Two Years into COVID Pandemic, 92 % of Countries Still Face Significant Health Service Disruptions 08/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, over ninety percent of countries continue to face ongoing disruptions to their health systems, according to a survey published Monday evening by the World Health Organization. The WHO Global Pulse Survey, the third of its kind since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, analysed responses from 129 countries, […] Continue reading -> Cancer Services and Routine Immunizations Backlogged – as Some Countries Anticipate Pandemic ‘Ceasefire’ – WHO 03/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Raisa Santos Cancer services remain backlogged in many parts of the world due to the effects of the two-year-long COVID pandemic – even as Europe hopes a pandemic “ceasefire that could bring us enduring peace” , said WHO’s European Regional Director Hans Kluge Thursday on the eve of World Cancer Day. Meanwhile, in Latin America, routine childhood […] Continue reading -> Switzerland Plans Major Relaxation of COVID-19 Restrictions – Despite Omicron Rates Among Europe’s Highest 02/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Switzerland could be the next European country to lift virtually all COVID restrictions, federal officials said Wednesday – despite warnings from the World Health Organization, headquartered in Geneva, that a total relaxation of the pandemic rules could be premature. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Swiss federal government officials lifted all work-from-home and some quarantine […] Continue reading -> Long COVID: Researchers Find ‘Antibody Signature’ to Identify High-Risk Patients; Two Vaccine Shots Could Stop the Syndrome 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Researchers find two antibodies in common in people with long-COVID, the lingering post-infection condition that was recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) last October. But scientists say symptoms and how many people develop the virus are still unclear. By Maayan Hoffman A sizable portion of the 370 million people infected with SARS-COV2 experience Post-Acute […] Continue reading -> Executive Board Meeting Ends with Concerns about WHO’s Sustainability and Board´s Ability to Govern Efficiently 30/01/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the 150th Executive Board Meeting of the WHO closed Saturday, attention focused on the inability of the WHO governing board to reach consensus on critical issues that it had debated – including a more sustainable financing framework as well as a clear way forward on a proposed new pandemic legal accord, reforms of global […] Continue reading -> Global Health Security Demands National as well as Global Responses 29/01/2022 Ilona Kickbusch, David Heymann, Chikwe Ihekweazu & Swee Kheng Khor As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of important efforts are underway to strengthen global health security. However, it is vital that, while strengthening our global health architecture, we do not lose sight of the fundamental role played by national level health systems in tackling global health threats. […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cancer Services and Routine Immunizations Backlogged – as Some Countries Anticipate Pandemic ‘Ceasefire’ – WHO 03/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Raisa Santos Cancer services remain backlogged in many parts of the world due to the effects of the two-year-long COVID pandemic – even as Europe hopes a pandemic “ceasefire that could bring us enduring peace” , said WHO’s European Regional Director Hans Kluge Thursday on the eve of World Cancer Day. Meanwhile, in Latin America, routine childhood […] Continue reading -> Switzerland Plans Major Relaxation of COVID-19 Restrictions – Despite Omicron Rates Among Europe’s Highest 02/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Switzerland could be the next European country to lift virtually all COVID restrictions, federal officials said Wednesday – despite warnings from the World Health Organization, headquartered in Geneva, that a total relaxation of the pandemic rules could be premature. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Swiss federal government officials lifted all work-from-home and some quarantine […] Continue reading -> Long COVID: Researchers Find ‘Antibody Signature’ to Identify High-Risk Patients; Two Vaccine Shots Could Stop the Syndrome 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Researchers find two antibodies in common in people with long-COVID, the lingering post-infection condition that was recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) last October. But scientists say symptoms and how many people develop the virus are still unclear. By Maayan Hoffman A sizable portion of the 370 million people infected with SARS-COV2 experience Post-Acute […] Continue reading -> Executive Board Meeting Ends with Concerns about WHO’s Sustainability and Board´s Ability to Govern Efficiently 30/01/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the 150th Executive Board Meeting of the WHO closed Saturday, attention focused on the inability of the WHO governing board to reach consensus on critical issues that it had debated – including a more sustainable financing framework as well as a clear way forward on a proposed new pandemic legal accord, reforms of global […] Continue reading -> Global Health Security Demands National as well as Global Responses 29/01/2022 Ilona Kickbusch, David Heymann, Chikwe Ihekweazu & Swee Kheng Khor As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of important efforts are underway to strengthen global health security. However, it is vital that, while strengthening our global health architecture, we do not lose sight of the fundamental role played by national level health systems in tackling global health threats. […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Switzerland Plans Major Relaxation of COVID-19 Restrictions – Despite Omicron Rates Among Europe’s Highest 02/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Switzerland could be the next European country to lift virtually all COVID restrictions, federal officials said Wednesday – despite warnings from the World Health Organization, headquartered in Geneva, that a total relaxation of the pandemic rules could be premature. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Swiss federal government officials lifted all work-from-home and some quarantine […] Continue reading -> Long COVID: Researchers Find ‘Antibody Signature’ to Identify High-Risk Patients; Two Vaccine Shots Could Stop the Syndrome 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Researchers find two antibodies in common in people with long-COVID, the lingering post-infection condition that was recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) last October. But scientists say symptoms and how many people develop the virus are still unclear. By Maayan Hoffman A sizable portion of the 370 million people infected with SARS-COV2 experience Post-Acute […] Continue reading -> Executive Board Meeting Ends with Concerns about WHO’s Sustainability and Board´s Ability to Govern Efficiently 30/01/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the 150th Executive Board Meeting of the WHO closed Saturday, attention focused on the inability of the WHO governing board to reach consensus on critical issues that it had debated – including a more sustainable financing framework as well as a clear way forward on a proposed new pandemic legal accord, reforms of global […] Continue reading -> Global Health Security Demands National as well as Global Responses 29/01/2022 Ilona Kickbusch, David Heymann, Chikwe Ihekweazu & Swee Kheng Khor As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of important efforts are underway to strengthen global health security. However, it is vital that, while strengthening our global health architecture, we do not lose sight of the fundamental role played by national level health systems in tackling global health threats. […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Long COVID: Researchers Find ‘Antibody Signature’ to Identify High-Risk Patients; Two Vaccine Shots Could Stop the Syndrome 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Researchers find two antibodies in common in people with long-COVID, the lingering post-infection condition that was recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) last October. But scientists say symptoms and how many people develop the virus are still unclear. By Maayan Hoffman A sizable portion of the 370 million people infected with SARS-COV2 experience Post-Acute […] Continue reading -> Executive Board Meeting Ends with Concerns about WHO’s Sustainability and Board´s Ability to Govern Efficiently 30/01/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the 150th Executive Board Meeting of the WHO closed Saturday, attention focused on the inability of the WHO governing board to reach consensus on critical issues that it had debated – including a more sustainable financing framework as well as a clear way forward on a proposed new pandemic legal accord, reforms of global […] Continue reading -> Global Health Security Demands National as well as Global Responses 29/01/2022 Ilona Kickbusch, David Heymann, Chikwe Ihekweazu & Swee Kheng Khor As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of important efforts are underway to strengthen global health security. However, it is vital that, while strengthening our global health architecture, we do not lose sight of the fundamental role played by national level health systems in tackling global health threats. […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Executive Board Meeting Ends with Concerns about WHO’s Sustainability and Board´s Ability to Govern Efficiently 30/01/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the 150th Executive Board Meeting of the WHO closed Saturday, attention focused on the inability of the WHO governing board to reach consensus on critical issues that it had debated – including a more sustainable financing framework as well as a clear way forward on a proposed new pandemic legal accord, reforms of global […] Continue reading -> Global Health Security Demands National as well as Global Responses 29/01/2022 Ilona Kickbusch, David Heymann, Chikwe Ihekweazu & Swee Kheng Khor As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of important efforts are underway to strengthen global health security. However, it is vital that, while strengthening our global health architecture, we do not lose sight of the fundamental role played by national level health systems in tackling global health threats. […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Health Security Demands National as well as Global Responses 29/01/2022 Ilona Kickbusch, David Heymann, Chikwe Ihekweazu & Swee Kheng Khor As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of important efforts are underway to strengthen global health security. However, it is vital that, while strengthening our global health architecture, we do not lose sight of the fundamental role played by national level health systems in tackling global health threats. […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
We Will be Living with COVID for Foreseeable Future; but We Can End Acute Phase of Pandemic this Year — WHO Director General 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju Even though the end is not yet in sight for the COVID pandemic, the world can end it as a global health emergency in 2022, says WHO DG at the opening of the 150th sesssion of the World Health Organization Executive Board. While the world will be living with COVID for the foreseeable future, countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts