Drug R&D, Sexual & Reproductive Health Scrutinised In Draft UHC Declaration 19/07/2019 David Branigan Disclosure of costs for drug research and development (R&D) and “alternative financing mechanisms” for new health products remain outstanding points to be resolved by countries in finalising a draft United Nations General Assembly political declaration on universal health coverage (UHC). A final draft of the declaration had been expected this week, but as of Friday […] Continue reading -> Two-Thirds Of People In Low & Middle-Income Countries With Hypertension Don’t Get Treatment 19/07/2019 Catherine Saez Hypertension, which has been called a silent killer because it often goes unnoticed, is one of the world’s leading causes of death – potentially leading to heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure, as well as blindness. Now, a new study in The Lancet has found that two-thirds of people in low- and middle-income countries, where […] Continue reading -> Ebola Emergency Shadowed By Cross-Border Risks, Funding Gaps & Vaccine Challenges 18/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Against the background of increased cross-border infection risks, the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) – a decision that may help increase aid flows to the disease epicentre but also threaten free-wheeling patterns of […] Continue reading -> New HIV Infections Declining, But So Is Funding To Combat The Disease 16/07/2019 David Branigan A new UNAIDS report found that while new HIV infections have declined globally since 2010, the rate of progress has slowed, with some regions showing increases in new infections. Available resources for HIV have also dropped by US$ 1 billion in 2018, marking the first time global HIV funding declined since 2000. UNAIDS’ Global AIDS […] Continue reading -> Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Japan Claims There Is No Evidence That “Delinkage” Improves Medicines Access 16/07/2019 David Branigan Japan said on Friday that it disagrees with aspects of an already-adopted Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on access to medicines, claiming that there is no evidence that “delinkage” between the cost of research & development (R&D) and the price of medicines improves access to medicines. Japan also disagreed with pursuing alternative frameworks for R&D […] Continue reading -> WHO & UN Emergencies Leadership Call For Major Funding Infusion To End Ebola Outbreak 15/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a new Ebola case in the border city of Goma, WHO and its UN partners are calling on donors to make major new funding commitments to halt the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – while WHO will reconvene an expert Emergency Committee to consider if the outbreak should […] Continue reading -> New & Updated Food Code Standards Adopted For Pesticide Residues, Food Additives & Vegetable Oils 12/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher New maximum residue limits for more than 30 different types of pesticides in animal feed and foodstuffs, updated standards for food additives, and a new standard for high value vegetable oils, and well as for hybrid varieties of palm oil, were approved today at the 42nd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC42), the UN member […] Continue reading -> Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Two-Thirds Of People In Low & Middle-Income Countries With Hypertension Don’t Get Treatment 19/07/2019 Catherine Saez Hypertension, which has been called a silent killer because it often goes unnoticed, is one of the world’s leading causes of death – potentially leading to heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure, as well as blindness. Now, a new study in The Lancet has found that two-thirds of people in low- and middle-income countries, where […] Continue reading -> Ebola Emergency Shadowed By Cross-Border Risks, Funding Gaps & Vaccine Challenges 18/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Against the background of increased cross-border infection risks, the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) – a decision that may help increase aid flows to the disease epicentre but also threaten free-wheeling patterns of […] Continue reading -> New HIV Infections Declining, But So Is Funding To Combat The Disease 16/07/2019 David Branigan A new UNAIDS report found that while new HIV infections have declined globally since 2010, the rate of progress has slowed, with some regions showing increases in new infections. Available resources for HIV have also dropped by US$ 1 billion in 2018, marking the first time global HIV funding declined since 2000. UNAIDS’ Global AIDS […] Continue reading -> Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Japan Claims There Is No Evidence That “Delinkage” Improves Medicines Access 16/07/2019 David Branigan Japan said on Friday that it disagrees with aspects of an already-adopted Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on access to medicines, claiming that there is no evidence that “delinkage” between the cost of research & development (R&D) and the price of medicines improves access to medicines. Japan also disagreed with pursuing alternative frameworks for R&D […] Continue reading -> WHO & UN Emergencies Leadership Call For Major Funding Infusion To End Ebola Outbreak 15/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a new Ebola case in the border city of Goma, WHO and its UN partners are calling on donors to make major new funding commitments to halt the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – while WHO will reconvene an expert Emergency Committee to consider if the outbreak should […] Continue reading -> New & Updated Food Code Standards Adopted For Pesticide Residues, Food Additives & Vegetable Oils 12/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher New maximum residue limits for more than 30 different types of pesticides in animal feed and foodstuffs, updated standards for food additives, and a new standard for high value vegetable oils, and well as for hybrid varieties of palm oil, were approved today at the 42nd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC42), the UN member […] Continue reading -> Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Ebola Emergency Shadowed By Cross-Border Risks, Funding Gaps & Vaccine Challenges 18/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Against the background of increased cross-border infection risks, the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) – a decision that may help increase aid flows to the disease epicentre but also threaten free-wheeling patterns of […] Continue reading -> New HIV Infections Declining, But So Is Funding To Combat The Disease 16/07/2019 David Branigan A new UNAIDS report found that while new HIV infections have declined globally since 2010, the rate of progress has slowed, with some regions showing increases in new infections. Available resources for HIV have also dropped by US$ 1 billion in 2018, marking the first time global HIV funding declined since 2000. UNAIDS’ Global AIDS […] Continue reading -> Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Japan Claims There Is No Evidence That “Delinkage” Improves Medicines Access 16/07/2019 David Branigan Japan said on Friday that it disagrees with aspects of an already-adopted Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on access to medicines, claiming that there is no evidence that “delinkage” between the cost of research & development (R&D) and the price of medicines improves access to medicines. Japan also disagreed with pursuing alternative frameworks for R&D […] Continue reading -> WHO & UN Emergencies Leadership Call For Major Funding Infusion To End Ebola Outbreak 15/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a new Ebola case in the border city of Goma, WHO and its UN partners are calling on donors to make major new funding commitments to halt the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – while WHO will reconvene an expert Emergency Committee to consider if the outbreak should […] Continue reading -> New & Updated Food Code Standards Adopted For Pesticide Residues, Food Additives & Vegetable Oils 12/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher New maximum residue limits for more than 30 different types of pesticides in animal feed and foodstuffs, updated standards for food additives, and a new standard for high value vegetable oils, and well as for hybrid varieties of palm oil, were approved today at the 42nd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC42), the UN member […] Continue reading -> Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
New HIV Infections Declining, But So Is Funding To Combat The Disease 16/07/2019 David Branigan A new UNAIDS report found that while new HIV infections have declined globally since 2010, the rate of progress has slowed, with some regions showing increases in new infections. Available resources for HIV have also dropped by US$ 1 billion in 2018, marking the first time global HIV funding declined since 2000. UNAIDS’ Global AIDS […] Continue reading -> Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Japan Claims There Is No Evidence That “Delinkage” Improves Medicines Access 16/07/2019 David Branigan Japan said on Friday that it disagrees with aspects of an already-adopted Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on access to medicines, claiming that there is no evidence that “delinkage” between the cost of research & development (R&D) and the price of medicines improves access to medicines. Japan also disagreed with pursuing alternative frameworks for R&D […] Continue reading -> WHO & UN Emergencies Leadership Call For Major Funding Infusion To End Ebola Outbreak 15/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a new Ebola case in the border city of Goma, WHO and its UN partners are calling on donors to make major new funding commitments to halt the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – while WHO will reconvene an expert Emergency Committee to consider if the outbreak should […] Continue reading -> New & Updated Food Code Standards Adopted For Pesticide Residues, Food Additives & Vegetable Oils 12/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher New maximum residue limits for more than 30 different types of pesticides in animal feed and foodstuffs, updated standards for food additives, and a new standard for high value vegetable oils, and well as for hybrid varieties of palm oil, were approved today at the 42nd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC42), the UN member […] Continue reading -> Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Hunger & Obesity Both Rising Worldwide Says UN Report 16/07/2019 Editorial team An estimated 820 million people went hungry in 2018, the third continuous year in a worldwide trend of rising hunger. And over one-quarter of the world’s population, or 2 billion people in all, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2019. […] Continue reading -> Japan Claims There Is No Evidence That “Delinkage” Improves Medicines Access 16/07/2019 David Branigan Japan said on Friday that it disagrees with aspects of an already-adopted Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on access to medicines, claiming that there is no evidence that “delinkage” between the cost of research & development (R&D) and the price of medicines improves access to medicines. Japan also disagreed with pursuing alternative frameworks for R&D […] Continue reading -> WHO & UN Emergencies Leadership Call For Major Funding Infusion To End Ebola Outbreak 15/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a new Ebola case in the border city of Goma, WHO and its UN partners are calling on donors to make major new funding commitments to halt the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – while WHO will reconvene an expert Emergency Committee to consider if the outbreak should […] Continue reading -> New & Updated Food Code Standards Adopted For Pesticide Residues, Food Additives & Vegetable Oils 12/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher New maximum residue limits for more than 30 different types of pesticides in animal feed and foodstuffs, updated standards for food additives, and a new standard for high value vegetable oils, and well as for hybrid varieties of palm oil, were approved today at the 42nd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC42), the UN member […] Continue reading -> Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Japan Claims There Is No Evidence That “Delinkage” Improves Medicines Access 16/07/2019 David Branigan Japan said on Friday that it disagrees with aspects of an already-adopted Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on access to medicines, claiming that there is no evidence that “delinkage” between the cost of research & development (R&D) and the price of medicines improves access to medicines. Japan also disagreed with pursuing alternative frameworks for R&D […] Continue reading -> WHO & UN Emergencies Leadership Call For Major Funding Infusion To End Ebola Outbreak 15/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a new Ebola case in the border city of Goma, WHO and its UN partners are calling on donors to make major new funding commitments to halt the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – while WHO will reconvene an expert Emergency Committee to consider if the outbreak should […] Continue reading -> New & Updated Food Code Standards Adopted For Pesticide Residues, Food Additives & Vegetable Oils 12/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher New maximum residue limits for more than 30 different types of pesticides in animal feed and foodstuffs, updated standards for food additives, and a new standard for high value vegetable oils, and well as for hybrid varieties of palm oil, were approved today at the 42nd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC42), the UN member […] Continue reading -> Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO & UN Emergencies Leadership Call For Major Funding Infusion To End Ebola Outbreak 15/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a new Ebola case in the border city of Goma, WHO and its UN partners are calling on donors to make major new funding commitments to halt the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – while WHO will reconvene an expert Emergency Committee to consider if the outbreak should […] Continue reading -> New & Updated Food Code Standards Adopted For Pesticide Residues, Food Additives & Vegetable Oils 12/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher New maximum residue limits for more than 30 different types of pesticides in animal feed and foodstuffs, updated standards for food additives, and a new standard for high value vegetable oils, and well as for hybrid varieties of palm oil, were approved today at the 42nd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC42), the UN member […] Continue reading -> Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
New & Updated Food Code Standards Adopted For Pesticide Residues, Food Additives & Vegetable Oils 12/07/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher New maximum residue limits for more than 30 different types of pesticides in animal feed and foodstuffs, updated standards for food additives, and a new standard for high value vegetable oils, and well as for hybrid varieties of palm oil, were approved today at the 42nd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC42), the UN member […] Continue reading -> Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Cancer Cases Growing Alarmingly, Can Alternative Therapies Support Response? 12/07/2019 Catherine Saez If the fight against cancer has yielded substantial results on survival rates in high-income countries, low- and middle-income countries are lagging behind, while cancer is gaining ground, with a particularly worrying trend in children. A first-ever International Health Congress on Integrative Oncology, held 28-30 June in Geneva, presented traditional and alternative medicines as precious allies […] Continue reading -> Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Global Action Plan For Health: Addressing Determinants Of Health Key To SDG Progress 11/07/2019 David Branigan A new plan to improve collaboration across 12 United Nations and multilateral agencies to support UN member states to reach 2030 targets on health includes not only the ambitious aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing efficiency, but of working better across sectors to address environmental, commercial and social factors that harm health. These factors, which […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts