First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] 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 -> How Science Diplomacy Can Make a Difference in Global Health 11/03/2023 Editorial team Before the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was adopted in 2003, the World Health Organization had worked for many years to prevent damage caused by tobacco consumption with the goal of passing an international agreement on tobacco regulation. The agreement, however, was not moving forward. “The real breakthrough came as scientific evidence emerged showing the […] Continue reading -> New WHO Foundation Equity Fund Eyes AI-based Technology to Help Stroke Patients 07/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman A company that is using AI-powered technologies to help rehabilitate people with severe brain injuries, including those caused by strokes, has caught the eye of the World Health Organization (WHO) Foundation. The foundation’s Global Health Equity Fund (GHEF), formed in September will soon be ready to make its first round of investments. The WHO Foundation […] Continue reading -> First Draft of Pandemic Accord Possible in April – But INB Won’t Commit to This 06/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan After spending the past week negotiating a proposed future pandemic accord in the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), member states will pick up discussions from 3 to 6 April. Last week’s discussions were based on the zero draft developed by the INB’s Bureau after a series of meetings […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Former WHO Assistant Director General Ranieri Guerra Indicted in Italy 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian prosecutors in Bergamo have indicted Ranieri Guerra, a former World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General, for making false statements before a public prosecutor about his role in the suppression of a major WHO report on Italy’s response to the pandemic. The WHO report had criticized the Italian government for failing to update a […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] 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 -> How Science Diplomacy Can Make a Difference in Global Health 11/03/2023 Editorial team Before the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was adopted in 2003, the World Health Organization had worked for many years to prevent damage caused by tobacco consumption with the goal of passing an international agreement on tobacco regulation. The agreement, however, was not moving forward. “The real breakthrough came as scientific evidence emerged showing the […] Continue reading -> New WHO Foundation Equity Fund Eyes AI-based Technology to Help Stroke Patients 07/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman A company that is using AI-powered technologies to help rehabilitate people with severe brain injuries, including those caused by strokes, has caught the eye of the World Health Organization (WHO) Foundation. The foundation’s Global Health Equity Fund (GHEF), formed in September will soon be ready to make its first round of investments. The WHO Foundation […] Continue reading -> First Draft of Pandemic Accord Possible in April – But INB Won’t Commit to This 06/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan After spending the past week negotiating a proposed future pandemic accord in the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), member states will pick up discussions from 3 to 6 April. Last week’s discussions were based on the zero draft developed by the INB’s Bureau after a series of meetings […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Former WHO Assistant Director General Ranieri Guerra Indicted in Italy 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian prosecutors in Bergamo have indicted Ranieri Guerra, a former World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General, for making false statements before a public prosecutor about his role in the suppression of a major WHO report on Italy’s response to the pandemic. The WHO report had criticized the Italian government for failing to update a […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
How Science Diplomacy Can Make a Difference in Global Health 11/03/2023 Editorial team Before the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was adopted in 2003, the World Health Organization had worked for many years to prevent damage caused by tobacco consumption with the goal of passing an international agreement on tobacco regulation. The agreement, however, was not moving forward. “The real breakthrough came as scientific evidence emerged showing the […] Continue reading -> New WHO Foundation Equity Fund Eyes AI-based Technology to Help Stroke Patients 07/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman A company that is using AI-powered technologies to help rehabilitate people with severe brain injuries, including those caused by strokes, has caught the eye of the World Health Organization (WHO) Foundation. The foundation’s Global Health Equity Fund (GHEF), formed in September will soon be ready to make its first round of investments. The WHO Foundation […] Continue reading -> First Draft of Pandemic Accord Possible in April – But INB Won’t Commit to This 06/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan After spending the past week negotiating a proposed future pandemic accord in the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), member states will pick up discussions from 3 to 6 April. Last week’s discussions were based on the zero draft developed by the INB’s Bureau after a series of meetings […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Former WHO Assistant Director General Ranieri Guerra Indicted in Italy 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian prosecutors in Bergamo have indicted Ranieri Guerra, a former World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General, for making false statements before a public prosecutor about his role in the suppression of a major WHO report on Italy’s response to the pandemic. The WHO report had criticized the Italian government for failing to update a […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New WHO Foundation Equity Fund Eyes AI-based Technology to Help Stroke Patients 07/03/2023 Maayan Hoffman A company that is using AI-powered technologies to help rehabilitate people with severe brain injuries, including those caused by strokes, has caught the eye of the World Health Organization (WHO) Foundation. The foundation’s Global Health Equity Fund (GHEF), formed in September will soon be ready to make its first round of investments. The WHO Foundation […] Continue reading -> First Draft of Pandemic Accord Possible in April – But INB Won’t Commit to This 06/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan After spending the past week negotiating a proposed future pandemic accord in the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), member states will pick up discussions from 3 to 6 April. Last week’s discussions were based on the zero draft developed by the INB’s Bureau after a series of meetings […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Former WHO Assistant Director General Ranieri Guerra Indicted in Italy 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian prosecutors in Bergamo have indicted Ranieri Guerra, a former World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General, for making false statements before a public prosecutor about his role in the suppression of a major WHO report on Italy’s response to the pandemic. The WHO report had criticized the Italian government for failing to update a […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
First Draft of Pandemic Accord Possible in April – But INB Won’t Commit to This 06/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan After spending the past week negotiating a proposed future pandemic accord in the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), member states will pick up discussions from 3 to 6 April. Last week’s discussions were based on the zero draft developed by the INB’s Bureau after a series of meetings […] Continue reading -> WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Former WHO Assistant Director General Ranieri Guerra Indicted in Italy 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian prosecutors in Bergamo have indicted Ranieri Guerra, a former World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General, for making false statements before a public prosecutor about his role in the suppression of a major WHO report on Italy’s response to the pandemic. The WHO report had criticized the Italian government for failing to update a […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Chief Is First Top UN Official to Visit Northwest Syria in 12 Years 03/03/2023 Stefan Anderson World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the first senior United Nations (UN) official to visit northwest Syria since the war began 12 years ago. The visit was a bid to underline the organization’s commitment to the region, which has provided around a third of all medicines to arrive in northwest Syria in […] Continue reading -> Former WHO Assistant Director General Ranieri Guerra Indicted in Italy 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian prosecutors in Bergamo have indicted Ranieri Guerra, a former World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General, for making false statements before a public prosecutor about his role in the suppression of a major WHO report on Italy’s response to the pandemic. The WHO report had criticized the Italian government for failing to update a […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Former WHO Assistant Director General Ranieri Guerra Indicted in Italy 03/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Italian prosecutors in Bergamo have indicted Ranieri Guerra, a former World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General, for making false statements before a public prosecutor about his role in the suppression of a major WHO report on Italy’s response to the pandemic. The WHO report had criticized the Italian government for failing to update a […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
U.S. Government Invested $31.9 Billion in mRNA Vaccine Research and Procurement 02/03/2023 Stefan Anderson A new study published in the BMJ has found that the United States invested at least $31.9 billion in public funds directly into the development, production and purchasing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines through channels ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Department of Defense. That vast pool of U.S. public funding was indispensable […] Continue reading -> The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The World May Agree on a Pandemic Accord, But How Will it be Implemented? 01/03/2023 Editorial team As World Health Organization (WHO) member states get into line-by-line negotiations on a proposed pandemic accord to guide the world’s approach to future pandemics, there are growing calls for independent monitoring to ensure that the terms of such an accord are implemented. Layth Hanbali explains. Health Policy Watch: You and other colleagues have noted that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts