Transgender rights
Marching in solidarity with the Ugandan LGBTI community, in protest against legal harassment and social stigmatization (2018).

(Human Rights Watch) – The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a major change to its global manual of diagnoses on May 25, 2019, that will greatly benefit transgender people around the world, Human Rights Watch said today. The World Health Assembly, the WHO governing body that represents 194 member states, voted for new diagnostic guidelines that no longer describe gender nonconformity as a “mental disorder.”Continue reading ->

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[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Press Release]

Agencies warn of unprecedented situation in the DRC as cholera and measles epidemics compound Ebola challenges

Geneva / Goma 27 May 2019 – More than 800,000 people will be immunised against cholera in North Kivu in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the launch of a major vaccination campaign today.Continue reading ->

Image Credits: WHO DRC.

The latest working draft World Health Assembly resolution calling for game-changing public disclosure of the prices paid for medicines, vaccines and other health products by countries and health systems shows a broad coalition of countries from Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia forming around the compromise draft. The draft, obtained Sunday by Health Policy Watch, was close to finalisation following protracted weekend negotiations [see Medicines Prices – Delegates Near Agreement]. Continue reading ->

Image Credits: Catherine Saez.