WHO Members Mixed On Evaluation Of Director General Election Process 07/06/2017 Elise De Geyter The opinions of the World Health Organization member states on the just-completed election process for a WHO director general showed divisions, according to statements at last week’s meeting of the WHO Executive Board. Continue reading -> New WHO Essential Medicines List: Antibiotics, Hepatitis C, Leukaemia, TB 06/06/2017 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization's new list of essential medicines, those which should be available to everyone, anywhere, was issued today. To answer the rising concern about antimicrobial resistance, the antibiotics on the list have been divided in three groups, the last of which are to be used as a last resort. The list includes the first combination therapy to treat all six types of hepatitis C. However, no second line treatment for breast cancer has been added this year. Continue reading -> WHO Asked To Square Its Position On Herbicide; EU Evaluation Seen As Flawed 31/05/2017 Catherine Saez Does glyphosate, better known under its brand name RoundUp, increase the risk of cancer in humans, or not? Yesterday, some World Health Organization members, while hailing a draft resolution on cancer later adopted, underlined a lack of coordination on glysophate between the WHO and its agency for cancer research. Separately, a renowned scientist sent a letter to European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, saying the evaluations on the herbicide are flawed, and should be done again to safeguard public health. Continue reading -> Speculation Rampant In Leadup To WHO Director General Election Today 23/05/2017 William New Speculation in the hallways of United Nations headquarters in Geneva was rampant in the days and hours leading up to this afternoon’s election of a new director general to lead the UN World Health Organization, but solid information about who will win was hard to come by. The outcome after a series votes is expected sometime tonight. Update! According to sources, the first round of voting is over. Results: Tedros 95, Nabarro 52, Nishtar 38. Second round update! Tedros 121, Nabarro 62. Third round underway. Continue reading -> Attacks On WHO Candidate Are Defamatory, ‘Colonial’, Ambassador Says 17/05/2017 Catherine Saez The African Union delegation to the United Nations came in outspoken numbers to a press briefing today to express unshakable support for the Ethiopian candidate to be the next head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Continue reading -> WHO, Stakeholders Take ‘First Step’ On Fair Pricing For Medicines 12/05/2017 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization has concluded a major one-day forum on fair pricing of medicines, bringing a wide range of stakeholders together in Amsterdam and coming up with several possible actions for the way ahead. Key points of discussion included a definition of fair pricing, moving away from value-based pricing, delinkage of price from research and development costs, and greater transparency, according to participants. Continue reading -> MPP Signs Multiple Regional Agreements to Expand Access to Flu Antiviral Medicine 29/09/2026 Raisa Santos The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicense agreements with 11 manufacturers across multiple regions to expand access to generic baloxavir marboxil, a single-dose antiviral treatment for influenza that was originally developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. The announcement, made the night before last Friday’s UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, reignited […] Continue reading -> Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu 24/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […] Continue reading -> DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New WHO Essential Medicines List: Antibiotics, Hepatitis C, Leukaemia, TB 06/06/2017 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization's new list of essential medicines, those which should be available to everyone, anywhere, was issued today. To answer the rising concern about antimicrobial resistance, the antibiotics on the list have been divided in three groups, the last of which are to be used as a last resort. The list includes the first combination therapy to treat all six types of hepatitis C. However, no second line treatment for breast cancer has been added this year. Continue reading -> WHO Asked To Square Its Position On Herbicide; EU Evaluation Seen As Flawed 31/05/2017 Catherine Saez Does glyphosate, better known under its brand name RoundUp, increase the risk of cancer in humans, or not? Yesterday, some World Health Organization members, while hailing a draft resolution on cancer later adopted, underlined a lack of coordination on glysophate between the WHO and its agency for cancer research. Separately, a renowned scientist sent a letter to European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, saying the evaluations on the herbicide are flawed, and should be done again to safeguard public health. Continue reading -> Speculation Rampant In Leadup To WHO Director General Election Today 23/05/2017 William New Speculation in the hallways of United Nations headquarters in Geneva was rampant in the days and hours leading up to this afternoon’s election of a new director general to lead the UN World Health Organization, but solid information about who will win was hard to come by. The outcome after a series votes is expected sometime tonight. Update! According to sources, the first round of voting is over. Results: Tedros 95, Nabarro 52, Nishtar 38. Second round update! Tedros 121, Nabarro 62. Third round underway. Continue reading -> Attacks On WHO Candidate Are Defamatory, ‘Colonial’, Ambassador Says 17/05/2017 Catherine Saez The African Union delegation to the United Nations came in outspoken numbers to a press briefing today to express unshakable support for the Ethiopian candidate to be the next head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Continue reading -> WHO, Stakeholders Take ‘First Step’ On Fair Pricing For Medicines 12/05/2017 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization has concluded a major one-day forum on fair pricing of medicines, bringing a wide range of stakeholders together in Amsterdam and coming up with several possible actions for the way ahead. Key points of discussion included a definition of fair pricing, moving away from value-based pricing, delinkage of price from research and development costs, and greater transparency, according to participants. Continue reading -> MPP Signs Multiple Regional Agreements to Expand Access to Flu Antiviral Medicine 29/09/2026 Raisa Santos The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicense agreements with 11 manufacturers across multiple regions to expand access to generic baloxavir marboxil, a single-dose antiviral treatment for influenza that was originally developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. The announcement, made the night before last Friday’s UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, reignited […] Continue reading -> Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu 24/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […] Continue reading -> DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Asked To Square Its Position On Herbicide; EU Evaluation Seen As Flawed 31/05/2017 Catherine Saez Does glyphosate, better known under its brand name RoundUp, increase the risk of cancer in humans, or not? Yesterday, some World Health Organization members, while hailing a draft resolution on cancer later adopted, underlined a lack of coordination on glysophate between the WHO and its agency for cancer research. Separately, a renowned scientist sent a letter to European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, saying the evaluations on the herbicide are flawed, and should be done again to safeguard public health. Continue reading -> Speculation Rampant In Leadup To WHO Director General Election Today 23/05/2017 William New Speculation in the hallways of United Nations headquarters in Geneva was rampant in the days and hours leading up to this afternoon’s election of a new director general to lead the UN World Health Organization, but solid information about who will win was hard to come by. The outcome after a series votes is expected sometime tonight. Update! According to sources, the first round of voting is over. Results: Tedros 95, Nabarro 52, Nishtar 38. Second round update! Tedros 121, Nabarro 62. Third round underway. Continue reading -> Attacks On WHO Candidate Are Defamatory, ‘Colonial’, Ambassador Says 17/05/2017 Catherine Saez The African Union delegation to the United Nations came in outspoken numbers to a press briefing today to express unshakable support for the Ethiopian candidate to be the next head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Continue reading -> WHO, Stakeholders Take ‘First Step’ On Fair Pricing For Medicines 12/05/2017 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization has concluded a major one-day forum on fair pricing of medicines, bringing a wide range of stakeholders together in Amsterdam and coming up with several possible actions for the way ahead. Key points of discussion included a definition of fair pricing, moving away from value-based pricing, delinkage of price from research and development costs, and greater transparency, according to participants. Continue reading -> MPP Signs Multiple Regional Agreements to Expand Access to Flu Antiviral Medicine 29/09/2026 Raisa Santos The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicense agreements with 11 manufacturers across multiple regions to expand access to generic baloxavir marboxil, a single-dose antiviral treatment for influenza that was originally developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. The announcement, made the night before last Friday’s UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, reignited […] Continue reading -> Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu 24/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […] Continue reading -> DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Speculation Rampant In Leadup To WHO Director General Election Today 23/05/2017 William New Speculation in the hallways of United Nations headquarters in Geneva was rampant in the days and hours leading up to this afternoon’s election of a new director general to lead the UN World Health Organization, but solid information about who will win was hard to come by. The outcome after a series votes is expected sometime tonight. Update! According to sources, the first round of voting is over. Results: Tedros 95, Nabarro 52, Nishtar 38. Second round update! Tedros 121, Nabarro 62. Third round underway. Continue reading -> Attacks On WHO Candidate Are Defamatory, ‘Colonial’, Ambassador Says 17/05/2017 Catherine Saez The African Union delegation to the United Nations came in outspoken numbers to a press briefing today to express unshakable support for the Ethiopian candidate to be the next head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Continue reading -> WHO, Stakeholders Take ‘First Step’ On Fair Pricing For Medicines 12/05/2017 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization has concluded a major one-day forum on fair pricing of medicines, bringing a wide range of stakeholders together in Amsterdam and coming up with several possible actions for the way ahead. Key points of discussion included a definition of fair pricing, moving away from value-based pricing, delinkage of price from research and development costs, and greater transparency, according to participants. Continue reading -> MPP Signs Multiple Regional Agreements to Expand Access to Flu Antiviral Medicine 29/09/2026 Raisa Santos The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicense agreements with 11 manufacturers across multiple regions to expand access to generic baloxavir marboxil, a single-dose antiviral treatment for influenza that was originally developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. The announcement, made the night before last Friday’s UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, reignited […] Continue reading -> Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu 24/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […] Continue reading -> DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Attacks On WHO Candidate Are Defamatory, ‘Colonial’, Ambassador Says 17/05/2017 Catherine Saez The African Union delegation to the United Nations came in outspoken numbers to a press briefing today to express unshakable support for the Ethiopian candidate to be the next head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Continue reading -> WHO, Stakeholders Take ‘First Step’ On Fair Pricing For Medicines 12/05/2017 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization has concluded a major one-day forum on fair pricing of medicines, bringing a wide range of stakeholders together in Amsterdam and coming up with several possible actions for the way ahead. Key points of discussion included a definition of fair pricing, moving away from value-based pricing, delinkage of price from research and development costs, and greater transparency, according to participants. Continue reading -> MPP Signs Multiple Regional Agreements to Expand Access to Flu Antiviral Medicine 29/09/2026 Raisa Santos The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicense agreements with 11 manufacturers across multiple regions to expand access to generic baloxavir marboxil, a single-dose antiviral treatment for influenza that was originally developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. The announcement, made the night before last Friday’s UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, reignited […] Continue reading -> Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu 24/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […] Continue reading -> DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO, Stakeholders Take ‘First Step’ On Fair Pricing For Medicines 12/05/2017 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization has concluded a major one-day forum on fair pricing of medicines, bringing a wide range of stakeholders together in Amsterdam and coming up with several possible actions for the way ahead. Key points of discussion included a definition of fair pricing, moving away from value-based pricing, delinkage of price from research and development costs, and greater transparency, according to participants. Continue reading -> MPP Signs Multiple Regional Agreements to Expand Access to Flu Antiviral Medicine 29/09/2026 Raisa Santos The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicense agreements with 11 manufacturers across multiple regions to expand access to generic baloxavir marboxil, a single-dose antiviral treatment for influenza that was originally developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. The announcement, made the night before last Friday’s UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, reignited […] Continue reading -> Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu 24/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […] Continue reading -> DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
MPP Signs Multiple Regional Agreements to Expand Access to Flu Antiviral Medicine 29/09/2026 Raisa Santos The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sublicense agreements with 11 manufacturers across multiple regions to expand access to generic baloxavir marboxil, a single-dose antiviral treatment for influenza that was originally developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. The announcement, made the night before last Friday’s UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, reignited […] Continue reading -> Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu 24/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […] Continue reading -> DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu 24/09/2026 Kerry Cullinan G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […] Continue reading -> DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
DRC’s Ebola Outbreak: The Vast Mobilisation That Doesn’t Measure Itself (Part II) 21/09/2026 Mukesh Kapila The world has ridden fast to rescue DRC from Ebola. But four months on, nobody can say for sure how many agencies are responding, how many people they employ, how much money has arrived, or what it bought. There are, however, coordinators galore. But the virus is still outwitting them. Time and again, we learn […] Continue reading -> Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere 16/09/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it first surfaced in April. But in North Kivu province, to the south, cases are still rising fast, with weekly cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts