Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention

26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher

As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading ->

WHO Details $15m Plan to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse – Putting ‘Victim at Heart’ of Response

18/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher

The World Health Organization would allocate some US$ 15 million annually to ramp up training programmes for WHO staff and consultants in the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), beginning with ten countries that have the “highest risk” profile, according to a draft plan under discussion with member states. The proposed “Management Response Plan”, […] Continue reading ->

‘Humbled and horrified’: WHO Reacts to Findings on DR Congo Sexual Abuse – But Will High-level WHO Officials be Investigated Too?

28/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher

A WHO independent commission concluded that 83 emergency responders to DR-Congo’s 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, including some 21 WHO employees and consultants, had likely abused dozens of Congolese women, obtaining sex in exchange for promises of jobs – also raping nine women outright. But the panel’s findings, which validate reports first published in September 2020 in […] Continue reading ->

From Monkey Pox to COVID-19: New WHO Pandemic Hub Head Dr Chikwe Tackles Global Health Challenges

01/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan

Monkey Pox, Lassa Fever, Yellow Fever, Cerebrospinal Meningitis, and COVID-19 are some of the epidemics that Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has addressed as head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Now, however, Ihekweazu’s repertoire of disease experience is about to expand exponentially, following his appointment as the head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) […] Continue reading ->

Ivory Coast Declares First Ebola Outbreak After More Than 25 Years

16/08/2021 Raisa Santos

The Ivory Coast has confirmed this Sunday its first case of Ebola since 1994 – in a case that was apparently imported from Guinea. That is despite the fact that Guinea’s outbreak was formally declared as over by WHO in June – reflecting the way the deadly virus can lie dormant in some individuals, only […] Continue reading ->

WHO Inches Closer to Approval of Chinese Sinopharm and Sinovac Vaccines

03/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay

The World Health Organization (WHO) appears to be inching towards the approval of the Chinese Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines as it struggles to fill a looming vaccine vacuum left by India’s Serum Institute – which has halted exports as the country continues to reel from a tragic coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, the WHO declared the latest […] Continue reading ->

Guinea Discharges Last Ebola Patient – But New Findings About Long Virus Life Demand Vigilance

25/03/2021 Pokuaa Oduro-Bonsrah

(Geneva Solutions) – As Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo discharge their last Ebola patients, following the most recent outbreak, new research points to the virus’ long lasting ability to lurk within the body. So while the 42 day countdown begins to the day when both countries can declare that the current outbreak is […] Continue reading ->

WHO Sending Experts & Vaccines to Combat Widening Circle Of Ebola Virus In DR Congo & Guinea – Epicenter Of The 2014-2016 West Africa Epidemic

18/02/2021 Paul Adepoju & Raisa Santos

The World Health Organization is set to deploy over 100 experts to Guinea – to respond to a widening circle of Ebola virus cases in a country that was also at the epicenter of the historic 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak, officials said at twin press events in Brazzaville and Geneva on Thursday. […] Continue reading ->