Changes in Mindset and Decision-making Needed to Improve Health Coverage 24/05/2023 Alex Winston Changes in mindsets, decision-making, and accountability are the keys to improving synergies between the different agendas of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), health security, and health promotion, a new report shows. Marking the 76th World Health Assembly and Geneva Health Week 2023, Professor Irene Agyepong, co-chair of the “Lancet Commission on Synergies between universal health coverage, […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on Countries to “Drastically Reduce” Climate Emissions to Improve Global Health 19/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for focused action to address global warming and climate change to promote health outcomes. Recommendations include concerted efforts to reduce carbon emissions, build climate-resilient and sustainable health systems and protect health from the impacts of climate change. There is also a decline in the treatment coverage for tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> BREAKING! WHO Declares End to COVID-19 Global Health Emergency 05/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID global health emergency is over, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus at a press conference on Friday. His declaration came more than 39 months after WHO first declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 over a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged in Wuhan, China but […] Continue reading -> Updated International Health Regulations More Important Than Pandemic Accord ? 28/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan As the current US Senate is unlikely to ratify a pandemic accord, it might make more sense for World Health Organization (WHO) member states to invest more effort in ensuring that the International Health Regulations (IHR) are adapted to respond to the next pandemic. So suggested Daniel Warner, Assistant Director for International Affairs at the […] Continue reading -> World Needs Ambitious Pandemic Accord – ‘Failing is Not an Option’ says German MP 26/04/2023 Alex Winston Many challenges remain in negotiating an international pandemic treaty, experts tell a committee of the German Parliament. As COVID-19 cases decline, multilateral polarization and a weary public leaves countries at risk should another global pandemic strike, German MP Andrew Ullmann stated on Monday at the German Parliament (Bundestag). The Bundestag’s Global Health Subcommittee held a […] Continue reading -> Time to ‘Walk the Talk’ in Addressing Health Worker Shortages 05/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Around half of the world’s health workers experienced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 55 countries face serious shortages of health workers – exacerbated by the poaching of skilled staff by wealthier countries. Many countries are struggling to retain health workers, ensure they are equitably distributed, there is an adequate skills mix, and battling to […] Continue reading -> UniteHealth Awards to Highlight Power of Social Media Networks for Good During COVID-19 30/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, an explosion of information and misinformation burned across the Internet. Health experts and officials had a choice: To turn a blind eye to the fake news being shared on social networks or to take action themselves and use these portals to disseminate essential information rapidly. […] Continue reading -> Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty as Evidence of Health Impacts Mounts 22/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle, a new study has found. The study, conducted by an international consortium of scientists, has pointed out that from production to disposal, plastics are bad news. The team of scientists, led by the Boston College Observatory on Planetary Health, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation […] Continue reading -> Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls on Countries to “Drastically Reduce” Climate Emissions to Improve Global Health 19/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for focused action to address global warming and climate change to promote health outcomes. Recommendations include concerted efforts to reduce carbon emissions, build climate-resilient and sustainable health systems and protect health from the impacts of climate change. There is also a decline in the treatment coverage for tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> BREAKING! WHO Declares End to COVID-19 Global Health Emergency 05/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID global health emergency is over, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus at a press conference on Friday. His declaration came more than 39 months after WHO first declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 over a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged in Wuhan, China but […] Continue reading -> Updated International Health Regulations More Important Than Pandemic Accord ? 28/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan As the current US Senate is unlikely to ratify a pandemic accord, it might make more sense for World Health Organization (WHO) member states to invest more effort in ensuring that the International Health Regulations (IHR) are adapted to respond to the next pandemic. So suggested Daniel Warner, Assistant Director for International Affairs at the […] Continue reading -> World Needs Ambitious Pandemic Accord – ‘Failing is Not an Option’ says German MP 26/04/2023 Alex Winston Many challenges remain in negotiating an international pandemic treaty, experts tell a committee of the German Parliament. As COVID-19 cases decline, multilateral polarization and a weary public leaves countries at risk should another global pandemic strike, German MP Andrew Ullmann stated on Monday at the German Parliament (Bundestag). The Bundestag’s Global Health Subcommittee held a […] Continue reading -> Time to ‘Walk the Talk’ in Addressing Health Worker Shortages 05/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Around half of the world’s health workers experienced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 55 countries face serious shortages of health workers – exacerbated by the poaching of skilled staff by wealthier countries. Many countries are struggling to retain health workers, ensure they are equitably distributed, there is an adequate skills mix, and battling to […] Continue reading -> UniteHealth Awards to Highlight Power of Social Media Networks for Good During COVID-19 30/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, an explosion of information and misinformation burned across the Internet. Health experts and officials had a choice: To turn a blind eye to the fake news being shared on social networks or to take action themselves and use these portals to disseminate essential information rapidly. […] Continue reading -> Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty as Evidence of Health Impacts Mounts 22/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle, a new study has found. The study, conducted by an international consortium of scientists, has pointed out that from production to disposal, plastics are bad news. The team of scientists, led by the Boston College Observatory on Planetary Health, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation […] Continue reading -> Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
BREAKING! WHO Declares End to COVID-19 Global Health Emergency 05/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID global health emergency is over, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus at a press conference on Friday. His declaration came more than 39 months after WHO first declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 over a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged in Wuhan, China but […] Continue reading -> Updated International Health Regulations More Important Than Pandemic Accord ? 28/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan As the current US Senate is unlikely to ratify a pandemic accord, it might make more sense for World Health Organization (WHO) member states to invest more effort in ensuring that the International Health Regulations (IHR) are adapted to respond to the next pandemic. So suggested Daniel Warner, Assistant Director for International Affairs at the […] Continue reading -> World Needs Ambitious Pandemic Accord – ‘Failing is Not an Option’ says German MP 26/04/2023 Alex Winston Many challenges remain in negotiating an international pandemic treaty, experts tell a committee of the German Parliament. As COVID-19 cases decline, multilateral polarization and a weary public leaves countries at risk should another global pandemic strike, German MP Andrew Ullmann stated on Monday at the German Parliament (Bundestag). The Bundestag’s Global Health Subcommittee held a […] Continue reading -> Time to ‘Walk the Talk’ in Addressing Health Worker Shortages 05/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Around half of the world’s health workers experienced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 55 countries face serious shortages of health workers – exacerbated by the poaching of skilled staff by wealthier countries. Many countries are struggling to retain health workers, ensure they are equitably distributed, there is an adequate skills mix, and battling to […] Continue reading -> UniteHealth Awards to Highlight Power of Social Media Networks for Good During COVID-19 30/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, an explosion of information and misinformation burned across the Internet. Health experts and officials had a choice: To turn a blind eye to the fake news being shared on social networks or to take action themselves and use these portals to disseminate essential information rapidly. […] Continue reading -> Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty as Evidence of Health Impacts Mounts 22/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle, a new study has found. The study, conducted by an international consortium of scientists, has pointed out that from production to disposal, plastics are bad news. The team of scientists, led by the Boston College Observatory on Planetary Health, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation […] Continue reading -> Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Updated International Health Regulations More Important Than Pandemic Accord ? 28/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan As the current US Senate is unlikely to ratify a pandemic accord, it might make more sense for World Health Organization (WHO) member states to invest more effort in ensuring that the International Health Regulations (IHR) are adapted to respond to the next pandemic. So suggested Daniel Warner, Assistant Director for International Affairs at the […] Continue reading -> World Needs Ambitious Pandemic Accord – ‘Failing is Not an Option’ says German MP 26/04/2023 Alex Winston Many challenges remain in negotiating an international pandemic treaty, experts tell a committee of the German Parliament. As COVID-19 cases decline, multilateral polarization and a weary public leaves countries at risk should another global pandemic strike, German MP Andrew Ullmann stated on Monday at the German Parliament (Bundestag). The Bundestag’s Global Health Subcommittee held a […] Continue reading -> Time to ‘Walk the Talk’ in Addressing Health Worker Shortages 05/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Around half of the world’s health workers experienced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 55 countries face serious shortages of health workers – exacerbated by the poaching of skilled staff by wealthier countries. Many countries are struggling to retain health workers, ensure they are equitably distributed, there is an adequate skills mix, and battling to […] Continue reading -> UniteHealth Awards to Highlight Power of Social Media Networks for Good During COVID-19 30/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, an explosion of information and misinformation burned across the Internet. Health experts and officials had a choice: To turn a blind eye to the fake news being shared on social networks or to take action themselves and use these portals to disseminate essential information rapidly. […] Continue reading -> Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty as Evidence of Health Impacts Mounts 22/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle, a new study has found. The study, conducted by an international consortium of scientists, has pointed out that from production to disposal, plastics are bad news. The team of scientists, led by the Boston College Observatory on Planetary Health, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation […] Continue reading -> Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Needs Ambitious Pandemic Accord – ‘Failing is Not an Option’ says German MP 26/04/2023 Alex Winston Many challenges remain in negotiating an international pandemic treaty, experts tell a committee of the German Parliament. As COVID-19 cases decline, multilateral polarization and a weary public leaves countries at risk should another global pandemic strike, German MP Andrew Ullmann stated on Monday at the German Parliament (Bundestag). The Bundestag’s Global Health Subcommittee held a […] Continue reading -> Time to ‘Walk the Talk’ in Addressing Health Worker Shortages 05/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Around half of the world’s health workers experienced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 55 countries face serious shortages of health workers – exacerbated by the poaching of skilled staff by wealthier countries. Many countries are struggling to retain health workers, ensure they are equitably distributed, there is an adequate skills mix, and battling to […] Continue reading -> UniteHealth Awards to Highlight Power of Social Media Networks for Good During COVID-19 30/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, an explosion of information and misinformation burned across the Internet. Health experts and officials had a choice: To turn a blind eye to the fake news being shared on social networks or to take action themselves and use these portals to disseminate essential information rapidly. […] Continue reading -> Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty as Evidence of Health Impacts Mounts 22/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle, a new study has found. The study, conducted by an international consortium of scientists, has pointed out that from production to disposal, plastics are bad news. The team of scientists, led by the Boston College Observatory on Planetary Health, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation […] Continue reading -> Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Time to ‘Walk the Talk’ in Addressing Health Worker Shortages 05/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Around half of the world’s health workers experienced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 55 countries face serious shortages of health workers – exacerbated by the poaching of skilled staff by wealthier countries. Many countries are struggling to retain health workers, ensure they are equitably distributed, there is an adequate skills mix, and battling to […] Continue reading -> UniteHealth Awards to Highlight Power of Social Media Networks for Good During COVID-19 30/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, an explosion of information and misinformation burned across the Internet. Health experts and officials had a choice: To turn a blind eye to the fake news being shared on social networks or to take action themselves and use these portals to disseminate essential information rapidly. […] Continue reading -> Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty as Evidence of Health Impacts Mounts 22/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle, a new study has found. The study, conducted by an international consortium of scientists, has pointed out that from production to disposal, plastics are bad news. The team of scientists, led by the Boston College Observatory on Planetary Health, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation […] Continue reading -> Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UniteHealth Awards to Highlight Power of Social Media Networks for Good During COVID-19 30/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, an explosion of information and misinformation burned across the Internet. Health experts and officials had a choice: To turn a blind eye to the fake news being shared on social networks or to take action themselves and use these portals to disseminate essential information rapidly. […] Continue reading -> Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty as Evidence of Health Impacts Mounts 22/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle, a new study has found. The study, conducted by an international consortium of scientists, has pointed out that from production to disposal, plastics are bad news. The team of scientists, led by the Boston College Observatory on Planetary Health, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation […] Continue reading -> Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty as Evidence of Health Impacts Mounts 22/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle, a new study has found. The study, conducted by an international consortium of scientists, has pointed out that from production to disposal, plastics are bad news. The team of scientists, led by the Boston College Observatory on Planetary Health, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation […] Continue reading -> Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health 20/03/2023 Ihsane Ben Yahya & Katie Dain Global health leaders need to prioritize action against oral diseases – which impact nearly half of the world’s population. While noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which cause some 74% of all deaths, are getting increased attention from global health influencers, there is one elephant in the room that has received insufficient attention to date. Oral disease. That’s […] Continue reading -> WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Raises Alarm Over Increased Healthcare Worker Migration to Rich Countries Post Pandemic 14/03/2023 Megha Kaveri Eight more countries in the global south have dangerously low numbers of healthcare workers in the wake of the COVID pandemic, a new WHO report has found. The World Health Organization’s 2023 report on “Health workforce support and safeguards” found that some 55 countries now rank below the global median in terms of their density […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts