WHO Expands List of Trusted Regulatory Agencies to 36, including US FDA and European Medicines Agency 21/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska WHO has expanded its list of trusted national regulatory authorities from three to 36 agencies – including the United States Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as well as the European Medicines Regulatory Network (EMRN), composed of the European Commission, and thirty national regulatory agencies. The WHO Listed Authorities (WLAs) are […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] 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 -> More African Countries Roll Out Malaria Vaccine, While Babies Get New Treatment Formulation 30/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Rollout of malaria vaccines are starting in Benin, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the West African countries plan to deliver more than 800 000 doses of the RTS,S or R21 vaccines, according to WHO. The new vaccine will be added to their immunisation programmes for children, and are expected to protect over 200,000 children from […] Continue reading -> ILO: Excessive Heat Linked to Climate Change Affects 70% of Workers 26/04/2024 Disha Shetty Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to climate change, according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released earlier this week. Nearly 1.6 billion outdoor workers are also at risk from high levels of air pollution. “More than 70% of our workers are exposed to excessive heat […] Continue reading -> Colombia Issues Compulsory License to Enable it to Access Generic HIV Drug, Dolutegravir 25/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Colombia has issued its first-ever compulsory license to enable access to generic versions of the key HIV medicine dolutegravir, without permission from the patent owner, ViiV Healthcare. Dolutegravir is recommended as part of the preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen for people living with HIV, including during pregnancy, as per the guidance of […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] 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 -> More African Countries Roll Out Malaria Vaccine, While Babies Get New Treatment Formulation 30/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Rollout of malaria vaccines are starting in Benin, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the West African countries plan to deliver more than 800 000 doses of the RTS,S or R21 vaccines, according to WHO. The new vaccine will be added to their immunisation programmes for children, and are expected to protect over 200,000 children from […] Continue reading -> ILO: Excessive Heat Linked to Climate Change Affects 70% of Workers 26/04/2024 Disha Shetty Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to climate change, according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released earlier this week. Nearly 1.6 billion outdoor workers are also at risk from high levels of air pollution. “More than 70% of our workers are exposed to excessive heat […] Continue reading -> Colombia Issues Compulsory License to Enable it to Access Generic HIV Drug, Dolutegravir 25/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Colombia has issued its first-ever compulsory license to enable access to generic versions of the key HIV medicine dolutegravir, without permission from the patent owner, ViiV Healthcare. Dolutegravir is recommended as part of the preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen for people living with HIV, including during pregnancy, as per the guidance of […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Trial of Super-Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Expected in 2025 14/05/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Researchers have developed a new all-in-one vaccine aimed at priming the body to respond to a range of different strains of coronaviruses, including the ones not yet known. The researchers from Cambridge, MIT and CalTech published their findings recently in Nature Nanotechnology. Their vaccine was successfully tested on mice and will likely enter human clinical trials […] Continue reading -> Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] 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 -> More African Countries Roll Out Malaria Vaccine, While Babies Get New Treatment Formulation 30/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Rollout of malaria vaccines are starting in Benin, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the West African countries plan to deliver more than 800 000 doses of the RTS,S or R21 vaccines, according to WHO. The new vaccine will be added to their immunisation programmes for children, and are expected to protect over 200,000 children from […] Continue reading -> ILO: Excessive Heat Linked to Climate Change Affects 70% of Workers 26/04/2024 Disha Shetty Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to climate change, according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released earlier this week. Nearly 1.6 billion outdoor workers are also at risk from high levels of air pollution. “More than 70% of our workers are exposed to excessive heat […] Continue reading -> Colombia Issues Compulsory License to Enable it to Access Generic HIV Drug, Dolutegravir 25/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Colombia has issued its first-ever compulsory license to enable access to generic versions of the key HIV medicine dolutegravir, without permission from the patent owner, ViiV Healthcare. Dolutegravir is recommended as part of the preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen for people living with HIV, including during pregnancy, as per the guidance of […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Medscape Scraps Million Dollar Deal With Tobacco Giant After Outcry 14/05/2024 Kerry Cullinan A $3-million “educational” deal between tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) and Medscape, a medical education provider for healthcare professionals, has been abandoned after the BMJ and The Examination exposed it last month. The deal involved a PMI grant to Medscape to fund continuing medical education (CME) accredited courses on smoking cessation for doctors and […] 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 -> More African Countries Roll Out Malaria Vaccine, While Babies Get New Treatment Formulation 30/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Rollout of malaria vaccines are starting in Benin, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the West African countries plan to deliver more than 800 000 doses of the RTS,S or R21 vaccines, according to WHO. The new vaccine will be added to their immunisation programmes for children, and are expected to protect over 200,000 children from […] Continue reading -> ILO: Excessive Heat Linked to Climate Change Affects 70% of Workers 26/04/2024 Disha Shetty Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to climate change, according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released earlier this week. Nearly 1.6 billion outdoor workers are also at risk from high levels of air pollution. “More than 70% of our workers are exposed to excessive heat […] Continue reading -> Colombia Issues Compulsory License to Enable it to Access Generic HIV Drug, Dolutegravir 25/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Colombia has issued its first-ever compulsory license to enable access to generic versions of the key HIV medicine dolutegravir, without permission from the patent owner, ViiV Healthcare. Dolutegravir is recommended as part of the preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen for people living with HIV, including during pregnancy, as per the guidance of […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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 -> More African Countries Roll Out Malaria Vaccine, While Babies Get New Treatment Formulation 30/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Rollout of malaria vaccines are starting in Benin, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the West African countries plan to deliver more than 800 000 doses of the RTS,S or R21 vaccines, according to WHO. The new vaccine will be added to their immunisation programmes for children, and are expected to protect over 200,000 children from […] Continue reading -> ILO: Excessive Heat Linked to Climate Change Affects 70% of Workers 26/04/2024 Disha Shetty Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to climate change, according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released earlier this week. Nearly 1.6 billion outdoor workers are also at risk from high levels of air pollution. “More than 70% of our workers are exposed to excessive heat […] Continue reading -> Colombia Issues Compulsory License to Enable it to Access Generic HIV Drug, Dolutegravir 25/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Colombia has issued its first-ever compulsory license to enable access to generic versions of the key HIV medicine dolutegravir, without permission from the patent owner, ViiV Healthcare. Dolutegravir is recommended as part of the preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen for people living with HIV, including during pregnancy, as per the guidance of […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
More African Countries Roll Out Malaria Vaccine, While Babies Get New Treatment Formulation 30/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Rollout of malaria vaccines are starting in Benin, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the West African countries plan to deliver more than 800 000 doses of the RTS,S or R21 vaccines, according to WHO. The new vaccine will be added to their immunisation programmes for children, and are expected to protect over 200,000 children from […] Continue reading -> ILO: Excessive Heat Linked to Climate Change Affects 70% of Workers 26/04/2024 Disha Shetty Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to climate change, according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released earlier this week. Nearly 1.6 billion outdoor workers are also at risk from high levels of air pollution. “More than 70% of our workers are exposed to excessive heat […] Continue reading -> Colombia Issues Compulsory License to Enable it to Access Generic HIV Drug, Dolutegravir 25/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Colombia has issued its first-ever compulsory license to enable access to generic versions of the key HIV medicine dolutegravir, without permission from the patent owner, ViiV Healthcare. Dolutegravir is recommended as part of the preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen for people living with HIV, including during pregnancy, as per the guidance of […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
ILO: Excessive Heat Linked to Climate Change Affects 70% of Workers 26/04/2024 Disha Shetty Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to climate change, according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released earlier this week. Nearly 1.6 billion outdoor workers are also at risk from high levels of air pollution. “More than 70% of our workers are exposed to excessive heat […] Continue reading -> Colombia Issues Compulsory License to Enable it to Access Generic HIV Drug, Dolutegravir 25/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Colombia has issued its first-ever compulsory license to enable access to generic versions of the key HIV medicine dolutegravir, without permission from the patent owner, ViiV Healthcare. Dolutegravir is recommended as part of the preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen for people living with HIV, including during pregnancy, as per the guidance of […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Colombia Issues Compulsory License to Enable it to Access Generic HIV Drug, Dolutegravir 25/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Colombia has issued its first-ever compulsory license to enable access to generic versions of the key HIV medicine dolutegravir, without permission from the patent owner, ViiV Healthcare. Dolutegravir is recommended as part of the preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen for people living with HIV, including during pregnancy, as per the guidance of […] Continue reading -> United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
United Kingdom Pushes Ahead With ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Tobacco Law 23/04/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska “Having taken up smoking at the age of 14, I was smoking 40 [cigarettes] a day by the age of 20. And as a 21st birthday present to myself I gave up. But today, 40 years later […] I still feel like a fag sometimes. That is how addictive smoking is,” said Andrea Leadsom, a […] Continue reading -> World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
World Bank Launches Ambitious Plan to Expand Health Services 19/04/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Bank aims to support countries to deliver “quality, affordable health services” to 1.5 billion people by 2030, it announced during its ‘spring’ meeting in Washington this week. It will expand its current focus from maternal and child health to include “coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases”; hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts