Ghana Faces Court Challenge Over Ban on Celebrities Advertising Alcohol 13/05/2024 Labram Musah & Kristina Sperkova Ghana outlawed alcohol promotion by celebrities back in 2015, but a music promoter is challenging government in court to fight for his ‘right’ to advertise various brands. Predatory commercial exploitation that encourages harmful activities has been identified by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the two main crises threatening the health […] Continue reading -> As Consensus on Pandemic Agreement by Deadline Looks Impossible, What Are the Options? 09/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite much lost sleep for members of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) this week, it is impossible for consensus on a pandemic agreement to be reached by the end of Friday (10 May), the last day of this final round of negotiations. Various negotiators Health Policy Watch that they did not […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns Against Israeli Military Operation in Rafah as Tensions Ratchet Up 06/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has said it is “deeply concerned” that a full-scale military operation “could lead to a bloodbath” as prospects of a major new Israeli incursion into Gaza’s southern enclave of Rafah appeared to grow over the weekend – while hopes of a cease-fire deal see-sawed wildly. “A new wave of displacement would exacerbate overcrowding, further […] Continue reading -> Zimbabwe Turns Tide on HIV – Although a Few People Still Refuse Treatment 06/05/2024 Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe – Michelle and Michael Mutsvaki were infected with HIV at birth, but while their parents have shunned antiretroviral (ARV) medicine to treat their HIV, the siblings opted for treatment in their teens. The siblings, now aged 22 and 24, learnt about their HIV status from their mother, but she assured them that their […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of the ‘Unacceptable’ Death Toll in Global Cholera Outbreaks 03/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan Deaths during the cholera outbreaks over the past two years have been “unacceptably high”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are looking at outbreaks with unacceptably high case fatality ratios (CFR),” said Philippe Barboza, WHO’s cholera lead and head of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) secretariat. “Without any type of […] Continue reading -> Crucial Pandemic Agreement Stocktake Will Determine Direction of Talks 02/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A crucial stocktake of the state-of-play of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement talks on Friday afternoon (3 May) will determine the way forward for the final five days’ negotiations. But progress has been slow in the past four days, according to reports – with differing opinions about whether a skeleton agreement can or […] Continue reading -> Food Insecurity Affects 282 Million People in 2023 29/04/2024 Disha Shetty In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024. This is 24 million more people than 2022. The rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis […] Continue reading -> Final Pandemic Agreement Talks Start Amid Gamble on Process and African Show of Unity 28/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations begin their final two-week stretch on Monday (28 April) amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text. This final intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) meeting will focus on finding “common ground and consensus”, according […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Consensus on Pandemic Agreement by Deadline Looks Impossible, What Are the Options? 09/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite much lost sleep for members of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) this week, it is impossible for consensus on a pandemic agreement to be reached by the end of Friday (10 May), the last day of this final round of negotiations. Various negotiators Health Policy Watch that they did not […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns Against Israeli Military Operation in Rafah as Tensions Ratchet Up 06/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has said it is “deeply concerned” that a full-scale military operation “could lead to a bloodbath” as prospects of a major new Israeli incursion into Gaza’s southern enclave of Rafah appeared to grow over the weekend – while hopes of a cease-fire deal see-sawed wildly. “A new wave of displacement would exacerbate overcrowding, further […] Continue reading -> Zimbabwe Turns Tide on HIV – Although a Few People Still Refuse Treatment 06/05/2024 Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe – Michelle and Michael Mutsvaki were infected with HIV at birth, but while their parents have shunned antiretroviral (ARV) medicine to treat their HIV, the siblings opted for treatment in their teens. The siblings, now aged 22 and 24, learnt about their HIV status from their mother, but she assured them that their […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of the ‘Unacceptable’ Death Toll in Global Cholera Outbreaks 03/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan Deaths during the cholera outbreaks over the past two years have been “unacceptably high”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are looking at outbreaks with unacceptably high case fatality ratios (CFR),” said Philippe Barboza, WHO’s cholera lead and head of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) secretariat. “Without any type of […] Continue reading -> Crucial Pandemic Agreement Stocktake Will Determine Direction of Talks 02/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A crucial stocktake of the state-of-play of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement talks on Friday afternoon (3 May) will determine the way forward for the final five days’ negotiations. But progress has been slow in the past four days, according to reports – with differing opinions about whether a skeleton agreement can or […] Continue reading -> Food Insecurity Affects 282 Million People in 2023 29/04/2024 Disha Shetty In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024. This is 24 million more people than 2022. The rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis […] Continue reading -> Final Pandemic Agreement Talks Start Amid Gamble on Process and African Show of Unity 28/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations begin their final two-week stretch on Monday (28 April) amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text. This final intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) meeting will focus on finding “common ground and consensus”, according […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Warns Against Israeli Military Operation in Rafah as Tensions Ratchet Up 06/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has said it is “deeply concerned” that a full-scale military operation “could lead to a bloodbath” as prospects of a major new Israeli incursion into Gaza’s southern enclave of Rafah appeared to grow over the weekend – while hopes of a cease-fire deal see-sawed wildly. “A new wave of displacement would exacerbate overcrowding, further […] Continue reading -> Zimbabwe Turns Tide on HIV – Although a Few People Still Refuse Treatment 06/05/2024 Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe – Michelle and Michael Mutsvaki were infected with HIV at birth, but while their parents have shunned antiretroviral (ARV) medicine to treat their HIV, the siblings opted for treatment in their teens. The siblings, now aged 22 and 24, learnt about their HIV status from their mother, but she assured them that their […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of the ‘Unacceptable’ Death Toll in Global Cholera Outbreaks 03/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan Deaths during the cholera outbreaks over the past two years have been “unacceptably high”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are looking at outbreaks with unacceptably high case fatality ratios (CFR),” said Philippe Barboza, WHO’s cholera lead and head of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) secretariat. “Without any type of […] Continue reading -> Crucial Pandemic Agreement Stocktake Will Determine Direction of Talks 02/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A crucial stocktake of the state-of-play of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement talks on Friday afternoon (3 May) will determine the way forward for the final five days’ negotiations. But progress has been slow in the past four days, according to reports – with differing opinions about whether a skeleton agreement can or […] Continue reading -> Food Insecurity Affects 282 Million People in 2023 29/04/2024 Disha Shetty In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024. This is 24 million more people than 2022. The rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis […] Continue reading -> Final Pandemic Agreement Talks Start Amid Gamble on Process and African Show of Unity 28/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations begin their final two-week stretch on Monday (28 April) amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text. This final intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) meeting will focus on finding “common ground and consensus”, according […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Zimbabwe Turns Tide on HIV – Although a Few People Still Refuse Treatment 06/05/2024 Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe – Michelle and Michael Mutsvaki were infected with HIV at birth, but while their parents have shunned antiretroviral (ARV) medicine to treat their HIV, the siblings opted for treatment in their teens. The siblings, now aged 22 and 24, learnt about their HIV status from their mother, but she assured them that their […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of the ‘Unacceptable’ Death Toll in Global Cholera Outbreaks 03/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan Deaths during the cholera outbreaks over the past two years have been “unacceptably high”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are looking at outbreaks with unacceptably high case fatality ratios (CFR),” said Philippe Barboza, WHO’s cholera lead and head of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) secretariat. “Without any type of […] Continue reading -> Crucial Pandemic Agreement Stocktake Will Determine Direction of Talks 02/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A crucial stocktake of the state-of-play of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement talks on Friday afternoon (3 May) will determine the way forward for the final five days’ negotiations. But progress has been slow in the past four days, according to reports – with differing opinions about whether a skeleton agreement can or […] Continue reading -> Food Insecurity Affects 282 Million People in 2023 29/04/2024 Disha Shetty In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024. This is 24 million more people than 2022. The rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis […] Continue reading -> Final Pandemic Agreement Talks Start Amid Gamble on Process and African Show of Unity 28/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations begin their final two-week stretch on Monday (28 April) amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text. This final intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) meeting will focus on finding “common ground and consensus”, according […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Warns of the ‘Unacceptable’ Death Toll in Global Cholera Outbreaks 03/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan Deaths during the cholera outbreaks over the past two years have been “unacceptably high”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are looking at outbreaks with unacceptably high case fatality ratios (CFR),” said Philippe Barboza, WHO’s cholera lead and head of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) secretariat. “Without any type of […] Continue reading -> Crucial Pandemic Agreement Stocktake Will Determine Direction of Talks 02/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A crucial stocktake of the state-of-play of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement talks on Friday afternoon (3 May) will determine the way forward for the final five days’ negotiations. But progress has been slow in the past four days, according to reports – with differing opinions about whether a skeleton agreement can or […] Continue reading -> Food Insecurity Affects 282 Million People in 2023 29/04/2024 Disha Shetty In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024. This is 24 million more people than 2022. The rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis […] Continue reading -> Final Pandemic Agreement Talks Start Amid Gamble on Process and African Show of Unity 28/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations begin their final two-week stretch on Monday (28 April) amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text. This final intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) meeting will focus on finding “common ground and consensus”, according […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Crucial Pandemic Agreement Stocktake Will Determine Direction of Talks 02/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A crucial stocktake of the state-of-play of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement talks on Friday afternoon (3 May) will determine the way forward for the final five days’ negotiations. But progress has been slow in the past four days, according to reports – with differing opinions about whether a skeleton agreement can or […] Continue reading -> Food Insecurity Affects 282 Million People in 2023 29/04/2024 Disha Shetty In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024. This is 24 million more people than 2022. The rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis […] Continue reading -> Final Pandemic Agreement Talks Start Amid Gamble on Process and African Show of Unity 28/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations begin their final two-week stretch on Monday (28 April) amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text. This final intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) meeting will focus on finding “common ground and consensus”, according […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Food Insecurity Affects 282 Million People in 2023 29/04/2024 Disha Shetty In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024. This is 24 million more people than 2022. The rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis […] Continue reading -> Final Pandemic Agreement Talks Start Amid Gamble on Process and African Show of Unity 28/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations begin their final two-week stretch on Monday (28 April) amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text. This final intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) meeting will focus on finding “common ground and consensus”, according […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Final Pandemic Agreement Talks Start Amid Gamble on Process and African Show of Unity 28/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations begin their final two-week stretch on Monday (28 April) amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text. This final intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) meeting will focus on finding “common ground and consensus”, according […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Negotiations: ‘Hopeful and Scary Times’ 18/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan “This is probably the most hopeful time in my professional life and the scariest time,” Dr Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Deputy Director General and head of Health Emergencies, told a high-level Geneva audience on Wednesday. “Hopeful” because there is the possibility of reaching a global agreement on how to tackle future pandemics […] Continue reading -> Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Clean Air Makes Economic Sense, Says Influential Group Ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings 11/04/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji What is the impact of air pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5? Such questions are part of an appeal by a new group of political, health, policy, and finance leaders for a policy approach to air pollution that is like […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts