Climate Protests Grab Center Stage at Opening of Berlin´s World Health Summit 17/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – The first World Health Summit co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) started off with a siren call to climate action – literally – as activists disrupted the ceremonial plenary attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by repeatedly setting off fire alarms Outside the posh Hotel Berlin venue, activists plastered the doors with […] Continue reading -> COVAX, the Global COVID-19 Vaccine Platform, was ‘Too Ambitious’ 14/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Midway through last year, the head of the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team, Strive Masiyiwa, angrily accused the global COVID-19 vaccine acquisition platform, COVAX, of misleading African countries about its ability to procure vaccines for them. Masiyiwa’s bitter remarks came after months of Africans watching Europeans and North Americans being vaccinated against COVID-19 while no […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Halts Production at Pharma Firm that WHO Says Produced Tainted Cough Medicines 13/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Indian government has halted the Maiden Pharmaceuticals plant that produced the cough and cold syrups that WHO says were tainted with toxic chemicals – possibly linked to the recent deaths of some 66 children in The Gambia. A senior WHO official confirmed that Indian government health authorities had shut down the plant after WHO […] Continue reading -> A Nature-based Strategy to Combat Dengue: Among Futuristic Health Solutions at GESDA’s 2022 Summit 13/10/2022 Megha Kaveri A nature-based solution that could help reduce the rising global burden of disease from dengue fever is looming on the research horizon. But more studies are needed before the World Health Organization could recommend a broad scale-up of the approach, WHO’s chief scientist said on Wednesday. WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan summed up her conclusions […] Continue reading -> Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Ebola in Uganda’s Capital Stir WHO Concerns 12/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The spread of a cholera outbreak to an overcrowded Haitian prison, of Ebola virus to Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, and increased incidence of malaria, dengue, measles and cholera in flood-swamped Pakistan were among the long list of health emergencies needing urgent attention and investments – as compared to the trillions being invested right now […] Continue reading -> Gaping Hole in Global Funding for Hunger 12/10/2022 Paul Adepoju Over 90% of appeals for urgent hunger-related funding made through the United Nations humanitarian system were not fully funded in 2021, according to a report produced by Action Against Hunger. While global funding has increased by 233% over the past decade, overall humanitarian needs are up 500%. “This means that 42% fewer UN appeals are […] Continue reading -> South Africa’s Cabinet Approves African Medicines Agency Treaty 11/10/2022 Paul Adepoju In a major step forward for the new regulatory alliance, Africa’s third-largest economy, South Africa is now moving to join the African Medicines Agency. South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the signing of the African Union treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA) and submitted it to Parliament for ratification, according to a government statement on […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Weigh in on Measles, Monkeypox and COVID Bivalent Vaccines 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Measles outbreaks are escalating in large parts of the world thanks to “backsliding” in national immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization warned on Tuesday. “There were 25 million children un- or under-vaccinated in 2021,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, […] Continue reading -> mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVAX, the Global COVID-19 Vaccine Platform, was ‘Too Ambitious’ 14/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Midway through last year, the head of the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team, Strive Masiyiwa, angrily accused the global COVID-19 vaccine acquisition platform, COVAX, of misleading African countries about its ability to procure vaccines for them. Masiyiwa’s bitter remarks came after months of Africans watching Europeans and North Americans being vaccinated against COVID-19 while no […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Halts Production at Pharma Firm that WHO Says Produced Tainted Cough Medicines 13/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Indian government has halted the Maiden Pharmaceuticals plant that produced the cough and cold syrups that WHO says were tainted with toxic chemicals – possibly linked to the recent deaths of some 66 children in The Gambia. A senior WHO official confirmed that Indian government health authorities had shut down the plant after WHO […] Continue reading -> A Nature-based Strategy to Combat Dengue: Among Futuristic Health Solutions at GESDA’s 2022 Summit 13/10/2022 Megha Kaveri A nature-based solution that could help reduce the rising global burden of disease from dengue fever is looming on the research horizon. But more studies are needed before the World Health Organization could recommend a broad scale-up of the approach, WHO’s chief scientist said on Wednesday. WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan summed up her conclusions […] Continue reading -> Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Ebola in Uganda’s Capital Stir WHO Concerns 12/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The spread of a cholera outbreak to an overcrowded Haitian prison, of Ebola virus to Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, and increased incidence of malaria, dengue, measles and cholera in flood-swamped Pakistan were among the long list of health emergencies needing urgent attention and investments – as compared to the trillions being invested right now […] Continue reading -> Gaping Hole in Global Funding for Hunger 12/10/2022 Paul Adepoju Over 90% of appeals for urgent hunger-related funding made through the United Nations humanitarian system were not fully funded in 2021, according to a report produced by Action Against Hunger. While global funding has increased by 233% over the past decade, overall humanitarian needs are up 500%. “This means that 42% fewer UN appeals are […] Continue reading -> South Africa’s Cabinet Approves African Medicines Agency Treaty 11/10/2022 Paul Adepoju In a major step forward for the new regulatory alliance, Africa’s third-largest economy, South Africa is now moving to join the African Medicines Agency. South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the signing of the African Union treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA) and submitted it to Parliament for ratification, according to a government statement on […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Weigh in on Measles, Monkeypox and COVID Bivalent Vaccines 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Measles outbreaks are escalating in large parts of the world thanks to “backsliding” in national immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization warned on Tuesday. “There were 25 million children un- or under-vaccinated in 2021,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, […] Continue reading -> mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Indian Government Halts Production at Pharma Firm that WHO Says Produced Tainted Cough Medicines 13/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Indian government has halted the Maiden Pharmaceuticals plant that produced the cough and cold syrups that WHO says were tainted with toxic chemicals – possibly linked to the recent deaths of some 66 children in The Gambia. A senior WHO official confirmed that Indian government health authorities had shut down the plant after WHO […] Continue reading -> A Nature-based Strategy to Combat Dengue: Among Futuristic Health Solutions at GESDA’s 2022 Summit 13/10/2022 Megha Kaveri A nature-based solution that could help reduce the rising global burden of disease from dengue fever is looming on the research horizon. But more studies are needed before the World Health Organization could recommend a broad scale-up of the approach, WHO’s chief scientist said on Wednesday. WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan summed up her conclusions […] Continue reading -> Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Ebola in Uganda’s Capital Stir WHO Concerns 12/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The spread of a cholera outbreak to an overcrowded Haitian prison, of Ebola virus to Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, and increased incidence of malaria, dengue, measles and cholera in flood-swamped Pakistan were among the long list of health emergencies needing urgent attention and investments – as compared to the trillions being invested right now […] Continue reading -> Gaping Hole in Global Funding for Hunger 12/10/2022 Paul Adepoju Over 90% of appeals for urgent hunger-related funding made through the United Nations humanitarian system were not fully funded in 2021, according to a report produced by Action Against Hunger. While global funding has increased by 233% over the past decade, overall humanitarian needs are up 500%. “This means that 42% fewer UN appeals are […] Continue reading -> South Africa’s Cabinet Approves African Medicines Agency Treaty 11/10/2022 Paul Adepoju In a major step forward for the new regulatory alliance, Africa’s third-largest economy, South Africa is now moving to join the African Medicines Agency. South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the signing of the African Union treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA) and submitted it to Parliament for ratification, according to a government statement on […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Weigh in on Measles, Monkeypox and COVID Bivalent Vaccines 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Measles outbreaks are escalating in large parts of the world thanks to “backsliding” in national immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization warned on Tuesday. “There were 25 million children un- or under-vaccinated in 2021,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, […] Continue reading -> mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
A Nature-based Strategy to Combat Dengue: Among Futuristic Health Solutions at GESDA’s 2022 Summit 13/10/2022 Megha Kaveri A nature-based solution that could help reduce the rising global burden of disease from dengue fever is looming on the research horizon. But more studies are needed before the World Health Organization could recommend a broad scale-up of the approach, WHO’s chief scientist said on Wednesday. WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan summed up her conclusions […] Continue reading -> Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Ebola in Uganda’s Capital Stir WHO Concerns 12/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The spread of a cholera outbreak to an overcrowded Haitian prison, of Ebola virus to Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, and increased incidence of malaria, dengue, measles and cholera in flood-swamped Pakistan were among the long list of health emergencies needing urgent attention and investments – as compared to the trillions being invested right now […] Continue reading -> Gaping Hole in Global Funding for Hunger 12/10/2022 Paul Adepoju Over 90% of appeals for urgent hunger-related funding made through the United Nations humanitarian system were not fully funded in 2021, according to a report produced by Action Against Hunger. While global funding has increased by 233% over the past decade, overall humanitarian needs are up 500%. “This means that 42% fewer UN appeals are […] Continue reading -> South Africa’s Cabinet Approves African Medicines Agency Treaty 11/10/2022 Paul Adepoju In a major step forward for the new regulatory alliance, Africa’s third-largest economy, South Africa is now moving to join the African Medicines Agency. South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the signing of the African Union treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA) and submitted it to Parliament for ratification, according to a government statement on […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Weigh in on Measles, Monkeypox and COVID Bivalent Vaccines 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Measles outbreaks are escalating in large parts of the world thanks to “backsliding” in national immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization warned on Tuesday. “There were 25 million children un- or under-vaccinated in 2021,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, […] Continue reading -> mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Ebola in Uganda’s Capital Stir WHO Concerns 12/10/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The spread of a cholera outbreak to an overcrowded Haitian prison, of Ebola virus to Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, and increased incidence of malaria, dengue, measles and cholera in flood-swamped Pakistan were among the long list of health emergencies needing urgent attention and investments – as compared to the trillions being invested right now […] Continue reading -> Gaping Hole in Global Funding for Hunger 12/10/2022 Paul Adepoju Over 90% of appeals for urgent hunger-related funding made through the United Nations humanitarian system were not fully funded in 2021, according to a report produced by Action Against Hunger. While global funding has increased by 233% over the past decade, overall humanitarian needs are up 500%. “This means that 42% fewer UN appeals are […] Continue reading -> South Africa’s Cabinet Approves African Medicines Agency Treaty 11/10/2022 Paul Adepoju In a major step forward for the new regulatory alliance, Africa’s third-largest economy, South Africa is now moving to join the African Medicines Agency. South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the signing of the African Union treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA) and submitted it to Parliament for ratification, according to a government statement on […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Weigh in on Measles, Monkeypox and COVID Bivalent Vaccines 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Measles outbreaks are escalating in large parts of the world thanks to “backsliding” in national immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization warned on Tuesday. “There were 25 million children un- or under-vaccinated in 2021,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, […] Continue reading -> mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gaping Hole in Global Funding for Hunger 12/10/2022 Paul Adepoju Over 90% of appeals for urgent hunger-related funding made through the United Nations humanitarian system were not fully funded in 2021, according to a report produced by Action Against Hunger. While global funding has increased by 233% over the past decade, overall humanitarian needs are up 500%. “This means that 42% fewer UN appeals are […] Continue reading -> South Africa’s Cabinet Approves African Medicines Agency Treaty 11/10/2022 Paul Adepoju In a major step forward for the new regulatory alliance, Africa’s third-largest economy, South Africa is now moving to join the African Medicines Agency. South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the signing of the African Union treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA) and submitted it to Parliament for ratification, according to a government statement on […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Weigh in on Measles, Monkeypox and COVID Bivalent Vaccines 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Measles outbreaks are escalating in large parts of the world thanks to “backsliding” in national immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization warned on Tuesday. “There were 25 million children un- or under-vaccinated in 2021,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, […] Continue reading -> mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
South Africa’s Cabinet Approves African Medicines Agency Treaty 11/10/2022 Paul Adepoju In a major step forward for the new regulatory alliance, Africa’s third-largest economy, South Africa is now moving to join the African Medicines Agency. South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the signing of the African Union treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA) and submitted it to Parliament for ratification, according to a government statement on […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Weigh in on Measles, Monkeypox and COVID Bivalent Vaccines 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Measles outbreaks are escalating in large parts of the world thanks to “backsliding” in national immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization warned on Tuesday. “There were 25 million children un- or under-vaccinated in 2021,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, […] Continue reading -> mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Experts Weigh in on Measles, Monkeypox and COVID Bivalent Vaccines 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan Measles outbreaks are escalating in large parts of the world thanks to “backsliding” in national immunisation programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization warned on Tuesday. “There were 25 million children un- or under-vaccinated in 2021,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, […] Continue reading -> mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
mRNA Technology is ‘The Answer’ to Sustainable Local Vaccine Production 11/10/2022 Kerry Cullinan If sustainability of vaccine production is the question, then mRNA technology is the answer, Martin Friede, co-ordinator for vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a panel convened by the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Monday. “The big advantage of mRNA is that, in theory, you can make many […] Continue reading -> A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
A ‘Simple Career’: The Untold Story of Bernard Pécoul and a Paradigm Shift in Global Health 10/10/2022 Stefan Anderson Under the leadership of Dr Bernard Pécoul, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative became one of the flagship programmes for research and development into diseases affecting the world’s most forgotten people. He has contributed to the betterment of the lives of millions, yet few outside global health circles know his name. This is his story. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts