Combatting Climate Change Action To Reduce Air Pollution’s 7 Million Deaths: Schwarzenegger At COP 24 Opening 03/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Combating climate change will reduce the huge toll of 7 million deaths from air pollution as well as generating jobs in green energy, former California Governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a surprise appearance today at the opening plenary of the 24th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 24), in Katowice, Poland. Continue reading -> Multilateralism Key To Addressing Many Health Issues, Austrian Health Official Says 31/10/2018 William New BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria -- For many health issues, individuals and nations must work together to achieve solutions, Clemens Martin Auer, the director general of the health ministry of Austria, said in an interview with Health Policy Watch. And the annual European Health Forum Gastein is a good place to talk about it, he said. This is part one of a two-part interview. Continue reading -> Investing In New Antibiotic Research: Difficult Equation Discussed At World Investment Forum 26/10/2018 Catherine Saez The diminishing arsenal of efficient antibiotics to fight bacteria is a threat denounced by many, but investment in research and development of new antibiotics is seen as lagging. As the danger of getting back to a pre-antibiotic age is increasing, alternative ways of financing new antibiotics are being discussed. At the World Investment Forum this week, a panel looked into innovative means of investment, and ways to attract private investors to this field. Continue reading -> Global Health Grand Challenges Meeting Ends On Hopeful Note 19/10/2018 Monika Ermert More dedicated to scientific research and much more “colourful” than the World Health Summit were descriptions for the 14th Global Grand Challenges Meeting 2018 that ended last night in Berlin and brought together some top researchers, policymakers and civil society. Like the WHS, the Grand Challenges Meeting focused on antimicrobial resistances and pandemic pathogens. But it also talked a little more on the issue of how better to incentivize R&D to fulfil SDG3, the UN Sustainable Development Goal on health, according to participants. Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance At The World Investment Forum: UNCTAD, WHO Join Forces 16/10/2018 Catherine Saez The World Investment Forum 2018, a biennial event organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will hold a session on health this year jointly with the World Health Organization. The session will address the need for investment in the development of new antibiotics, hoping to raise interest among investors. Continue reading -> World Health Summit: 11 Groups Sign Collaboration; Civil Society Sees Lack Of NGOs 16/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Answering the call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg for a global action plan for pushing global health, heads of 11 major health organisations today signed “a commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals” at the close of the World Health Summit in Berlin. Continue reading -> An Expert View: After The UN High-Level Meetings On TB, NCDs, What Happens Next? 16/10/2018 David Branigan The United Nations late last month sought to hold landmark high-level meetings on ending tuberculosis and fighting noncommunicable diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, with mixed results. Now a Swiss-based expert is looking at the outcomes and what comes next, and in a webinar talked about the political trade-offs resulting from the meetings, the need to push for an integrated agenda on Universal Health Coverage, and how the private sector should be engaged. Continue reading -> World Health Summit Berlin: New Global Action Plan; Gates And Merkel To Open Global Challenges 15/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Ten years after establishing the Berlin World Health Summit, the M8 alliance of medical institutes around the globe sees some noticeable progress in political commitment to the health agenda. “Gifts” presented at the opening ceremony yesterday in the German capital include the announcement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn to establish a Hub for Global Health and step up its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) to 115 million euros over the next four years. The three-day summit also will receive a global action plan to catch up with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on health and well-being for all. Continue reading -> Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Multilateralism Key To Addressing Many Health Issues, Austrian Health Official Says 31/10/2018 William New BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria -- For many health issues, individuals and nations must work together to achieve solutions, Clemens Martin Auer, the director general of the health ministry of Austria, said in an interview with Health Policy Watch. And the annual European Health Forum Gastein is a good place to talk about it, he said. This is part one of a two-part interview. Continue reading -> Investing In New Antibiotic Research: Difficult Equation Discussed At World Investment Forum 26/10/2018 Catherine Saez The diminishing arsenal of efficient antibiotics to fight bacteria is a threat denounced by many, but investment in research and development of new antibiotics is seen as lagging. As the danger of getting back to a pre-antibiotic age is increasing, alternative ways of financing new antibiotics are being discussed. At the World Investment Forum this week, a panel looked into innovative means of investment, and ways to attract private investors to this field. Continue reading -> Global Health Grand Challenges Meeting Ends On Hopeful Note 19/10/2018 Monika Ermert More dedicated to scientific research and much more “colourful” than the World Health Summit were descriptions for the 14th Global Grand Challenges Meeting 2018 that ended last night in Berlin and brought together some top researchers, policymakers and civil society. Like the WHS, the Grand Challenges Meeting focused on antimicrobial resistances and pandemic pathogens. But it also talked a little more on the issue of how better to incentivize R&D to fulfil SDG3, the UN Sustainable Development Goal on health, according to participants. Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance At The World Investment Forum: UNCTAD, WHO Join Forces 16/10/2018 Catherine Saez The World Investment Forum 2018, a biennial event organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will hold a session on health this year jointly with the World Health Organization. The session will address the need for investment in the development of new antibiotics, hoping to raise interest among investors. Continue reading -> World Health Summit: 11 Groups Sign Collaboration; Civil Society Sees Lack Of NGOs 16/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Answering the call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg for a global action plan for pushing global health, heads of 11 major health organisations today signed “a commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals” at the close of the World Health Summit in Berlin. Continue reading -> An Expert View: After The UN High-Level Meetings On TB, NCDs, What Happens Next? 16/10/2018 David Branigan The United Nations late last month sought to hold landmark high-level meetings on ending tuberculosis and fighting noncommunicable diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, with mixed results. Now a Swiss-based expert is looking at the outcomes and what comes next, and in a webinar talked about the political trade-offs resulting from the meetings, the need to push for an integrated agenda on Universal Health Coverage, and how the private sector should be engaged. Continue reading -> World Health Summit Berlin: New Global Action Plan; Gates And Merkel To Open Global Challenges 15/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Ten years after establishing the Berlin World Health Summit, the M8 alliance of medical institutes around the globe sees some noticeable progress in political commitment to the health agenda. “Gifts” presented at the opening ceremony yesterday in the German capital include the announcement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn to establish a Hub for Global Health and step up its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) to 115 million euros over the next four years. The three-day summit also will receive a global action plan to catch up with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on health and well-being for all. Continue reading -> Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Investing In New Antibiotic Research: Difficult Equation Discussed At World Investment Forum 26/10/2018 Catherine Saez The diminishing arsenal of efficient antibiotics to fight bacteria is a threat denounced by many, but investment in research and development of new antibiotics is seen as lagging. As the danger of getting back to a pre-antibiotic age is increasing, alternative ways of financing new antibiotics are being discussed. At the World Investment Forum this week, a panel looked into innovative means of investment, and ways to attract private investors to this field. Continue reading -> Global Health Grand Challenges Meeting Ends On Hopeful Note 19/10/2018 Monika Ermert More dedicated to scientific research and much more “colourful” than the World Health Summit were descriptions for the 14th Global Grand Challenges Meeting 2018 that ended last night in Berlin and brought together some top researchers, policymakers and civil society. Like the WHS, the Grand Challenges Meeting focused on antimicrobial resistances and pandemic pathogens. But it also talked a little more on the issue of how better to incentivize R&D to fulfil SDG3, the UN Sustainable Development Goal on health, according to participants. Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance At The World Investment Forum: UNCTAD, WHO Join Forces 16/10/2018 Catherine Saez The World Investment Forum 2018, a biennial event organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will hold a session on health this year jointly with the World Health Organization. The session will address the need for investment in the development of new antibiotics, hoping to raise interest among investors. Continue reading -> World Health Summit: 11 Groups Sign Collaboration; Civil Society Sees Lack Of NGOs 16/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Answering the call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg for a global action plan for pushing global health, heads of 11 major health organisations today signed “a commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals” at the close of the World Health Summit in Berlin. Continue reading -> An Expert View: After The UN High-Level Meetings On TB, NCDs, What Happens Next? 16/10/2018 David Branigan The United Nations late last month sought to hold landmark high-level meetings on ending tuberculosis and fighting noncommunicable diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, with mixed results. Now a Swiss-based expert is looking at the outcomes and what comes next, and in a webinar talked about the political trade-offs resulting from the meetings, the need to push for an integrated agenda on Universal Health Coverage, and how the private sector should be engaged. Continue reading -> World Health Summit Berlin: New Global Action Plan; Gates And Merkel To Open Global Challenges 15/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Ten years after establishing the Berlin World Health Summit, the M8 alliance of medical institutes around the globe sees some noticeable progress in political commitment to the health agenda. “Gifts” presented at the opening ceremony yesterday in the German capital include the announcement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn to establish a Hub for Global Health and step up its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) to 115 million euros over the next four years. The three-day summit also will receive a global action plan to catch up with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on health and well-being for all. Continue reading -> Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Health Grand Challenges Meeting Ends On Hopeful Note 19/10/2018 Monika Ermert More dedicated to scientific research and much more “colourful” than the World Health Summit were descriptions for the 14th Global Grand Challenges Meeting 2018 that ended last night in Berlin and brought together some top researchers, policymakers and civil society. Like the WHS, the Grand Challenges Meeting focused on antimicrobial resistances and pandemic pathogens. But it also talked a little more on the issue of how better to incentivize R&D to fulfil SDG3, the UN Sustainable Development Goal on health, according to participants. Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance At The World Investment Forum: UNCTAD, WHO Join Forces 16/10/2018 Catherine Saez The World Investment Forum 2018, a biennial event organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will hold a session on health this year jointly with the World Health Organization. The session will address the need for investment in the development of new antibiotics, hoping to raise interest among investors. Continue reading -> World Health Summit: 11 Groups Sign Collaboration; Civil Society Sees Lack Of NGOs 16/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Answering the call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg for a global action plan for pushing global health, heads of 11 major health organisations today signed “a commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals” at the close of the World Health Summit in Berlin. Continue reading -> An Expert View: After The UN High-Level Meetings On TB, NCDs, What Happens Next? 16/10/2018 David Branigan The United Nations late last month sought to hold landmark high-level meetings on ending tuberculosis and fighting noncommunicable diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, with mixed results. Now a Swiss-based expert is looking at the outcomes and what comes next, and in a webinar talked about the political trade-offs resulting from the meetings, the need to push for an integrated agenda on Universal Health Coverage, and how the private sector should be engaged. Continue reading -> World Health Summit Berlin: New Global Action Plan; Gates And Merkel To Open Global Challenges 15/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Ten years after establishing the Berlin World Health Summit, the M8 alliance of medical institutes around the globe sees some noticeable progress in political commitment to the health agenda. “Gifts” presented at the opening ceremony yesterday in the German capital include the announcement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn to establish a Hub for Global Health and step up its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) to 115 million euros over the next four years. The three-day summit also will receive a global action plan to catch up with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on health and well-being for all. Continue reading -> Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Antimicrobial Resistance At The World Investment Forum: UNCTAD, WHO Join Forces 16/10/2018 Catherine Saez The World Investment Forum 2018, a biennial event organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will hold a session on health this year jointly with the World Health Organization. The session will address the need for investment in the development of new antibiotics, hoping to raise interest among investors. Continue reading -> World Health Summit: 11 Groups Sign Collaboration; Civil Society Sees Lack Of NGOs 16/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Answering the call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg for a global action plan for pushing global health, heads of 11 major health organisations today signed “a commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals” at the close of the World Health Summit in Berlin. Continue reading -> An Expert View: After The UN High-Level Meetings On TB, NCDs, What Happens Next? 16/10/2018 David Branigan The United Nations late last month sought to hold landmark high-level meetings on ending tuberculosis and fighting noncommunicable diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, with mixed results. Now a Swiss-based expert is looking at the outcomes and what comes next, and in a webinar talked about the political trade-offs resulting from the meetings, the need to push for an integrated agenda on Universal Health Coverage, and how the private sector should be engaged. Continue reading -> World Health Summit Berlin: New Global Action Plan; Gates And Merkel To Open Global Challenges 15/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Ten years after establishing the Berlin World Health Summit, the M8 alliance of medical institutes around the globe sees some noticeable progress in political commitment to the health agenda. “Gifts” presented at the opening ceremony yesterday in the German capital include the announcement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn to establish a Hub for Global Health and step up its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) to 115 million euros over the next four years. The three-day summit also will receive a global action plan to catch up with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on health and well-being for all. Continue reading -> Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Summit: 11 Groups Sign Collaboration; Civil Society Sees Lack Of NGOs 16/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Answering the call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg for a global action plan for pushing global health, heads of 11 major health organisations today signed “a commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals” at the close of the World Health Summit in Berlin. Continue reading -> An Expert View: After The UN High-Level Meetings On TB, NCDs, What Happens Next? 16/10/2018 David Branigan The United Nations late last month sought to hold landmark high-level meetings on ending tuberculosis and fighting noncommunicable diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, with mixed results. Now a Swiss-based expert is looking at the outcomes and what comes next, and in a webinar talked about the political trade-offs resulting from the meetings, the need to push for an integrated agenda on Universal Health Coverage, and how the private sector should be engaged. Continue reading -> World Health Summit Berlin: New Global Action Plan; Gates And Merkel To Open Global Challenges 15/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Ten years after establishing the Berlin World Health Summit, the M8 alliance of medical institutes around the globe sees some noticeable progress in political commitment to the health agenda. “Gifts” presented at the opening ceremony yesterday in the German capital include the announcement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn to establish a Hub for Global Health and step up its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) to 115 million euros over the next four years. The three-day summit also will receive a global action plan to catch up with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on health and well-being for all. Continue reading -> Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
An Expert View: After The UN High-Level Meetings On TB, NCDs, What Happens Next? 16/10/2018 David Branigan The United Nations late last month sought to hold landmark high-level meetings on ending tuberculosis and fighting noncommunicable diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, with mixed results. Now a Swiss-based expert is looking at the outcomes and what comes next, and in a webinar talked about the political trade-offs resulting from the meetings, the need to push for an integrated agenda on Universal Health Coverage, and how the private sector should be engaged. Continue reading -> World Health Summit Berlin: New Global Action Plan; Gates And Merkel To Open Global Challenges 15/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Ten years after establishing the Berlin World Health Summit, the M8 alliance of medical institutes around the globe sees some noticeable progress in political commitment to the health agenda. “Gifts” presented at the opening ceremony yesterday in the German capital include the announcement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn to establish a Hub for Global Health and step up its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) to 115 million euros over the next four years. The three-day summit also will receive a global action plan to catch up with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on health and well-being for all. Continue reading -> Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Summit Berlin: New Global Action Plan; Gates And Merkel To Open Global Challenges 15/10/2018 Monika Ermert BERLIN -- Ten years after establishing the Berlin World Health Summit, the M8 alliance of medical institutes around the globe sees some noticeable progress in political commitment to the health agenda. “Gifts” presented at the opening ceremony yesterday in the German capital include the announcement of German Health Minister Jens Spahn to establish a Hub for Global Health and step up its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) to 115 million euros over the next four years. The three-day summit also will receive a global action plan to catch up with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on health and well-being for all. Continue reading -> Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Investing In Tobacco Free Portfolios: An Interview With Bronwyn King 11/10/2018 William New BAD GASTEIN, Austria -- People and institutions around the world may be unknowingly contributing to “the world’s number one cause of preventable death, via their pension funds,” according to Tobacco Free Portfolios, a global group working to cut off investment in tobacco products. And policymakers have a role to play, says the group’s CEO, Bronwyn King. Continue reading -> Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Broad Inter-Agency Group Embarks Upon Recommendations For Global Antimicrobial Resistance Policy 03/10/2018 Tatum Anderson A global group of experts representing animal health, human health, food safety and environmental health is currently deliberating ways to control antimicrobial resistance, a nightmare scenario in which drugs able to fight the deadliest infections stop working. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts