Collaborative Intelligence: WHO Launches Pandemic Surveillance Hub in Berlin Headed by Nigerian Epidemiologist 01/09/2021 Kerry Cullinan The only thing that moves faster than viruses is data, experts noted at Wednesday’s launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin. The aim of the hub is to work with partners to “create the tools and data needed to enable countries to prepare, detect and respond to […] Continue reading -> As 70% of EU Adults are Vaccinated, Europe Proposes New Travel Restrictions 31/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As the European Union (EU) announced on Tuesday that 70% of its adults had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, it recommended reimposing restrictions on travellers from the US, Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. On 8 June, the six were included on an EU Council list of “safe countries” identified for the relaxing of […] Continue reading -> New SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified in South Africa Does Not Appear to be Increasing in Circulation 31/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has not listed the SARS-CoV2 C.1.2 variant discovered in South Africa as either a variant of interest or of concern, and it does not appear to be increasing in circulation. This follows an alert about the variant that was issued on Monday by the South African National Institute for Communicable […] Continue reading -> World First Malaria Vaccine Generates Exciting Results in African Trials, Offering Life-Saving Opportunity 31/08/2021 Kesete Admasu In the midst of the tragedy and turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is gratifying to see work continuing in Africa to find new ways of fighting malaria, a very old disease that has been a formidable foe for thousands of years and still kills 400,000 people every year, most of them African children […] Continue reading -> As World Celebrates End of Leaded Petrol, Campaign Lessons Can Be Applied to Phasing Out Fossil Fuel – UNEP 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan When Algerian service stations stopped providing leaded petrol last month, this marked the successful end to a global campaign to eliminate this “major threat to human and planetary health”. Celebrating the official end of the use of leaded petrol on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres said that when the global campaign to eliminate the […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues COVID-19 Digital ‘Vaccine Pass’ Guidelines – But Stresses These Should Not be Requirements for Travel 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued technical guidelines for the development of digital COVID-19 ‘vaccine certificates’, it has stressed that these should not be a prerequisite for international travel. At the release of the technical guidelines last Friday (27 August), the WHO stated that it “does not support the requirement of proof of […] Continue reading -> Investment in Quality Data is Essential to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa 27/08/2021 Yao Sodahlon Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) pose a threat to more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the biggest health problems in the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, these diseases are found “at the end of the road” in the most rural and poor communities where an estimated 600 million people are at risk […] Continue reading -> Hypertension Cases Skyrocket – Mostly in Low and Middle-Income Countries 26/08/2021 Chandre Prince The number of adults around the world with hypertension has almost doubled from 650 million to 1.28 billion in 30 years – and nearly half these people don’t know they have hypertension, a new study published in The Lancet has found. The study, which is the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As 70% of EU Adults are Vaccinated, Europe Proposes New Travel Restrictions 31/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As the European Union (EU) announced on Tuesday that 70% of its adults had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, it recommended reimposing restrictions on travellers from the US, Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. On 8 June, the six were included on an EU Council list of “safe countries” identified for the relaxing of […] Continue reading -> New SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified in South Africa Does Not Appear to be Increasing in Circulation 31/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has not listed the SARS-CoV2 C.1.2 variant discovered in South Africa as either a variant of interest or of concern, and it does not appear to be increasing in circulation. This follows an alert about the variant that was issued on Monday by the South African National Institute for Communicable […] Continue reading -> World First Malaria Vaccine Generates Exciting Results in African Trials, Offering Life-Saving Opportunity 31/08/2021 Kesete Admasu In the midst of the tragedy and turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is gratifying to see work continuing in Africa to find new ways of fighting malaria, a very old disease that has been a formidable foe for thousands of years and still kills 400,000 people every year, most of them African children […] Continue reading -> As World Celebrates End of Leaded Petrol, Campaign Lessons Can Be Applied to Phasing Out Fossil Fuel – UNEP 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan When Algerian service stations stopped providing leaded petrol last month, this marked the successful end to a global campaign to eliminate this “major threat to human and planetary health”. Celebrating the official end of the use of leaded petrol on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres said that when the global campaign to eliminate the […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues COVID-19 Digital ‘Vaccine Pass’ Guidelines – But Stresses These Should Not be Requirements for Travel 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued technical guidelines for the development of digital COVID-19 ‘vaccine certificates’, it has stressed that these should not be a prerequisite for international travel. At the release of the technical guidelines last Friday (27 August), the WHO stated that it “does not support the requirement of proof of […] Continue reading -> Investment in Quality Data is Essential to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa 27/08/2021 Yao Sodahlon Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) pose a threat to more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the biggest health problems in the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, these diseases are found “at the end of the road” in the most rural and poor communities where an estimated 600 million people are at risk […] Continue reading -> Hypertension Cases Skyrocket – Mostly in Low and Middle-Income Countries 26/08/2021 Chandre Prince The number of adults around the world with hypertension has almost doubled from 650 million to 1.28 billion in 30 years – and nearly half these people don’t know they have hypertension, a new study published in The Lancet has found. The study, which is the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified in South Africa Does Not Appear to be Increasing in Circulation 31/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has not listed the SARS-CoV2 C.1.2 variant discovered in South Africa as either a variant of interest or of concern, and it does not appear to be increasing in circulation. This follows an alert about the variant that was issued on Monday by the South African National Institute for Communicable […] Continue reading -> World First Malaria Vaccine Generates Exciting Results in African Trials, Offering Life-Saving Opportunity 31/08/2021 Kesete Admasu In the midst of the tragedy and turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is gratifying to see work continuing in Africa to find new ways of fighting malaria, a very old disease that has been a formidable foe for thousands of years and still kills 400,000 people every year, most of them African children […] Continue reading -> As World Celebrates End of Leaded Petrol, Campaign Lessons Can Be Applied to Phasing Out Fossil Fuel – UNEP 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan When Algerian service stations stopped providing leaded petrol last month, this marked the successful end to a global campaign to eliminate this “major threat to human and planetary health”. Celebrating the official end of the use of leaded petrol on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres said that when the global campaign to eliminate the […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues COVID-19 Digital ‘Vaccine Pass’ Guidelines – But Stresses These Should Not be Requirements for Travel 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued technical guidelines for the development of digital COVID-19 ‘vaccine certificates’, it has stressed that these should not be a prerequisite for international travel. At the release of the technical guidelines last Friday (27 August), the WHO stated that it “does not support the requirement of proof of […] Continue reading -> Investment in Quality Data is Essential to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa 27/08/2021 Yao Sodahlon Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) pose a threat to more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the biggest health problems in the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, these diseases are found “at the end of the road” in the most rural and poor communities where an estimated 600 million people are at risk […] Continue reading -> Hypertension Cases Skyrocket – Mostly in Low and Middle-Income Countries 26/08/2021 Chandre Prince The number of adults around the world with hypertension has almost doubled from 650 million to 1.28 billion in 30 years – and nearly half these people don’t know they have hypertension, a new study published in The Lancet has found. The study, which is the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World First Malaria Vaccine Generates Exciting Results in African Trials, Offering Life-Saving Opportunity 31/08/2021 Kesete Admasu In the midst of the tragedy and turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is gratifying to see work continuing in Africa to find new ways of fighting malaria, a very old disease that has been a formidable foe for thousands of years and still kills 400,000 people every year, most of them African children […] Continue reading -> As World Celebrates End of Leaded Petrol, Campaign Lessons Can Be Applied to Phasing Out Fossil Fuel – UNEP 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan When Algerian service stations stopped providing leaded petrol last month, this marked the successful end to a global campaign to eliminate this “major threat to human and planetary health”. Celebrating the official end of the use of leaded petrol on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres said that when the global campaign to eliminate the […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues COVID-19 Digital ‘Vaccine Pass’ Guidelines – But Stresses These Should Not be Requirements for Travel 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued technical guidelines for the development of digital COVID-19 ‘vaccine certificates’, it has stressed that these should not be a prerequisite for international travel. At the release of the technical guidelines last Friday (27 August), the WHO stated that it “does not support the requirement of proof of […] Continue reading -> Investment in Quality Data is Essential to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa 27/08/2021 Yao Sodahlon Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) pose a threat to more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the biggest health problems in the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, these diseases are found “at the end of the road” in the most rural and poor communities where an estimated 600 million people are at risk […] Continue reading -> Hypertension Cases Skyrocket – Mostly in Low and Middle-Income Countries 26/08/2021 Chandre Prince The number of adults around the world with hypertension has almost doubled from 650 million to 1.28 billion in 30 years – and nearly half these people don’t know they have hypertension, a new study published in The Lancet has found. The study, which is the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As World Celebrates End of Leaded Petrol, Campaign Lessons Can Be Applied to Phasing Out Fossil Fuel – UNEP 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan When Algerian service stations stopped providing leaded petrol last month, this marked the successful end to a global campaign to eliminate this “major threat to human and planetary health”. Celebrating the official end of the use of leaded petrol on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres said that when the global campaign to eliminate the […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues COVID-19 Digital ‘Vaccine Pass’ Guidelines – But Stresses These Should Not be Requirements for Travel 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued technical guidelines for the development of digital COVID-19 ‘vaccine certificates’, it has stressed that these should not be a prerequisite for international travel. At the release of the technical guidelines last Friday (27 August), the WHO stated that it “does not support the requirement of proof of […] Continue reading -> Investment in Quality Data is Essential to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa 27/08/2021 Yao Sodahlon Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) pose a threat to more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the biggest health problems in the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, these diseases are found “at the end of the road” in the most rural and poor communities where an estimated 600 million people are at risk […] Continue reading -> Hypertension Cases Skyrocket – Mostly in Low and Middle-Income Countries 26/08/2021 Chandre Prince The number of adults around the world with hypertension has almost doubled from 650 million to 1.28 billion in 30 years – and nearly half these people don’t know they have hypertension, a new study published in The Lancet has found. The study, which is the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Issues COVID-19 Digital ‘Vaccine Pass’ Guidelines – But Stresses These Should Not be Requirements for Travel 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued technical guidelines for the development of digital COVID-19 ‘vaccine certificates’, it has stressed that these should not be a prerequisite for international travel. At the release of the technical guidelines last Friday (27 August), the WHO stated that it “does not support the requirement of proof of […] Continue reading -> Investment in Quality Data is Essential to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa 27/08/2021 Yao Sodahlon Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) pose a threat to more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the biggest health problems in the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, these diseases are found “at the end of the road” in the most rural and poor communities where an estimated 600 million people are at risk […] Continue reading -> Hypertension Cases Skyrocket – Mostly in Low and Middle-Income Countries 26/08/2021 Chandre Prince The number of adults around the world with hypertension has almost doubled from 650 million to 1.28 billion in 30 years – and nearly half these people don’t know they have hypertension, a new study published in The Lancet has found. The study, which is the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Investment in Quality Data is Essential to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa 27/08/2021 Yao Sodahlon Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) pose a threat to more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, making them one of the biggest health problems in the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, these diseases are found “at the end of the road” in the most rural and poor communities where an estimated 600 million people are at risk […] Continue reading -> Hypertension Cases Skyrocket – Mostly in Low and Middle-Income Countries 26/08/2021 Chandre Prince The number of adults around the world with hypertension has almost doubled from 650 million to 1.28 billion in 30 years – and nearly half these people don’t know they have hypertension, a new study published in The Lancet has found. The study, which is the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Hypertension Cases Skyrocket – Mostly in Low and Middle-Income Countries 26/08/2021 Chandre Prince The number of adults around the world with hypertension has almost doubled from 650 million to 1.28 billion in 30 years – and nearly half these people don’t know they have hypertension, a new study published in The Lancet has found. The study, which is the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts