Governing Pandemics Snapshot 27/01/2023 Gian Luca Burci, Suerie Moon, Daniela Morich, Adam Strobeyko & Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour A briefing series on the status of moves to reform the global system of pandemic preparedness and response launches today, just ahead of the WHO Executive Board review of progress next week. Looking back at 2022 and forward into 2023, this series by the Global Health Center of the Geneva Graduate Institute, published in collaboration […] Continue reading -> WHO Announces New TB Vaccine ‘Accelerator’ at Davos as High-Level Panel Discusses Elimination Challenge 18/01/2023 Megha Kaveri DAVOS, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced plans to set up a new TB Vaccine Accelerator Council to increase momentum for the development of a vaccine to combat the world’s most deadly infectious disease. Speaking at a high-level panel at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting where the plan was launched, WHO […] Continue reading -> Conflict, Displacement and Living with a Chronic Disease 12/12/2022 Éimhín Ansbro, Grace Dubois, Nicolai Haugaard, Peter Klansø & Micaela Serafini On the occasion of Universal Health Coverage Day, thought leaders on the front lines outline the challenges and opportunities of health systems in conflicts. The last decade of 12-year-old Zaynab’s life has been spent in an informal settlement in Lebanon, after her family fled from the Syrian conflict. She shares a three-room tent with her […] Continue reading -> MPs to WHO: If You Want Pandemic Treaty Implemented, Engage with Us 06/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman Parliamentarians from around the world have called on the World Health Organization to engage civil society in the establishment of a “pandemic treaty,” if the organization hopes to have such a document not only ratified but also implemented. “The current process remains exclusionary,” said Giada Girelli, a senior analyst on human rights and justice at […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Alzheimer’s Drug is Hailed Amid Safety Concerns 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan A candidate drug for people with early Alzheimer’s disease slowed cognitive decline by about 27% over 18 months, according to a report on a phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday. Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody that is given as an intravenous infusion every two weeks, and targets a […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Announces New TB Vaccine ‘Accelerator’ at Davos as High-Level Panel Discusses Elimination Challenge 18/01/2023 Megha Kaveri DAVOS, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced plans to set up a new TB Vaccine Accelerator Council to increase momentum for the development of a vaccine to combat the world’s most deadly infectious disease. Speaking at a high-level panel at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting where the plan was launched, WHO […] Continue reading -> Conflict, Displacement and Living with a Chronic Disease 12/12/2022 Éimhín Ansbro, Grace Dubois, Nicolai Haugaard, Peter Klansø & Micaela Serafini On the occasion of Universal Health Coverage Day, thought leaders on the front lines outline the challenges and opportunities of health systems in conflicts. The last decade of 12-year-old Zaynab’s life has been spent in an informal settlement in Lebanon, after her family fled from the Syrian conflict. She shares a three-room tent with her […] Continue reading -> MPs to WHO: If You Want Pandemic Treaty Implemented, Engage with Us 06/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman Parliamentarians from around the world have called on the World Health Organization to engage civil society in the establishment of a “pandemic treaty,” if the organization hopes to have such a document not only ratified but also implemented. “The current process remains exclusionary,” said Giada Girelli, a senior analyst on human rights and justice at […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Alzheimer’s Drug is Hailed Amid Safety Concerns 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan A candidate drug for people with early Alzheimer’s disease slowed cognitive decline by about 27% over 18 months, according to a report on a phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday. Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody that is given as an intravenous infusion every two weeks, and targets a […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Conflict, Displacement and Living with a Chronic Disease 12/12/2022 Éimhín Ansbro, Grace Dubois, Nicolai Haugaard, Peter Klansø & Micaela Serafini On the occasion of Universal Health Coverage Day, thought leaders on the front lines outline the challenges and opportunities of health systems in conflicts. The last decade of 12-year-old Zaynab’s life has been spent in an informal settlement in Lebanon, after her family fled from the Syrian conflict. She shares a three-room tent with her […] Continue reading -> MPs to WHO: If You Want Pandemic Treaty Implemented, Engage with Us 06/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman Parliamentarians from around the world have called on the World Health Organization to engage civil society in the establishment of a “pandemic treaty,” if the organization hopes to have such a document not only ratified but also implemented. “The current process remains exclusionary,” said Giada Girelli, a senior analyst on human rights and justice at […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Alzheimer’s Drug is Hailed Amid Safety Concerns 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan A candidate drug for people with early Alzheimer’s disease slowed cognitive decline by about 27% over 18 months, according to a report on a phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday. Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody that is given as an intravenous infusion every two weeks, and targets a […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
MPs to WHO: If You Want Pandemic Treaty Implemented, Engage with Us 06/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman Parliamentarians from around the world have called on the World Health Organization to engage civil society in the establishment of a “pandemic treaty,” if the organization hopes to have such a document not only ratified but also implemented. “The current process remains exclusionary,” said Giada Girelli, a senior analyst on human rights and justice at […] Continue reading -> Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Alzheimer’s Drug is Hailed Amid Safety Concerns 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan A candidate drug for people with early Alzheimer’s disease slowed cognitive decline by about 27% over 18 months, according to a report on a phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday. Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody that is given as an intravenous infusion every two weeks, and targets a […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Keep Momentum on Pandemic ‘Treaty’, Urges Tedros 05/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan Keep the momentum to negotiate a pandemic instrument, urged Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the start of the third meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) on Monday. “The conceptual zero-draft that your bureau has developed is a true reflection of the aspirations for a different paradigm for […] Continue reading -> Alzheimer’s Drug is Hailed Amid Safety Concerns 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan A candidate drug for people with early Alzheimer’s disease slowed cognitive decline by about 27% over 18 months, according to a report on a phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday. Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody that is given as an intravenous infusion every two weeks, and targets a […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Alzheimer’s Drug is Hailed Amid Safety Concerns 01/12/2022 Kerry Cullinan A candidate drug for people with early Alzheimer’s disease slowed cognitive decline by about 27% over 18 months, according to a report on a phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday. Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody that is given as an intravenous infusion every two weeks, and targets a […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Treaty ‘Zero-Draft’ Makes a Strong Case for Regional Production 17/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Regional production of vaccines and other pandemic-related products – and sharing the technical know-how to enable this – features strongly in the much-anticipated first draft of the global pandemic treaty proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guide future pandemics. WHO member states will be briefed on the conceptual “zero-sum” draft on Friday in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts