WHO Members Unite To Support Universal Health Coverage; US Blasts Abortion 05/02/2019 Catherine Saez With a united voice that World Health Organization Board members agreed last week on a draft resolution for the preparation of a United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on universal health coverage in the fall, following intensive closed consultations. The United States, however, dissociated itself from language it thought gave a permissive view of abortion. Continue reading -> Draft Global Strategy On Health: Environment, Climate Change Hailed At WHO 31/01/2019 Catherine Saez Preventable environmental risks lead to a yearly death toll of 13 million people, 7 million of which are caused by air pollution, according to a World Health Organization report presented yesterday to its members attending the organisation’s Executive Board. Time is of the essence and the WHO draft global strategy on health, environment, and climate change received broad support, as well as a draft action plan for small island developing states, particularly vulnerable to climate change. Continue reading -> WHO Board Looks Into Means To Reach Polio-Free World 28/01/2019 Catherine Saez Poliomyelitis, a highly infectious and sometimes debilitating viral disease, is about to be eradicated from the world. However, the last mile is the hardest, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last week at a member state discussion on polio eradication. Beyond the direct eradication of wild polioviruses in the three last endemic countries, and the steady supply of affordable inactivated poliovirus vaccines, the WHO is being called on to help countries keep the virus at bay, and implement a strategy to use polio-related structures to strengthen their national health systems, as polio funding is dwindling. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> Political Commitment, Public Sector Investment: Key Universal Health Coverage Ingredients 05/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Compulsory public finance remains a key mechanism for achieving universal health coverage (UHC), according to Professor Robert Yates of the Centre on Global Health Security at the London-based Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. Continue reading -> Multilateralism Key To Addressing Many Health Issues, Austrian Health Official Says 31/10/2018 William New BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria -- For many health issues, individuals and nations must work together to achieve solutions, Clemens Martin Auer, the director general of the health ministry of Austria, said in an interview with Health Policy Watch. And the annual European Health Forum Gastein is a good place to talk about it, he said. This is part one of a two-part interview. Continue reading -> First WHO Global Conference On Air Pollution And Health To Call For Drastic Scale-Up In Interventions 29/10/2018 John Zarocostas The World Health Organization this week is holding its first-ever global conference on air pollution and health (30 October-1 November) in order to shed light on the alarming death toll of 7 million premature deaths caused every year by toxic air pollution and to call for a drastic scale-up of effective interventions to combat the problem. Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.” Continue reading -> World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Draft Global Strategy On Health: Environment, Climate Change Hailed At WHO 31/01/2019 Catherine Saez Preventable environmental risks lead to a yearly death toll of 13 million people, 7 million of which are caused by air pollution, according to a World Health Organization report presented yesterday to its members attending the organisation’s Executive Board. Time is of the essence and the WHO draft global strategy on health, environment, and climate change received broad support, as well as a draft action plan for small island developing states, particularly vulnerable to climate change. Continue reading -> WHO Board Looks Into Means To Reach Polio-Free World 28/01/2019 Catherine Saez Poliomyelitis, a highly infectious and sometimes debilitating viral disease, is about to be eradicated from the world. However, the last mile is the hardest, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last week at a member state discussion on polio eradication. Beyond the direct eradication of wild polioviruses in the three last endemic countries, and the steady supply of affordable inactivated poliovirus vaccines, the WHO is being called on to help countries keep the virus at bay, and implement a strategy to use polio-related structures to strengthen their national health systems, as polio funding is dwindling. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> Political Commitment, Public Sector Investment: Key Universal Health Coverage Ingredients 05/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Compulsory public finance remains a key mechanism for achieving universal health coverage (UHC), according to Professor Robert Yates of the Centre on Global Health Security at the London-based Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. Continue reading -> Multilateralism Key To Addressing Many Health Issues, Austrian Health Official Says 31/10/2018 William New BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria -- For many health issues, individuals and nations must work together to achieve solutions, Clemens Martin Auer, the director general of the health ministry of Austria, said in an interview with Health Policy Watch. And the annual European Health Forum Gastein is a good place to talk about it, he said. This is part one of a two-part interview. Continue reading -> First WHO Global Conference On Air Pollution And Health To Call For Drastic Scale-Up In Interventions 29/10/2018 John Zarocostas The World Health Organization this week is holding its first-ever global conference on air pollution and health (30 October-1 November) in order to shed light on the alarming death toll of 7 million premature deaths caused every year by toxic air pollution and to call for a drastic scale-up of effective interventions to combat the problem. Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.” Continue reading -> World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Board Looks Into Means To Reach Polio-Free World 28/01/2019 Catherine Saez Poliomyelitis, a highly infectious and sometimes debilitating viral disease, is about to be eradicated from the world. However, the last mile is the hardest, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last week at a member state discussion on polio eradication. Beyond the direct eradication of wild polioviruses in the three last endemic countries, and the steady supply of affordable inactivated poliovirus vaccines, the WHO is being called on to help countries keep the virus at bay, and implement a strategy to use polio-related structures to strengthen their national health systems, as polio funding is dwindling. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> Political Commitment, Public Sector Investment: Key Universal Health Coverage Ingredients 05/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Compulsory public finance remains a key mechanism for achieving universal health coverage (UHC), according to Professor Robert Yates of the Centre on Global Health Security at the London-based Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. Continue reading -> Multilateralism Key To Addressing Many Health Issues, Austrian Health Official Says 31/10/2018 William New BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria -- For many health issues, individuals and nations must work together to achieve solutions, Clemens Martin Auer, the director general of the health ministry of Austria, said in an interview with Health Policy Watch. And the annual European Health Forum Gastein is a good place to talk about it, he said. This is part one of a two-part interview. Continue reading -> First WHO Global Conference On Air Pollution And Health To Call For Drastic Scale-Up In Interventions 29/10/2018 John Zarocostas The World Health Organization this week is holding its first-ever global conference on air pollution and health (30 October-1 November) in order to shed light on the alarming death toll of 7 million premature deaths caused every year by toxic air pollution and to call for a drastic scale-up of effective interventions to combat the problem. Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.” Continue reading -> World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> Political Commitment, Public Sector Investment: Key Universal Health Coverage Ingredients 05/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Compulsory public finance remains a key mechanism for achieving universal health coverage (UHC), according to Professor Robert Yates of the Centre on Global Health Security at the London-based Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. Continue reading -> Multilateralism Key To Addressing Many Health Issues, Austrian Health Official Says 31/10/2018 William New BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria -- For many health issues, individuals and nations must work together to achieve solutions, Clemens Martin Auer, the director general of the health ministry of Austria, said in an interview with Health Policy Watch. And the annual European Health Forum Gastein is a good place to talk about it, he said. This is part one of a two-part interview. Continue reading -> First WHO Global Conference On Air Pollution And Health To Call For Drastic Scale-Up In Interventions 29/10/2018 John Zarocostas The World Health Organization this week is holding its first-ever global conference on air pollution and health (30 October-1 November) in order to shed light on the alarming death toll of 7 million premature deaths caused every year by toxic air pollution and to call for a drastic scale-up of effective interventions to combat the problem. Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.” Continue reading -> World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Political Commitment, Public Sector Investment: Key Universal Health Coverage Ingredients 05/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Compulsory public finance remains a key mechanism for achieving universal health coverage (UHC), according to Professor Robert Yates of the Centre on Global Health Security at the London-based Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. Continue reading -> Multilateralism Key To Addressing Many Health Issues, Austrian Health Official Says 31/10/2018 William New BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria -- For many health issues, individuals and nations must work together to achieve solutions, Clemens Martin Auer, the director general of the health ministry of Austria, said in an interview with Health Policy Watch. And the annual European Health Forum Gastein is a good place to talk about it, he said. This is part one of a two-part interview. Continue reading -> First WHO Global Conference On Air Pollution And Health To Call For Drastic Scale-Up In Interventions 29/10/2018 John Zarocostas The World Health Organization this week is holding its first-ever global conference on air pollution and health (30 October-1 November) in order to shed light on the alarming death toll of 7 million premature deaths caused every year by toxic air pollution and to call for a drastic scale-up of effective interventions to combat the problem. Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.” Continue reading -> World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Multilateralism Key To Addressing Many Health Issues, Austrian Health Official Says 31/10/2018 William New BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria -- For many health issues, individuals and nations must work together to achieve solutions, Clemens Martin Auer, the director general of the health ministry of Austria, said in an interview with Health Policy Watch. And the annual European Health Forum Gastein is a good place to talk about it, he said. This is part one of a two-part interview. Continue reading -> First WHO Global Conference On Air Pollution And Health To Call For Drastic Scale-Up In Interventions 29/10/2018 John Zarocostas The World Health Organization this week is holding its first-ever global conference on air pollution and health (30 October-1 November) in order to shed light on the alarming death toll of 7 million premature deaths caused every year by toxic air pollution and to call for a drastic scale-up of effective interventions to combat the problem. Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.” Continue reading -> World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
First WHO Global Conference On Air Pollution And Health To Call For Drastic Scale-Up In Interventions 29/10/2018 John Zarocostas The World Health Organization this week is holding its first-ever global conference on air pollution and health (30 October-1 November) in order to shed light on the alarming death toll of 7 million premature deaths caused every year by toxic air pollution and to call for a drastic scale-up of effective interventions to combat the problem. Continue reading -> UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.” Continue reading -> World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.” Continue reading -> World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting 27/09/2018 David Branigan NEW YORK -- World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030. Continue reading -> Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Advocates Concerned On Francophone Africa Quality Medical Products Initiative 12/06/2018 William New Public health advocacy groups from Africa and elsewhere have sent a letter raising "serious" concerns about a declaration from a recent conference on access to quality medical products in francophone Africa. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts