Having Won the Right to Abortion, Colombian Activists Are Pressing Health Facilities to Deliver 01/11/2022 Juanita Rico In February, Colombia introduced one of the most liberal abortion laws in the world after activists took to the courts – but now their challenge lies in ensuring the health system is in a position to offer terminations Not long ago, abortion in Colombia was a taboo topic that could not be mentioned during […] Continue reading -> New Initiative to Tackle Alcohol Harms Will Focus on Taxation 01/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan A $15 million initiative to address the harms of alcohol consumption through policy change was launched Tuesday, roughly doubling the total global spending on mitigating the effects of alcohol. Alcohol is one of the top-ten drivers of death, illness and injury, with wide-ranging social and economic harms, many disproportionately affecting young adults, according to Vital […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Climate Portal and Malaria Guide for Cities 31/10/2022 Editorial team The World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched the first global knowledge platform dedicated to climate and health on Monday called climahealth.info. The global open-access platform is envisaged as being the “go-to technical reference point for users of interdisciplinary health, environmental, and climate science”, according to the WHO in a media release. […] Continue reading -> Omicron Subvariants Race for Dominance 31/10/2022 Stefan Anderson The SARS-CoV2 virus just won’t give up. As the northern hemisphere heads into its third pandemic winter, experts say the continued evolution of Omicron’s sub-variants indicates a fresh wave is coming, but no one knows which variant will fuel it. Scientists have catalogued 390 Omicron lineages and 48 recombinants of the virus – which occur […] Continue reading -> Cough Medicine Deaths Highlight India’s Problem With Sub-standard Medicine 31/10/2022 Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI – Govind Ram is still waiting to get justice for the death of his daughter in 2019 – who allegedly died from contaminated cough syrup. In December 2019, Ram’s two-year-old, Surabhi, had a fever and chest congestion. Ram, a labourer in the Udhampur district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir region, took his daughter […] Continue reading -> No Short-Term Solution to Cholera Vaccine Shortage – But Preventive Vaccines May Stabilise Market 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The global cholera vaccines shortage relates to the unpredictability of the disease, and the fact that it unattractive to manufacturers as it is a disease of poverty – but if preventive vaccines are part of a routine vaccine package where cholera is endemic, this could stabilise demand and outbreaks There is no short-term solution to […] Continue reading -> ACT-A Announces ‘Transition Plan’ as World Moves to Long-Term COVID Control 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is going to focus on vaccinating high-risk populations, introducing new treatments, boosting testing and securing sustained access to COVID-19 tools in the next six months. ACT-A announced its new transition plan at a meeting on Friday as the world moves to long-term COVID-19 control. “Recognizing the evolving nature […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Reaches Kampala 28/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Six schoolchildren in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are the latest to be infected with Ebola, according to the country’s health minister on Wednesday – and with 15 cases in the densely populated city, some want the government to impose a lockdown. So far, there have been 109 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths, of the […] Continue reading -> Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Initiative to Tackle Alcohol Harms Will Focus on Taxation 01/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan A $15 million initiative to address the harms of alcohol consumption through policy change was launched Tuesday, roughly doubling the total global spending on mitigating the effects of alcohol. Alcohol is one of the top-ten drivers of death, illness and injury, with wide-ranging social and economic harms, many disproportionately affecting young adults, according to Vital […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Climate Portal and Malaria Guide for Cities 31/10/2022 Editorial team The World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched the first global knowledge platform dedicated to climate and health on Monday called climahealth.info. The global open-access platform is envisaged as being the “go-to technical reference point for users of interdisciplinary health, environmental, and climate science”, according to the WHO in a media release. […] Continue reading -> Omicron Subvariants Race for Dominance 31/10/2022 Stefan Anderson The SARS-CoV2 virus just won’t give up. As the northern hemisphere heads into its third pandemic winter, experts say the continued evolution of Omicron’s sub-variants indicates a fresh wave is coming, but no one knows which variant will fuel it. Scientists have catalogued 390 Omicron lineages and 48 recombinants of the virus – which occur […] Continue reading -> Cough Medicine Deaths Highlight India’s Problem With Sub-standard Medicine 31/10/2022 Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI – Govind Ram is still waiting to get justice for the death of his daughter in 2019 – who allegedly died from contaminated cough syrup. In December 2019, Ram’s two-year-old, Surabhi, had a fever and chest congestion. Ram, a labourer in the Udhampur district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir region, took his daughter […] Continue reading -> No Short-Term Solution to Cholera Vaccine Shortage – But Preventive Vaccines May Stabilise Market 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The global cholera vaccines shortage relates to the unpredictability of the disease, and the fact that it unattractive to manufacturers as it is a disease of poverty – but if preventive vaccines are part of a routine vaccine package where cholera is endemic, this could stabilise demand and outbreaks There is no short-term solution to […] Continue reading -> ACT-A Announces ‘Transition Plan’ as World Moves to Long-Term COVID Control 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is going to focus on vaccinating high-risk populations, introducing new treatments, boosting testing and securing sustained access to COVID-19 tools in the next six months. ACT-A announced its new transition plan at a meeting on Friday as the world moves to long-term COVID-19 control. “Recognizing the evolving nature […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Reaches Kampala 28/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Six schoolchildren in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are the latest to be infected with Ebola, according to the country’s health minister on Wednesday – and with 15 cases in the densely populated city, some want the government to impose a lockdown. So far, there have been 109 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths, of the […] Continue reading -> Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Launches Climate Portal and Malaria Guide for Cities 31/10/2022 Editorial team The World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched the first global knowledge platform dedicated to climate and health on Monday called climahealth.info. The global open-access platform is envisaged as being the “go-to technical reference point for users of interdisciplinary health, environmental, and climate science”, according to the WHO in a media release. […] Continue reading -> Omicron Subvariants Race for Dominance 31/10/2022 Stefan Anderson The SARS-CoV2 virus just won’t give up. As the northern hemisphere heads into its third pandemic winter, experts say the continued evolution of Omicron’s sub-variants indicates a fresh wave is coming, but no one knows which variant will fuel it. Scientists have catalogued 390 Omicron lineages and 48 recombinants of the virus – which occur […] Continue reading -> Cough Medicine Deaths Highlight India’s Problem With Sub-standard Medicine 31/10/2022 Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI – Govind Ram is still waiting to get justice for the death of his daughter in 2019 – who allegedly died from contaminated cough syrup. In December 2019, Ram’s two-year-old, Surabhi, had a fever and chest congestion. Ram, a labourer in the Udhampur district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir region, took his daughter […] Continue reading -> No Short-Term Solution to Cholera Vaccine Shortage – But Preventive Vaccines May Stabilise Market 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The global cholera vaccines shortage relates to the unpredictability of the disease, and the fact that it unattractive to manufacturers as it is a disease of poverty – but if preventive vaccines are part of a routine vaccine package where cholera is endemic, this could stabilise demand and outbreaks There is no short-term solution to […] Continue reading -> ACT-A Announces ‘Transition Plan’ as World Moves to Long-Term COVID Control 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is going to focus on vaccinating high-risk populations, introducing new treatments, boosting testing and securing sustained access to COVID-19 tools in the next six months. ACT-A announced its new transition plan at a meeting on Friday as the world moves to long-term COVID-19 control. “Recognizing the evolving nature […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Reaches Kampala 28/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Six schoolchildren in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are the latest to be infected with Ebola, according to the country’s health minister on Wednesday – and with 15 cases in the densely populated city, some want the government to impose a lockdown. So far, there have been 109 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths, of the […] Continue reading -> Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Omicron Subvariants Race for Dominance 31/10/2022 Stefan Anderson The SARS-CoV2 virus just won’t give up. As the northern hemisphere heads into its third pandemic winter, experts say the continued evolution of Omicron’s sub-variants indicates a fresh wave is coming, but no one knows which variant will fuel it. Scientists have catalogued 390 Omicron lineages and 48 recombinants of the virus – which occur […] Continue reading -> Cough Medicine Deaths Highlight India’s Problem With Sub-standard Medicine 31/10/2022 Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI – Govind Ram is still waiting to get justice for the death of his daughter in 2019 – who allegedly died from contaminated cough syrup. In December 2019, Ram’s two-year-old, Surabhi, had a fever and chest congestion. Ram, a labourer in the Udhampur district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir region, took his daughter […] Continue reading -> No Short-Term Solution to Cholera Vaccine Shortage – But Preventive Vaccines May Stabilise Market 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The global cholera vaccines shortage relates to the unpredictability of the disease, and the fact that it unattractive to manufacturers as it is a disease of poverty – but if preventive vaccines are part of a routine vaccine package where cholera is endemic, this could stabilise demand and outbreaks There is no short-term solution to […] Continue reading -> ACT-A Announces ‘Transition Plan’ as World Moves to Long-Term COVID Control 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is going to focus on vaccinating high-risk populations, introducing new treatments, boosting testing and securing sustained access to COVID-19 tools in the next six months. ACT-A announced its new transition plan at a meeting on Friday as the world moves to long-term COVID-19 control. “Recognizing the evolving nature […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Reaches Kampala 28/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Six schoolchildren in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are the latest to be infected with Ebola, according to the country’s health minister on Wednesday – and with 15 cases in the densely populated city, some want the government to impose a lockdown. So far, there have been 109 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths, of the […] Continue reading -> Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cough Medicine Deaths Highlight India’s Problem With Sub-standard Medicine 31/10/2022 Shuriah Niazi NEW DELHI – Govind Ram is still waiting to get justice for the death of his daughter in 2019 – who allegedly died from contaminated cough syrup. In December 2019, Ram’s two-year-old, Surabhi, had a fever and chest congestion. Ram, a labourer in the Udhampur district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir region, took his daughter […] Continue reading -> No Short-Term Solution to Cholera Vaccine Shortage – But Preventive Vaccines May Stabilise Market 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The global cholera vaccines shortage relates to the unpredictability of the disease, and the fact that it unattractive to manufacturers as it is a disease of poverty – but if preventive vaccines are part of a routine vaccine package where cholera is endemic, this could stabilise demand and outbreaks There is no short-term solution to […] Continue reading -> ACT-A Announces ‘Transition Plan’ as World Moves to Long-Term COVID Control 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is going to focus on vaccinating high-risk populations, introducing new treatments, boosting testing and securing sustained access to COVID-19 tools in the next six months. ACT-A announced its new transition plan at a meeting on Friday as the world moves to long-term COVID-19 control. “Recognizing the evolving nature […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Reaches Kampala 28/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Six schoolchildren in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are the latest to be infected with Ebola, according to the country’s health minister on Wednesday – and with 15 cases in the densely populated city, some want the government to impose a lockdown. So far, there have been 109 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths, of the […] Continue reading -> Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
No Short-Term Solution to Cholera Vaccine Shortage – But Preventive Vaccines May Stabilise Market 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The global cholera vaccines shortage relates to the unpredictability of the disease, and the fact that it unattractive to manufacturers as it is a disease of poverty – but if preventive vaccines are part of a routine vaccine package where cholera is endemic, this could stabilise demand and outbreaks There is no short-term solution to […] Continue reading -> ACT-A Announces ‘Transition Plan’ as World Moves to Long-Term COVID Control 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is going to focus on vaccinating high-risk populations, introducing new treatments, boosting testing and securing sustained access to COVID-19 tools in the next six months. ACT-A announced its new transition plan at a meeting on Friday as the world moves to long-term COVID-19 control. “Recognizing the evolving nature […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Reaches Kampala 28/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Six schoolchildren in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are the latest to be infected with Ebola, according to the country’s health minister on Wednesday – and with 15 cases in the densely populated city, some want the government to impose a lockdown. So far, there have been 109 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths, of the […] Continue reading -> Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
ACT-A Announces ‘Transition Plan’ as World Moves to Long-Term COVID Control 28/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is going to focus on vaccinating high-risk populations, introducing new treatments, boosting testing and securing sustained access to COVID-19 tools in the next six months. ACT-A announced its new transition plan at a meeting on Friday as the world moves to long-term COVID-19 control. “Recognizing the evolving nature […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Reaches Kampala 28/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Six schoolchildren in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are the latest to be infected with Ebola, according to the country’s health minister on Wednesday – and with 15 cases in the densely populated city, some want the government to impose a lockdown. So far, there have been 109 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths, of the […] Continue reading -> Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ebola Outbreak Reaches Kampala 28/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Six schoolchildren in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are the latest to be infected with Ebola, according to the country’s health minister on Wednesday – and with 15 cases in the densely populated city, some want the government to impose a lockdown. So far, there have been 109 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths, of the […] Continue reading -> Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa Faces 1.1 Million Deaths Annually from Air Pollution – Second Largest Risk After Malnutrition 27/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa faces some of the world’s most severe health impacts from air pollution – with five countries on the continent ranking among the ten most polluted countries in the world, according to a new report by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute. Those countries include Niger, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Cameroon, where the report, […] Continue reading -> TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
TB Cases and Deaths Increase as COVID Pandemic Wipes Out Decades of Gains 27/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Tuberculosis cases and deaths have increased for the first time in decades, and fewer cases were detected and fewer people treated during 2021 – all as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An estimated 10.6 million people fell sick with TB last year, an increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts