India is Trying to Reduce Maternal Mortality Without Addressing a Key Contributor: Suicide 12/08/2022 Disha Shetty Pregnancy is most often a cause for celebration of a new life and a new addition to the family. But for the women who walk into Garima Malik’s clinic in New Delhi, it is a very different story. Some cry. Others appear angry, irritable or frustrated. Usually, the cause is domestic violence – pregnancy is […] Continue reading -> As Millions of Children Miss Developmental Targets, WHO Appeals for ‘Brain Health Optimisation’ 09/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan Some 43% of children under five in low- and middle-income countries – nearly 250 million children – were at risk of not reaching their developmental potential in 2017 due to extreme poverty and stunting. This is according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) position paper on brain health launched on Tuesday, which presents a […] Continue reading -> Making it Count: The Next Battle Over Nigeria’s Sugary Drinks Tax 05/08/2022 Paul Adepoju Nigeria began imposing a new tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on 1 June, but the aim of using the money raised to help curb the growing rates of obesity, diabetes and other diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) faces a host of challenges including a multibillion-dollar industry. IBADAN, Nigeria – Working for long hours under a scorching sun, […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> African Countries Grapple with HIV Patients’ Expanding Needs as Chronic Diseases Increase 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – South Africa is home to the biggest community of people with HIV, but more of its citizens are now dying of diabetes than HIV and the country is grappling with how to integrate treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) into HIV care. This is something that all African countries with large communities of people […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> Zero Alcohol Recommendation for People Under 40 15/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has no benefits for people under the age of 40, but drinking a small amount of alcohol by healthy people over 40 might have some health benefits, according to a study conducted by the Global Burden of Disease study, published in The Lancet on Friday. The study – the first to report alcohol risk […] Continue reading -> Sanofi Launches Nonprofit Pharmaceuticals Line with Insulin and Cancer Treatments for Low-Income Countries 05/07/2022 John Heilprin French drugmaker Sanofi is the latest pharmaceuticals manufacturer to offer a package of essential medicines at cost to health systems in the world’s most impoverished countries – including much-needed cancer and diabetes treatments. Sanofi on Monday announced the launch of the new nonprofit Impact® brand for dozens of medicines, that is supposed to ease support […] Continue reading -> Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Millions of Children Miss Developmental Targets, WHO Appeals for ‘Brain Health Optimisation’ 09/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan Some 43% of children under five in low- and middle-income countries – nearly 250 million children – were at risk of not reaching their developmental potential in 2017 due to extreme poverty and stunting. This is according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) position paper on brain health launched on Tuesday, which presents a […] Continue reading -> Making it Count: The Next Battle Over Nigeria’s Sugary Drinks Tax 05/08/2022 Paul Adepoju Nigeria began imposing a new tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on 1 June, but the aim of using the money raised to help curb the growing rates of obesity, diabetes and other diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) faces a host of challenges including a multibillion-dollar industry. IBADAN, Nigeria – Working for long hours under a scorching sun, […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> African Countries Grapple with HIV Patients’ Expanding Needs as Chronic Diseases Increase 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – South Africa is home to the biggest community of people with HIV, but more of its citizens are now dying of diabetes than HIV and the country is grappling with how to integrate treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) into HIV care. This is something that all African countries with large communities of people […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> Zero Alcohol Recommendation for People Under 40 15/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has no benefits for people under the age of 40, but drinking a small amount of alcohol by healthy people over 40 might have some health benefits, according to a study conducted by the Global Burden of Disease study, published in The Lancet on Friday. The study – the first to report alcohol risk […] Continue reading -> Sanofi Launches Nonprofit Pharmaceuticals Line with Insulin and Cancer Treatments for Low-Income Countries 05/07/2022 John Heilprin French drugmaker Sanofi is the latest pharmaceuticals manufacturer to offer a package of essential medicines at cost to health systems in the world’s most impoverished countries – including much-needed cancer and diabetes treatments. Sanofi on Monday announced the launch of the new nonprofit Impact® brand for dozens of medicines, that is supposed to ease support […] Continue reading -> Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Making it Count: The Next Battle Over Nigeria’s Sugary Drinks Tax 05/08/2022 Paul Adepoju Nigeria began imposing a new tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on 1 June, but the aim of using the money raised to help curb the growing rates of obesity, diabetes and other diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) faces a host of challenges including a multibillion-dollar industry. IBADAN, Nigeria – Working for long hours under a scorching sun, […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> African Countries Grapple with HIV Patients’ Expanding Needs as Chronic Diseases Increase 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – South Africa is home to the biggest community of people with HIV, but more of its citizens are now dying of diabetes than HIV and the country is grappling with how to integrate treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) into HIV care. This is something that all African countries with large communities of people […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> Zero Alcohol Recommendation for People Under 40 15/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has no benefits for people under the age of 40, but drinking a small amount of alcohol by healthy people over 40 might have some health benefits, according to a study conducted by the Global Burden of Disease study, published in The Lancet on Friday. The study – the first to report alcohol risk […] Continue reading -> Sanofi Launches Nonprofit Pharmaceuticals Line with Insulin and Cancer Treatments for Low-Income Countries 05/07/2022 John Heilprin French drugmaker Sanofi is the latest pharmaceuticals manufacturer to offer a package of essential medicines at cost to health systems in the world’s most impoverished countries – including much-needed cancer and diabetes treatments. Sanofi on Monday announced the launch of the new nonprofit Impact® brand for dozens of medicines, that is supposed to ease support […] Continue reading -> Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> African Countries Grapple with HIV Patients’ Expanding Needs as Chronic Diseases Increase 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – South Africa is home to the biggest community of people with HIV, but more of its citizens are now dying of diabetes than HIV and the country is grappling with how to integrate treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) into HIV care. This is something that all African countries with large communities of people […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> Zero Alcohol Recommendation for People Under 40 15/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has no benefits for people under the age of 40, but drinking a small amount of alcohol by healthy people over 40 might have some health benefits, according to a study conducted by the Global Burden of Disease study, published in The Lancet on Friday. The study – the first to report alcohol risk […] Continue reading -> Sanofi Launches Nonprofit Pharmaceuticals Line with Insulin and Cancer Treatments for Low-Income Countries 05/07/2022 John Heilprin French drugmaker Sanofi is the latest pharmaceuticals manufacturer to offer a package of essential medicines at cost to health systems in the world’s most impoverished countries – including much-needed cancer and diabetes treatments. Sanofi on Monday announced the launch of the new nonprofit Impact® brand for dozens of medicines, that is supposed to ease support […] Continue reading -> Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Countries Grapple with HIV Patients’ Expanding Needs as Chronic Diseases Increase 28/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – South Africa is home to the biggest community of people with HIV, but more of its citizens are now dying of diabetes than HIV and the country is grappling with how to integrate treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) into HIV care. This is something that all African countries with large communities of people […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> Zero Alcohol Recommendation for People Under 40 15/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has no benefits for people under the age of 40, but drinking a small amount of alcohol by healthy people over 40 might have some health benefits, according to a study conducted by the Global Burden of Disease study, published in The Lancet on Friday. The study – the first to report alcohol risk […] Continue reading -> Sanofi Launches Nonprofit Pharmaceuticals Line with Insulin and Cancer Treatments for Low-Income Countries 05/07/2022 John Heilprin French drugmaker Sanofi is the latest pharmaceuticals manufacturer to offer a package of essential medicines at cost to health systems in the world’s most impoverished countries – including much-needed cancer and diabetes treatments. Sanofi on Monday announced the launch of the new nonprofit Impact® brand for dozens of medicines, that is supposed to ease support […] Continue reading -> Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
“Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> Zero Alcohol Recommendation for People Under 40 15/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has no benefits for people under the age of 40, but drinking a small amount of alcohol by healthy people over 40 might have some health benefits, according to a study conducted by the Global Burden of Disease study, published in The Lancet on Friday. The study – the first to report alcohol risk […] Continue reading -> Sanofi Launches Nonprofit Pharmaceuticals Line with Insulin and Cancer Treatments for Low-Income Countries 05/07/2022 John Heilprin French drugmaker Sanofi is the latest pharmaceuticals manufacturer to offer a package of essential medicines at cost to health systems in the world’s most impoverished countries – including much-needed cancer and diabetes treatments. Sanofi on Monday announced the launch of the new nonprofit Impact® brand for dozens of medicines, that is supposed to ease support […] Continue reading -> Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Zero Alcohol Recommendation for People Under 40 15/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Alcohol has no benefits for people under the age of 40, but drinking a small amount of alcohol by healthy people over 40 might have some health benefits, according to a study conducted by the Global Burden of Disease study, published in The Lancet on Friday. The study – the first to report alcohol risk […] Continue reading -> Sanofi Launches Nonprofit Pharmaceuticals Line with Insulin and Cancer Treatments for Low-Income Countries 05/07/2022 John Heilprin French drugmaker Sanofi is the latest pharmaceuticals manufacturer to offer a package of essential medicines at cost to health systems in the world’s most impoverished countries – including much-needed cancer and diabetes treatments. Sanofi on Monday announced the launch of the new nonprofit Impact® brand for dozens of medicines, that is supposed to ease support […] Continue reading -> Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sanofi Launches Nonprofit Pharmaceuticals Line with Insulin and Cancer Treatments for Low-Income Countries 05/07/2022 John Heilprin French drugmaker Sanofi is the latest pharmaceuticals manufacturer to offer a package of essential medicines at cost to health systems in the world’s most impoverished countries – including much-needed cancer and diabetes treatments. Sanofi on Monday announced the launch of the new nonprofit Impact® brand for dozens of medicines, that is supposed to ease support […] Continue reading -> Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Buyers United: How Low- and Middle-Income Countries Can Get a Better Deal on Pharmaceuticals 04/07/2022 Iain Barton & René Berger The wider use of pooled procurement in national health systems can help low- and middle-income countries get a better deal on pharmaceuticals – here’s how and why. Low- and middle-income countries are making strides in bolstering their domestic pharmaceutical sectors—evidenced by the recent deal between South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics and Belgium’s Univercells, to develop the […] Continue reading -> World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World’s Transport Ministers Pledge to Halve Road Injury Deaths – Leading Killer of Children and Youths 30/06/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world’s transport ministers pledged to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030, as part of a political declaration adopted at the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety, which opened Thursday in New York City. The debate came as a new Lancet series suggested that some half a million […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts