Japan Poised to Donate the Only Mpox Vaccine Licensed for Children to DRC 27/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The government of Japan is preparing to send donations of mpox vaccines to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the epicentre of the global outbreak, according to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The Japan-based KM Biologics makes LC16, the only mpox vaccine currently licensed for children. This is essential for […] Continue reading -> As Mpox Outbreak Overshadows WHO Africa Conference, Tedros Promises Vaccine Decision ‘Within Weeks’ 26/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) will decide on whether to issue an emergency use listing (EUL) for an mpox vaccine within three weeks after its manufacturer supplied the global body with all the required information last Friday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening of the WHO Africa regional conference on Monday. The WHO […] Continue reading -> New Delhi Traffic Pollution Sensors Debunk Notion that CNG is a ‘Green’ Fuel 26/08/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji New Delhi’s decades-old regime to control vehicular pollution, including a heavy reliance by commercial vehicles on compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel, has been challenged by a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The report upends the narrative the that CNG is a ‘clean’ fuel, pointing to its high level of health-damaging […] Continue reading -> Could Vaccine Misinformation Lead to a Worldwide Health Crisis? 24/08/2024 Maayan Hoffman How did vaccines, once hailed as essential tools for global peace, security and international cooperation, become something that some now fear could kill them? This is the focus of the latest episode of the Global Health Matters podcast, hosted by Garry Aslnyan. In an interview with author Peter Hotez, the discussion delves into how misinformation […] Continue reading -> The Global Response to Mpox: A Feeling of Déjà Vu? 23/08/2024 Janeen Madan Keller & Javier Guzman With the number of new mpox cases continuing to rise, and many more potentially undetected, African countries affected by the latest outbreak are racing to mobilize funds and urgently deploy medical countermeasures, including vaccines. But as the current epidemic unfolds, there is an undeniable feeling of déjà vu. Global efforts are falling short of what […] Continue reading -> Sudan Battling New Cholera Outbreak at 60 Cases per Day, WHO Reveals 23/08/2024 Sophia Samantaroy United Nations officials are expressing concern that a new cholera outbreak in conflict-ridden Sudan, declared 10 days ago, could widen dramatically in the wake of increased rainfall and flooding. Some 658 cases of cholera have been reported since 12 August, with 28 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed in its latest situation report, published […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Three Shorter, Oral Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB 22/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) this week recommended three new regimens for multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) tuberculosis (TB) that are far shorter than the current regimens and can be taken orally. The new regimens can cure patients in six to nine months rather than the usual 18 months and dispense with the painful injections […] Continue reading -> Warning labels, Time restrictions? Experts Mull How to Curb Social Media Harms 21/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan As evidence mounts of the health harms of excessive social media use on children, governments and academics are mulling how to regulate and contain these harms – notably anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recently appealed to his country’s Congress to compel social media sites to carry warning labels about […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
As Mpox Outbreak Overshadows WHO Africa Conference, Tedros Promises Vaccine Decision ‘Within Weeks’ 26/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) will decide on whether to issue an emergency use listing (EUL) for an mpox vaccine within three weeks after its manufacturer supplied the global body with all the required information last Friday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening of the WHO Africa regional conference on Monday. The WHO […] Continue reading -> New Delhi Traffic Pollution Sensors Debunk Notion that CNG is a ‘Green’ Fuel 26/08/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji New Delhi’s decades-old regime to control vehicular pollution, including a heavy reliance by commercial vehicles on compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel, has been challenged by a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The report upends the narrative the that CNG is a ‘clean’ fuel, pointing to its high level of health-damaging […] Continue reading -> Could Vaccine Misinformation Lead to a Worldwide Health Crisis? 24/08/2024 Maayan Hoffman How did vaccines, once hailed as essential tools for global peace, security and international cooperation, become something that some now fear could kill them? This is the focus of the latest episode of the Global Health Matters podcast, hosted by Garry Aslnyan. In an interview with author Peter Hotez, the discussion delves into how misinformation […] Continue reading -> The Global Response to Mpox: A Feeling of Déjà Vu? 23/08/2024 Janeen Madan Keller & Javier Guzman With the number of new mpox cases continuing to rise, and many more potentially undetected, African countries affected by the latest outbreak are racing to mobilize funds and urgently deploy medical countermeasures, including vaccines. But as the current epidemic unfolds, there is an undeniable feeling of déjà vu. Global efforts are falling short of what […] Continue reading -> Sudan Battling New Cholera Outbreak at 60 Cases per Day, WHO Reveals 23/08/2024 Sophia Samantaroy United Nations officials are expressing concern that a new cholera outbreak in conflict-ridden Sudan, declared 10 days ago, could widen dramatically in the wake of increased rainfall and flooding. Some 658 cases of cholera have been reported since 12 August, with 28 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed in its latest situation report, published […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Three Shorter, Oral Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB 22/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) this week recommended three new regimens for multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) tuberculosis (TB) that are far shorter than the current regimens and can be taken orally. The new regimens can cure patients in six to nine months rather than the usual 18 months and dispense with the painful injections […] Continue reading -> Warning labels, Time restrictions? Experts Mull How to Curb Social Media Harms 21/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan As evidence mounts of the health harms of excessive social media use on children, governments and academics are mulling how to regulate and contain these harms – notably anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recently appealed to his country’s Congress to compel social media sites to carry warning labels about […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
New Delhi Traffic Pollution Sensors Debunk Notion that CNG is a ‘Green’ Fuel 26/08/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji New Delhi’s decades-old regime to control vehicular pollution, including a heavy reliance by commercial vehicles on compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel, has been challenged by a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The report upends the narrative the that CNG is a ‘clean’ fuel, pointing to its high level of health-damaging […] Continue reading -> Could Vaccine Misinformation Lead to a Worldwide Health Crisis? 24/08/2024 Maayan Hoffman How did vaccines, once hailed as essential tools for global peace, security and international cooperation, become something that some now fear could kill them? This is the focus of the latest episode of the Global Health Matters podcast, hosted by Garry Aslnyan. In an interview with author Peter Hotez, the discussion delves into how misinformation […] Continue reading -> The Global Response to Mpox: A Feeling of Déjà Vu? 23/08/2024 Janeen Madan Keller & Javier Guzman With the number of new mpox cases continuing to rise, and many more potentially undetected, African countries affected by the latest outbreak are racing to mobilize funds and urgently deploy medical countermeasures, including vaccines. But as the current epidemic unfolds, there is an undeniable feeling of déjà vu. Global efforts are falling short of what […] Continue reading -> Sudan Battling New Cholera Outbreak at 60 Cases per Day, WHO Reveals 23/08/2024 Sophia Samantaroy United Nations officials are expressing concern that a new cholera outbreak in conflict-ridden Sudan, declared 10 days ago, could widen dramatically in the wake of increased rainfall and flooding. Some 658 cases of cholera have been reported since 12 August, with 28 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed in its latest situation report, published […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Three Shorter, Oral Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB 22/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) this week recommended three new regimens for multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) tuberculosis (TB) that are far shorter than the current regimens and can be taken orally. The new regimens can cure patients in six to nine months rather than the usual 18 months and dispense with the painful injections […] Continue reading -> Warning labels, Time restrictions? Experts Mull How to Curb Social Media Harms 21/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan As evidence mounts of the health harms of excessive social media use on children, governments and academics are mulling how to regulate and contain these harms – notably anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recently appealed to his country’s Congress to compel social media sites to carry warning labels about […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Could Vaccine Misinformation Lead to a Worldwide Health Crisis? 24/08/2024 Maayan Hoffman How did vaccines, once hailed as essential tools for global peace, security and international cooperation, become something that some now fear could kill them? This is the focus of the latest episode of the Global Health Matters podcast, hosted by Garry Aslnyan. In an interview with author Peter Hotez, the discussion delves into how misinformation […] Continue reading -> The Global Response to Mpox: A Feeling of Déjà Vu? 23/08/2024 Janeen Madan Keller & Javier Guzman With the number of new mpox cases continuing to rise, and many more potentially undetected, African countries affected by the latest outbreak are racing to mobilize funds and urgently deploy medical countermeasures, including vaccines. But as the current epidemic unfolds, there is an undeniable feeling of déjà vu. Global efforts are falling short of what […] Continue reading -> Sudan Battling New Cholera Outbreak at 60 Cases per Day, WHO Reveals 23/08/2024 Sophia Samantaroy United Nations officials are expressing concern that a new cholera outbreak in conflict-ridden Sudan, declared 10 days ago, could widen dramatically in the wake of increased rainfall and flooding. Some 658 cases of cholera have been reported since 12 August, with 28 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed in its latest situation report, published […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Three Shorter, Oral Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB 22/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) this week recommended three new regimens for multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) tuberculosis (TB) that are far shorter than the current regimens and can be taken orally. The new regimens can cure patients in six to nine months rather than the usual 18 months and dispense with the painful injections […] Continue reading -> Warning labels, Time restrictions? Experts Mull How to Curb Social Media Harms 21/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan As evidence mounts of the health harms of excessive social media use on children, governments and academics are mulling how to regulate and contain these harms – notably anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recently appealed to his country’s Congress to compel social media sites to carry warning labels about […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
The Global Response to Mpox: A Feeling of Déjà Vu? 23/08/2024 Janeen Madan Keller & Javier Guzman With the number of new mpox cases continuing to rise, and many more potentially undetected, African countries affected by the latest outbreak are racing to mobilize funds and urgently deploy medical countermeasures, including vaccines. But as the current epidemic unfolds, there is an undeniable feeling of déjà vu. Global efforts are falling short of what […] Continue reading -> Sudan Battling New Cholera Outbreak at 60 Cases per Day, WHO Reveals 23/08/2024 Sophia Samantaroy United Nations officials are expressing concern that a new cholera outbreak in conflict-ridden Sudan, declared 10 days ago, could widen dramatically in the wake of increased rainfall and flooding. Some 658 cases of cholera have been reported since 12 August, with 28 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed in its latest situation report, published […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Three Shorter, Oral Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB 22/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) this week recommended three new regimens for multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) tuberculosis (TB) that are far shorter than the current regimens and can be taken orally. The new regimens can cure patients in six to nine months rather than the usual 18 months and dispense with the painful injections […] Continue reading -> Warning labels, Time restrictions? Experts Mull How to Curb Social Media Harms 21/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan As evidence mounts of the health harms of excessive social media use on children, governments and academics are mulling how to regulate and contain these harms – notably anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recently appealed to his country’s Congress to compel social media sites to carry warning labels about […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Sudan Battling New Cholera Outbreak at 60 Cases per Day, WHO Reveals 23/08/2024 Sophia Samantaroy United Nations officials are expressing concern that a new cholera outbreak in conflict-ridden Sudan, declared 10 days ago, could widen dramatically in the wake of increased rainfall and flooding. Some 658 cases of cholera have been reported since 12 August, with 28 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed in its latest situation report, published […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Three Shorter, Oral Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB 22/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) this week recommended three new regimens for multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) tuberculosis (TB) that are far shorter than the current regimens and can be taken orally. The new regimens can cure patients in six to nine months rather than the usual 18 months and dispense with the painful injections […] Continue reading -> Warning labels, Time restrictions? Experts Mull How to Curb Social Media Harms 21/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan As evidence mounts of the health harms of excessive social media use on children, governments and academics are mulling how to regulate and contain these harms – notably anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recently appealed to his country’s Congress to compel social media sites to carry warning labels about […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Recommends Three Shorter, Oral Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB 22/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) this week recommended three new regimens for multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) tuberculosis (TB) that are far shorter than the current regimens and can be taken orally. The new regimens can cure patients in six to nine months rather than the usual 18 months and dispense with the painful injections […] Continue reading -> Warning labels, Time restrictions? Experts Mull How to Curb Social Media Harms 21/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan As evidence mounts of the health harms of excessive social media use on children, governments and academics are mulling how to regulate and contain these harms – notably anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recently appealed to his country’s Congress to compel social media sites to carry warning labels about […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Warning labels, Time restrictions? Experts Mull How to Curb Social Media Harms 21/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan As evidence mounts of the health harms of excessive social media use on children, governments and academics are mulling how to regulate and contain these harms – notably anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recently appealed to his country’s Congress to compel social media sites to carry warning labels about […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Africa CDC in Talks with Bavarian Nordic to Bring Mpox Vaccine Production to the Continent 20/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic, the only global producer of an mpox vaccine, about technology transfer to enable African manufacturers to make the vaccine on the continent. “I want to recognise and thank Bavarian Nordic for accepting to do the tech transfer in Africa, […] Continue reading -> International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
International Body Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries 19/08/2024 Kerry Cullinan The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider a “time-limited moratorium of active recruitment of nurses” from countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List. This follows a “dramatic surge” in the recruitment of nurses from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by wealthy countries, according […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts