New WHO Essential Medicines List Includes Controversial Insulin Analogues; Recommends Action on High Medicines Prices 01/10/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization published the latest edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) on Friday, making a sweeping move this time to include long-lasting insulin analogues as essential drugs that national health systems should incorporate into their services. The decision reverses the EML Expert Committee’s 2019 decision, rejecting the inclusion of insulin […] Continue reading -> New UK COVID Travel Policies that Discriminate Against African Vaccine Recipients Condemned – Leaders Call for Clarifications 30/09/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Following new travel policies that discriminate against vaccinated travellers from African countries, as compared to their European, Asian and Middle Eastern counterparts, African health officials have demanded clarifications, and accused the UK government of potentially festering vaccine hesitancy on the continent. A British government’ plan to drop a 10-day quarantine requirement for fully-vaccinated […] Continue reading -> African Drug Discovery Group Clinches Partnership with Pharma Body to Expand Continental Capacity 29/09/2021 Editorial team CAPE TOWN – A drug discovery and development centre based at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has joined forces with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) to strengthen health innovation in Africa. The three-year partnership announced this week will focus on driving capacity-strengthening for drug discovery and development in Africa by […] Continue reading -> ‘Humbled and horrified’: WHO Reacts to Findings on DR Congo Sexual Abuse – But Will High-level WHO Officials be Investigated Too? 28/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A WHO independent commission concluded that 83 emergency responders to DR-Congo’s 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, including some 21 WHO employees and consultants, had likely abused dozens of Congolese women, obtaining sex in exchange for promises of jobs – also raping nine women outright. But the panel’s findings, which validate reports first published in September 2020 in […] Continue reading -> Multilateralism Failed Africa; Regionalism May Work Better – Africa CDC Deputy Head at European Health Forum Gastein 27/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Multilateralism has “failed” to help Africa solve the COVID crisis and regional approaches to solving common problems could help the continent forge a “new public health order” said Africa Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, speaking at the opening of the European Health Forum- Gastein. His statement at at the traditionally “Eurocentric” […] Continue reading -> WHO Academy in Lyon Will Promote Global Digital Learning for Health Workers 27/09/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus and French President Emmanuel Macron today broke ground at the launch of the first WHO Academy in the French city of Lyon. The Academy fulfills a commitment by the two leaders to make WHO training more widely available to member states, and more systematically offered […] Continue reading -> Post COVID-19 Summit: WHO Demands ‘Action Now’ on Promised Donations; Civil Society Says Charity Not Enough 24/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden has reaped praise for convening a Global COVID-19 Summit on the margins of this year’s United Nations General Assembly that placed vaccine shortfalls in low- and middle-income countries front and center of GA debates. But it remains to be seen if the big commitments repeated once more this week can break […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Frail Maternal Health System on Verge of Breakdown – Amidst Wider Humanitarian Crisis 24/09/2021 Shadi Khan ISLAMABAD – Prior to the dwindling of foreign aid, a network of hundreds of Afghan midwives was delivering much-needed support to women at their doorsteps in the devastated nation that now faces breakdown. Now, as Afghanistan grapples with the freeze of its assets in international institutions and shortages of foreign funds with the rise to […] Continue reading -> As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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New UK COVID Travel Policies that Discriminate Against African Vaccine Recipients Condemned – Leaders Call for Clarifications 30/09/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Following new travel policies that discriminate against vaccinated travellers from African countries, as compared to their European, Asian and Middle Eastern counterparts, African health officials have demanded clarifications, and accused the UK government of potentially festering vaccine hesitancy on the continent. A British government’ plan to drop a 10-day quarantine requirement for fully-vaccinated […] Continue reading -> African Drug Discovery Group Clinches Partnership with Pharma Body to Expand Continental Capacity 29/09/2021 Editorial team CAPE TOWN – A drug discovery and development centre based at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has joined forces with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) to strengthen health innovation in Africa. The three-year partnership announced this week will focus on driving capacity-strengthening for drug discovery and development in Africa by […] Continue reading -> ‘Humbled and horrified’: WHO Reacts to Findings on DR Congo Sexual Abuse – But Will High-level WHO Officials be Investigated Too? 28/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A WHO independent commission concluded that 83 emergency responders to DR-Congo’s 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, including some 21 WHO employees and consultants, had likely abused dozens of Congolese women, obtaining sex in exchange for promises of jobs – also raping nine women outright. But the panel’s findings, which validate reports first published in September 2020 in […] Continue reading -> Multilateralism Failed Africa; Regionalism May Work Better – Africa CDC Deputy Head at European Health Forum Gastein 27/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Multilateralism has “failed” to help Africa solve the COVID crisis and regional approaches to solving common problems could help the continent forge a “new public health order” said Africa Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, speaking at the opening of the European Health Forum- Gastein. His statement at at the traditionally “Eurocentric” […] Continue reading -> WHO Academy in Lyon Will Promote Global Digital Learning for Health Workers 27/09/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus and French President Emmanuel Macron today broke ground at the launch of the first WHO Academy in the French city of Lyon. The Academy fulfills a commitment by the two leaders to make WHO training more widely available to member states, and more systematically offered […] Continue reading -> Post COVID-19 Summit: WHO Demands ‘Action Now’ on Promised Donations; Civil Society Says Charity Not Enough 24/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden has reaped praise for convening a Global COVID-19 Summit on the margins of this year’s United Nations General Assembly that placed vaccine shortfalls in low- and middle-income countries front and center of GA debates. But it remains to be seen if the big commitments repeated once more this week can break […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Frail Maternal Health System on Verge of Breakdown – Amidst Wider Humanitarian Crisis 24/09/2021 Shadi Khan ISLAMABAD – Prior to the dwindling of foreign aid, a network of hundreds of Afghan midwives was delivering much-needed support to women at their doorsteps in the devastated nation that now faces breakdown. Now, as Afghanistan grapples with the freeze of its assets in international institutions and shortages of foreign funds with the rise to […] Continue reading -> As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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African Drug Discovery Group Clinches Partnership with Pharma Body to Expand Continental Capacity 29/09/2021 Editorial team CAPE TOWN – A drug discovery and development centre based at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has joined forces with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) to strengthen health innovation in Africa. The three-year partnership announced this week will focus on driving capacity-strengthening for drug discovery and development in Africa by […] Continue reading -> ‘Humbled and horrified’: WHO Reacts to Findings on DR Congo Sexual Abuse – But Will High-level WHO Officials be Investigated Too? 28/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A WHO independent commission concluded that 83 emergency responders to DR-Congo’s 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, including some 21 WHO employees and consultants, had likely abused dozens of Congolese women, obtaining sex in exchange for promises of jobs – also raping nine women outright. But the panel’s findings, which validate reports first published in September 2020 in […] Continue reading -> Multilateralism Failed Africa; Regionalism May Work Better – Africa CDC Deputy Head at European Health Forum Gastein 27/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Multilateralism has “failed” to help Africa solve the COVID crisis and regional approaches to solving common problems could help the continent forge a “new public health order” said Africa Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, speaking at the opening of the European Health Forum- Gastein. His statement at at the traditionally “Eurocentric” […] Continue reading -> WHO Academy in Lyon Will Promote Global Digital Learning for Health Workers 27/09/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus and French President Emmanuel Macron today broke ground at the launch of the first WHO Academy in the French city of Lyon. The Academy fulfills a commitment by the two leaders to make WHO training more widely available to member states, and more systematically offered […] Continue reading -> Post COVID-19 Summit: WHO Demands ‘Action Now’ on Promised Donations; Civil Society Says Charity Not Enough 24/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden has reaped praise for convening a Global COVID-19 Summit on the margins of this year’s United Nations General Assembly that placed vaccine shortfalls in low- and middle-income countries front and center of GA debates. But it remains to be seen if the big commitments repeated once more this week can break […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Frail Maternal Health System on Verge of Breakdown – Amidst Wider Humanitarian Crisis 24/09/2021 Shadi Khan ISLAMABAD – Prior to the dwindling of foreign aid, a network of hundreds of Afghan midwives was delivering much-needed support to women at their doorsteps in the devastated nation that now faces breakdown. Now, as Afghanistan grapples with the freeze of its assets in international institutions and shortages of foreign funds with the rise to […] Continue reading -> As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
‘Humbled and horrified’: WHO Reacts to Findings on DR Congo Sexual Abuse – But Will High-level WHO Officials be Investigated Too? 28/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A WHO independent commission concluded that 83 emergency responders to DR-Congo’s 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, including some 21 WHO employees and consultants, had likely abused dozens of Congolese women, obtaining sex in exchange for promises of jobs – also raping nine women outright. But the panel’s findings, which validate reports first published in September 2020 in […] Continue reading -> Multilateralism Failed Africa; Regionalism May Work Better – Africa CDC Deputy Head at European Health Forum Gastein 27/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Multilateralism has “failed” to help Africa solve the COVID crisis and regional approaches to solving common problems could help the continent forge a “new public health order” said Africa Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, speaking at the opening of the European Health Forum- Gastein. His statement at at the traditionally “Eurocentric” […] Continue reading -> WHO Academy in Lyon Will Promote Global Digital Learning for Health Workers 27/09/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus and French President Emmanuel Macron today broke ground at the launch of the first WHO Academy in the French city of Lyon. The Academy fulfills a commitment by the two leaders to make WHO training more widely available to member states, and more systematically offered […] Continue reading -> Post COVID-19 Summit: WHO Demands ‘Action Now’ on Promised Donations; Civil Society Says Charity Not Enough 24/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden has reaped praise for convening a Global COVID-19 Summit on the margins of this year’s United Nations General Assembly that placed vaccine shortfalls in low- and middle-income countries front and center of GA debates. But it remains to be seen if the big commitments repeated once more this week can break […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Frail Maternal Health System on Verge of Breakdown – Amidst Wider Humanitarian Crisis 24/09/2021 Shadi Khan ISLAMABAD – Prior to the dwindling of foreign aid, a network of hundreds of Afghan midwives was delivering much-needed support to women at their doorsteps in the devastated nation that now faces breakdown. Now, as Afghanistan grapples with the freeze of its assets in international institutions and shortages of foreign funds with the rise to […] Continue reading -> As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Multilateralism Failed Africa; Regionalism May Work Better – Africa CDC Deputy Head at European Health Forum Gastein 27/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Multilateralism has “failed” to help Africa solve the COVID crisis and regional approaches to solving common problems could help the continent forge a “new public health order” said Africa Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, speaking at the opening of the European Health Forum- Gastein. His statement at at the traditionally “Eurocentric” […] Continue reading -> WHO Academy in Lyon Will Promote Global Digital Learning for Health Workers 27/09/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus and French President Emmanuel Macron today broke ground at the launch of the first WHO Academy in the French city of Lyon. The Academy fulfills a commitment by the two leaders to make WHO training more widely available to member states, and more systematically offered […] Continue reading -> Post COVID-19 Summit: WHO Demands ‘Action Now’ on Promised Donations; Civil Society Says Charity Not Enough 24/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden has reaped praise for convening a Global COVID-19 Summit on the margins of this year’s United Nations General Assembly that placed vaccine shortfalls in low- and middle-income countries front and center of GA debates. But it remains to be seen if the big commitments repeated once more this week can break […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Frail Maternal Health System on Verge of Breakdown – Amidst Wider Humanitarian Crisis 24/09/2021 Shadi Khan ISLAMABAD – Prior to the dwindling of foreign aid, a network of hundreds of Afghan midwives was delivering much-needed support to women at their doorsteps in the devastated nation that now faces breakdown. Now, as Afghanistan grapples with the freeze of its assets in international institutions and shortages of foreign funds with the rise to […] Continue reading -> As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO Academy in Lyon Will Promote Global Digital Learning for Health Workers 27/09/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus and French President Emmanuel Macron today broke ground at the launch of the first WHO Academy in the French city of Lyon. The Academy fulfills a commitment by the two leaders to make WHO training more widely available to member states, and more systematically offered […] Continue reading -> Post COVID-19 Summit: WHO Demands ‘Action Now’ on Promised Donations; Civil Society Says Charity Not Enough 24/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden has reaped praise for convening a Global COVID-19 Summit on the margins of this year’s United Nations General Assembly that placed vaccine shortfalls in low- and middle-income countries front and center of GA debates. But it remains to be seen if the big commitments repeated once more this week can break […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Frail Maternal Health System on Verge of Breakdown – Amidst Wider Humanitarian Crisis 24/09/2021 Shadi Khan ISLAMABAD – Prior to the dwindling of foreign aid, a network of hundreds of Afghan midwives was delivering much-needed support to women at their doorsteps in the devastated nation that now faces breakdown. Now, as Afghanistan grapples with the freeze of its assets in international institutions and shortages of foreign funds with the rise to […] Continue reading -> As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Post COVID-19 Summit: WHO Demands ‘Action Now’ on Promised Donations; Civil Society Says Charity Not Enough 24/09/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher US President Joe Biden has reaped praise for convening a Global COVID-19 Summit on the margins of this year’s United Nations General Assembly that placed vaccine shortfalls in low- and middle-income countries front and center of GA debates. But it remains to be seen if the big commitments repeated once more this week can break […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Frail Maternal Health System on Verge of Breakdown – Amidst Wider Humanitarian Crisis 24/09/2021 Shadi Khan ISLAMABAD – Prior to the dwindling of foreign aid, a network of hundreds of Afghan midwives was delivering much-needed support to women at their doorsteps in the devastated nation that now faces breakdown. Now, as Afghanistan grapples with the freeze of its assets in international institutions and shortages of foreign funds with the rise to […] Continue reading -> As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Afghanistan’s Frail Maternal Health System on Verge of Breakdown – Amidst Wider Humanitarian Crisis 24/09/2021 Shadi Khan ISLAMABAD – Prior to the dwindling of foreign aid, a network of hundreds of Afghan midwives was delivering much-needed support to women at their doorsteps in the devastated nation that now faces breakdown. Now, as Afghanistan grapples with the freeze of its assets in international institutions and shortages of foreign funds with the rise to […] Continue reading -> As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
As India Lifts its Vaccine Export Ban – will 600 Million India-made Doses of J&J Vaccine be Shipped to Rich Western Countries? 24/09/2021 Vidya Kirshnan In the coming months, 600 million doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines, manufactured in Hyderabad, are likely to be exported to Europe or the United States, at a time when India grapples with vaccinating its own citizens. Civil-society organisations are concerned that millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may end up in the […] Continue reading -> New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
New Zealand Appeals for Abolition of ‘Harmful’ Agricultural Subsidies at UN Food Summit 23/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appealed for global cooperation to remove “environmentally harmful government agricultural subsidies”, particularly for fisheries, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which began on Thursday in New York. These subsidies led to “inefficient production, distorted trade environmental harm, and weakened food security”, Adern said. “We encourage constructive global […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts