Pandemic Treaty Offers Opportunity to Repair Fault Lines in COVID-19 Response – and Address Equity 09/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan An international pandemic treaty based on equity could be the antidote to current weaknesses and imbalances in the global response to COVID-19, according to a group of influential authors in a Lancet paper published on Tuesday. A number of the authors are associated with The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response chaired by Helen […] Continue reading -> Obama Critical of China and Russia’s ‘Dangerous Lack of Urgency’ in Climate Change at COP26 08/11/2021 Raisa Santos Former US President Barack Obama openly criticized two of the world’s largest CO2 emitting countries – Russia and China, for their “dangerous lack of urgency” in discussing the pressing matters of climate change this past week during COP26. Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to make an appearance with other […] Continue reading -> Norway has Best Drug Policies and Brazil Has Worst, According to New Index 08/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Most countries’ drug policies are misaligned with governments’ obligations to promote health, human rights and development, according to the first-ever Global Drug Policy Index, which was launched on Monday. Drug policies that rely on criminalisation, police intervention and forced eradication have a detrimental effect on the health and human rights of the affected community instead of […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Methane Gamble – Can A Climate-Warming Gas Become An Asset to Health? 07/11/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher GLASGOW – Nearly two dozen African countries, including some of the continent’s biggest methane- producing nations, have now signed The Global Methane Pledge, launched Tuesday at COP26 by United States President Joe Biden and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. While the pledge was initially announced in September with nine countries […] Continue reading -> Children’s Health Hit Hardest by Climate Change – but Cleaner Air, Greener Cities and Healthier Foods Can Create Cascade of Benefits 07/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Greening cities, investing in urban bike lanes rather than new roads, and making plant-based foods cheaper and easier to access than ultra-processed foods. This is a doctor’s prescription for a healthier planet. As climate negotiators at Glasgow’s COP26 conference remain locked in debate over the big-picture ambition of targets for global CO2 emissions reductions, and […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Says New Anti-Viral Drug Combination Cuts Risks Of Serious COVID-19 By 89% 05/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Pfizer Friday announced that its experimental COVID-19 oral antiviral drug PAXLOVID™ reduced risks of hospitalization and death by 89% among patients who received the drug within the first three days of their illness. The company said it had stopped its Phase 2/3 trial on the drug owing to the success rate seen in an interim […] Continue reading -> Europe’s Surging COVID-19 Cases Provide Lessons for Rest of World 04/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is experiencing now provides lessons for the rest of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials addressing a media briefing on Thursday. In addition, the lack of a systematic, multilateral approach to address this pandemic has only underscored the need for […] Continue reading -> WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Obama Critical of China and Russia’s ‘Dangerous Lack of Urgency’ in Climate Change at COP26 08/11/2021 Raisa Santos Former US President Barack Obama openly criticized two of the world’s largest CO2 emitting countries – Russia and China, for their “dangerous lack of urgency” in discussing the pressing matters of climate change this past week during COP26. Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to make an appearance with other […] Continue reading -> Norway has Best Drug Policies and Brazil Has Worst, According to New Index 08/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Most countries’ drug policies are misaligned with governments’ obligations to promote health, human rights and development, according to the first-ever Global Drug Policy Index, which was launched on Monday. Drug policies that rely on criminalisation, police intervention and forced eradication have a detrimental effect on the health and human rights of the affected community instead of […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Methane Gamble – Can A Climate-Warming Gas Become An Asset to Health? 07/11/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher GLASGOW – Nearly two dozen African countries, including some of the continent’s biggest methane- producing nations, have now signed The Global Methane Pledge, launched Tuesday at COP26 by United States President Joe Biden and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. While the pledge was initially announced in September with nine countries […] Continue reading -> Children’s Health Hit Hardest by Climate Change – but Cleaner Air, Greener Cities and Healthier Foods Can Create Cascade of Benefits 07/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Greening cities, investing in urban bike lanes rather than new roads, and making plant-based foods cheaper and easier to access than ultra-processed foods. This is a doctor’s prescription for a healthier planet. As climate negotiators at Glasgow’s COP26 conference remain locked in debate over the big-picture ambition of targets for global CO2 emissions reductions, and […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Says New Anti-Viral Drug Combination Cuts Risks Of Serious COVID-19 By 89% 05/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Pfizer Friday announced that its experimental COVID-19 oral antiviral drug PAXLOVID™ reduced risks of hospitalization and death by 89% among patients who received the drug within the first three days of their illness. The company said it had stopped its Phase 2/3 trial on the drug owing to the success rate seen in an interim […] Continue reading -> Europe’s Surging COVID-19 Cases Provide Lessons for Rest of World 04/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is experiencing now provides lessons for the rest of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials addressing a media briefing on Thursday. In addition, the lack of a systematic, multilateral approach to address this pandemic has only underscored the need for […] Continue reading -> WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Norway has Best Drug Policies and Brazil Has Worst, According to New Index 08/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Most countries’ drug policies are misaligned with governments’ obligations to promote health, human rights and development, according to the first-ever Global Drug Policy Index, which was launched on Monday. Drug policies that rely on criminalisation, police intervention and forced eradication have a detrimental effect on the health and human rights of the affected community instead of […] Continue reading -> Africa’s Methane Gamble – Can A Climate-Warming Gas Become An Asset to Health? 07/11/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher GLASGOW – Nearly two dozen African countries, including some of the continent’s biggest methane- producing nations, have now signed The Global Methane Pledge, launched Tuesday at COP26 by United States President Joe Biden and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. While the pledge was initially announced in September with nine countries […] Continue reading -> Children’s Health Hit Hardest by Climate Change – but Cleaner Air, Greener Cities and Healthier Foods Can Create Cascade of Benefits 07/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Greening cities, investing in urban bike lanes rather than new roads, and making plant-based foods cheaper and easier to access than ultra-processed foods. This is a doctor’s prescription for a healthier planet. As climate negotiators at Glasgow’s COP26 conference remain locked in debate over the big-picture ambition of targets for global CO2 emissions reductions, and […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Says New Anti-Viral Drug Combination Cuts Risks Of Serious COVID-19 By 89% 05/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Pfizer Friday announced that its experimental COVID-19 oral antiviral drug PAXLOVID™ reduced risks of hospitalization and death by 89% among patients who received the drug within the first three days of their illness. The company said it had stopped its Phase 2/3 trial on the drug owing to the success rate seen in an interim […] Continue reading -> Europe’s Surging COVID-19 Cases Provide Lessons for Rest of World 04/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is experiencing now provides lessons for the rest of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials addressing a media briefing on Thursday. In addition, the lack of a systematic, multilateral approach to address this pandemic has only underscored the need for […] Continue reading -> WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Africa’s Methane Gamble – Can A Climate-Warming Gas Become An Asset to Health? 07/11/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher GLASGOW – Nearly two dozen African countries, including some of the continent’s biggest methane- producing nations, have now signed The Global Methane Pledge, launched Tuesday at COP26 by United States President Joe Biden and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. While the pledge was initially announced in September with nine countries […] Continue reading -> Children’s Health Hit Hardest by Climate Change – but Cleaner Air, Greener Cities and Healthier Foods Can Create Cascade of Benefits 07/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Greening cities, investing in urban bike lanes rather than new roads, and making plant-based foods cheaper and easier to access than ultra-processed foods. This is a doctor’s prescription for a healthier planet. As climate negotiators at Glasgow’s COP26 conference remain locked in debate over the big-picture ambition of targets for global CO2 emissions reductions, and […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Says New Anti-Viral Drug Combination Cuts Risks Of Serious COVID-19 By 89% 05/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Pfizer Friday announced that its experimental COVID-19 oral antiviral drug PAXLOVID™ reduced risks of hospitalization and death by 89% among patients who received the drug within the first three days of their illness. The company said it had stopped its Phase 2/3 trial on the drug owing to the success rate seen in an interim […] Continue reading -> Europe’s Surging COVID-19 Cases Provide Lessons for Rest of World 04/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is experiencing now provides lessons for the rest of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials addressing a media briefing on Thursday. In addition, the lack of a systematic, multilateral approach to address this pandemic has only underscored the need for […] Continue reading -> WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Children’s Health Hit Hardest by Climate Change – but Cleaner Air, Greener Cities and Healthier Foods Can Create Cascade of Benefits 07/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Greening cities, investing in urban bike lanes rather than new roads, and making plant-based foods cheaper and easier to access than ultra-processed foods. This is a doctor’s prescription for a healthier planet. As climate negotiators at Glasgow’s COP26 conference remain locked in debate over the big-picture ambition of targets for global CO2 emissions reductions, and […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Says New Anti-Viral Drug Combination Cuts Risks Of Serious COVID-19 By 89% 05/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Pfizer Friday announced that its experimental COVID-19 oral antiviral drug PAXLOVID™ reduced risks of hospitalization and death by 89% among patients who received the drug within the first three days of their illness. The company said it had stopped its Phase 2/3 trial on the drug owing to the success rate seen in an interim […] Continue reading -> Europe’s Surging COVID-19 Cases Provide Lessons for Rest of World 04/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is experiencing now provides lessons for the rest of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials addressing a media briefing on Thursday. In addition, the lack of a systematic, multilateral approach to address this pandemic has only underscored the need for […] Continue reading -> WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Says New Anti-Viral Drug Combination Cuts Risks Of Serious COVID-19 By 89% 05/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Pfizer Friday announced that its experimental COVID-19 oral antiviral drug PAXLOVID™ reduced risks of hospitalization and death by 89% among patients who received the drug within the first three days of their illness. The company said it had stopped its Phase 2/3 trial on the drug owing to the success rate seen in an interim […] Continue reading -> Europe’s Surging COVID-19 Cases Provide Lessons for Rest of World 04/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is experiencing now provides lessons for the rest of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials addressing a media briefing on Thursday. In addition, the lack of a systematic, multilateral approach to address this pandemic has only underscored the need for […] Continue reading -> WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Pfizer Says New Anti-Viral Drug Combination Cuts Risks Of Serious COVID-19 By 89% 05/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Pfizer Friday announced that its experimental COVID-19 oral antiviral drug PAXLOVID™ reduced risks of hospitalization and death by 89% among patients who received the drug within the first three days of their illness. The company said it had stopped its Phase 2/3 trial on the drug owing to the success rate seen in an interim […] Continue reading -> Europe’s Surging COVID-19 Cases Provide Lessons for Rest of World 04/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is experiencing now provides lessons for the rest of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials addressing a media briefing on Thursday. In addition, the lack of a systematic, multilateral approach to address this pandemic has only underscored the need for […] Continue reading -> WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Europe’s Surging COVID-19 Cases Provide Lessons for Rest of World 04/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is experiencing now provides lessons for the rest of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials addressing a media briefing on Thursday. In addition, the lack of a systematic, multilateral approach to address this pandemic has only underscored the need for […] Continue reading -> WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Gives India’s Covaxin Approval, Opening the Door to COVAX distribution 03/11/2021 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for India’s Covaxin, making it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the global body. “The emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” said Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts