As UN ‘Deplores’ Russian Invasion, WHO Appeals for Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine for Medical Supplies 02/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” to enable it to deliver emergency medical supplies to sick and injured Ukrainians – particularly oxygen, insulin and equipment needed to treat battle wounds. The WHO appeal at a media briefing Wednesday came just hours before the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a […] Continue reading -> As Ukrainians Flee, WHO Stresses Importance of Lifesaving NCD Care for Refugees and Migrants 01/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan As streams of Ukrainians leave their country to escape from Russian attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that they, and other migrants and refugees, are not being included in programmes to treat critical non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like diabetes, that can be deadly if treatment is not maintained. WHO’s NCD Director Dr Bente Mikkelsen […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Expanding Global Research Capabilities to Prepare for Future Pandemics 27/02/2022 Raisa Santos From increasing disease surveillance and developing a pan-coronavirus vaccine to ‘eco-health’ and public trust, participants in the COVID-19 Global Research and Innovation Forum considered ways to globally prepare for future pandemics and end the current one. The third such forum, hosted by the World Health Organization, brought together over 100 research scientists, experts, policy makers, […] Continue reading -> 13 African Nations Have Expressed Interest in Hosting the New African Medicines Agency 26/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some thirteen African nations have expressed interest in hosting the new African Medicines Agency, with an AU decision on where to establish the AMA’s headquarters set for July 2022, senior African Union officials say. A decision on a headquarters would also pave the way for the recruitment of a director general for the new AMA […] Continue reading -> In a Pandemic, Put the Last Mile First 26/02/2022 Elke Konings & Lisa Stone The past 10 days have seen a flurry of new US initiatives to meet the World Health Organizations target of vaccinating 70% of the global population – including a new Global Action Plan; involvement of PEPFAR networks to strengthen health system response; and most recently, a special US thrust in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation. […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Ukrainians Flee, WHO Stresses Importance of Lifesaving NCD Care for Refugees and Migrants 01/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan As streams of Ukrainians leave their country to escape from Russian attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that they, and other migrants and refugees, are not being included in programmes to treat critical non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like diabetes, that can be deadly if treatment is not maintained. WHO’s NCD Director Dr Bente Mikkelsen […] Continue reading -> How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Expanding Global Research Capabilities to Prepare for Future Pandemics 27/02/2022 Raisa Santos From increasing disease surveillance and developing a pan-coronavirus vaccine to ‘eco-health’ and public trust, participants in the COVID-19 Global Research and Innovation Forum considered ways to globally prepare for future pandemics and end the current one. The third such forum, hosted by the World Health Organization, brought together over 100 research scientists, experts, policy makers, […] Continue reading -> 13 African Nations Have Expressed Interest in Hosting the New African Medicines Agency 26/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some thirteen African nations have expressed interest in hosting the new African Medicines Agency, with an AU decision on where to establish the AMA’s headquarters set for July 2022, senior African Union officials say. A decision on a headquarters would also pave the way for the recruitment of a director general for the new AMA […] Continue reading -> In a Pandemic, Put the Last Mile First 26/02/2022 Elke Konings & Lisa Stone The past 10 days have seen a flurry of new US initiatives to meet the World Health Organizations target of vaccinating 70% of the global population – including a new Global Action Plan; involvement of PEPFAR networks to strengthen health system response; and most recently, a special US thrust in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation. […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
How a Strong AU-EU partnership Can Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Reshape Global Health 01/03/2022 Lieve Fransen Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) met in Brussels. By then, six million people including 200,000 healthcare workers had died. Yet only one in five healthcare workers in Africa had been vaccinated. This is not good enough. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines was […] Continue reading -> New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Expanding Global Research Capabilities to Prepare for Future Pandemics 27/02/2022 Raisa Santos From increasing disease surveillance and developing a pan-coronavirus vaccine to ‘eco-health’ and public trust, participants in the COVID-19 Global Research and Innovation Forum considered ways to globally prepare for future pandemics and end the current one. The third such forum, hosted by the World Health Organization, brought together over 100 research scientists, experts, policy makers, […] Continue reading -> 13 African Nations Have Expressed Interest in Hosting the New African Medicines Agency 26/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some thirteen African nations have expressed interest in hosting the new African Medicines Agency, with an AU decision on where to establish the AMA’s headquarters set for July 2022, senior African Union officials say. A decision on a headquarters would also pave the way for the recruitment of a director general for the new AMA […] Continue reading -> In a Pandemic, Put the Last Mile First 26/02/2022 Elke Konings & Lisa Stone The past 10 days have seen a flurry of new US initiatives to meet the World Health Organizations target of vaccinating 70% of the global population – including a new Global Action Plan; involvement of PEPFAR networks to strengthen health system response; and most recently, a special US thrust in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation. […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Studies Contend: Wuhan Market Animals, Not Laboratory, First Infected Humans with SARS-COV2 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Three pre-print papers published over the past few days have strengthened the case for the theory that SARS-COV2 first spread among people via infected animals sold and slaughtered at the Huanan wildlife market in Wuhan – rather than from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the laboratory studying coronaviruses in bats. The two theories have been […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Expanding Global Research Capabilities to Prepare for Future Pandemics 27/02/2022 Raisa Santos From increasing disease surveillance and developing a pan-coronavirus vaccine to ‘eco-health’ and public trust, participants in the COVID-19 Global Research and Innovation Forum considered ways to globally prepare for future pandemics and end the current one. The third such forum, hosted by the World Health Organization, brought together over 100 research scientists, experts, policy makers, […] Continue reading -> 13 African Nations Have Expressed Interest in Hosting the New African Medicines Agency 26/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some thirteen African nations have expressed interest in hosting the new African Medicines Agency, with an AU decision on where to establish the AMA’s headquarters set for July 2022, senior African Union officials say. A decision on a headquarters would also pave the way for the recruitment of a director general for the new AMA […] Continue reading -> In a Pandemic, Put the Last Mile First 26/02/2022 Elke Konings & Lisa Stone The past 10 days have seen a flurry of new US initiatives to meet the World Health Organizations target of vaccinating 70% of the global population – including a new Global Action Plan; involvement of PEPFAR networks to strengthen health system response; and most recently, a special US thrust in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation. […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Expanding Global Research Capabilities to Prepare for Future Pandemics 27/02/2022 Raisa Santos From increasing disease surveillance and developing a pan-coronavirus vaccine to ‘eco-health’ and public trust, participants in the COVID-19 Global Research and Innovation Forum considered ways to globally prepare for future pandemics and end the current one. The third such forum, hosted by the World Health Organization, brought together over 100 research scientists, experts, policy makers, […] Continue reading -> 13 African Nations Have Expressed Interest in Hosting the New African Medicines Agency 26/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some thirteen African nations have expressed interest in hosting the new African Medicines Agency, with an AU decision on where to establish the AMA’s headquarters set for July 2022, senior African Union officials say. A decision on a headquarters would also pave the way for the recruitment of a director general for the new AMA […] Continue reading -> In a Pandemic, Put the Last Mile First 26/02/2022 Elke Konings & Lisa Stone The past 10 days have seen a flurry of new US initiatives to meet the World Health Organizations target of vaccinating 70% of the global population – including a new Global Action Plan; involvement of PEPFAR networks to strengthen health system response; and most recently, a special US thrust in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation. […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Expanding Global Research Capabilities to Prepare for Future Pandemics 27/02/2022 Raisa Santos From increasing disease surveillance and developing a pan-coronavirus vaccine to ‘eco-health’ and public trust, participants in the COVID-19 Global Research and Innovation Forum considered ways to globally prepare for future pandemics and end the current one. The third such forum, hosted by the World Health Organization, brought together over 100 research scientists, experts, policy makers, […] Continue reading -> 13 African Nations Have Expressed Interest in Hosting the New African Medicines Agency 26/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some thirteen African nations have expressed interest in hosting the new African Medicines Agency, with an AU decision on where to establish the AMA’s headquarters set for July 2022, senior African Union officials say. A decision on a headquarters would also pave the way for the recruitment of a director general for the new AMA […] Continue reading -> In a Pandemic, Put the Last Mile First 26/02/2022 Elke Konings & Lisa Stone The past 10 days have seen a flurry of new US initiatives to meet the World Health Organizations target of vaccinating 70% of the global population – including a new Global Action Plan; involvement of PEPFAR networks to strengthen health system response; and most recently, a special US thrust in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation. […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
13 African Nations Have Expressed Interest in Hosting the New African Medicines Agency 26/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some thirteen African nations have expressed interest in hosting the new African Medicines Agency, with an AU decision on where to establish the AMA’s headquarters set for July 2022, senior African Union officials say. A decision on a headquarters would also pave the way for the recruitment of a director general for the new AMA […] Continue reading -> In a Pandemic, Put the Last Mile First 26/02/2022 Elke Konings & Lisa Stone The past 10 days have seen a flurry of new US initiatives to meet the World Health Organizations target of vaccinating 70% of the global population – including a new Global Action Plan; involvement of PEPFAR networks to strengthen health system response; and most recently, a special US thrust in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation. […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
In a Pandemic, Put the Last Mile First 26/02/2022 Elke Konings & Lisa Stone The past 10 days have seen a flurry of new US initiatives to meet the World Health Organizations target of vaccinating 70% of the global population – including a new Global Action Plan; involvement of PEPFAR networks to strengthen health system response; and most recently, a special US thrust in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation. […] Continue reading -> WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Warns of ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ as it Releases $3.5 Million in Aid to Ukraine 25/02/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization said it had released $3.5 million to support delivery of urgent medical supplies to the people of Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on three fronts simultaneously early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, WHO’s European Regional Office called for an end to hostilities saying: “any further escalation could result in a humanitarian catastrophe […] Continue reading -> Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Europe is Possible – Soon 25/02/2022 Maria Buti Somewhere between 10 and 14 million people are living with viral hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) in WHO’s European region alone. And over three quarters of those people do not even know they have either disease. It’s no surprise then, that approximately 300 people die each day due to HBV and HCV -related […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts