Costa Rica Urges WHO To Lead Global Initiative For Pooled Rights To COVID-19 Diagnostics, Drugs & Vaccines 24/03/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Costa Rica’s president, Carlos Alvarado Quesada has appealed to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, to “pool rights to technologies that are useful for the detection, prevention, control and treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic”. The presidential letter dated Monday, 23 March, and co-signed by Minister of Health, Daniel Salas Peraza, […] Continue reading -> COVID-19: Well-Rehearsed Singaporeans Take New Disease Risk In Stride 14/02/2020 Jade Lee SINGAPORE – Last Saturday, a day after Singapore raised its disease outbreak response alert for COVID-19 from yellow to orange as the first cases of local transmission of the virus were confirmed, supermarkets found themselves besieged by customers piling carts full of instant noodles, rice and toilet paper, among other essentials. “As there are now […] Continue reading -> Norway Launches First-Ever Strategy By Major International Donor To Combat Non-Communicable Diseases 22/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Oslo – Norway has launched a milestone “Better Health, Better Life” strategy to combat deadly non-communicable (NCDs) diseases as part of its international development assistance. This makes Norway the first to develop a strategy for combating this large and growing global health threat, which currently receives only about 1% of international health assistance. NCDs are […] Continue reading -> US Rep At Nairobi Summit: No Support For Abortion In Family Planning 14/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili and Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nairobi, Kenya – The US has thrown considerable weight behind opponents of the Nairobi Summit on Population and Development (ICPD25), saying it will only support family planning programmes that offer alternatives to abortions. The statement by Valerie Huber, the US special representative for global women’s health, on the Summit’s closing day, added fuel to the […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Replenishment Kisses US$ 14 Billion Target 10/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a suspense-filled finale that carried trappings of an elegant auction cum-political celebrity show, The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria brushed tantalizingly close to its $US 14 billion funding target – rallying some US$13.92 billion in commitments at its Sixth Replenishment Conference,in Lyon, France. Speculation about whether the goal for the next […] Continue reading -> Sweden Steps Up Fight Against Epidemics With Strong Pledge to Global Fund 03/10/2019 Editorial team Sweden pledged to increase its support to the Global Fund by 14%, committing some SEK 2.85 billion (US $290 million) over the next three years, one of the latest in a line of donors to step to the call of the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference, coming up next week on October 9-10 in Lyon. […] Continue reading -> Close The Doors That Help Tobacco Companies Influence UN Policy 03/10/2019 Deborah Sy As delegates gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) last week, tobacco companies were lurking on the margins to cultivate influence and undermine policies that would accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. More than 140 health organizations from over 40 countries have joined me in calling on delegates to reject invitations to meet […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Takes Charge On Climate Action As Governments Waver 21/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Youth leaders from around the world clamored for more action on climate change Saturday at a first-ever United Nation’s Youth Climate Summit – even as the actual government commitments lined up for Monday’s formal meeting with heads of state appeared likely fall far short of making the dramatic changes that scientists […] Continue reading -> “We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19: Well-Rehearsed Singaporeans Take New Disease Risk In Stride 14/02/2020 Jade Lee SINGAPORE – Last Saturday, a day after Singapore raised its disease outbreak response alert for COVID-19 from yellow to orange as the first cases of local transmission of the virus were confirmed, supermarkets found themselves besieged by customers piling carts full of instant noodles, rice and toilet paper, among other essentials. “As there are now […] Continue reading -> Norway Launches First-Ever Strategy By Major International Donor To Combat Non-Communicable Diseases 22/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Oslo – Norway has launched a milestone “Better Health, Better Life” strategy to combat deadly non-communicable (NCDs) diseases as part of its international development assistance. This makes Norway the first to develop a strategy for combating this large and growing global health threat, which currently receives only about 1% of international health assistance. NCDs are […] Continue reading -> US Rep At Nairobi Summit: No Support For Abortion In Family Planning 14/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili and Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nairobi, Kenya – The US has thrown considerable weight behind opponents of the Nairobi Summit on Population and Development (ICPD25), saying it will only support family planning programmes that offer alternatives to abortions. The statement by Valerie Huber, the US special representative for global women’s health, on the Summit’s closing day, added fuel to the […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Replenishment Kisses US$ 14 Billion Target 10/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a suspense-filled finale that carried trappings of an elegant auction cum-political celebrity show, The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria brushed tantalizingly close to its $US 14 billion funding target – rallying some US$13.92 billion in commitments at its Sixth Replenishment Conference,in Lyon, France. Speculation about whether the goal for the next […] Continue reading -> Sweden Steps Up Fight Against Epidemics With Strong Pledge to Global Fund 03/10/2019 Editorial team Sweden pledged to increase its support to the Global Fund by 14%, committing some SEK 2.85 billion (US $290 million) over the next three years, one of the latest in a line of donors to step to the call of the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference, coming up next week on October 9-10 in Lyon. […] Continue reading -> Close The Doors That Help Tobacco Companies Influence UN Policy 03/10/2019 Deborah Sy As delegates gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) last week, tobacco companies were lurking on the margins to cultivate influence and undermine policies that would accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. More than 140 health organizations from over 40 countries have joined me in calling on delegates to reject invitations to meet […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Takes Charge On Climate Action As Governments Waver 21/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Youth leaders from around the world clamored for more action on climate change Saturday at a first-ever United Nation’s Youth Climate Summit – even as the actual government commitments lined up for Monday’s formal meeting with heads of state appeared likely fall far short of making the dramatic changes that scientists […] Continue reading -> “We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Norway Launches First-Ever Strategy By Major International Donor To Combat Non-Communicable Diseases 22/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Oslo – Norway has launched a milestone “Better Health, Better Life” strategy to combat deadly non-communicable (NCDs) diseases as part of its international development assistance. This makes Norway the first to develop a strategy for combating this large and growing global health threat, which currently receives only about 1% of international health assistance. NCDs are […] Continue reading -> US Rep At Nairobi Summit: No Support For Abortion In Family Planning 14/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili and Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nairobi, Kenya – The US has thrown considerable weight behind opponents of the Nairobi Summit on Population and Development (ICPD25), saying it will only support family planning programmes that offer alternatives to abortions. The statement by Valerie Huber, the US special representative for global women’s health, on the Summit’s closing day, added fuel to the […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Replenishment Kisses US$ 14 Billion Target 10/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a suspense-filled finale that carried trappings of an elegant auction cum-political celebrity show, The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria brushed tantalizingly close to its $US 14 billion funding target – rallying some US$13.92 billion in commitments at its Sixth Replenishment Conference,in Lyon, France. Speculation about whether the goal for the next […] Continue reading -> Sweden Steps Up Fight Against Epidemics With Strong Pledge to Global Fund 03/10/2019 Editorial team Sweden pledged to increase its support to the Global Fund by 14%, committing some SEK 2.85 billion (US $290 million) over the next three years, one of the latest in a line of donors to step to the call of the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference, coming up next week on October 9-10 in Lyon. […] Continue reading -> Close The Doors That Help Tobacco Companies Influence UN Policy 03/10/2019 Deborah Sy As delegates gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) last week, tobacco companies were lurking on the margins to cultivate influence and undermine policies that would accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. More than 140 health organizations from over 40 countries have joined me in calling on delegates to reject invitations to meet […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Takes Charge On Climate Action As Governments Waver 21/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Youth leaders from around the world clamored for more action on climate change Saturday at a first-ever United Nation’s Youth Climate Summit – even as the actual government commitments lined up for Monday’s formal meeting with heads of state appeared likely fall far short of making the dramatic changes that scientists […] Continue reading -> “We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Rep At Nairobi Summit: No Support For Abortion In Family Planning 14/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili and Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nairobi, Kenya – The US has thrown considerable weight behind opponents of the Nairobi Summit on Population and Development (ICPD25), saying it will only support family planning programmes that offer alternatives to abortions. The statement by Valerie Huber, the US special representative for global women’s health, on the Summit’s closing day, added fuel to the […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Replenishment Kisses US$ 14 Billion Target 10/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a suspense-filled finale that carried trappings of an elegant auction cum-political celebrity show, The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria brushed tantalizingly close to its $US 14 billion funding target – rallying some US$13.92 billion in commitments at its Sixth Replenishment Conference,in Lyon, France. Speculation about whether the goal for the next […] Continue reading -> Sweden Steps Up Fight Against Epidemics With Strong Pledge to Global Fund 03/10/2019 Editorial team Sweden pledged to increase its support to the Global Fund by 14%, committing some SEK 2.85 billion (US $290 million) over the next three years, one of the latest in a line of donors to step to the call of the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference, coming up next week on October 9-10 in Lyon. […] Continue reading -> Close The Doors That Help Tobacco Companies Influence UN Policy 03/10/2019 Deborah Sy As delegates gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) last week, tobacco companies were lurking on the margins to cultivate influence and undermine policies that would accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. More than 140 health organizations from over 40 countries have joined me in calling on delegates to reject invitations to meet […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Takes Charge On Climate Action As Governments Waver 21/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Youth leaders from around the world clamored for more action on climate change Saturday at a first-ever United Nation’s Youth Climate Summit – even as the actual government commitments lined up for Monday’s formal meeting with heads of state appeared likely fall far short of making the dramatic changes that scientists […] Continue reading -> “We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Fund Replenishment Kisses US$ 14 Billion Target 10/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a suspense-filled finale that carried trappings of an elegant auction cum-political celebrity show, The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria brushed tantalizingly close to its $US 14 billion funding target – rallying some US$13.92 billion in commitments at its Sixth Replenishment Conference,in Lyon, France. Speculation about whether the goal for the next […] Continue reading -> Sweden Steps Up Fight Against Epidemics With Strong Pledge to Global Fund 03/10/2019 Editorial team Sweden pledged to increase its support to the Global Fund by 14%, committing some SEK 2.85 billion (US $290 million) over the next three years, one of the latest in a line of donors to step to the call of the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference, coming up next week on October 9-10 in Lyon. […] Continue reading -> Close The Doors That Help Tobacco Companies Influence UN Policy 03/10/2019 Deborah Sy As delegates gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) last week, tobacco companies were lurking on the margins to cultivate influence and undermine policies that would accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. More than 140 health organizations from over 40 countries have joined me in calling on delegates to reject invitations to meet […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Takes Charge On Climate Action As Governments Waver 21/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Youth leaders from around the world clamored for more action on climate change Saturday at a first-ever United Nation’s Youth Climate Summit – even as the actual government commitments lined up for Monday’s formal meeting with heads of state appeared likely fall far short of making the dramatic changes that scientists […] Continue reading -> “We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sweden Steps Up Fight Against Epidemics With Strong Pledge to Global Fund 03/10/2019 Editorial team Sweden pledged to increase its support to the Global Fund by 14%, committing some SEK 2.85 billion (US $290 million) over the next three years, one of the latest in a line of donors to step to the call of the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference, coming up next week on October 9-10 in Lyon. […] Continue reading -> Close The Doors That Help Tobacco Companies Influence UN Policy 03/10/2019 Deborah Sy As delegates gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) last week, tobacco companies were lurking on the margins to cultivate influence and undermine policies that would accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. More than 140 health organizations from over 40 countries have joined me in calling on delegates to reject invitations to meet […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Takes Charge On Climate Action As Governments Waver 21/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Youth leaders from around the world clamored for more action on climate change Saturday at a first-ever United Nation’s Youth Climate Summit – even as the actual government commitments lined up for Monday’s formal meeting with heads of state appeared likely fall far short of making the dramatic changes that scientists […] Continue reading -> “We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Close The Doors That Help Tobacco Companies Influence UN Policy 03/10/2019 Deborah Sy As delegates gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) last week, tobacco companies were lurking on the margins to cultivate influence and undermine policies that would accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. More than 140 health organizations from over 40 countries have joined me in calling on delegates to reject invitations to meet […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Takes Charge On Climate Action As Governments Waver 21/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Youth leaders from around the world clamored for more action on climate change Saturday at a first-ever United Nation’s Youth Climate Summit – even as the actual government commitments lined up for Monday’s formal meeting with heads of state appeared likely fall far short of making the dramatic changes that scientists […] Continue reading -> “We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Civil Society Takes Charge On Climate Action As Governments Waver 21/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Youth leaders from around the world clamored for more action on climate change Saturday at a first-ever United Nation’s Youth Climate Summit – even as the actual government commitments lined up for Monday’s formal meeting with heads of state appeared likely fall far short of making the dramatic changes that scientists […] Continue reading -> “We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
“We Are Here To Fight For Our Lives” – Thousands Flood Streets To Demand Climate Action 20/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2019) – Thousands of people have flooded streets here today as part of a worldwide movement to demand climate action. 4 million people in over 150 countries around the world took to the streets in a global Climate Strike. The New York Climate Strike is one of over a thousand […] Continue reading -> New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New International President Takes Reins of MSF 16/09/2019 Editorial team Trauma surgeon and veteran field worker, Christos Christou, has taken over the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reins as International President, following his election by the organization’s International General Assembly last June. Christou, former president of the MSF Greece Board of Directors, will be faced with the leadership challenges of an organization that has grown from […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts