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Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026
Inside View
The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: ...
US Shrinks Childhood Vaccine Schedule; Drops Six Common Vaccines from CDC Recommendations
Medicines & Vaccines
HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr makes good on promise to reduce the number of recommended vaccines. US health officials announced ...
UN Agencies, Aid Groups Protest Israel’s Move to Bar Many NGOs from Gaza as Winter Exacerbates Dire Conditions
Humanitarian Crises
Senior United Nations officials and humanitarian leaders have urged Israel to reverse plans to withhold registration from more three-dozen international NGOs ...
US EPA dismisses WHO Cancer Agency Determination that Widely Used Herbicide is ‘Probably Carcinogenic’
Health & Environment
The US Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed a recent finding that atrazine, the second most widely-used herbicide in the United States, ...
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Scientist Disputes Indian Government Claim that Farm Fires Were Reduced by 90% – As Public Outrage Over Air Pollution Grows
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Escalating DR Congo Conflict Exacerbates Refugee Flight; Gaza Famine Threat Eases
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has said it is “deeply alarmed” by the worsening humanitarian situation in Burundi, which has ...
22/12/2025
‘Beyond Horrific’ Conditions in Sudan’s El Fasher; Gaza Swamped by Flooding 
The World Food Programme (WFP) is warning of a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian emergency in Sudan on Friday, with conditions in ...
12/12/2025
$1.9 Billion in Pledges to Polio Eradication by Gates and Other Donors Narrows Funding Gap
Global leaders pledged US$ 1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, including a new $1.2 billion commitment by the ...
09/12/2025
Scientist Disputes Indian Government Claim that Farm Fires Were Reduced by 90% – As Public Outrage Over Air Pollution Grows
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Escalating DR Congo Conflict Exacerbates Refugee Flight; Gaza Famine Threat Eases
Humanitarian Crises
$1.9 Billion in Pledges to Polio Eradication by Gates and Other Donors Narrows Funding Gap
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Gavi Cuts Staff and Support to WHO and UNICEF – Gives More Freedom to Countries to Decide Vaccine Priorities
Medicines & Vaccines
Collaboration Across Africa is Key to Increasing Clinical Trials
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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
Escalating DR Congo Conflict Exacerbates Refugee Flight; Gaza Famine Threat Eases
Humanitarian Crises
$1.9 Billion in Pledges to Polio Eradication by Gates and Other Donors Narrows Funding Gap
Outbreaks
Gavi Cuts Staff and Support to WHO and UNICEF – Gives More Freedom to Countries to Decide Vaccine Priorities
Medicines & Vaccines
Collaboration Across Africa is Key to Increasing Clinical Trials
Drug & Diagnostics Development
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