Moving Away From Measuring Health Using GDP to New Metrics That Value ‘Women’s Work’ 09/03/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Commercialising the health sector and leaving healthcare up to the markets is “dangerous” and “really amoral” the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the launch of a brief on measuring value in the economy on Tuesday. The policy brief, produced by the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All, […] Continue reading -> Epidemic Coalition Raises $1.5-billion at Summit to Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 08/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) raised over $1.5 billion to develop vaccines against emerging diseases in as little as 100 days over the past two days at a pandemic preparedness summit co-hosted by the UK government. CEPI’s total budgetary ask is for $3.5 billion to implement its five-year plan to prepare and protect […] Continue reading -> As Medical Supplies Reach Kyiv, WHO Vows to Keep ‘Health Diplomacy’ Alive 08/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get five tonnes of surgical supplies into the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv – although it did not want to disclose how it did so. WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic, who is in Lviv in western Ukraine, said the global body had received confirmation that the medical supplies […] Continue reading -> WHO Medical Supplies Reach Lviv in Western Ukraine, as UN Agencies Appeal for Protection for Unaccompanied Child Refugees 07/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get the 36 metric tonnes of medical supplies it flew into Poland late last week into the western Ukrainian town of Lviv, some 80 km from the Polish border. More WHO team members arrived today to expand the team already on the ground in #Ukraine.While travelling from […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic’s Long Shadow on African Women – from Uptick in Maternal Deaths to Domestic Violence 04/03/2022 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa will feel the disruptive force of the pandemic for many years to come – with upticks in maternal deaths and prolonged disruptions in maternal, child and reproductive health services issues the continent must grapple with now. About 40% of African countries are reporting continued disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and […] Continue reading -> 175 Nations Agree to Negotiate New International Treaty to Curb Plastics Pollution 03/03/2022 Editorial team The world’s nations have agreed to negotiate a landmark treaty by 2024 to curb plastics pollution which is choking oceans, killing fish and wildlife and polluting water, soils and foods with toxic chemicals. The agreement by some 175 UN member states was reached Wedneaday evening at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi. It offers […] Continue reading -> As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Epidemic Coalition Raises $1.5-billion at Summit to Prepare for ‘Disease X’ 08/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) raised over $1.5 billion to develop vaccines against emerging diseases in as little as 100 days over the past two days at a pandemic preparedness summit co-hosted by the UK government. CEPI’s total budgetary ask is for $3.5 billion to implement its five-year plan to prepare and protect […] Continue reading -> As Medical Supplies Reach Kyiv, WHO Vows to Keep ‘Health Diplomacy’ Alive 08/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get five tonnes of surgical supplies into the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv – although it did not want to disclose how it did so. WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic, who is in Lviv in western Ukraine, said the global body had received confirmation that the medical supplies […] Continue reading -> WHO Medical Supplies Reach Lviv in Western Ukraine, as UN Agencies Appeal for Protection for Unaccompanied Child Refugees 07/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get the 36 metric tonnes of medical supplies it flew into Poland late last week into the western Ukrainian town of Lviv, some 80 km from the Polish border. More WHO team members arrived today to expand the team already on the ground in #Ukraine.While travelling from […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic’s Long Shadow on African Women – from Uptick in Maternal Deaths to Domestic Violence 04/03/2022 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa will feel the disruptive force of the pandemic for many years to come – with upticks in maternal deaths and prolonged disruptions in maternal, child and reproductive health services issues the continent must grapple with now. About 40% of African countries are reporting continued disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and […] Continue reading -> 175 Nations Agree to Negotiate New International Treaty to Curb Plastics Pollution 03/03/2022 Editorial team The world’s nations have agreed to negotiate a landmark treaty by 2024 to curb plastics pollution which is choking oceans, killing fish and wildlife and polluting water, soils and foods with toxic chemicals. The agreement by some 175 UN member states was reached Wedneaday evening at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi. It offers […] Continue reading -> As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
As Medical Supplies Reach Kyiv, WHO Vows to Keep ‘Health Diplomacy’ Alive 08/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get five tonnes of surgical supplies into the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv – although it did not want to disclose how it did so. WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic, who is in Lviv in western Ukraine, said the global body had received confirmation that the medical supplies […] Continue reading -> WHO Medical Supplies Reach Lviv in Western Ukraine, as UN Agencies Appeal for Protection for Unaccompanied Child Refugees 07/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get the 36 metric tonnes of medical supplies it flew into Poland late last week into the western Ukrainian town of Lviv, some 80 km from the Polish border. More WHO team members arrived today to expand the team already on the ground in #Ukraine.While travelling from […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic’s Long Shadow on African Women – from Uptick in Maternal Deaths to Domestic Violence 04/03/2022 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa will feel the disruptive force of the pandemic for many years to come – with upticks in maternal deaths and prolonged disruptions in maternal, child and reproductive health services issues the continent must grapple with now. About 40% of African countries are reporting continued disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and […] Continue reading -> 175 Nations Agree to Negotiate New International Treaty to Curb Plastics Pollution 03/03/2022 Editorial team The world’s nations have agreed to negotiate a landmark treaty by 2024 to curb plastics pollution which is choking oceans, killing fish and wildlife and polluting water, soils and foods with toxic chemicals. The agreement by some 175 UN member states was reached Wedneaday evening at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi. It offers […] Continue reading -> As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Medical Supplies Reach Lviv in Western Ukraine, as UN Agencies Appeal for Protection for Unaccompanied Child Refugees 07/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get the 36 metric tonnes of medical supplies it flew into Poland late last week into the western Ukrainian town of Lviv, some 80 km from the Polish border. More WHO team members arrived today to expand the team already on the ground in #Ukraine.While travelling from […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic’s Long Shadow on African Women – from Uptick in Maternal Deaths to Domestic Violence 04/03/2022 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa will feel the disruptive force of the pandemic for many years to come – with upticks in maternal deaths and prolonged disruptions in maternal, child and reproductive health services issues the continent must grapple with now. About 40% of African countries are reporting continued disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and […] Continue reading -> 175 Nations Agree to Negotiate New International Treaty to Curb Plastics Pollution 03/03/2022 Editorial team The world’s nations have agreed to negotiate a landmark treaty by 2024 to curb plastics pollution which is choking oceans, killing fish and wildlife and polluting water, soils and foods with toxic chemicals. The agreement by some 175 UN member states was reached Wedneaday evening at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi. It offers […] Continue reading -> As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic’s Long Shadow on African Women – from Uptick in Maternal Deaths to Domestic Violence 04/03/2022 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa will feel the disruptive force of the pandemic for many years to come – with upticks in maternal deaths and prolonged disruptions in maternal, child and reproductive health services issues the continent must grapple with now. About 40% of African countries are reporting continued disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and […] Continue reading -> 175 Nations Agree to Negotiate New International Treaty to Curb Plastics Pollution 03/03/2022 Editorial team The world’s nations have agreed to negotiate a landmark treaty by 2024 to curb plastics pollution which is choking oceans, killing fish and wildlife and polluting water, soils and foods with toxic chemicals. The agreement by some 175 UN member states was reached Wedneaday evening at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi. It offers […] Continue reading -> As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Pandemic’s Long Shadow on African Women – from Uptick in Maternal Deaths to Domestic Violence 04/03/2022 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa will feel the disruptive force of the pandemic for many years to come – with upticks in maternal deaths and prolonged disruptions in maternal, child and reproductive health services issues the continent must grapple with now. About 40% of African countries are reporting continued disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and […] Continue reading -> 175 Nations Agree to Negotiate New International Treaty to Curb Plastics Pollution 03/03/2022 Editorial team The world’s nations have agreed to negotiate a landmark treaty by 2024 to curb plastics pollution which is choking oceans, killing fish and wildlife and polluting water, soils and foods with toxic chemicals. The agreement by some 175 UN member states was reached Wedneaday evening at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi. It offers […] Continue reading -> As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
175 Nations Agree to Negotiate New International Treaty to Curb Plastics Pollution 03/03/2022 Editorial team The world’s nations have agreed to negotiate a landmark treaty by 2024 to curb plastics pollution which is choking oceans, killing fish and wildlife and polluting water, soils and foods with toxic chemicals. The agreement by some 175 UN member states was reached Wedneaday evening at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi. It offers […] Continue reading -> As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts