Africa and Europe Announce €100 Million in Joint Initiatives to Strengthen Health Systems 21/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan The African Union and the European Commission have concluded three agreements worth €100 million aimed at strengthening Africa’s health systems. The first initiative supports the national public health institutes of 10 African countries to enhance disease surveillance, early warning systems, emergency response, research and laboratory services. The second, announced at the One Health Summit in […] Continue reading -> Call for US Congressional Oversight on Bilateral Health Agreements 15/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan The US Congress needs to exercise oversight over the bilateral global health agreements that the United States has reached with 30 low- and middle-income countries, relative to the 2025 congressional budget, as they represent a decrease of around a third in allocated spending. Mark Lagon of the Friends of the Global Fight against AIDS, TB […] Continue reading -> Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Record ODA Cuts: Top Donors Slash Aid as Global Health Risks Grow 10/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Historic declines in Official Development Assistance (ODA) have set international aid back a decade, prompting civil society warnings that the ODA cuts will further devastate funding for global health, education and social protection. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released preliminary data showing total global aid fell by 23.1% in real terms during […] Continue reading -> Trump Administration Nominates USDA Official to Lead World Food Programme 09/04/2026 Sophia Samantaroy The Trump administration has put forward Luke J Lindberg, the US Department of Agriculture trade and foreign agricultural affairs under secretary, as its pick for executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Lindberg would succeed Cindy McCain, who announced her resignation in October due to health issues. “Throughout his career, Under Secretary […] Continue reading -> WHO Contractor Killed in Gaza by Israeli Fire in Murky Circumstances 07/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it was “investigating” the circumstances around the Israeli shooting of a WHO contractor driving a vehicle in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Monday. Speaking at a UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, a WHO spokesperson refused to confirm or deny Israeli military claims that the vehicle […] Continue reading -> Drastic UK Aid Cuts Hit Fragile African Health Systems 07/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most fragile health systems. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials recently confirmed a steep 31% multi-year reduction of the foreign aid budget, shrinking overall spending from £13.7 billion to an estimated £9.2 billion by […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Call for US Congressional Oversight on Bilateral Health Agreements 15/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan The US Congress needs to exercise oversight over the bilateral global health agreements that the United States has reached with 30 low- and middle-income countries, relative to the 2025 congressional budget, as they represent a decrease of around a third in allocated spending. Mark Lagon of the Friends of the Global Fight against AIDS, TB […] Continue reading -> Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Record ODA Cuts: Top Donors Slash Aid as Global Health Risks Grow 10/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Historic declines in Official Development Assistance (ODA) have set international aid back a decade, prompting civil society warnings that the ODA cuts will further devastate funding for global health, education and social protection. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released preliminary data showing total global aid fell by 23.1% in real terms during […] Continue reading -> Trump Administration Nominates USDA Official to Lead World Food Programme 09/04/2026 Sophia Samantaroy The Trump administration has put forward Luke J Lindberg, the US Department of Agriculture trade and foreign agricultural affairs under secretary, as its pick for executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Lindberg would succeed Cindy McCain, who announced her resignation in October due to health issues. “Throughout his career, Under Secretary […] Continue reading -> WHO Contractor Killed in Gaza by Israeli Fire in Murky Circumstances 07/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it was “investigating” the circumstances around the Israeli shooting of a WHO contractor driving a vehicle in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Monday. Speaking at a UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, a WHO spokesperson refused to confirm or deny Israeli military claims that the vehicle […] Continue reading -> Drastic UK Aid Cuts Hit Fragile African Health Systems 07/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most fragile health systems. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials recently confirmed a steep 31% multi-year reduction of the foreign aid budget, shrinking overall spending from £13.7 billion to an estimated £9.2 billion by […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year 15/04/2026 Stefan Anderson The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today. With no end in sight, tens of millions of Sudanese people are facing a historic humanitarian crisis of “industrial proportions,” according to the United Nations (UN). Seven years after a new generation overthrew a three-decade […] Continue reading -> Record ODA Cuts: Top Donors Slash Aid as Global Health Risks Grow 10/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Historic declines in Official Development Assistance (ODA) have set international aid back a decade, prompting civil society warnings that the ODA cuts will further devastate funding for global health, education and social protection. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released preliminary data showing total global aid fell by 23.1% in real terms during […] Continue reading -> Trump Administration Nominates USDA Official to Lead World Food Programme 09/04/2026 Sophia Samantaroy The Trump administration has put forward Luke J Lindberg, the US Department of Agriculture trade and foreign agricultural affairs under secretary, as its pick for executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Lindberg would succeed Cindy McCain, who announced her resignation in October due to health issues. “Throughout his career, Under Secretary […] Continue reading -> WHO Contractor Killed in Gaza by Israeli Fire in Murky Circumstances 07/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it was “investigating” the circumstances around the Israeli shooting of a WHO contractor driving a vehicle in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Monday. Speaking at a UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, a WHO spokesperson refused to confirm or deny Israeli military claims that the vehicle […] Continue reading -> Drastic UK Aid Cuts Hit Fragile African Health Systems 07/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most fragile health systems. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials recently confirmed a steep 31% multi-year reduction of the foreign aid budget, shrinking overall spending from £13.7 billion to an estimated £9.2 billion by […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Record ODA Cuts: Top Donors Slash Aid as Global Health Risks Grow 10/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Historic declines in Official Development Assistance (ODA) have set international aid back a decade, prompting civil society warnings that the ODA cuts will further devastate funding for global health, education and social protection. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released preliminary data showing total global aid fell by 23.1% in real terms during […] Continue reading -> Trump Administration Nominates USDA Official to Lead World Food Programme 09/04/2026 Sophia Samantaroy The Trump administration has put forward Luke J Lindberg, the US Department of Agriculture trade and foreign agricultural affairs under secretary, as its pick for executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Lindberg would succeed Cindy McCain, who announced her resignation in October due to health issues. “Throughout his career, Under Secretary […] Continue reading -> WHO Contractor Killed in Gaza by Israeli Fire in Murky Circumstances 07/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it was “investigating” the circumstances around the Israeli shooting of a WHO contractor driving a vehicle in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Monday. Speaking at a UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, a WHO spokesperson refused to confirm or deny Israeli military claims that the vehicle […] Continue reading -> Drastic UK Aid Cuts Hit Fragile African Health Systems 07/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most fragile health systems. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials recently confirmed a steep 31% multi-year reduction of the foreign aid budget, shrinking overall spending from £13.7 billion to an estimated £9.2 billion by […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Trump Administration Nominates USDA Official to Lead World Food Programme 09/04/2026 Sophia Samantaroy The Trump administration has put forward Luke J Lindberg, the US Department of Agriculture trade and foreign agricultural affairs under secretary, as its pick for executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Lindberg would succeed Cindy McCain, who announced her resignation in October due to health issues. “Throughout his career, Under Secretary […] Continue reading -> WHO Contractor Killed in Gaza by Israeli Fire in Murky Circumstances 07/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it was “investigating” the circumstances around the Israeli shooting of a WHO contractor driving a vehicle in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Monday. Speaking at a UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, a WHO spokesperson refused to confirm or deny Israeli military claims that the vehicle […] Continue reading -> Drastic UK Aid Cuts Hit Fragile African Health Systems 07/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most fragile health systems. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials recently confirmed a steep 31% multi-year reduction of the foreign aid budget, shrinking overall spending from £13.7 billion to an estimated £9.2 billion by […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Contractor Killed in Gaza by Israeli Fire in Murky Circumstances 07/04/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it was “investigating” the circumstances around the Israeli shooting of a WHO contractor driving a vehicle in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Monday. Speaking at a UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, a WHO spokesperson refused to confirm or deny Israeli military claims that the vehicle […] Continue reading -> Drastic UK Aid Cuts Hit Fragile African Health Systems 07/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most fragile health systems. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials recently confirmed a steep 31% multi-year reduction of the foreign aid budget, shrinking overall spending from £13.7 billion to an estimated £9.2 billion by […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Drastic UK Aid Cuts Hit Fragile African Health Systems 07/04/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most fragile health systems. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials recently confirmed a steep 31% multi-year reduction of the foreign aid budget, shrinking overall spending from £13.7 billion to an estimated £9.2 billion by […] Continue reading -> More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Agreement Talks Get Five More Negotiating Days 30/03/2026 Kerry Cullinan With no agreement in sight, World Health Organization (WHO) member states curtailed talks on the Pandemic Agreement annex five hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday night, resolving to meet again within a month for a further five days of negotiations. Member states will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May to negotiate further on the […] Continue reading -> New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Funding Models Needed as Global Health Faces Growing Financial Strain 28/03/2026 Health Policy Watch Global health is facing a funding crisis. Aid is shrinking, debt is rising, and the needs are only increasing. According to Christoph Benn of the Joep Lange Institute and Patrik Silborn of UNICEF Afghanistan, health systems will need to fundamentally rethink how they finance and sustain care. On a recent episode of the Global Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts