Beat NCDs With Healthier Behaviours, Environments & Education, Says WHO High-Level Commission 10/12/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Make the ¨healthiest choices the easiest choices¨ to prevent many non-communicable diseases. This was a key message from an Independent High-Level Commission report on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), released Tuesday at a WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress NCDs and Mental Health in Muscat, Oman. The report, ¨It´s Time to Walk the Talk¨, released on the […] Continue reading -> Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health 22/11/2019 Grace Ren Over 80% of school-going adolescents worldwide get less than one hour of physical activity per day – leaving children at risk of poorer cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, bone and metabolic health, and slower cognitive development than their more active peers. The new study published Friday in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal also found […] Continue reading -> Health Is A Political Choice – But Should Health Officials Be Politicians Or Professionals? 19/11/2019 Armando Bartolazzi Italy’s former Undersecretary of State for Health, Armando Bartolazzi, discusses the implications of recent moves to replace the head of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), based on political considerations of the a new Health Minister. “Health is a Political Choice” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros in his keynote session at the World Health Summit, […] Continue reading -> Nairobi Population Summit Draws Attention & Debate Over Reproductive Health Rights 12/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili Nairobi, Kenya – A three day summit marking 25 years since the historic UN Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo opened here in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, with a focus on actions that save mothers’ lives, make contraception and family planning more accessible, and end violence against women and girls. But as […] Continue reading -> Italian Health Minister Moves To Replace Key Architect of WHA Resolution On Drug Price Transparency 07/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a move fraught with international political overtones, Italy’s new Minister of Health is moving to replace the Director General of the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA), Dr Luca Li Bassi, who was the key architect of the May World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution supporting greater price transparency in medicines markets, Health Policy Watch has learned. […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Push To Centre Health In Climate Action At World Health Summit 29/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany (29 October 2019) – Experts called on policy-makers to put human health and wellbeing at the centre of climate action decisions at the World Health Summit, which entered its third and final day Tuesday. “There is a need for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions to protect health, because we have less than […] Continue reading -> From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Stop TB Partnership Launches New Global Plan, World’s Largest Funding Call For TB Grassroots Organizations, & Pediatric DR-TB Initiative 10/12/2019 Grace Ren A new plan to dramatically accelerate global efforts to end tuberculosis, one of the world’s deadliest and oldest known infectious diseases, was launched Tuesday by the Stop TB Partnership in Jakarta. The fully-costed plan is based on commitments made at a 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending TB (UNHLM) to reduce TB deaths by […] Continue reading -> Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health 22/11/2019 Grace Ren Over 80% of school-going adolescents worldwide get less than one hour of physical activity per day – leaving children at risk of poorer cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, bone and metabolic health, and slower cognitive development than their more active peers. The new study published Friday in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal also found […] Continue reading -> Health Is A Political Choice – But Should Health Officials Be Politicians Or Professionals? 19/11/2019 Armando Bartolazzi Italy’s former Undersecretary of State for Health, Armando Bartolazzi, discusses the implications of recent moves to replace the head of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), based on political considerations of the a new Health Minister. “Health is a Political Choice” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros in his keynote session at the World Health Summit, […] Continue reading -> Nairobi Population Summit Draws Attention & Debate Over Reproductive Health Rights 12/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili Nairobi, Kenya – A three day summit marking 25 years since the historic UN Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo opened here in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, with a focus on actions that save mothers’ lives, make contraception and family planning more accessible, and end violence against women and girls. But as […] Continue reading -> Italian Health Minister Moves To Replace Key Architect of WHA Resolution On Drug Price Transparency 07/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a move fraught with international political overtones, Italy’s new Minister of Health is moving to replace the Director General of the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA), Dr Luca Li Bassi, who was the key architect of the May World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution supporting greater price transparency in medicines markets, Health Policy Watch has learned. […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Push To Centre Health In Climate Action At World Health Summit 29/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany (29 October 2019) – Experts called on policy-makers to put human health and wellbeing at the centre of climate action decisions at the World Health Summit, which entered its third and final day Tuesday. “There is a need for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions to protect health, because we have less than […] Continue reading -> From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health 22/11/2019 Grace Ren Over 80% of school-going adolescents worldwide get less than one hour of physical activity per day – leaving children at risk of poorer cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, bone and metabolic health, and slower cognitive development than their more active peers. The new study published Friday in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal also found […] Continue reading -> Health Is A Political Choice – But Should Health Officials Be Politicians Or Professionals? 19/11/2019 Armando Bartolazzi Italy’s former Undersecretary of State for Health, Armando Bartolazzi, discusses the implications of recent moves to replace the head of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), based on political considerations of the a new Health Minister. “Health is a Political Choice” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros in his keynote session at the World Health Summit, […] Continue reading -> Nairobi Population Summit Draws Attention & Debate Over Reproductive Health Rights 12/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili Nairobi, Kenya – A three day summit marking 25 years since the historic UN Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo opened here in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, with a focus on actions that save mothers’ lives, make contraception and family planning more accessible, and end violence against women and girls. But as […] Continue reading -> Italian Health Minister Moves To Replace Key Architect of WHA Resolution On Drug Price Transparency 07/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a move fraught with international political overtones, Italy’s new Minister of Health is moving to replace the Director General of the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA), Dr Luca Li Bassi, who was the key architect of the May World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution supporting greater price transparency in medicines markets, Health Policy Watch has learned. […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Push To Centre Health In Climate Action At World Health Summit 29/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany (29 October 2019) – Experts called on policy-makers to put human health and wellbeing at the centre of climate action decisions at the World Health Summit, which entered its third and final day Tuesday. “There is a need for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions to protect health, because we have less than […] Continue reading -> From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Is A Political Choice – But Should Health Officials Be Politicians Or Professionals? 19/11/2019 Armando Bartolazzi Italy’s former Undersecretary of State for Health, Armando Bartolazzi, discusses the implications of recent moves to replace the head of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), based on political considerations of the a new Health Minister. “Health is a Political Choice” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros in his keynote session at the World Health Summit, […] Continue reading -> Nairobi Population Summit Draws Attention & Debate Over Reproductive Health Rights 12/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili Nairobi, Kenya – A three day summit marking 25 years since the historic UN Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo opened here in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, with a focus on actions that save mothers’ lives, make contraception and family planning more accessible, and end violence against women and girls. But as […] Continue reading -> Italian Health Minister Moves To Replace Key Architect of WHA Resolution On Drug Price Transparency 07/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a move fraught with international political overtones, Italy’s new Minister of Health is moving to replace the Director General of the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA), Dr Luca Li Bassi, who was the key architect of the May World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution supporting greater price transparency in medicines markets, Health Policy Watch has learned. […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Push To Centre Health In Climate Action At World Health Summit 29/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany (29 October 2019) – Experts called on policy-makers to put human health and wellbeing at the centre of climate action decisions at the World Health Summit, which entered its third and final day Tuesday. “There is a need for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions to protect health, because we have less than […] Continue reading -> From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Nairobi Population Summit Draws Attention & Debate Over Reproductive Health Rights 12/11/2019 Fredrick Nzwili Nairobi, Kenya – A three day summit marking 25 years since the historic UN Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo opened here in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, with a focus on actions that save mothers’ lives, make contraception and family planning more accessible, and end violence against women and girls. But as […] Continue reading -> Italian Health Minister Moves To Replace Key Architect of WHA Resolution On Drug Price Transparency 07/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a move fraught with international political overtones, Italy’s new Minister of Health is moving to replace the Director General of the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA), Dr Luca Li Bassi, who was the key architect of the May World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution supporting greater price transparency in medicines markets, Health Policy Watch has learned. […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Push To Centre Health In Climate Action At World Health Summit 29/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany (29 October 2019) – Experts called on policy-makers to put human health and wellbeing at the centre of climate action decisions at the World Health Summit, which entered its third and final day Tuesday. “There is a need for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions to protect health, because we have less than […] Continue reading -> From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Italian Health Minister Moves To Replace Key Architect of WHA Resolution On Drug Price Transparency 07/11/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a move fraught with international political overtones, Italy’s new Minister of Health is moving to replace the Director General of the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA), Dr Luca Li Bassi, who was the key architect of the May World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution supporting greater price transparency in medicines markets, Health Policy Watch has learned. […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Push To Centre Health In Climate Action At World Health Summit 29/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany (29 October 2019) – Experts called on policy-makers to put human health and wellbeing at the centre of climate action decisions at the World Health Summit, which entered its third and final day Tuesday. “There is a need for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions to protect health, because we have less than […] Continue reading -> From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Experts Push To Centre Health In Climate Action At World Health Summit 29/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany (29 October 2019) – Experts called on policy-makers to put human health and wellbeing at the centre of climate action decisions at the World Health Summit, which entered its third and final day Tuesday. “There is a need for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions to protect health, because we have less than […] Continue reading -> From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
From Climate To AMR: World Health Summit 2019 Tackles Broad Agenda 28/10/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Berlin, Germany – From antimicrobial resistance to drug access, climate change and emerging trends such as growing obesity in Africa alongside under-nutrition, this year’s World Health Summit’s is packed with an imposing agenda, dwarfed only by the staggering dimensions of the real-world challenges. “Polio has almost been eradicated, HIV/AIDS has been driven back and we […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group’s Work 25/10/2019 Grace Ren The World Health Organization has launched a plan to accelerate the use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs, following the first-ever meeting of a WHO Technical Advisory Group on digital health. “All governments are facing increasing demands to provide health services to their citizens, and many digital technologies offer solutions to help meet […] Continue reading -> Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Drug Pricing Transparency To Be Discussed At World Trade Organization 17/10/2019 Grace Ren A request by South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council to “address the transparency of R&D costs and pricing of medicines and health technologies” is expected to be reviewed Friday, 18 October 2019 as the TRIPS Council meets this week for its third session this year. The TRIPS Council, the administrative body […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts