Despite COVID, It Is Still Possible to Reduce NCD Mortality by One-Third by 2030: New Lancet Study 28/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan Despite the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health systems worldwide, it is still possible for low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by a third between 2015 and 2030. This is the optimistic message from a new Lancet study in the ”NCD 2030 Countdown” series published Friday, […] Continue reading -> Huge Study Finds Second COVID-19 Booster is ‘Life-saving’ for Over 60s 28/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman A second booster of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine reduced mortality rates among elderly people in Israel by 78%, according to a new study by the country’s Clalilt Health Services, Sapir College and Ben-Gurion University. This is the largest study of its kind to date, and involved more than 560,000 people aged 60. “The main conclusion […] Continue reading -> Geneva Health Forum – From Pandemic Response to Planetary Health 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on how human health and ‘planetary health’ are inextricably linked – through deforestation, urbanization and climate change, all of which increase future disease risks. This year’s Geneva Health Forum explores these and other critical global health challenges, as well as emerging solutions, just ahead of the World Health Assembly. […] Continue reading -> Nkengasong’s PEPFAR Prospects and Hopes for Africa CDC 25/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The current Director of the Africa CDC is a vote away from leading PEPFAR. He unveils his vision for the US-led global HIV/AIDS response and future wishes for the Africa CDC. Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is on track to lead the United States President’s […] Continue reading -> Looking Beyond New TB Vaccines to Shorter Courses of Treatment 24/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The world remains fixated on getting new TB vaccines. But expanding the circle of progress on shorter TB regimes, and more early detection, may be more important to overcoming setbacks of the COVID pandemic, says one expert on World TB Day. IBADAN, Nigeria – The Government Chest Hospital in the city’s Jericho neighborhood is regarded […] Continue reading -> Flu Jab Offers Little Protection this Year. Researchers: No Reason to Panic 23/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman The flu shots that are being administered in the United States, as well as elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, are not reducing the risk of catching the dominant strain of the influenza virus (H3N2) that is circulating this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a March edition of its Morbidity and […] Continue reading -> One Month After Russia’s Invasion, Half of Ukrainians are Refugees or Stuck in Conflict Zones – And Their Needs Are Growing 23/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost 10 million people have been displaced, 64 attacks on health facilities have been verified – and the situation is set to worsen. This was the grim assessment of World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefing the media on Wednesday. “Nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population […] Continue reading -> Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy 23/03/2022 Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Huge Study Finds Second COVID-19 Booster is ‘Life-saving’ for Over 60s 28/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman A second booster of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine reduced mortality rates among elderly people in Israel by 78%, according to a new study by the country’s Clalilt Health Services, Sapir College and Ben-Gurion University. This is the largest study of its kind to date, and involved more than 560,000 people aged 60. “The main conclusion […] Continue reading -> Geneva Health Forum – From Pandemic Response to Planetary Health 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on how human health and ‘planetary health’ are inextricably linked – through deforestation, urbanization and climate change, all of which increase future disease risks. This year’s Geneva Health Forum explores these and other critical global health challenges, as well as emerging solutions, just ahead of the World Health Assembly. […] Continue reading -> Nkengasong’s PEPFAR Prospects and Hopes for Africa CDC 25/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The current Director of the Africa CDC is a vote away from leading PEPFAR. He unveils his vision for the US-led global HIV/AIDS response and future wishes for the Africa CDC. Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is on track to lead the United States President’s […] Continue reading -> Looking Beyond New TB Vaccines to Shorter Courses of Treatment 24/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The world remains fixated on getting new TB vaccines. But expanding the circle of progress on shorter TB regimes, and more early detection, may be more important to overcoming setbacks of the COVID pandemic, says one expert on World TB Day. IBADAN, Nigeria – The Government Chest Hospital in the city’s Jericho neighborhood is regarded […] Continue reading -> Flu Jab Offers Little Protection this Year. Researchers: No Reason to Panic 23/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman The flu shots that are being administered in the United States, as well as elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, are not reducing the risk of catching the dominant strain of the influenza virus (H3N2) that is circulating this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a March edition of its Morbidity and […] Continue reading -> One Month After Russia’s Invasion, Half of Ukrainians are Refugees or Stuck in Conflict Zones – And Their Needs Are Growing 23/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost 10 million people have been displaced, 64 attacks on health facilities have been verified – and the situation is set to worsen. This was the grim assessment of World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefing the media on Wednesday. “Nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population […] Continue reading -> Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy 23/03/2022 Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Geneva Health Forum – From Pandemic Response to Planetary Health 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on how human health and ‘planetary health’ are inextricably linked – through deforestation, urbanization and climate change, all of which increase future disease risks. This year’s Geneva Health Forum explores these and other critical global health challenges, as well as emerging solutions, just ahead of the World Health Assembly. […] Continue reading -> Nkengasong’s PEPFAR Prospects and Hopes for Africa CDC 25/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The current Director of the Africa CDC is a vote away from leading PEPFAR. He unveils his vision for the US-led global HIV/AIDS response and future wishes for the Africa CDC. Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is on track to lead the United States President’s […] Continue reading -> Looking Beyond New TB Vaccines to Shorter Courses of Treatment 24/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The world remains fixated on getting new TB vaccines. But expanding the circle of progress on shorter TB regimes, and more early detection, may be more important to overcoming setbacks of the COVID pandemic, says one expert on World TB Day. IBADAN, Nigeria – The Government Chest Hospital in the city’s Jericho neighborhood is regarded […] Continue reading -> Flu Jab Offers Little Protection this Year. Researchers: No Reason to Panic 23/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman The flu shots that are being administered in the United States, as well as elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, are not reducing the risk of catching the dominant strain of the influenza virus (H3N2) that is circulating this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a March edition of its Morbidity and […] Continue reading -> One Month After Russia’s Invasion, Half of Ukrainians are Refugees or Stuck in Conflict Zones – And Their Needs Are Growing 23/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost 10 million people have been displaced, 64 attacks on health facilities have been verified – and the situation is set to worsen. This was the grim assessment of World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefing the media on Wednesday. “Nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population […] Continue reading -> Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy 23/03/2022 Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Nkengasong’s PEPFAR Prospects and Hopes for Africa CDC 25/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The current Director of the Africa CDC is a vote away from leading PEPFAR. He unveils his vision for the US-led global HIV/AIDS response and future wishes for the Africa CDC. Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is on track to lead the United States President’s […] Continue reading -> Looking Beyond New TB Vaccines to Shorter Courses of Treatment 24/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The world remains fixated on getting new TB vaccines. But expanding the circle of progress on shorter TB regimes, and more early detection, may be more important to overcoming setbacks of the COVID pandemic, says one expert on World TB Day. IBADAN, Nigeria – The Government Chest Hospital in the city’s Jericho neighborhood is regarded […] Continue reading -> Flu Jab Offers Little Protection this Year. Researchers: No Reason to Panic 23/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman The flu shots that are being administered in the United States, as well as elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, are not reducing the risk of catching the dominant strain of the influenza virus (H3N2) that is circulating this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a March edition of its Morbidity and […] Continue reading -> One Month After Russia’s Invasion, Half of Ukrainians are Refugees or Stuck in Conflict Zones – And Their Needs Are Growing 23/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost 10 million people have been displaced, 64 attacks on health facilities have been verified – and the situation is set to worsen. This was the grim assessment of World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefing the media on Wednesday. “Nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population […] Continue reading -> Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy 23/03/2022 Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Looking Beyond New TB Vaccines to Shorter Courses of Treatment 24/03/2022 Paul Adepoju The world remains fixated on getting new TB vaccines. But expanding the circle of progress on shorter TB regimes, and more early detection, may be more important to overcoming setbacks of the COVID pandemic, says one expert on World TB Day. IBADAN, Nigeria – The Government Chest Hospital in the city’s Jericho neighborhood is regarded […] Continue reading -> Flu Jab Offers Little Protection this Year. Researchers: No Reason to Panic 23/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman The flu shots that are being administered in the United States, as well as elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, are not reducing the risk of catching the dominant strain of the influenza virus (H3N2) that is circulating this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a March edition of its Morbidity and […] Continue reading -> One Month After Russia’s Invasion, Half of Ukrainians are Refugees or Stuck in Conflict Zones – And Their Needs Are Growing 23/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost 10 million people have been displaced, 64 attacks on health facilities have been verified – and the situation is set to worsen. This was the grim assessment of World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefing the media on Wednesday. “Nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population […] Continue reading -> Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy 23/03/2022 Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Flu Jab Offers Little Protection this Year. Researchers: No Reason to Panic 23/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman The flu shots that are being administered in the United States, as well as elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, are not reducing the risk of catching the dominant strain of the influenza virus (H3N2) that is circulating this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a March edition of its Morbidity and […] Continue reading -> One Month After Russia’s Invasion, Half of Ukrainians are Refugees or Stuck in Conflict Zones – And Their Needs Are Growing 23/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost 10 million people have been displaced, 64 attacks on health facilities have been verified – and the situation is set to worsen. This was the grim assessment of World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefing the media on Wednesday. “Nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population […] Continue reading -> Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy 23/03/2022 Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
One Month After Russia’s Invasion, Half of Ukrainians are Refugees or Stuck in Conflict Zones – And Their Needs Are Growing 23/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost 10 million people have been displaced, 64 attacks on health facilities have been verified – and the situation is set to worsen. This was the grim assessment of World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefing the media on Wednesday. “Nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population […] Continue reading -> Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy 23/03/2022 Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy 23/03/2022 Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause for optimism. In […] Continue reading -> Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Ukraine’s ‘Model’ TB Programme Destroyed by War, as Global TB Response Faces ‘Disastrous’ Funds Shortfall 22/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Speaking in her car from an undisclosed location somewhere in war-torn Ukraine, Yana Teerleva, head of TB in the country’s Ministry of Health, lamented the destruction that she is witnessing every day in hospitals and clinics – including the shelling of three huge dispensaries where the country had stockpiled sufficient TB medications for the remainder […] Continue reading -> The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
The World Without Down Syndrome Would Be A Sad Place 22/03/2022 Jillian Reichenbach Ott The weekend of 12-13 March was a glorious time to be in the Swiss mountain resort of Villars-sur-Ollon post-pandemic. Special Olympics Switzerland had organized the regional games sporting competition with skiing, bowling, tennis and boccia, drawing dozens of keen athletes and supporters. My son joined the other 46 skiers and snowboarders from the region to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts