WHO to Share Information with Congolese Court in Sexual Abuse Cases of 13 Women 27/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Gaya Gamhewage, the agency’s lead official in prevention and response to sexual misconduct, describes WHO’s recent moves to bring justice to DRC’s victims. In a long-awaited move, the World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to share files with the Congolese courts on the sexual exploitation and abuse complaints of 13 women who are pursuing criminal […] Continue reading -> New Africa CDC Head Proposes Airline Tax to Fund Health 27/04/2023 Paul Adepoju The new head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr Jean Kaseya, wants to introduce a tax on all airline passengers on the continent to help finance health. Days into the start of his term, the Congolese medical doctor revealed his manifesto for his four-year term at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> WHO has Terminated Eight Staffers’ Contracts for Sexual Misconduct in Past Seven Months 26/04/2023 Megha Kaveri Four World Health Organization (WHO) staff or consultants had their contracts terminated as a result of sexual misconduct allegations in the last quarter of 2022 – the most of any year so far. The contracts of another three people had already been terminated between January and March of this year, Dr Gaya Gamhewage, WHO’s Director […] Continue reading -> European Commission Finally Releases Pharma Law Reforms, Proposing Cuts to Market Exclusivity for New Drugs 26/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Long-anticipated European Commission proposals to reform the European Union’s pharmaceutical legislation – the biggest shake-up in 20 years – were finally made public on Wednesday. The reforms are aimed particularly at addressing access and price disparities between European states, ensuring that all EU citizens have access to the same products at the same price, EU […] Continue reading -> Global Action Against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Amid Surge of Violent Attacks 25/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Protestors gathered outside Ugandan embassies worldwide on Tuesday for a global day of action against that country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which criminalises all LGBTQ people and proposes a series of punishments ranging from fines to the death penalty. Violence against people suspected of being LGBTQ has already surged in the past month since Uganda’s Parliament […] Continue reading -> Africa to Manufacture New Malaria Vaccine? 24/04/2023 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – There are high hopes that the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine recently approved by Ghana and Nigeria will be manufactured in Africa in the not-to-distant future – a brighter-than-usual prospect for this World Malaria Day (25 April). Earlier this month, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) approved the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine manufactured by the […] Continue reading -> Powerful Partnership to Address Backslide in Childhood Vaccinations – But No Extra Funds 24/04/2023 Stefan Anderson The world’s largest global health organizations have announced a partnership to reverse the years-long backslide in global childhood vaccination rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 67 million children missed at least one essential vaccination between 2019 and 2021 and 50 million of these didn’t receive any vaccines – setting back childhood vaccination rates […] Continue reading -> WHO Dismisses Senior Manager on Sexual Misconduct Charges – British Doctor Expresses ‘Relief’ 24/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed a senior manager at its Geneva Headquarters, Temo Waqanivalu, on charges of sexual misconduct following a six-month investigation into allegations that he harassed a young British doctor at the World Health Summit in Berlin last October. This is the first high-profile dismissal of an official at WHO’s headquarters […] Continue reading -> Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
New Africa CDC Head Proposes Airline Tax to Fund Health 27/04/2023 Paul Adepoju The new head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr Jean Kaseya, wants to introduce a tax on all airline passengers on the continent to help finance health. Days into the start of his term, the Congolese medical doctor revealed his manifesto for his four-year term at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> WHO has Terminated Eight Staffers’ Contracts for Sexual Misconduct in Past Seven Months 26/04/2023 Megha Kaveri Four World Health Organization (WHO) staff or consultants had their contracts terminated as a result of sexual misconduct allegations in the last quarter of 2022 – the most of any year so far. The contracts of another three people had already been terminated between January and March of this year, Dr Gaya Gamhewage, WHO’s Director […] Continue reading -> European Commission Finally Releases Pharma Law Reforms, Proposing Cuts to Market Exclusivity for New Drugs 26/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Long-anticipated European Commission proposals to reform the European Union’s pharmaceutical legislation – the biggest shake-up in 20 years – were finally made public on Wednesday. The reforms are aimed particularly at addressing access and price disparities between European states, ensuring that all EU citizens have access to the same products at the same price, EU […] Continue reading -> Global Action Against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Amid Surge of Violent Attacks 25/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Protestors gathered outside Ugandan embassies worldwide on Tuesday for a global day of action against that country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which criminalises all LGBTQ people and proposes a series of punishments ranging from fines to the death penalty. Violence against people suspected of being LGBTQ has already surged in the past month since Uganda’s Parliament […] Continue reading -> Africa to Manufacture New Malaria Vaccine? 24/04/2023 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – There are high hopes that the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine recently approved by Ghana and Nigeria will be manufactured in Africa in the not-to-distant future – a brighter-than-usual prospect for this World Malaria Day (25 April). Earlier this month, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) approved the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine manufactured by the […] Continue reading -> Powerful Partnership to Address Backslide in Childhood Vaccinations – But No Extra Funds 24/04/2023 Stefan Anderson The world’s largest global health organizations have announced a partnership to reverse the years-long backslide in global childhood vaccination rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 67 million children missed at least one essential vaccination between 2019 and 2021 and 50 million of these didn’t receive any vaccines – setting back childhood vaccination rates […] Continue reading -> WHO Dismisses Senior Manager on Sexual Misconduct Charges – British Doctor Expresses ‘Relief’ 24/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed a senior manager at its Geneva Headquarters, Temo Waqanivalu, on charges of sexual misconduct following a six-month investigation into allegations that he harassed a young British doctor at the World Health Summit in Berlin last October. This is the first high-profile dismissal of an official at WHO’s headquarters […] Continue reading -> Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO has Terminated Eight Staffers’ Contracts for Sexual Misconduct in Past Seven Months 26/04/2023 Megha Kaveri Four World Health Organization (WHO) staff or consultants had their contracts terminated as a result of sexual misconduct allegations in the last quarter of 2022 – the most of any year so far. The contracts of another three people had already been terminated between January and March of this year, Dr Gaya Gamhewage, WHO’s Director […] Continue reading -> European Commission Finally Releases Pharma Law Reforms, Proposing Cuts to Market Exclusivity for New Drugs 26/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Long-anticipated European Commission proposals to reform the European Union’s pharmaceutical legislation – the biggest shake-up in 20 years – were finally made public on Wednesday. The reforms are aimed particularly at addressing access and price disparities between European states, ensuring that all EU citizens have access to the same products at the same price, EU […] Continue reading -> Global Action Against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Amid Surge of Violent Attacks 25/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Protestors gathered outside Ugandan embassies worldwide on Tuesday for a global day of action against that country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which criminalises all LGBTQ people and proposes a series of punishments ranging from fines to the death penalty. Violence against people suspected of being LGBTQ has already surged in the past month since Uganda’s Parliament […] Continue reading -> Africa to Manufacture New Malaria Vaccine? 24/04/2023 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – There are high hopes that the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine recently approved by Ghana and Nigeria will be manufactured in Africa in the not-to-distant future – a brighter-than-usual prospect for this World Malaria Day (25 April). Earlier this month, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) approved the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine manufactured by the […] Continue reading -> Powerful Partnership to Address Backslide in Childhood Vaccinations – But No Extra Funds 24/04/2023 Stefan Anderson The world’s largest global health organizations have announced a partnership to reverse the years-long backslide in global childhood vaccination rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 67 million children missed at least one essential vaccination between 2019 and 2021 and 50 million of these didn’t receive any vaccines – setting back childhood vaccination rates […] Continue reading -> WHO Dismisses Senior Manager on Sexual Misconduct Charges – British Doctor Expresses ‘Relief’ 24/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed a senior manager at its Geneva Headquarters, Temo Waqanivalu, on charges of sexual misconduct following a six-month investigation into allegations that he harassed a young British doctor at the World Health Summit in Berlin last October. This is the first high-profile dismissal of an official at WHO’s headquarters […] Continue reading -> Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
European Commission Finally Releases Pharma Law Reforms, Proposing Cuts to Market Exclusivity for New Drugs 26/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Long-anticipated European Commission proposals to reform the European Union’s pharmaceutical legislation – the biggest shake-up in 20 years – were finally made public on Wednesday. The reforms are aimed particularly at addressing access and price disparities between European states, ensuring that all EU citizens have access to the same products at the same price, EU […] Continue reading -> Global Action Against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Amid Surge of Violent Attacks 25/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Protestors gathered outside Ugandan embassies worldwide on Tuesday for a global day of action against that country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which criminalises all LGBTQ people and proposes a series of punishments ranging from fines to the death penalty. Violence against people suspected of being LGBTQ has already surged in the past month since Uganda’s Parliament […] Continue reading -> Africa to Manufacture New Malaria Vaccine? 24/04/2023 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – There are high hopes that the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine recently approved by Ghana and Nigeria will be manufactured in Africa in the not-to-distant future – a brighter-than-usual prospect for this World Malaria Day (25 April). Earlier this month, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) approved the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine manufactured by the […] Continue reading -> Powerful Partnership to Address Backslide in Childhood Vaccinations – But No Extra Funds 24/04/2023 Stefan Anderson The world’s largest global health organizations have announced a partnership to reverse the years-long backslide in global childhood vaccination rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 67 million children missed at least one essential vaccination between 2019 and 2021 and 50 million of these didn’t receive any vaccines – setting back childhood vaccination rates […] Continue reading -> WHO Dismisses Senior Manager on Sexual Misconduct Charges – British Doctor Expresses ‘Relief’ 24/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed a senior manager at its Geneva Headquarters, Temo Waqanivalu, on charges of sexual misconduct following a six-month investigation into allegations that he harassed a young British doctor at the World Health Summit in Berlin last October. This is the first high-profile dismissal of an official at WHO’s headquarters […] Continue reading -> Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Global Action Against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Amid Surge of Violent Attacks 25/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Protestors gathered outside Ugandan embassies worldwide on Tuesday for a global day of action against that country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which criminalises all LGBTQ people and proposes a series of punishments ranging from fines to the death penalty. Violence against people suspected of being LGBTQ has already surged in the past month since Uganda’s Parliament […] Continue reading -> Africa to Manufacture New Malaria Vaccine? 24/04/2023 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – There are high hopes that the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine recently approved by Ghana and Nigeria will be manufactured in Africa in the not-to-distant future – a brighter-than-usual prospect for this World Malaria Day (25 April). Earlier this month, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) approved the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine manufactured by the […] Continue reading -> Powerful Partnership to Address Backslide in Childhood Vaccinations – But No Extra Funds 24/04/2023 Stefan Anderson The world’s largest global health organizations have announced a partnership to reverse the years-long backslide in global childhood vaccination rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 67 million children missed at least one essential vaccination between 2019 and 2021 and 50 million of these didn’t receive any vaccines – setting back childhood vaccination rates […] Continue reading -> WHO Dismisses Senior Manager on Sexual Misconduct Charges – British Doctor Expresses ‘Relief’ 24/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed a senior manager at its Geneva Headquarters, Temo Waqanivalu, on charges of sexual misconduct following a six-month investigation into allegations that he harassed a young British doctor at the World Health Summit in Berlin last October. This is the first high-profile dismissal of an official at WHO’s headquarters […] Continue reading -> Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Africa to Manufacture New Malaria Vaccine? 24/04/2023 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – There are high hopes that the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine recently approved by Ghana and Nigeria will be manufactured in Africa in the not-to-distant future – a brighter-than-usual prospect for this World Malaria Day (25 April). Earlier this month, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) approved the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine manufactured by the […] Continue reading -> Powerful Partnership to Address Backslide in Childhood Vaccinations – But No Extra Funds 24/04/2023 Stefan Anderson The world’s largest global health organizations have announced a partnership to reverse the years-long backslide in global childhood vaccination rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 67 million children missed at least one essential vaccination between 2019 and 2021 and 50 million of these didn’t receive any vaccines – setting back childhood vaccination rates […] Continue reading -> WHO Dismisses Senior Manager on Sexual Misconduct Charges – British Doctor Expresses ‘Relief’ 24/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed a senior manager at its Geneva Headquarters, Temo Waqanivalu, on charges of sexual misconduct following a six-month investigation into allegations that he harassed a young British doctor at the World Health Summit in Berlin last October. This is the first high-profile dismissal of an official at WHO’s headquarters […] Continue reading -> Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Powerful Partnership to Address Backslide in Childhood Vaccinations – But No Extra Funds 24/04/2023 Stefan Anderson The world’s largest global health organizations have announced a partnership to reverse the years-long backslide in global childhood vaccination rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 67 million children missed at least one essential vaccination between 2019 and 2021 and 50 million of these didn’t receive any vaccines – setting back childhood vaccination rates […] Continue reading -> WHO Dismisses Senior Manager on Sexual Misconduct Charges – British Doctor Expresses ‘Relief’ 24/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed a senior manager at its Geneva Headquarters, Temo Waqanivalu, on charges of sexual misconduct following a six-month investigation into allegations that he harassed a young British doctor at the World Health Summit in Berlin last October. This is the first high-profile dismissal of an official at WHO’s headquarters […] Continue reading -> Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Dismisses Senior Manager on Sexual Misconduct Charges – British Doctor Expresses ‘Relief’ 24/04/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed a senior manager at its Geneva Headquarters, Temo Waqanivalu, on charges of sexual misconduct following a six-month investigation into allegations that he harassed a young British doctor at the World Health Summit in Berlin last October. This is the first high-profile dismissal of an official at WHO’s headquarters […] Continue reading -> Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Sudan Hospital Closures Leave Injured Civilians With Nowhere to Go 21/04/2023 Stefan Anderson As the new moon marking the beginning of Eid festivities rose on Thursday evening, people in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum sheltered from bullets and explosions as prayers that a ceasefire to honour the end of the holy month of Ramandan would take effect went unanswered. At least 400 people have been killed in a […] Continue reading -> How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
How India’s ‘COVID Warriors’ Used Social Media To Serve Their Communities 21/04/2023 Megha Kaveri In mid-2021, India was crumbling under the pressure of an intense COVID-19 wave, caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2. But at the same time, misinformation was spreading exponentially – adding to the fear and anxiety of the time. Thousands of people were scrambling to find oxygen cylinders and hospital beds for their […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts