Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> Healthier Diets Key To Reducing Obesity And NCDs: Says New WHO Report 04/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new WHO nutrition report highlights how healthier diets can combat obesity and leading noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – suggesting that less consumption of free sugars, salt and saturated fat, particularly animal fat, will help reduce global trends of rising obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. But the report Essential Nutrition Actions – Mainstreaming Nutrition through the […] Continue reading -> Gavi Says 1.3 Million Doses Of Merck’s Ebola Vaccine Will Be Made Available; MSF Says Field Supply “Extremely Low” & “Sporadic” 23/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher There is no shortage of Merck’s life-saving Ebola vaccine on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and more doses will be produced, sufficient to immunise 1.3 million people over the next 6-18 months, a spokesman for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, told Health Policy Watch on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Merck, producer of the V920 investigational […] Continue reading -> ReAct Africa Conference On Antimicrobial Resistance Opens in Nairobi 23/07/2019 Geoffrey Kamadi The 2019 ReAct Africa Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which opened Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya, will focus on ways to advance universal health coverage while combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the continent. Some 24 African countries are taking place in the three day event co-sponsored by the United Kingdom-based Fleming Fund dedicated to supporting low- […] Continue reading -> Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Resolutions To Combat Childhood Marriage and Increase Access to Medicines Approved by UN Human Rights Council 11/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for countries to combat childhood, early and forced marriages, and supported by over 60 UN member states, ran into heavy criticism today prior to its final approval. A number of countries in the Middle East, South-East Asia and North Africa publicly disassociated themselves from clauses promoting girls access […] Continue reading -> Climate Is A ‘Well-Being’ Issue; OECD Head Decries Lack Of Political Action 03/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Globally, political resistance to assertive climate action remains an enormous barrier to change, despite mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change on people’s well-being and health, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), before an audience of several hundred people in Geneva today. Reframing the climate debate […] Continue reading -> Three quarters of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get treatment 20/06/2019 Editorial team [WHO news release] Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma. These findings are part of a first-ever global report on Epilepsy, a public health imperative, released today by WHO and two […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Healthier Diets Key To Reducing Obesity And NCDs: Says New WHO Report 04/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A new WHO nutrition report highlights how healthier diets can combat obesity and leading noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – suggesting that less consumption of free sugars, salt and saturated fat, particularly animal fat, will help reduce global trends of rising obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. But the report Essential Nutrition Actions – Mainstreaming Nutrition through the […] Continue reading -> Gavi Says 1.3 Million Doses Of Merck’s Ebola Vaccine Will Be Made Available; MSF Says Field Supply “Extremely Low” & “Sporadic” 23/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher There is no shortage of Merck’s life-saving Ebola vaccine on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and more doses will be produced, sufficient to immunise 1.3 million people over the next 6-18 months, a spokesman for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, told Health Policy Watch on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Merck, producer of the V920 investigational […] Continue reading -> ReAct Africa Conference On Antimicrobial Resistance Opens in Nairobi 23/07/2019 Geoffrey Kamadi The 2019 ReAct Africa Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which opened Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya, will focus on ways to advance universal health coverage while combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the continent. Some 24 African countries are taking place in the three day event co-sponsored by the United Kingdom-based Fleming Fund dedicated to supporting low- […] Continue reading -> Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Resolutions To Combat Childhood Marriage and Increase Access to Medicines Approved by UN Human Rights Council 11/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for countries to combat childhood, early and forced marriages, and supported by over 60 UN member states, ran into heavy criticism today prior to its final approval. A number of countries in the Middle East, South-East Asia and North Africa publicly disassociated themselves from clauses promoting girls access […] Continue reading -> Climate Is A ‘Well-Being’ Issue; OECD Head Decries Lack Of Political Action 03/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Globally, political resistance to assertive climate action remains an enormous barrier to change, despite mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change on people’s well-being and health, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), before an audience of several hundred people in Geneva today. Reframing the climate debate […] Continue reading -> Three quarters of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get treatment 20/06/2019 Editorial team [WHO news release] Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma. These findings are part of a first-ever global report on Epilepsy, a public health imperative, released today by WHO and two […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gavi Says 1.3 Million Doses Of Merck’s Ebola Vaccine Will Be Made Available; MSF Says Field Supply “Extremely Low” & “Sporadic” 23/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher There is no shortage of Merck’s life-saving Ebola vaccine on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and more doses will be produced, sufficient to immunise 1.3 million people over the next 6-18 months, a spokesman for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, told Health Policy Watch on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Merck, producer of the V920 investigational […] Continue reading -> ReAct Africa Conference On Antimicrobial Resistance Opens in Nairobi 23/07/2019 Geoffrey Kamadi The 2019 ReAct Africa Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which opened Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya, will focus on ways to advance universal health coverage while combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the continent. Some 24 African countries are taking place in the three day event co-sponsored by the United Kingdom-based Fleming Fund dedicated to supporting low- […] Continue reading -> Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Resolutions To Combat Childhood Marriage and Increase Access to Medicines Approved by UN Human Rights Council 11/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for countries to combat childhood, early and forced marriages, and supported by over 60 UN member states, ran into heavy criticism today prior to its final approval. A number of countries in the Middle East, South-East Asia and North Africa publicly disassociated themselves from clauses promoting girls access […] Continue reading -> Climate Is A ‘Well-Being’ Issue; OECD Head Decries Lack Of Political Action 03/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Globally, political resistance to assertive climate action remains an enormous barrier to change, despite mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change on people’s well-being and health, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), before an audience of several hundred people in Geneva today. Reframing the climate debate […] Continue reading -> Three quarters of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get treatment 20/06/2019 Editorial team [WHO news release] Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma. These findings are part of a first-ever global report on Epilepsy, a public health imperative, released today by WHO and two […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
ReAct Africa Conference On Antimicrobial Resistance Opens in Nairobi 23/07/2019 Geoffrey Kamadi The 2019 ReAct Africa Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which opened Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya, will focus on ways to advance universal health coverage while combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the continent. Some 24 African countries are taking place in the three day event co-sponsored by the United Kingdom-based Fleming Fund dedicated to supporting low- […] Continue reading -> Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Resolutions To Combat Childhood Marriage and Increase Access to Medicines Approved by UN Human Rights Council 11/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for countries to combat childhood, early and forced marriages, and supported by over 60 UN member states, ran into heavy criticism today prior to its final approval. A number of countries in the Middle East, South-East Asia and North Africa publicly disassociated themselves from clauses promoting girls access […] Continue reading -> Climate Is A ‘Well-Being’ Issue; OECD Head Decries Lack Of Political Action 03/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Globally, political resistance to assertive climate action remains an enormous barrier to change, despite mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change on people’s well-being and health, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), before an audience of several hundred people in Geneva today. Reframing the climate debate […] Continue reading -> Three quarters of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get treatment 20/06/2019 Editorial team [WHO news release] Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma. These findings are part of a first-ever global report on Epilepsy, a public health imperative, released today by WHO and two […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Resolutions To Combat Childhood Marriage and Increase Access to Medicines Approved by UN Human Rights Council 11/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for countries to combat childhood, early and forced marriages, and supported by over 60 UN member states, ran into heavy criticism today prior to its final approval. A number of countries in the Middle East, South-East Asia and North Africa publicly disassociated themselves from clauses promoting girls access […] Continue reading -> Climate Is A ‘Well-Being’ Issue; OECD Head Decries Lack Of Political Action 03/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Globally, political resistance to assertive climate action remains an enormous barrier to change, despite mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change on people’s well-being and health, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), before an audience of several hundred people in Geneva today. Reframing the climate debate […] Continue reading -> Three quarters of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get treatment 20/06/2019 Editorial team [WHO news release] Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma. These findings are part of a first-ever global report on Epilepsy, a public health imperative, released today by WHO and two […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Resolutions To Combat Childhood Marriage and Increase Access to Medicines Approved by UN Human Rights Council 11/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for countries to combat childhood, early and forced marriages, and supported by over 60 UN member states, ran into heavy criticism today prior to its final approval. A number of countries in the Middle East, South-East Asia and North Africa publicly disassociated themselves from clauses promoting girls access […] Continue reading -> Climate Is A ‘Well-Being’ Issue; OECD Head Decries Lack Of Political Action 03/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Globally, political resistance to assertive climate action remains an enormous barrier to change, despite mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change on people’s well-being and health, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), before an audience of several hundred people in Geneva today. Reframing the climate debate […] Continue reading -> Three quarters of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get treatment 20/06/2019 Editorial team [WHO news release] Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma. These findings are part of a first-ever global report on Epilepsy, a public health imperative, released today by WHO and two […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Is A ‘Well-Being’ Issue; OECD Head Decries Lack Of Political Action 03/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Globally, political resistance to assertive climate action remains an enormous barrier to change, despite mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change on people’s well-being and health, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), before an audience of several hundred people in Geneva today. Reframing the climate debate […] Continue reading -> Three quarters of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get treatment 20/06/2019 Editorial team [WHO news release] Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma. These findings are part of a first-ever global report on Epilepsy, a public health imperative, released today by WHO and two […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Three quarters of people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get treatment 20/06/2019 Editorial team [WHO news release] Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma. These findings are part of a first-ever global report on Epilepsy, a public health imperative, released today by WHO and two […] Continue reading -> Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Slash Climate Emissions 45% by 2030; Children’s Health Would Benefit, Says UN Climate Head 17/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The global community needs to reduce climate emissions by 45% by 2030 to avoid the most dire warming scenarios. But drastic action to confront the “climate emergency” would mean better health and more jobs, declared the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, at Monday’s opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50), the warm-up to […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts