Big Pharma Issues Global ‘Call to Action’ to Address NCD Crisis 11/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Almost five million lives could be saved annually if low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) invested 1% more of GDP in public healthcare spending – and used at least 40% of this to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This is according to Airfinity research commissioned by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Who Decides? The Contraceptive Conundrum Facing Adolescent Girls in Africa 07/03/2025 Edith Magak Access to contraception must be lowered to allow teenage girls to make informed decisions about their bodies, relationships, and futures, say key African health stakeholders – including sexual and reproductive health workers and advocates. But are policymakers ready to adopt this change – particularly as the debate over sexual and reproductive health rights becomes ever […] Continue reading -> Global Health is At a Crossroads: Let’s be Bold and Aspirational 07/03/2025 David McCoy, Johanna Riha, Claudia Lopes, Remco van de Pas & Unni Karunakara When America catches a cold, the world sneezes. Thus, the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO), along with the gutting of USAID, PEPFAR and other aid programmes, has put the entire global health community in disarray. Across the world, healthcare services for some of the most vulnerable people have been shut down. Public […] Continue reading -> Mpox Testing Rate Plummets to 17% in DRC 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Only 17% of suspected mpox tests in the the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had been tested in the past week – a drop of almost 10%, Dr Ngashi Ngongo, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) lead on mpox, told a media briefing on Thursday. Only seven of the DRC’s 26 […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> US Supreme Court Clears Path for District Judge to Rule on Aid Freeze 05/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid, referring the matter back to a District Court Judge who had earlier issued a temporary restraining order against the freeze. Judge Amir Ali issued the order on 13 February ordering the US administration to resume payments for work […] Continue reading -> RFK Affirms Measles Vaccine But Says Decision to Vaccinate is ‘Personal’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Amid the worst measles outbreak in the United States in a decade, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, has affirmed that vaccines protect children. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated […] Continue reading -> The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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. 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EXCLUSIVE: Number of WHO Senior Directors Nearly Doubled since 2017, Costs Approach $100 million 10/03/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher To save the World Health Organization (WHO), move staff to regional and country offices; cut posts at the top not only bottom; reduce gig workers rationally; and create a merit- and equity-based HR strategy for all levels of the organization, urge critics The number of WHO’s top-ranked directors (D2), the highest level of staff before […] Continue reading -> Who Decides? The Contraceptive Conundrum Facing Adolescent Girls in Africa 07/03/2025 Edith Magak Access to contraception must be lowered to allow teenage girls to make informed decisions about their bodies, relationships, and futures, say key African health stakeholders – including sexual and reproductive health workers and advocates. But are policymakers ready to adopt this change – particularly as the debate over sexual and reproductive health rights becomes ever […] Continue reading -> Global Health is At a Crossroads: Let’s be Bold and Aspirational 07/03/2025 David McCoy, Johanna Riha, Claudia Lopes, Remco van de Pas & Unni Karunakara When America catches a cold, the world sneezes. Thus, the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO), along with the gutting of USAID, PEPFAR and other aid programmes, has put the entire global health community in disarray. Across the world, healthcare services for some of the most vulnerable people have been shut down. Public […] Continue reading -> Mpox Testing Rate Plummets to 17% in DRC 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Only 17% of suspected mpox tests in the the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had been tested in the past week – a drop of almost 10%, Dr Ngashi Ngongo, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) lead on mpox, told a media briefing on Thursday. Only seven of the DRC’s 26 […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> US Supreme Court Clears Path for District Judge to Rule on Aid Freeze 05/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid, referring the matter back to a District Court Judge who had earlier issued a temporary restraining order against the freeze. Judge Amir Ali issued the order on 13 February ordering the US administration to resume payments for work […] Continue reading -> RFK Affirms Measles Vaccine But Says Decision to Vaccinate is ‘Personal’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Amid the worst measles outbreak in the United States in a decade, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, has affirmed that vaccines protect children. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated […] Continue reading -> The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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 Decides? The Contraceptive Conundrum Facing Adolescent Girls in Africa 07/03/2025 Edith Magak Access to contraception must be lowered to allow teenage girls to make informed decisions about their bodies, relationships, and futures, say key African health stakeholders – including sexual and reproductive health workers and advocates. But are policymakers ready to adopt this change – particularly as the debate over sexual and reproductive health rights becomes ever […] Continue reading -> Global Health is At a Crossroads: Let’s be Bold and Aspirational 07/03/2025 David McCoy, Johanna Riha, Claudia Lopes, Remco van de Pas & Unni Karunakara When America catches a cold, the world sneezes. Thus, the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO), along with the gutting of USAID, PEPFAR and other aid programmes, has put the entire global health community in disarray. Across the world, healthcare services for some of the most vulnerable people have been shut down. Public […] Continue reading -> Mpox Testing Rate Plummets to 17% in DRC 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Only 17% of suspected mpox tests in the the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had been tested in the past week – a drop of almost 10%, Dr Ngashi Ngongo, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) lead on mpox, told a media briefing on Thursday. Only seven of the DRC’s 26 […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> US Supreme Court Clears Path for District Judge to Rule on Aid Freeze 05/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid, referring the matter back to a District Court Judge who had earlier issued a temporary restraining order against the freeze. Judge Amir Ali issued the order on 13 February ordering the US administration to resume payments for work […] Continue reading -> RFK Affirms Measles Vaccine But Says Decision to Vaccinate is ‘Personal’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Amid the worst measles outbreak in the United States in a decade, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, has affirmed that vaccines protect children. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated […] Continue reading -> The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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.
Global Health is At a Crossroads: Let’s be Bold and Aspirational 07/03/2025 David McCoy, Johanna Riha, Claudia Lopes, Remco van de Pas & Unni Karunakara When America catches a cold, the world sneezes. Thus, the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO), along with the gutting of USAID, PEPFAR and other aid programmes, has put the entire global health community in disarray. Across the world, healthcare services for some of the most vulnerable people have been shut down. Public […] Continue reading -> Mpox Testing Rate Plummets to 17% in DRC 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Only 17% of suspected mpox tests in the the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had been tested in the past week – a drop of almost 10%, Dr Ngashi Ngongo, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) lead on mpox, told a media briefing on Thursday. Only seven of the DRC’s 26 […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> US Supreme Court Clears Path for District Judge to Rule on Aid Freeze 05/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid, referring the matter back to a District Court Judge who had earlier issued a temporary restraining order against the freeze. Judge Amir Ali issued the order on 13 February ordering the US administration to resume payments for work […] Continue reading -> RFK Affirms Measles Vaccine But Says Decision to Vaccinate is ‘Personal’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Amid the worst measles outbreak in the United States in a decade, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, has affirmed that vaccines protect children. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated […] Continue reading -> The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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.
Mpox Testing Rate Plummets to 17% in DRC 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Only 17% of suspected mpox tests in the the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had been tested in the past week – a drop of almost 10%, Dr Ngashi Ngongo, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) lead on mpox, told a media briefing on Thursday. Only seven of the DRC’s 26 […] Continue reading -> Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> US Supreme Court Clears Path for District Judge to Rule on Aid Freeze 05/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid, referring the matter back to a District Court Judge who had earlier issued a temporary restraining order against the freeze. Judge Amir Ali issued the order on 13 February ordering the US administration to resume payments for work […] Continue reading -> RFK Affirms Measles Vaccine But Says Decision to Vaccinate is ‘Personal’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Amid the worst measles outbreak in the United States in a decade, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, has affirmed that vaccines protect children. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated […] Continue reading -> The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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.
Huge Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Wake of Abrupt US Funding Cuts 06/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Years of progress against tuberculosis, the world’s most deadliest infectious disease are being derailed by the abrupt funding cuts by the United States to the sector, according to a survey of 180 affected organisations released late Wednesday. As many as a quarter of the 180 survey respondents from 31 countries have had to close in […] Continue reading -> US Supreme Court Clears Path for District Judge to Rule on Aid Freeze 05/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid, referring the matter back to a District Court Judge who had earlier issued a temporary restraining order against the freeze. Judge Amir Ali issued the order on 13 February ordering the US administration to resume payments for work […] Continue reading -> RFK Affirms Measles Vaccine But Says Decision to Vaccinate is ‘Personal’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Amid the worst measles outbreak in the United States in a decade, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, has affirmed that vaccines protect children. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated […] Continue reading -> The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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.
US Supreme Court Clears Path for District Judge to Rule on Aid Freeze 05/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid, referring the matter back to a District Court Judge who had earlier issued a temporary restraining order against the freeze. Judge Amir Ali issued the order on 13 February ordering the US administration to resume payments for work […] Continue reading -> RFK Affirms Measles Vaccine But Says Decision to Vaccinate is ‘Personal’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Amid the worst measles outbreak in the United States in a decade, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, has affirmed that vaccines protect children. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated […] Continue reading -> The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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.
RFK Affirms Measles Vaccine But Says Decision to Vaccinate is ‘Personal’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan Amid the worst measles outbreak in the United States in a decade, vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, has affirmed that vaccines protect children. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated […] Continue reading -> The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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.
The $40 Question: Can Africa Close the Health Financing Gap? 04/03/2025 Edith Magak KIGALI, Rwanda – On average, African Health Ministers only have $40 per capita for health expenditure in comparison to $4,000 that ministers in many high-income countries have. How the continent can provide the maximum level of healthcare with such limited resources is one of the key questions that delegates to the Sixth Africa Health Agenda […] Continue reading -> Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] 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
Juggernaut of Overweight and Obesity is ‘Monumental Societal Failure’ 04/03/2025 Kerry Cullinan More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, published by The Lancet to coincide with World Obesity Day on Tuesday. This poses an “unparalleled threat of premature disease and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts