Haitian Gangs Use Rape as Weapon of Terror – And There is Little Support for Survivors 30/06/2023 André Paultre & Daniela Mohor PORT-AU-PRINCE – In Haiti, rape has become a weapon of war for gangs. What happens in the hours and days after women and girls are raped can determine their future, but most survivors face insurmountable obstacles before they can start recovering physically and mentally. And that’s if they aren’t raped a second time or third […] Continue reading -> Virus ‘Superspreaders’: No Link to Severity of COVID-19 Symptoms 28/06/2023 Stefan Anderson Since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the popular assumption was that people displaying severe symptons were also the most contagious. But new data from a controversial Imperial College London study published on Tuesday found the two participants that were the biggest “superspreaders” of the virus both displayed only minor symptoms. “How symptomatic a person […] Continue reading -> Will New Evidence About Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Trigger Action in India? 27/06/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji New science shows how air pollution triggers lung cancer, how children are the most vulnerable in Delhi’s smog, and how even small rises in PM 2.5 increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and dementia. NEW DELHI – You can opt for silver, gold or platinum options for cancer-specific health insurance, according to an advertisement […] Continue reading -> Europe on Alert After 22 Mpox Cases Recorded in May 27/06/2023 Megha Kaveri Europe reported 22 cases of Mpox in May, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge people in high risk communities to get vaccinated if possible. WHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge said that the virus is still in circulation, particularly affecting men who have sex with men. He added that people in high risk […] Continue reading -> Paris Climate Finance Summit Unlocks Funding, Dodges Debt 26/06/2023 Stefan Anderson An international summit in Paris to debate reforms of the global financial system to meet the threat of climate change was billed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a chance for “a new Bretton Woods moment”. It was, he said, an opportunity for “governments to come together, re-examine and re-configure the global financial architecture for […] Continue reading -> Shock Withdrawal of Gavi CEO-Designate as Board Ponders COVAX Funds Surplus 26/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Six weeks before its new CEO was due to assume office, global vaccine alliance Gavi has announced that Dr Muhammad Pate is no longer available for the position. The appointment of Pate, a former Nigerian health minister, was announced in February following a meeting of the Gavi board. He was to replace current CEO Dr […] Continue reading -> UN Health Rapporteur Warns of Rights Challenges Posed by Digital Healthcare 26/06/2023 Alex Winston Real challenges exist in improving human rights within the digital world of health, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, addressing a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) side event on Friday. Shortly after submitting her report on “Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health” to the HRC, […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Virus ‘Superspreaders’: No Link to Severity of COVID-19 Symptoms 28/06/2023 Stefan Anderson Since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the popular assumption was that people displaying severe symptons were also the most contagious. But new data from a controversial Imperial College London study published on Tuesday found the two participants that were the biggest “superspreaders” of the virus both displayed only minor symptoms. “How symptomatic a person […] Continue reading -> Will New Evidence About Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Trigger Action in India? 27/06/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji New science shows how air pollution triggers lung cancer, how children are the most vulnerable in Delhi’s smog, and how even small rises in PM 2.5 increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and dementia. NEW DELHI – You can opt for silver, gold or platinum options for cancer-specific health insurance, according to an advertisement […] Continue reading -> Europe on Alert After 22 Mpox Cases Recorded in May 27/06/2023 Megha Kaveri Europe reported 22 cases of Mpox in May, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge people in high risk communities to get vaccinated if possible. WHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge said that the virus is still in circulation, particularly affecting men who have sex with men. He added that people in high risk […] Continue reading -> Paris Climate Finance Summit Unlocks Funding, Dodges Debt 26/06/2023 Stefan Anderson An international summit in Paris to debate reforms of the global financial system to meet the threat of climate change was billed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a chance for “a new Bretton Woods moment”. It was, he said, an opportunity for “governments to come together, re-examine and re-configure the global financial architecture for […] Continue reading -> Shock Withdrawal of Gavi CEO-Designate as Board Ponders COVAX Funds Surplus 26/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Six weeks before its new CEO was due to assume office, global vaccine alliance Gavi has announced that Dr Muhammad Pate is no longer available for the position. The appointment of Pate, a former Nigerian health minister, was announced in February following a meeting of the Gavi board. He was to replace current CEO Dr […] Continue reading -> UN Health Rapporteur Warns of Rights Challenges Posed by Digital Healthcare 26/06/2023 Alex Winston Real challenges exist in improving human rights within the digital world of health, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, addressing a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) side event on Friday. Shortly after submitting her report on “Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health” to the HRC, […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Will New Evidence About Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Trigger Action in India? 27/06/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji New science shows how air pollution triggers lung cancer, how children are the most vulnerable in Delhi’s smog, and how even small rises in PM 2.5 increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and dementia. NEW DELHI – You can opt for silver, gold or platinum options for cancer-specific health insurance, according to an advertisement […] Continue reading -> Europe on Alert After 22 Mpox Cases Recorded in May 27/06/2023 Megha Kaveri Europe reported 22 cases of Mpox in May, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge people in high risk communities to get vaccinated if possible. WHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge said that the virus is still in circulation, particularly affecting men who have sex with men. He added that people in high risk […] Continue reading -> Paris Climate Finance Summit Unlocks Funding, Dodges Debt 26/06/2023 Stefan Anderson An international summit in Paris to debate reforms of the global financial system to meet the threat of climate change was billed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a chance for “a new Bretton Woods moment”. It was, he said, an opportunity for “governments to come together, re-examine and re-configure the global financial architecture for […] Continue reading -> Shock Withdrawal of Gavi CEO-Designate as Board Ponders COVAX Funds Surplus 26/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Six weeks before its new CEO was due to assume office, global vaccine alliance Gavi has announced that Dr Muhammad Pate is no longer available for the position. The appointment of Pate, a former Nigerian health minister, was announced in February following a meeting of the Gavi board. He was to replace current CEO Dr […] Continue reading -> UN Health Rapporteur Warns of Rights Challenges Posed by Digital Healthcare 26/06/2023 Alex Winston Real challenges exist in improving human rights within the digital world of health, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, addressing a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) side event on Friday. Shortly after submitting her report on “Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health” to the HRC, […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Europe on Alert After 22 Mpox Cases Recorded in May 27/06/2023 Megha Kaveri Europe reported 22 cases of Mpox in May, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge people in high risk communities to get vaccinated if possible. WHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge said that the virus is still in circulation, particularly affecting men who have sex with men. He added that people in high risk […] Continue reading -> Paris Climate Finance Summit Unlocks Funding, Dodges Debt 26/06/2023 Stefan Anderson An international summit in Paris to debate reforms of the global financial system to meet the threat of climate change was billed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a chance for “a new Bretton Woods moment”. It was, he said, an opportunity for “governments to come together, re-examine and re-configure the global financial architecture for […] Continue reading -> Shock Withdrawal of Gavi CEO-Designate as Board Ponders COVAX Funds Surplus 26/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Six weeks before its new CEO was due to assume office, global vaccine alliance Gavi has announced that Dr Muhammad Pate is no longer available for the position. The appointment of Pate, a former Nigerian health minister, was announced in February following a meeting of the Gavi board. He was to replace current CEO Dr […] Continue reading -> UN Health Rapporteur Warns of Rights Challenges Posed by Digital Healthcare 26/06/2023 Alex Winston Real challenges exist in improving human rights within the digital world of health, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, addressing a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) side event on Friday. Shortly after submitting her report on “Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health” to the HRC, […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Paris Climate Finance Summit Unlocks Funding, Dodges Debt 26/06/2023 Stefan Anderson An international summit in Paris to debate reforms of the global financial system to meet the threat of climate change was billed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a chance for “a new Bretton Woods moment”. It was, he said, an opportunity for “governments to come together, re-examine and re-configure the global financial architecture for […] Continue reading -> Shock Withdrawal of Gavi CEO-Designate as Board Ponders COVAX Funds Surplus 26/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Six weeks before its new CEO was due to assume office, global vaccine alliance Gavi has announced that Dr Muhammad Pate is no longer available for the position. The appointment of Pate, a former Nigerian health minister, was announced in February following a meeting of the Gavi board. He was to replace current CEO Dr […] Continue reading -> UN Health Rapporteur Warns of Rights Challenges Posed by Digital Healthcare 26/06/2023 Alex Winston Real challenges exist in improving human rights within the digital world of health, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, addressing a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) side event on Friday. Shortly after submitting her report on “Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health” to the HRC, […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Shock Withdrawal of Gavi CEO-Designate as Board Ponders COVAX Funds Surplus 26/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Six weeks before its new CEO was due to assume office, global vaccine alliance Gavi has announced that Dr Muhammad Pate is no longer available for the position. The appointment of Pate, a former Nigerian health minister, was announced in February following a meeting of the Gavi board. He was to replace current CEO Dr […] Continue reading -> UN Health Rapporteur Warns of Rights Challenges Posed by Digital Healthcare 26/06/2023 Alex Winston Real challenges exist in improving human rights within the digital world of health, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, addressing a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) side event on Friday. Shortly after submitting her report on “Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health” to the HRC, […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
UN Health Rapporteur Warns of Rights Challenges Posed by Digital Healthcare 26/06/2023 Alex Winston Real challenges exist in improving human rights within the digital world of health, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, addressing a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) side event on Friday. Shortly after submitting her report on “Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health” to the HRC, […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Development Banks Unite to Boost Primary Health Care Financing 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan Three multilateral development banks and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of an investment platform on Thursday aimed at supporting low and middle-income countries to build their primary healthcare (PHC) services via grants and concessional loans. PHC is widely recognised as the most effective way to improve health and well-being, and the recent […] Continue reading -> European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
European Union Must Seize Opportunity to Create Equitable Health Systems 23/06/2023 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe The European Union’s proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem are not ambitious enough to address health inequities The recent meeting of the European Union’s (EU) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 13 June, was an opportunity for Health Ministers make proposals to strengthen the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts