UN Tuberculosis Declaration Draft Text Out For Approval 11/09/2018 William New Negotiators' agreed draft text for a United Nations political declaration on ending tuberculosis worldwide has been posted for all member states to see, and negotiators hope, not comment on. Under a UN procedure, the text has been placed "under silence" until 10:00am New York time on 14 September. If no one breaks the silence, the text is considered agreed and will advance to the High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis on 26 September as part of the annual UN General Assembly. Continue reading -> NIH-funded Human Trials Outside US Get Temporary Funding Reprieve 09/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan Human trials conducted outside the United States with funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) halted by the Trump administration in May, may be permitted to continue. On 1 May, the NIH outlawed US researchers from making subawards to foreign research partners, jeopardising billions of dollars of research throughout the world. As a […] Continue reading -> USAID Formally Shut Down – Days After Scientists Warn Closure Will Kill 2.4 Million People Every Year 02/07/2025 Stefan Anderson US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the official end of USAID, eliminating the world’s largest humanitarian aid agency just days after a landmark study warned the closure would cause 2.4 million preventable deaths every year. The study published 30 June in The Lancet found USAID-supported programs saved 92 million lives in low- and middle-income countries […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: WHO Chief Names New Team of Directors – Mostly Familiar Faces 01/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced his new team of 36 directors at headquarters on Tuesday, according to an internal message to WHO staff, seen by Health Policy Watch. Nine of the appointments, including key positions heading the Departments of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, and the newly-combined Department of Environment, […] Continue reading -> ‘We Dissent’: NIH Staff Hit Out Against ‘Politicised’ Research 09/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Over 300 employees of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have urged NIH director Dr Jay Bhattacharya to “restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue”. They have also appealed to him to reinstate staff, enable global collaboration, and research to be published in peer-reviewed journals. “We dissent […] Continue reading -> WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Cracking the Cost Code: Why Transparency in TB is a Matter of Life and Death 02/06/2025 Farhat Mantoo & Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa In Nukus, Uzbekistan, 34-year-old surgical nurse Dilaram was devastated when she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). But instead of facing the standard treatment, including nearly 15,000 pills to be taken over two years and painful injections causing severe side effects, she could enrol in TB-PRACTECAL, the MSF-led clinical trial testing an all-oral, six-month regimen […] Continue reading -> ‘We Need a New Model Not Faster Horses,’ Urges Winner of Global Health Award 26/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan “We don’t need faster horses, we need a new model of global health,” says Professor Helen Rees, who received the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize on Friday for her “outstanding contribution to public health”. “If there isn’t going to be money, we shouldn’t be trying to run the same things […] Continue reading -> African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. 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NIH-funded Human Trials Outside US Get Temporary Funding Reprieve 09/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan Human trials conducted outside the United States with funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) halted by the Trump administration in May, may be permitted to continue. On 1 May, the NIH outlawed US researchers from making subawards to foreign research partners, jeopardising billions of dollars of research throughout the world. As a […] Continue reading -> USAID Formally Shut Down – Days After Scientists Warn Closure Will Kill 2.4 Million People Every Year 02/07/2025 Stefan Anderson US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the official end of USAID, eliminating the world’s largest humanitarian aid agency just days after a landmark study warned the closure would cause 2.4 million preventable deaths every year. The study published 30 June in The Lancet found USAID-supported programs saved 92 million lives in low- and middle-income countries […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: WHO Chief Names New Team of Directors – Mostly Familiar Faces 01/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced his new team of 36 directors at headquarters on Tuesday, according to an internal message to WHO staff, seen by Health Policy Watch. Nine of the appointments, including key positions heading the Departments of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, and the newly-combined Department of Environment, […] Continue reading -> ‘We Dissent’: NIH Staff Hit Out Against ‘Politicised’ Research 09/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Over 300 employees of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have urged NIH director Dr Jay Bhattacharya to “restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue”. They have also appealed to him to reinstate staff, enable global collaboration, and research to be published in peer-reviewed journals. “We dissent […] Continue reading -> WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Cracking the Cost Code: Why Transparency in TB is a Matter of Life and Death 02/06/2025 Farhat Mantoo & Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa In Nukus, Uzbekistan, 34-year-old surgical nurse Dilaram was devastated when she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). But instead of facing the standard treatment, including nearly 15,000 pills to be taken over two years and painful injections causing severe side effects, she could enrol in TB-PRACTECAL, the MSF-led clinical trial testing an all-oral, six-month regimen […] Continue reading -> ‘We Need a New Model Not Faster Horses,’ Urges Winner of Global Health Award 26/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan “We don’t need faster horses, we need a new model of global health,” says Professor Helen Rees, who received the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize on Friday for her “outstanding contribution to public health”. “If there isn’t going to be money, we shouldn’t be trying to run the same things […] Continue reading -> African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. 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USAID Formally Shut Down – Days After Scientists Warn Closure Will Kill 2.4 Million People Every Year 02/07/2025 Stefan Anderson US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the official end of USAID, eliminating the world’s largest humanitarian aid agency just days after a landmark study warned the closure would cause 2.4 million preventable deaths every year. The study published 30 June in The Lancet found USAID-supported programs saved 92 million lives in low- and middle-income countries […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: WHO Chief Names New Team of Directors – Mostly Familiar Faces 01/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced his new team of 36 directors at headquarters on Tuesday, according to an internal message to WHO staff, seen by Health Policy Watch. Nine of the appointments, including key positions heading the Departments of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, and the newly-combined Department of Environment, […] Continue reading -> ‘We Dissent’: NIH Staff Hit Out Against ‘Politicised’ Research 09/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Over 300 employees of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have urged NIH director Dr Jay Bhattacharya to “restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue”. They have also appealed to him to reinstate staff, enable global collaboration, and research to be published in peer-reviewed journals. “We dissent […] Continue reading -> WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Cracking the Cost Code: Why Transparency in TB is a Matter of Life and Death 02/06/2025 Farhat Mantoo & Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa In Nukus, Uzbekistan, 34-year-old surgical nurse Dilaram was devastated when she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). But instead of facing the standard treatment, including nearly 15,000 pills to be taken over two years and painful injections causing severe side effects, she could enrol in TB-PRACTECAL, the MSF-led clinical trial testing an all-oral, six-month regimen […] Continue reading -> ‘We Need a New Model Not Faster Horses,’ Urges Winner of Global Health Award 26/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan “We don’t need faster horses, we need a new model of global health,” says Professor Helen Rees, who received the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize on Friday for her “outstanding contribution to public health”. “If there isn’t going to be money, we shouldn’t be trying to run the same things […] Continue reading -> African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
EXCLUSIVE: WHO Chief Names New Team of Directors – Mostly Familiar Faces 01/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced his new team of 36 directors at headquarters on Tuesday, according to an internal message to WHO staff, seen by Health Policy Watch. Nine of the appointments, including key positions heading the Departments of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, and the newly-combined Department of Environment, […] Continue reading -> ‘We Dissent’: NIH Staff Hit Out Against ‘Politicised’ Research 09/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Over 300 employees of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have urged NIH director Dr Jay Bhattacharya to “restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue”. They have also appealed to him to reinstate staff, enable global collaboration, and research to be published in peer-reviewed journals. “We dissent […] Continue reading -> WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Cracking the Cost Code: Why Transparency in TB is a Matter of Life and Death 02/06/2025 Farhat Mantoo & Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa In Nukus, Uzbekistan, 34-year-old surgical nurse Dilaram was devastated when she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). But instead of facing the standard treatment, including nearly 15,000 pills to be taken over two years and painful injections causing severe side effects, she could enrol in TB-PRACTECAL, the MSF-led clinical trial testing an all-oral, six-month regimen […] Continue reading -> ‘We Need a New Model Not Faster Horses,’ Urges Winner of Global Health Award 26/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan “We don’t need faster horses, we need a new model of global health,” says Professor Helen Rees, who received the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize on Friday for her “outstanding contribution to public health”. “If there isn’t going to be money, we shouldn’t be trying to run the same things […] Continue reading -> African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
‘We Dissent’: NIH Staff Hit Out Against ‘Politicised’ Research 09/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Over 300 employees of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have urged NIH director Dr Jay Bhattacharya to “restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue”. They have also appealed to him to reinstate staff, enable global collaboration, and research to be published in peer-reviewed journals. “We dissent […] Continue reading -> WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Cracking the Cost Code: Why Transparency in TB is a Matter of Life and Death 02/06/2025 Farhat Mantoo & Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa In Nukus, Uzbekistan, 34-year-old surgical nurse Dilaram was devastated when she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). But instead of facing the standard treatment, including nearly 15,000 pills to be taken over two years and painful injections causing severe side effects, she could enrol in TB-PRACTECAL, the MSF-led clinical trial testing an all-oral, six-month regimen […] Continue reading -> ‘We Need a New Model Not Faster Horses,’ Urges Winner of Global Health Award 26/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan “We don’t need faster horses, we need a new model of global health,” says Professor Helen Rees, who received the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize on Friday for her “outstanding contribution to public health”. “If there isn’t going to be money, we shouldn’t be trying to run the same things […] Continue reading -> African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO Advocates for ‘Sin Taxes’ to Offset Aid Cuts, as Trump Asks Congress to Rescind $9.4 Billion in Global Health Funds 05/06/2025 Kerry Cullinan Governments have been advised to impose ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy products to offset the severity of cuts to official development assistance (ODA), World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a tuberculosis meeting on Thursday. His statements came two days after the administration of US President Donald Trump […] Continue reading -> Cracking the Cost Code: Why Transparency in TB is a Matter of Life and Death 02/06/2025 Farhat Mantoo & Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa In Nukus, Uzbekistan, 34-year-old surgical nurse Dilaram was devastated when she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). But instead of facing the standard treatment, including nearly 15,000 pills to be taken over two years and painful injections causing severe side effects, she could enrol in TB-PRACTECAL, the MSF-led clinical trial testing an all-oral, six-month regimen […] Continue reading -> ‘We Need a New Model Not Faster Horses,’ Urges Winner of Global Health Award 26/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan “We don’t need faster horses, we need a new model of global health,” says Professor Helen Rees, who received the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize on Friday for her “outstanding contribution to public health”. “If there isn’t going to be money, we shouldn’t be trying to run the same things […] Continue reading -> African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Cracking the Cost Code: Why Transparency in TB is a Matter of Life and Death 02/06/2025 Farhat Mantoo & Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa In Nukus, Uzbekistan, 34-year-old surgical nurse Dilaram was devastated when she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). But instead of facing the standard treatment, including nearly 15,000 pills to be taken over two years and painful injections causing severe side effects, she could enrol in TB-PRACTECAL, the MSF-led clinical trial testing an all-oral, six-month regimen […] Continue reading -> ‘We Need a New Model Not Faster Horses,’ Urges Winner of Global Health Award 26/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan “We don’t need faster horses, we need a new model of global health,” says Professor Helen Rees, who received the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize on Friday for her “outstanding contribution to public health”. “If there isn’t going to be money, we shouldn’t be trying to run the same things […] Continue reading -> African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
‘We Need a New Model Not Faster Horses,’ Urges Winner of Global Health Award 26/05/2025 Kerry Cullinan “We don’t need faster horses, we need a new model of global health,” says Professor Helen Rees, who received the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize on Friday for her “outstanding contribution to public health”. “If there isn’t going to be money, we shouldn’t be trying to run the same things […] Continue reading -> African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
African Nations Ask WHO for Increased Funding as Global Health Aid Hits Decade-Low 22/05/2025 Disha Shetty & Stefan Anderson African countries at the World Health Assembly called for increased support to health systems across the continent following major cuts to all World Health Organization (WHO) regional office budgets amid a financial crisis triggered by the US withdrawal from the agency and falling global health spending. The African region suffered the largest total cut, losing […] Continue reading -> WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO’s Country Offices: Should Host Nations Foot More of the Bill? 19/05/2025 Pragyan Ghale The World Health Organization (WHO) is confronting an unprecedented financial crisis, with a projected shortfall of $2.5 billion for the 2025–2027 period. In his official remarks to the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee (PBAC) on 14 May 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the Organization may be forced to close certain country […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy