amidst Pandemic Promotes Sustainable, Resilient Health 29/10/2020 Raisa Santos First in a Series: While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Violence Against Women Is “Unequivocally Pervasive”, Reveals Largest WHO Study Ever 09/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Almost one in three women experience physical and/or sexual violence across the course of their lifetimes. And over the past 12 months, more than one in ten women suffered from physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, according to a new WHO-led report on gender-based violence, published just a day after International Women’s Day. Gender-based violence […] Continue reading -> WHO Director General Calls On WTO To Take ‘Practical’ Action On IP Waiver For COVID Vaccines & Medicines 26/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus on Friday issued his strongest call to date for a waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, medicines and other health products – which is due to be considered next week by the World Trade Organization’s General Council. While welcoming a new UN Security Council resolution also […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom, Norway & UNICEF Reaffirm Calls for “Global Cease Fire” in UN Security Council Open Debate on COVID-19 Vaccines Access 17/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United Kingdom, Norway and UNICEF on Wednesday appealed to world leaders to give stronger backing to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ call in March 2020 for a “global cease-fire” in order to beat the COVID-19 pandemic and get vaccines to tens of millions of undocumented migrants and refugees, as well as people living in […] Continue reading -> 160 Million People Targeted In New UN Humanitarian Response Plan 01/12/2020 J Hacker More than 235 million people worldwide will require humanitarian protection next year: an increase of 40% in 12 months. The United Nations (UN)has announced an appeal for US$35 billion, which it estimates will be required to support 160 million of those most in need of support, across 56 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2021, […] Continue reading -> Cities on the Forefront of COVID-19 Response – Experiences From Athens, Bogota and Kampala 31/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Third in a series – Cities are major drivers of public health and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought increasing and urgent necessity for effective, innovative leadership and collaboration within and between cities. “The COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives around the globe and nowhere has the impact of this virus been more evident than in urban areas, […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> World Cities Day – Global Cooperation Amidst Pandemic Promotes Sustainable, Resilient Health 29/10/2020 Raisa Santos First in a Series: While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Director General Calls On WTO To Take ‘Practical’ Action On IP Waiver For COVID Vaccines & Medicines 26/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus on Friday issued his strongest call to date for a waiver on intellectual property related to COVID vaccines, medicines and other health products – which is due to be considered next week by the World Trade Organization’s General Council. While welcoming a new UN Security Council resolution also […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom, Norway & UNICEF Reaffirm Calls for “Global Cease Fire” in UN Security Council Open Debate on COVID-19 Vaccines Access 17/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United Kingdom, Norway and UNICEF on Wednesday appealed to world leaders to give stronger backing to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ call in March 2020 for a “global cease-fire” in order to beat the COVID-19 pandemic and get vaccines to tens of millions of undocumented migrants and refugees, as well as people living in […] Continue reading -> 160 Million People Targeted In New UN Humanitarian Response Plan 01/12/2020 J Hacker More than 235 million people worldwide will require humanitarian protection next year: an increase of 40% in 12 months. The United Nations (UN)has announced an appeal for US$35 billion, which it estimates will be required to support 160 million of those most in need of support, across 56 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2021, […] Continue reading -> Cities on the Forefront of COVID-19 Response – Experiences From Athens, Bogota and Kampala 31/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Third in a series – Cities are major drivers of public health and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought increasing and urgent necessity for effective, innovative leadership and collaboration within and between cities. “The COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives around the globe and nowhere has the impact of this virus been more evident than in urban areas, […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> World Cities Day – Global Cooperation Amidst Pandemic Promotes Sustainable, Resilient Health 29/10/2020 Raisa Santos First in a Series: While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
United Kingdom, Norway & UNICEF Reaffirm Calls for “Global Cease Fire” in UN Security Council Open Debate on COVID-19 Vaccines Access 17/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United Kingdom, Norway and UNICEF on Wednesday appealed to world leaders to give stronger backing to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ call in March 2020 for a “global cease-fire” in order to beat the COVID-19 pandemic and get vaccines to tens of millions of undocumented migrants and refugees, as well as people living in […] Continue reading -> 160 Million People Targeted In New UN Humanitarian Response Plan 01/12/2020 J Hacker More than 235 million people worldwide will require humanitarian protection next year: an increase of 40% in 12 months. The United Nations (UN)has announced an appeal for US$35 billion, which it estimates will be required to support 160 million of those most in need of support, across 56 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2021, […] Continue reading -> Cities on the Forefront of COVID-19 Response – Experiences From Athens, Bogota and Kampala 31/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Third in a series – Cities are major drivers of public health and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought increasing and urgent necessity for effective, innovative leadership and collaboration within and between cities. “The COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives around the globe and nowhere has the impact of this virus been more evident than in urban areas, […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> World Cities Day – Global Cooperation Amidst Pandemic Promotes Sustainable, Resilient Health 29/10/2020 Raisa Santos First in a Series: While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
160 Million People Targeted In New UN Humanitarian Response Plan 01/12/2020 J Hacker More than 235 million people worldwide will require humanitarian protection next year: an increase of 40% in 12 months. The United Nations (UN)has announced an appeal for US$35 billion, which it estimates will be required to support 160 million of those most in need of support, across 56 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2021, […] Continue reading -> Cities on the Forefront of COVID-19 Response – Experiences From Athens, Bogota and Kampala 31/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Third in a series – Cities are major drivers of public health and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought increasing and urgent necessity for effective, innovative leadership and collaboration within and between cities. “The COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives around the globe and nowhere has the impact of this virus been more evident than in urban areas, […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> World Cities Day – Global Cooperation Amidst Pandemic Promotes Sustainable, Resilient Health 29/10/2020 Raisa Santos First in a Series: While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cities on the Forefront of COVID-19 Response – Experiences From Athens, Bogota and Kampala 31/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Third in a series – Cities are major drivers of public health and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought increasing and urgent necessity for effective, innovative leadership and collaboration within and between cities. “The COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives around the globe and nowhere has the impact of this virus been more evident than in urban areas, […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> World Cities Day – Global Cooperation Amidst Pandemic Promotes Sustainable, Resilient Health 29/10/2020 Raisa Santos First in a Series: While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> World Cities Day – Global Cooperation Amidst Pandemic Promotes Sustainable, Resilient Health 29/10/2020 Raisa Santos First in a Series: While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Cities Day – Global Cooperation Amidst Pandemic Promotes Sustainable, Resilient Health 29/10/2020 Raisa Santos First in a Series: While COVID continues to cast a long shadow over our everyday lives, from Baku, Azerbaijan to Bogota, Columbia, there are also countless examples of how cities and communities have mobilized to respond to the social and economic fallout from the pandemic – building new forms of cooperation that also promote a […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts