$1.9 Billion in Pledges to Polio Eradication by Gates and Other Donors Narrows Funding Gap 09/12/2025 Editorial team Global leaders pledged US$ 1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, including a new $1.2 billion commitment by the Gates Foundation. The pledges, made on the margins of Abu Dhabi Finance Week, reduce the remaining budget gap for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) to just $440 million through 2029. That’s in comparison by […] Continue reading -> Gavi Cuts Staff and Support to WHO and UNICEF – Gives More Freedom to Countries to Decide Vaccine Priorities 05/12/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has pared down its staff in its Geneva headquarters, Washington DC and New York by 33% – from 643 to 440 people, the agency confirmed today, following a June replenishment drive that fell about $2 billion short of a $11.9 billion fundraising goal for 2026-2030. Beginning in 2026, the agency will […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues First-Ever Guidelines for GLP-1 Drugs – Including Obesity 04/12/2025 Sophia Samantaroy First-ever WHO guidelines recommending the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for the treatment of obesity in adults has been issued by the World Health Organization – in what the global health agency said is a “conditional” sign of approval for the cutting edge medications that have become widely popular. The new WHO recommendations go […] Continue reading -> UNICEF to Relocate Most of its Geneva Jobs to Rome 21/11/2025 Geneva Solutions & Editorial team The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is transferring the majority of its Geneva jobs to Rome, in the latest wave of upheaval to hit the city and longtime global health hub, as UN agencies scramble to respond to international aid cuts and save money. A UNICEF spokeperson confirmed on Friday that some 290 jobs would […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: WHO Cutting Up to 25% of Staff by June 2026 – But ‘Shadow Workforce of Consultants’ Is Unreported 18/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO will have terminated, retired or separated by agreement an estimated 2371 staff worldwide by mid-2026 – shedding about 25% of a workforce that numbered 9,457 in December 2024 – a 15-year peak. That’s according to a new report that is to be presented and discussed with WHO member states on Wednesday. Despite the huge […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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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Gavi Cuts Staff and Support to WHO and UNICEF – Gives More Freedom to Countries to Decide Vaccine Priorities 05/12/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has pared down its staff in its Geneva headquarters, Washington DC and New York by 33% – from 643 to 440 people, the agency confirmed today, following a June replenishment drive that fell about $2 billion short of a $11.9 billion fundraising goal for 2026-2030. Beginning in 2026, the agency will […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues First-Ever Guidelines for GLP-1 Drugs – Including Obesity 04/12/2025 Sophia Samantaroy First-ever WHO guidelines recommending the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for the treatment of obesity in adults has been issued by the World Health Organization – in what the global health agency said is a “conditional” sign of approval for the cutting edge medications that have become widely popular. The new WHO recommendations go […] Continue reading -> UNICEF to Relocate Most of its Geneva Jobs to Rome 21/11/2025 Geneva Solutions & Editorial team The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is transferring the majority of its Geneva jobs to Rome, in the latest wave of upheaval to hit the city and longtime global health hub, as UN agencies scramble to respond to international aid cuts and save money. A UNICEF spokeperson confirmed on Friday that some 290 jobs would […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: WHO Cutting Up to 25% of Staff by June 2026 – But ‘Shadow Workforce of Consultants’ Is Unreported 18/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO will have terminated, retired or separated by agreement an estimated 2371 staff worldwide by mid-2026 – shedding about 25% of a workforce that numbered 9,457 in December 2024 – a 15-year peak. That’s according to a new report that is to be presented and discussed with WHO member states on Wednesday. Despite the huge […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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 Issues First-Ever Guidelines for GLP-1 Drugs – Including Obesity 04/12/2025 Sophia Samantaroy First-ever WHO guidelines recommending the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for the treatment of obesity in adults has been issued by the World Health Organization – in what the global health agency said is a “conditional” sign of approval for the cutting edge medications that have become widely popular. The new WHO recommendations go […] Continue reading -> UNICEF to Relocate Most of its Geneva Jobs to Rome 21/11/2025 Geneva Solutions & Editorial team The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is transferring the majority of its Geneva jobs to Rome, in the latest wave of upheaval to hit the city and longtime global health hub, as UN agencies scramble to respond to international aid cuts and save money. A UNICEF spokeperson confirmed on Friday that some 290 jobs would […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: WHO Cutting Up to 25% of Staff by June 2026 – But ‘Shadow Workforce of Consultants’ Is Unreported 18/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO will have terminated, retired or separated by agreement an estimated 2371 staff worldwide by mid-2026 – shedding about 25% of a workforce that numbered 9,457 in December 2024 – a 15-year peak. That’s according to a new report that is to be presented and discussed with WHO member states on Wednesday. Despite the huge […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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
UNICEF to Relocate Most of its Geneva Jobs to Rome 21/11/2025 Geneva Solutions & Editorial team The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is transferring the majority of its Geneva jobs to Rome, in the latest wave of upheaval to hit the city and longtime global health hub, as UN agencies scramble to respond to international aid cuts and save money. A UNICEF spokeperson confirmed on Friday that some 290 jobs would […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: WHO Cutting Up to 25% of Staff by June 2026 – But ‘Shadow Workforce of Consultants’ Is Unreported 18/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO will have terminated, retired or separated by agreement an estimated 2371 staff worldwide by mid-2026 – shedding about 25% of a workforce that numbered 9,457 in December 2024 – a 15-year peak. That’s according to a new report that is to be presented and discussed with WHO member states on Wednesday. Despite the huge […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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
European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: WHO Cutting Up to 25% of Staff by June 2026 – But ‘Shadow Workforce of Consultants’ Is Unreported 18/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO will have terminated, retired or separated by agreement an estimated 2371 staff worldwide by mid-2026 – shedding about 25% of a workforce that numbered 9,457 in December 2024 – a 15-year peak. That’s according to a new report that is to be presented and discussed with WHO member states on Wednesday. Despite the huge […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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
EXCLUSIVE: WHO Cutting Up to 25% of Staff by June 2026 – But ‘Shadow Workforce of Consultants’ Is Unreported 18/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO will have terminated, retired or separated by agreement an estimated 2371 staff worldwide by mid-2026 – shedding about 25% of a workforce that numbered 9,457 in December 2024 – a 15-year peak. That’s according to a new report that is to be presented and discussed with WHO member states on Wednesday. Despite the huge […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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
Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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
Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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
Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] 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
If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts