WHO Calls For Health And Humanitarian Assistance to Gaza – and Release of Israeli Hostages Held by Hamas 11/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has called for the end of hostilities between Hamas and Israel, and the opening of a humanitarian corridor from Egypt to Gaza Strip for vital medical supplies – along with the release of over 100 Israeli and foreign hostages seized when thousands of Hamas militants first crossed the border on Saturday, […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Races to Catch Up on Childhood Vaccinations After Floods 11/10/2023 Rahul Basharat Rajput The devastating floods that submerged one-third of Pakistan in 2022 have severely disrupted the country’s vaccination programme, leaving millions of children at risk of preventable diseases. The floods severely damaged health infrastructure, causing overall immunization coverage in the country to drop to 64% in 2022, from a national average of 74% in 2020, according to […] Continue reading -> Norway’s Global Health Ambassador to Lead Wellcome Foundation 11/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Norway’s Ambassador for Global Health, Dr John-Arne Røttingen, has been appointed CEO of the charitable foundation Wellcome, one of the world’s largest funders of science aimed at solving urgent health issues, the body announced on Wednesday. Røttingen, who will assume the position in January 2024, has had a versatile and varied career. He started out […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EMRO Region Elects First Ever Female Director 11/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh Dr Hanan Balkhy has been elected as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), becoming the first woman ever to have been chosen for the challenging position in the world’s most conflict-ridden region. A Saudi national, Balkhy will assume the position on 1 February 2024 for a period of […] Continue reading -> Finally: A Plan to Address the Main Cause of Maternal Deaths 11/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Excessive bleeding is the main cause of women dying in childbirth, yet the global guidelines to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) are inadequate and outdated. To rectify this, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have developed the world’s first PPH roadmap, and aim to have new global guidelines by the first quarter of 2025. […] Continue reading -> Gates Gives $40m Boost to Africa’s mRNA Vaccine Development 10/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announced on Monday that it would invest $40 million to advance the development of mRNA innovation and production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to help them produce low-cost and high-quality vaccines at large scale. In an address to the more than 1,400 scientists, policymakers, and donors attending […] Continue reading -> Millions Flee War and Climate Crises, But Migrants Struggle to Access Mental Health Services 10/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan One billion people were classified as migrants in 2020, including 26.4 million refugees and 4.1 million asylum seekers – many driven from their homes by political conflict and climate crises. But migrants and refugees seldom get access to mental health services, despite being amongst the most at-risk people. On World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, […] Continue reading -> First Stocktake of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Adaptation Agenda to Release on COP28 Health Day 09/10/2023 Stefan Anderson The inaugural Health Day at COP28, the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai, will launch the one-year progress report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, a key outcome of last year’s summit in Egypt. The agenda, which was agreed at COP27, includes a number of commitments to increase finance and investment in climate change adaptation, […] Continue reading -> ‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pakistan Races to Catch Up on Childhood Vaccinations After Floods 11/10/2023 Rahul Basharat Rajput The devastating floods that submerged one-third of Pakistan in 2022 have severely disrupted the country’s vaccination programme, leaving millions of children at risk of preventable diseases. The floods severely damaged health infrastructure, causing overall immunization coverage in the country to drop to 64% in 2022, from a national average of 74% in 2020, according to […] Continue reading -> Norway’s Global Health Ambassador to Lead Wellcome Foundation 11/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Norway’s Ambassador for Global Health, Dr John-Arne Røttingen, has been appointed CEO of the charitable foundation Wellcome, one of the world’s largest funders of science aimed at solving urgent health issues, the body announced on Wednesday. Røttingen, who will assume the position in January 2024, has had a versatile and varied career. He started out […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EMRO Region Elects First Ever Female Director 11/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh Dr Hanan Balkhy has been elected as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), becoming the first woman ever to have been chosen for the challenging position in the world’s most conflict-ridden region. A Saudi national, Balkhy will assume the position on 1 February 2024 for a period of […] Continue reading -> Finally: A Plan to Address the Main Cause of Maternal Deaths 11/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Excessive bleeding is the main cause of women dying in childbirth, yet the global guidelines to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) are inadequate and outdated. To rectify this, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have developed the world’s first PPH roadmap, and aim to have new global guidelines by the first quarter of 2025. […] Continue reading -> Gates Gives $40m Boost to Africa’s mRNA Vaccine Development 10/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announced on Monday that it would invest $40 million to advance the development of mRNA innovation and production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to help them produce low-cost and high-quality vaccines at large scale. In an address to the more than 1,400 scientists, policymakers, and donors attending […] Continue reading -> Millions Flee War and Climate Crises, But Migrants Struggle to Access Mental Health Services 10/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan One billion people were classified as migrants in 2020, including 26.4 million refugees and 4.1 million asylum seekers – many driven from their homes by political conflict and climate crises. But migrants and refugees seldom get access to mental health services, despite being amongst the most at-risk people. On World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, […] Continue reading -> First Stocktake of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Adaptation Agenda to Release on COP28 Health Day 09/10/2023 Stefan Anderson The inaugural Health Day at COP28, the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai, will launch the one-year progress report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, a key outcome of last year’s summit in Egypt. The agenda, which was agreed at COP27, includes a number of commitments to increase finance and investment in climate change adaptation, […] Continue reading -> ‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Norway’s Global Health Ambassador to Lead Wellcome Foundation 11/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Norway’s Ambassador for Global Health, Dr John-Arne Røttingen, has been appointed CEO of the charitable foundation Wellcome, one of the world’s largest funders of science aimed at solving urgent health issues, the body announced on Wednesday. Røttingen, who will assume the position in January 2024, has had a versatile and varied career. He started out […] Continue reading -> WHO’s EMRO Region Elects First Ever Female Director 11/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh Dr Hanan Balkhy has been elected as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), becoming the first woman ever to have been chosen for the challenging position in the world’s most conflict-ridden region. A Saudi national, Balkhy will assume the position on 1 February 2024 for a period of […] Continue reading -> Finally: A Plan to Address the Main Cause of Maternal Deaths 11/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Excessive bleeding is the main cause of women dying in childbirth, yet the global guidelines to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) are inadequate and outdated. To rectify this, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have developed the world’s first PPH roadmap, and aim to have new global guidelines by the first quarter of 2025. […] Continue reading -> Gates Gives $40m Boost to Africa’s mRNA Vaccine Development 10/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announced on Monday that it would invest $40 million to advance the development of mRNA innovation and production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to help them produce low-cost and high-quality vaccines at large scale. In an address to the more than 1,400 scientists, policymakers, and donors attending […] Continue reading -> Millions Flee War and Climate Crises, But Migrants Struggle to Access Mental Health Services 10/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan One billion people were classified as migrants in 2020, including 26.4 million refugees and 4.1 million asylum seekers – many driven from their homes by political conflict and climate crises. But migrants and refugees seldom get access to mental health services, despite being amongst the most at-risk people. On World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, […] Continue reading -> First Stocktake of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Adaptation Agenda to Release on COP28 Health Day 09/10/2023 Stefan Anderson The inaugural Health Day at COP28, the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai, will launch the one-year progress report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, a key outcome of last year’s summit in Egypt. The agenda, which was agreed at COP27, includes a number of commitments to increase finance and investment in climate change adaptation, […] Continue reading -> ‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO’s EMRO Region Elects First Ever Female Director 11/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh Dr Hanan Balkhy has been elected as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), becoming the first woman ever to have been chosen for the challenging position in the world’s most conflict-ridden region. A Saudi national, Balkhy will assume the position on 1 February 2024 for a period of […] Continue reading -> Finally: A Plan to Address the Main Cause of Maternal Deaths 11/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Excessive bleeding is the main cause of women dying in childbirth, yet the global guidelines to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) are inadequate and outdated. To rectify this, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have developed the world’s first PPH roadmap, and aim to have new global guidelines by the first quarter of 2025. […] Continue reading -> Gates Gives $40m Boost to Africa’s mRNA Vaccine Development 10/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announced on Monday that it would invest $40 million to advance the development of mRNA innovation and production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to help them produce low-cost and high-quality vaccines at large scale. In an address to the more than 1,400 scientists, policymakers, and donors attending […] Continue reading -> Millions Flee War and Climate Crises, But Migrants Struggle to Access Mental Health Services 10/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan One billion people were classified as migrants in 2020, including 26.4 million refugees and 4.1 million asylum seekers – many driven from their homes by political conflict and climate crises. But migrants and refugees seldom get access to mental health services, despite being amongst the most at-risk people. On World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, […] Continue reading -> First Stocktake of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Adaptation Agenda to Release on COP28 Health Day 09/10/2023 Stefan Anderson The inaugural Health Day at COP28, the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai, will launch the one-year progress report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, a key outcome of last year’s summit in Egypt. The agenda, which was agreed at COP27, includes a number of commitments to increase finance and investment in climate change adaptation, […] Continue reading -> ‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Finally: A Plan to Address the Main Cause of Maternal Deaths 11/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Excessive bleeding is the main cause of women dying in childbirth, yet the global guidelines to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) are inadequate and outdated. To rectify this, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have developed the world’s first PPH roadmap, and aim to have new global guidelines by the first quarter of 2025. […] Continue reading -> Gates Gives $40m Boost to Africa’s mRNA Vaccine Development 10/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announced on Monday that it would invest $40 million to advance the development of mRNA innovation and production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to help them produce low-cost and high-quality vaccines at large scale. In an address to the more than 1,400 scientists, policymakers, and donors attending […] Continue reading -> Millions Flee War and Climate Crises, But Migrants Struggle to Access Mental Health Services 10/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan One billion people were classified as migrants in 2020, including 26.4 million refugees and 4.1 million asylum seekers – many driven from their homes by political conflict and climate crises. But migrants and refugees seldom get access to mental health services, despite being amongst the most at-risk people. On World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, […] Continue reading -> First Stocktake of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Adaptation Agenda to Release on COP28 Health Day 09/10/2023 Stefan Anderson The inaugural Health Day at COP28, the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai, will launch the one-year progress report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, a key outcome of last year’s summit in Egypt. The agenda, which was agreed at COP27, includes a number of commitments to increase finance and investment in climate change adaptation, […] Continue reading -> ‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gates Gives $40m Boost to Africa’s mRNA Vaccine Development 10/10/2023 Sanika Santhosh The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announced on Monday that it would invest $40 million to advance the development of mRNA innovation and production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to help them produce low-cost and high-quality vaccines at large scale. In an address to the more than 1,400 scientists, policymakers, and donors attending […] Continue reading -> Millions Flee War and Climate Crises, But Migrants Struggle to Access Mental Health Services 10/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan One billion people were classified as migrants in 2020, including 26.4 million refugees and 4.1 million asylum seekers – many driven from their homes by political conflict and climate crises. But migrants and refugees seldom get access to mental health services, despite being amongst the most at-risk people. On World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, […] Continue reading -> First Stocktake of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Adaptation Agenda to Release on COP28 Health Day 09/10/2023 Stefan Anderson The inaugural Health Day at COP28, the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai, will launch the one-year progress report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, a key outcome of last year’s summit in Egypt. The agenda, which was agreed at COP27, includes a number of commitments to increase finance and investment in climate change adaptation, […] Continue reading -> ‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Millions Flee War and Climate Crises, But Migrants Struggle to Access Mental Health Services 10/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan One billion people were classified as migrants in 2020, including 26.4 million refugees and 4.1 million asylum seekers – many driven from their homes by political conflict and climate crises. But migrants and refugees seldom get access to mental health services, despite being amongst the most at-risk people. On World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, […] Continue reading -> First Stocktake of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Adaptation Agenda to Release on COP28 Health Day 09/10/2023 Stefan Anderson The inaugural Health Day at COP28, the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai, will launch the one-year progress report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, a key outcome of last year’s summit in Egypt. The agenda, which was agreed at COP27, includes a number of commitments to increase finance and investment in climate change adaptation, […] Continue reading -> ‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
First Stocktake of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Adaptation Agenda to Release on COP28 Health Day 09/10/2023 Stefan Anderson The inaugural Health Day at COP28, the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai, will launch the one-year progress report of the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, a key outcome of last year’s summit in Egypt. The agenda, which was agreed at COP27, includes a number of commitments to increase finance and investment in climate change adaptation, […] Continue reading -> ‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan “I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, […] Continue reading -> IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
IHR Negotiations to Continue Until May 2024 09/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how to amend the International Health Regulations (IHR) to make them fit to tackle the next pandemic will be extended until as far as May 2024. This was resolved at the Working Group on the IHR amendments, which ended on Friday following a week-long meeting with a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts