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High-Profile Departures Shake Up WHO Leadership, ‘Controversial’ Appointee Returns
World Health Organization
A major leadership shake-up is rocking the WHO, with two assistant directors-general, Dr Jeremy Farrar and Dr  Yukiko Nakatani, leaving the ...
Eighty Years Strong and Still Forgetting Water: How WHO’s Anniversary Story Erases a Century of Environmental Health
Inside View
Twice in three years – at its 75th anniversary and again this July at the Constitution’s 80th – the World Health ...
US Assumes Control Over Global Anti-Abortion Geneva Consensus Declaration, Affirms Religious Groups
Sexual & Reproductive Health
The United States has assumed the secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), a global anti-abortion initiative launched by Donald Trump’s ...
French Youth Social Media Ban Collapses in Court as EU Readies Regulation
Child & adolescent health
France’s planned youth social media ban for minors under the age of 15 violates fundamental rights, the country’s Constitutional Council ruled ...
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Fauci: The Oracle Who Went Silent At The Wrong Time
Vital Signs in Global Health
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NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa
The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, ...
19/08/2026
Political Declaration on Pandemics is Modified Ahead of UN Meeting
The Political Declaration to be adopted at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on ...
South Sudan Refugees Face Extreme Hunger Due to Funding Shortfalls
More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance ...
14/08/2026
Fauci: The Oracle Who Went Silent At The Wrong Time
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Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo
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US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa
HIV and AIDS
Adjusting to a Post-PEPFAR World
HIV and AIDS
US Drives 25% Plunge in HIV Funding in 2025
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Global Health Policy in Geneva & Worldwide
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Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Latin America & Caribbean
North America
South-East Asia
Western Pacific
AfricaMore
Stuck Between Faith and Politics: Why Sierra Leone’s Safe Motherhood Bill is Still in Limbo
Sexual & Reproductive Health
US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map of Africa
HIV and AIDS
Adjusting to a Post-PEPFAR World
HIV and AIDS
US Drives 25% Plunge in HIV Funding in 2025
Health Equity
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