Countries Trade Advice About How to Tackle NCDs and Mental Health at Global Financing Dialogue 20/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan A tax on tobacco and alcohol in the Philippines resulted in a sixfold increase in the country’s health budget as well as a drop in consumption of the harmful products, Ted Herbosa, the country’s health secretary, told a meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCD) and financing on Thursday. “It increased the health budget by six times […] Continue reading -> Gavi Launches Replenishment and Commits to Accelerating African Vaccine Manufacturing 20/06/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Gavi has already raised $ 2.4 billion of the $9 billion it needs to finance its operations between 2026 and 2030, the global vaccine alliance announced at Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris on Thursday. The Forum, co-hosted by France and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), also […] Continue reading -> Teach to Reach 10: Over 21,000 Health Workers Unite to Tackle Climate and Immunization Challenges 20/06/2024 Reda Sadki On June 20, 2024, over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries will attend the tenth edition of Teach to Reach, a two-day peer learning conference organized by the Geneva Learning Foundation. This event is not just another conference—it’s part of a growing movement that recognizes the power of local knowledge and action to […] Continue reading -> Zimbabwe Faces Endless Exodus of Health Workers Amid Decreasing Salaries and Worsening Conditions 19/06/2024 Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe – After a decade of service as a nurse in the public sector and very little to show for her years of toil, Letina Chiwongotore has thrown in the towel. The 35-year-old is packing her bags for the UK, no longer able to bear mounting economic hardships. Nurses, doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution ‘Kills a Child Every Minute’ 19/06/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji The fifth State of Global Air report shows air pollution is now the second-leading risk factor for death globally, after high blood pressure. Most of the deaths are from non-communicable diseases (NCD). The report has a silver lining about lives saved which shows how there’s been a large drop in the death rate of children […] Continue reading -> World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic But Independent Panel Leaders Offer Way Forward 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan The world lacks the funds, political will and appropriate global platforms to tackle the next pandemic – and the World Health Organization (WHO) should possibly be split into two entities, with one focusing solely on health emergencies. This is according to a new report by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian […] Continue reading -> Indonesian University Boosts Asia’s Public Health Programmes Through Research Training 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan Growing up in Bangladesh where several infectious diseases transmitted by helminths (worms) take a large health toll, Tilak Chandra Nath has always been fascinated with the challenges of addressing diseases of poverty. During his postgraduate training as a TDR-supported fellow at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia in 2016, he studied parasitic diseases, focusing […] Continue reading -> The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment 18/06/2024 Howard Catton When nursing graduates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive their hard-earned diplomas, they’re no longer cheered on only by proud family members and university faculty. “The recruiters pitch up on the nurses’ graduation day in our country,” one delegate told me at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA). It’s a striking image: nurses, newly […] Continue reading -> Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Gavi Launches Replenishment and Commits to Accelerating African Vaccine Manufacturing 20/06/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Gavi has already raised $ 2.4 billion of the $9 billion it needs to finance its operations between 2026 and 2030, the global vaccine alliance announced at Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris on Thursday. The Forum, co-hosted by France and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), also […] Continue reading -> Teach to Reach 10: Over 21,000 Health Workers Unite to Tackle Climate and Immunization Challenges 20/06/2024 Reda Sadki On June 20, 2024, over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries will attend the tenth edition of Teach to Reach, a two-day peer learning conference organized by the Geneva Learning Foundation. This event is not just another conference—it’s part of a growing movement that recognizes the power of local knowledge and action to […] Continue reading -> Zimbabwe Faces Endless Exodus of Health Workers Amid Decreasing Salaries and Worsening Conditions 19/06/2024 Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe – After a decade of service as a nurse in the public sector and very little to show for her years of toil, Letina Chiwongotore has thrown in the towel. The 35-year-old is packing her bags for the UK, no longer able to bear mounting economic hardships. Nurses, doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution ‘Kills a Child Every Minute’ 19/06/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji The fifth State of Global Air report shows air pollution is now the second-leading risk factor for death globally, after high blood pressure. Most of the deaths are from non-communicable diseases (NCD). The report has a silver lining about lives saved which shows how there’s been a large drop in the death rate of children […] Continue reading -> World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic But Independent Panel Leaders Offer Way Forward 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan The world lacks the funds, political will and appropriate global platforms to tackle the next pandemic – and the World Health Organization (WHO) should possibly be split into two entities, with one focusing solely on health emergencies. This is according to a new report by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian […] Continue reading -> Indonesian University Boosts Asia’s Public Health Programmes Through Research Training 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan Growing up in Bangladesh where several infectious diseases transmitted by helminths (worms) take a large health toll, Tilak Chandra Nath has always been fascinated with the challenges of addressing diseases of poverty. During his postgraduate training as a TDR-supported fellow at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia in 2016, he studied parasitic diseases, focusing […] Continue reading -> The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment 18/06/2024 Howard Catton When nursing graduates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive their hard-earned diplomas, they’re no longer cheered on only by proud family members and university faculty. “The recruiters pitch up on the nurses’ graduation day in our country,” one delegate told me at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA). It’s a striking image: nurses, newly […] Continue reading -> Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Teach to Reach 10: Over 21,000 Health Workers Unite to Tackle Climate and Immunization Challenges 20/06/2024 Reda Sadki On June 20, 2024, over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries will attend the tenth edition of Teach to Reach, a two-day peer learning conference organized by the Geneva Learning Foundation. This event is not just another conference—it’s part of a growing movement that recognizes the power of local knowledge and action to […] Continue reading -> Zimbabwe Faces Endless Exodus of Health Workers Amid Decreasing Salaries and Worsening Conditions 19/06/2024 Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe – After a decade of service as a nurse in the public sector and very little to show for her years of toil, Letina Chiwongotore has thrown in the towel. The 35-year-old is packing her bags for the UK, no longer able to bear mounting economic hardships. Nurses, doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution ‘Kills a Child Every Minute’ 19/06/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji The fifth State of Global Air report shows air pollution is now the second-leading risk factor for death globally, after high blood pressure. Most of the deaths are from non-communicable diseases (NCD). The report has a silver lining about lives saved which shows how there’s been a large drop in the death rate of children […] Continue reading -> World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic But Independent Panel Leaders Offer Way Forward 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan The world lacks the funds, political will and appropriate global platforms to tackle the next pandemic – and the World Health Organization (WHO) should possibly be split into two entities, with one focusing solely on health emergencies. This is according to a new report by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian […] Continue reading -> Indonesian University Boosts Asia’s Public Health Programmes Through Research Training 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan Growing up in Bangladesh where several infectious diseases transmitted by helminths (worms) take a large health toll, Tilak Chandra Nath has always been fascinated with the challenges of addressing diseases of poverty. During his postgraduate training as a TDR-supported fellow at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia in 2016, he studied parasitic diseases, focusing […] Continue reading -> The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment 18/06/2024 Howard Catton When nursing graduates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive their hard-earned diplomas, they’re no longer cheered on only by proud family members and university faculty. “The recruiters pitch up on the nurses’ graduation day in our country,” one delegate told me at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA). It’s a striking image: nurses, newly […] Continue reading -> Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Zimbabwe Faces Endless Exodus of Health Workers Amid Decreasing Salaries and Worsening Conditions 19/06/2024 Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe – After a decade of service as a nurse in the public sector and very little to show for her years of toil, Letina Chiwongotore has thrown in the towel. The 35-year-old is packing her bags for the UK, no longer able to bear mounting economic hardships. Nurses, doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution ‘Kills a Child Every Minute’ 19/06/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji The fifth State of Global Air report shows air pollution is now the second-leading risk factor for death globally, after high blood pressure. Most of the deaths are from non-communicable diseases (NCD). The report has a silver lining about lives saved which shows how there’s been a large drop in the death rate of children […] Continue reading -> World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic But Independent Panel Leaders Offer Way Forward 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan The world lacks the funds, political will and appropriate global platforms to tackle the next pandemic – and the World Health Organization (WHO) should possibly be split into two entities, with one focusing solely on health emergencies. This is according to a new report by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian […] Continue reading -> Indonesian University Boosts Asia’s Public Health Programmes Through Research Training 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan Growing up in Bangladesh where several infectious diseases transmitted by helminths (worms) take a large health toll, Tilak Chandra Nath has always been fascinated with the challenges of addressing diseases of poverty. During his postgraduate training as a TDR-supported fellow at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia in 2016, he studied parasitic diseases, focusing […] Continue reading -> The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment 18/06/2024 Howard Catton When nursing graduates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive their hard-earned diplomas, they’re no longer cheered on only by proud family members and university faculty. “The recruiters pitch up on the nurses’ graduation day in our country,” one delegate told me at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA). It’s a striking image: nurses, newly […] Continue reading -> Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Air Pollution ‘Kills a Child Every Minute’ 19/06/2024 Chetan Bhattacharji The fifth State of Global Air report shows air pollution is now the second-leading risk factor for death globally, after high blood pressure. Most of the deaths are from non-communicable diseases (NCD). The report has a silver lining about lives saved which shows how there’s been a large drop in the death rate of children […] Continue reading -> World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic But Independent Panel Leaders Offer Way Forward 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan The world lacks the funds, political will and appropriate global platforms to tackle the next pandemic – and the World Health Organization (WHO) should possibly be split into two entities, with one focusing solely on health emergencies. This is according to a new report by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian […] Continue reading -> Indonesian University Boosts Asia’s Public Health Programmes Through Research Training 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan Growing up in Bangladesh where several infectious diseases transmitted by helminths (worms) take a large health toll, Tilak Chandra Nath has always been fascinated with the challenges of addressing diseases of poverty. During his postgraduate training as a TDR-supported fellow at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia in 2016, he studied parasitic diseases, focusing […] Continue reading -> The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment 18/06/2024 Howard Catton When nursing graduates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive their hard-earned diplomas, they’re no longer cheered on only by proud family members and university faculty. “The recruiters pitch up on the nurses’ graduation day in our country,” one delegate told me at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA). It’s a striking image: nurses, newly […] Continue reading -> Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic But Independent Panel Leaders Offer Way Forward 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan The world lacks the funds, political will and appropriate global platforms to tackle the next pandemic – and the World Health Organization (WHO) should possibly be split into two entities, with one focusing solely on health emergencies. This is according to a new report by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian […] Continue reading -> Indonesian University Boosts Asia’s Public Health Programmes Through Research Training 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan Growing up in Bangladesh where several infectious diseases transmitted by helminths (worms) take a large health toll, Tilak Chandra Nath has always been fascinated with the challenges of addressing diseases of poverty. During his postgraduate training as a TDR-supported fellow at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia in 2016, he studied parasitic diseases, focusing […] Continue reading -> The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment 18/06/2024 Howard Catton When nursing graduates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive their hard-earned diplomas, they’re no longer cheered on only by proud family members and university faculty. “The recruiters pitch up on the nurses’ graduation day in our country,” one delegate told me at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA). It’s a striking image: nurses, newly […] Continue reading -> Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Indonesian University Boosts Asia’s Public Health Programmes Through Research Training 18/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan Growing up in Bangladesh where several infectious diseases transmitted by helminths (worms) take a large health toll, Tilak Chandra Nath has always been fascinated with the challenges of addressing diseases of poverty. During his postgraduate training as a TDR-supported fellow at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia in 2016, he studied parasitic diseases, focusing […] Continue reading -> The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment 18/06/2024 Howard Catton When nursing graduates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive their hard-earned diplomas, they’re no longer cheered on only by proud family members and university faculty. “The recruiters pitch up on the nurses’ graduation day in our country,” one delegate told me at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA). It’s a striking image: nurses, newly […] Continue reading -> Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment 18/06/2024 Howard Catton When nursing graduates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive their hard-earned diplomas, they’re no longer cheered on only by proud family members and university faculty. “The recruiters pitch up on the nurses’ graduation day in our country,” one delegate told me at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA). It’s a striking image: nurses, newly […] Continue reading -> Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Transforming Alzheimer’s Care: Could Blood Biomarkers Speed Up Accurate Diagnosis? 17/06/2024 Maayan Hoffman Around 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and an estimated 60% to 80% of those individuals suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). That number is expected to increase to around 139 million within 25 years. Projections from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis indicate that by 2025, […] Continue reading -> Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Hospital Oxygen Demand Has Returned to Pre-COVID Levels, But Countries Still Lack Data About Gaps 17/06/2024 Disha Shetty The COVID pandemic brought into focus the life-saving role of medical oxygen – but the stock of oxygen is still severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, and many don’t know how much oxygen they need. Despite wide-ranging efforts to improve access to oxygen and oxygen delivery devices over the past four years, services in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts