More Countries Refer to Refugees in Health Policies, but Access and Data Gaps Persist 30/03/2026 Stefan Anderson More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a survey of 93 member states, is the first systematic count of how countries […] Continue reading -> World Athletics Expands Air Quality Monitoring, But Can Sports Fill Global South’s Data Void? 24/03/2026 Kate Okorie On a Saturday morning in Lagos, several volunteers in white “Run Lagos” t-shirts gathered for an air pollution awareness walk. They split into small groups and filed through the narrow streets, placards in hand. One read, “Air Is Free But Polluted Air Leads To Health And Climate Change Expenses.” The walk coordinators carried portable air […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Talks: Europe is Blocking Health Equity – And It Knows It 23/03/2026 Guilherme Faviero & Nithin Ramakrishnan Final talks on the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system, the last outstanding piece of the Pandemic Agreement, are being held in Geneva this week. The Pandemic Agreement, being negotiated in Geneva, emerged to address the unacceptable inequities that defined the COVID-19 global health disaster. During this pandemic, delayed and inequitable access to vaccines may […] Continue reading -> African Universities Launch Climate-Health Hubs Amidst Escalating Global Crisis 05/03/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Two regional research hubs that aim to develop climate adaptation strategies that reduce health impacts are to be established in Ghana and South Africa under the terms of a new £40 million climate-health initiative led by African universities and the Wellcome Trust, announced on Thursday. Along with the two hubs in South Africa and Ghana, […] Continue reading -> Argentina: No Withdrawal from Pan American Health Organization – Despite Leaving WHO 06/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although Argentina is withdrawing from the World Health Organization’s global body, it intends to remain an active member in WHO’s regional affiliate, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the country’s representative told the WHO Executive Board on Friday. His comments came in the course of a discussion on the legal and policy impacts of Argentina’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board In Heated Debate Over Gaza Health Crisis as Israeli Amendment Fails 05/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A contentious debate at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board exposed the continued deep divisions between Israel and most other member states over the health situation in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory, with delegates trading starkly different assessments of humanitarian conditions, access to aid, and the reliability of WHO reporting. Saudi Arabia’s delegate, speaking […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026 07/01/2026 Arthur Wyns The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: trade wars, real wars, job and finance cuts, cost of living pressures, attacks on science, the rise of far-right extremism, and the increasingly deadly impacts of climate change, to name but a few of […] Continue reading -> Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Athletics Expands Air Quality Monitoring, But Can Sports Fill Global South’s Data Void? 24/03/2026 Kate Okorie On a Saturday morning in Lagos, several volunteers in white “Run Lagos” t-shirts gathered for an air pollution awareness walk. They split into small groups and filed through the narrow streets, placards in hand. One read, “Air Is Free But Polluted Air Leads To Health And Climate Change Expenses.” The walk coordinators carried portable air […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Talks: Europe is Blocking Health Equity – And It Knows It 23/03/2026 Guilherme Faviero & Nithin Ramakrishnan Final talks on the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system, the last outstanding piece of the Pandemic Agreement, are being held in Geneva this week. The Pandemic Agreement, being negotiated in Geneva, emerged to address the unacceptable inequities that defined the COVID-19 global health disaster. During this pandemic, delayed and inequitable access to vaccines may […] Continue reading -> African Universities Launch Climate-Health Hubs Amidst Escalating Global Crisis 05/03/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Two regional research hubs that aim to develop climate adaptation strategies that reduce health impacts are to be established in Ghana and South Africa under the terms of a new £40 million climate-health initiative led by African universities and the Wellcome Trust, announced on Thursday. Along with the two hubs in South Africa and Ghana, […] Continue reading -> Argentina: No Withdrawal from Pan American Health Organization – Despite Leaving WHO 06/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although Argentina is withdrawing from the World Health Organization’s global body, it intends to remain an active member in WHO’s regional affiliate, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the country’s representative told the WHO Executive Board on Friday. His comments came in the course of a discussion on the legal and policy impacts of Argentina’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board In Heated Debate Over Gaza Health Crisis as Israeli Amendment Fails 05/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A contentious debate at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board exposed the continued deep divisions between Israel and most other member states over the health situation in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory, with delegates trading starkly different assessments of humanitarian conditions, access to aid, and the reliability of WHO reporting. Saudi Arabia’s delegate, speaking […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026 07/01/2026 Arthur Wyns The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: trade wars, real wars, job and finance cuts, cost of living pressures, attacks on science, the rise of far-right extremism, and the increasingly deadly impacts of climate change, to name but a few of […] Continue reading -> Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Talks: Europe is Blocking Health Equity – And It Knows It 23/03/2026 Guilherme Faviero & Nithin Ramakrishnan Final talks on the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system, the last outstanding piece of the Pandemic Agreement, are being held in Geneva this week. The Pandemic Agreement, being negotiated in Geneva, emerged to address the unacceptable inequities that defined the COVID-19 global health disaster. During this pandemic, delayed and inequitable access to vaccines may […] Continue reading -> African Universities Launch Climate-Health Hubs Amidst Escalating Global Crisis 05/03/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Two regional research hubs that aim to develop climate adaptation strategies that reduce health impacts are to be established in Ghana and South Africa under the terms of a new £40 million climate-health initiative led by African universities and the Wellcome Trust, announced on Thursday. Along with the two hubs in South Africa and Ghana, […] Continue reading -> Argentina: No Withdrawal from Pan American Health Organization – Despite Leaving WHO 06/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although Argentina is withdrawing from the World Health Organization’s global body, it intends to remain an active member in WHO’s regional affiliate, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the country’s representative told the WHO Executive Board on Friday. His comments came in the course of a discussion on the legal and policy impacts of Argentina’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board In Heated Debate Over Gaza Health Crisis as Israeli Amendment Fails 05/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A contentious debate at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board exposed the continued deep divisions between Israel and most other member states over the health situation in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory, with delegates trading starkly different assessments of humanitarian conditions, access to aid, and the reliability of WHO reporting. Saudi Arabia’s delegate, speaking […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026 07/01/2026 Arthur Wyns The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: trade wars, real wars, job and finance cuts, cost of living pressures, attacks on science, the rise of far-right extremism, and the increasingly deadly impacts of climate change, to name but a few of […] Continue reading -> Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Universities Launch Climate-Health Hubs Amidst Escalating Global Crisis 05/03/2026 Felix Sassmannshausen Two regional research hubs that aim to develop climate adaptation strategies that reduce health impacts are to be established in Ghana and South Africa under the terms of a new £40 million climate-health initiative led by African universities and the Wellcome Trust, announced on Thursday. Along with the two hubs in South Africa and Ghana, […] Continue reading -> Argentina: No Withdrawal from Pan American Health Organization – Despite Leaving WHO 06/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although Argentina is withdrawing from the World Health Organization’s global body, it intends to remain an active member in WHO’s regional affiliate, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the country’s representative told the WHO Executive Board on Friday. His comments came in the course of a discussion on the legal and policy impacts of Argentina’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board In Heated Debate Over Gaza Health Crisis as Israeli Amendment Fails 05/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A contentious debate at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board exposed the continued deep divisions between Israel and most other member states over the health situation in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory, with delegates trading starkly different assessments of humanitarian conditions, access to aid, and the reliability of WHO reporting. Saudi Arabia’s delegate, speaking […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026 07/01/2026 Arthur Wyns The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: trade wars, real wars, job and finance cuts, cost of living pressures, attacks on science, the rise of far-right extremism, and the increasingly deadly impacts of climate change, to name but a few of […] Continue reading -> Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Argentina: No Withdrawal from Pan American Health Organization – Despite Leaving WHO 06/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Although Argentina is withdrawing from the World Health Organization’s global body, it intends to remain an active member in WHO’s regional affiliate, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the country’s representative told the WHO Executive Board on Friday. His comments came in the course of a discussion on the legal and policy impacts of Argentina’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board In Heated Debate Over Gaza Health Crisis as Israeli Amendment Fails 05/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A contentious debate at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board exposed the continued deep divisions between Israel and most other member states over the health situation in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory, with delegates trading starkly different assessments of humanitarian conditions, access to aid, and the reliability of WHO reporting. Saudi Arabia’s delegate, speaking […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026 07/01/2026 Arthur Wyns The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: trade wars, real wars, job and finance cuts, cost of living pressures, attacks on science, the rise of far-right extremism, and the increasingly deadly impacts of climate change, to name but a few of […] Continue reading -> Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Executive Board In Heated Debate Over Gaza Health Crisis as Israeli Amendment Fails 05/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A contentious debate at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board exposed the continued deep divisions between Israel and most other member states over the health situation in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory, with delegates trading starkly different assessments of humanitarian conditions, access to aid, and the reliability of WHO reporting. Saudi Arabia’s delegate, speaking […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026 07/01/2026 Arthur Wyns The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: trade wars, real wars, job and finance cuts, cost of living pressures, attacks on science, the rise of far-right extremism, and the increasingly deadly impacts of climate change, to name but a few of […] Continue reading -> Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026 07/01/2026 Arthur Wyns The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: trade wars, real wars, job and finance cuts, cost of living pressures, attacks on science, the rise of far-right extremism, and the increasingly deadly impacts of climate change, to name but a few of […] Continue reading -> Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Key Moments for Climate and Health Diplomacy in 2026 07/01/2026 Arthur Wyns The last 12 months have been an unpredictable rollercoaster for those of us working in global health, climate change and development: trade wars, real wars, job and finance cuts, cost of living pressures, attacks on science, the rise of far-right extremism, and the increasingly deadly impacts of climate change, to name but a few of […] Continue reading -> Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Near Unanimous Adoption of UN Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health – Only US and Argentina Opposed 16/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention. The declaration was due to have been adopted by […] Continue reading -> Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Still Possible to Divert from Disastrous Climate Path to Sustainable, Healthy Planet, says UNEP 09/12/2025 Chetan Bhattacharji A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts