Getting Malaria Control Back on Track and Reimagining Global Health 28/06/2022 Paul Adepoju In the wake of last week’s Kigali Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, getting malaria elimination back on track is a top priority says a senior Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation official – in addition to ensuring the world learns from the COVID pandemic that “global health” is truly a global matter. The world […] Continue reading -> Pfizer’s Omicron-Adapted Candidate Vaccines Show Positive Results 27/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman Pfizer and BioNTech have announced positive safety, tolerability and immunogenicity data for two Omicron-adapted COVID-19 mRNA candidate vaccines – but for an earlier strain of Omicron than those that are currently globally dominant. The two Omicron-adapted vaccine candidates were given to 1,234 participants aged 56 years and older as boosters, and “elicited substantially higher neutralizing […] Continue reading -> WHO Will Reconsider Declaring Monkeypox a Health Emergency in 21 Days – If Certain Criteria Are Met 27/06/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), it could change its mind if there is evidence of “significant spread” in the next 21 days. This was announced over the weekend following the meeting of the WHO’s International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency […] Continue reading -> Hill: ‘Vaccines for Malaria Could Have a Huge Impact on Malaria Control’ 25/06/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo As the Kigali Summit unfolds, Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, describes the great strides made in malaria control, and the contribution new malaria vaccines can make, including one designed at the Jenner Institute. He spoke to Health Policy Watch just ahead of this week’s meeting by heads of Commonwealth nations, which galvanized […] Continue reading -> WHO Considers if Monkeypox Constitutes a Global Health Emergency 23/06/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization emergency committee met Thursday to determine if the monkeypox outbreak spreading in non-endemic countries constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The closed door meeting, including 16 committee members and eight advisors, will make a recommendation to WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who will decide whether to designate […] Continue reading -> Effective Treatment and Potential Cure for Hepatitis D – Results Disclosed at International Liver Congress 23/06/2022 Editorial team The drug Bulevirtide can successfully treat and even potentially cure Hepatitis D – the most acute diseases of the hepatitis family and hardest to treat until now, according to the results of a Phase III trial of the drug announced on Thursday, the opening day of the International Liver Congress 2022 (ILC 2022). An estimated 12 […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pfizer’s Omicron-Adapted Candidate Vaccines Show Positive Results 27/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman Pfizer and BioNTech have announced positive safety, tolerability and immunogenicity data for two Omicron-adapted COVID-19 mRNA candidate vaccines – but for an earlier strain of Omicron than those that are currently globally dominant. The two Omicron-adapted vaccine candidates were given to 1,234 participants aged 56 years and older as boosters, and “elicited substantially higher neutralizing […] Continue reading -> WHO Will Reconsider Declaring Monkeypox a Health Emergency in 21 Days – If Certain Criteria Are Met 27/06/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), it could change its mind if there is evidence of “significant spread” in the next 21 days. This was announced over the weekend following the meeting of the WHO’s International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency […] Continue reading -> Hill: ‘Vaccines for Malaria Could Have a Huge Impact on Malaria Control’ 25/06/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo As the Kigali Summit unfolds, Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, describes the great strides made in malaria control, and the contribution new malaria vaccines can make, including one designed at the Jenner Institute. He spoke to Health Policy Watch just ahead of this week’s meeting by heads of Commonwealth nations, which galvanized […] Continue reading -> WHO Considers if Monkeypox Constitutes a Global Health Emergency 23/06/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization emergency committee met Thursday to determine if the monkeypox outbreak spreading in non-endemic countries constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The closed door meeting, including 16 committee members and eight advisors, will make a recommendation to WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who will decide whether to designate […] Continue reading -> Effective Treatment and Potential Cure for Hepatitis D – Results Disclosed at International Liver Congress 23/06/2022 Editorial team The drug Bulevirtide can successfully treat and even potentially cure Hepatitis D – the most acute diseases of the hepatitis family and hardest to treat until now, according to the results of a Phase III trial of the drug announced on Thursday, the opening day of the International Liver Congress 2022 (ILC 2022). An estimated 12 […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Will Reconsider Declaring Monkeypox a Health Emergency in 21 Days – If Certain Criteria Are Met 27/06/2022 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), it could change its mind if there is evidence of “significant spread” in the next 21 days. This was announced over the weekend following the meeting of the WHO’s International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency […] Continue reading -> Hill: ‘Vaccines for Malaria Could Have a Huge Impact on Malaria Control’ 25/06/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo As the Kigali Summit unfolds, Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, describes the great strides made in malaria control, and the contribution new malaria vaccines can make, including one designed at the Jenner Institute. He spoke to Health Policy Watch just ahead of this week’s meeting by heads of Commonwealth nations, which galvanized […] Continue reading -> WHO Considers if Monkeypox Constitutes a Global Health Emergency 23/06/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization emergency committee met Thursday to determine if the monkeypox outbreak spreading in non-endemic countries constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The closed door meeting, including 16 committee members and eight advisors, will make a recommendation to WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who will decide whether to designate […] Continue reading -> Effective Treatment and Potential Cure for Hepatitis D – Results Disclosed at International Liver Congress 23/06/2022 Editorial team The drug Bulevirtide can successfully treat and even potentially cure Hepatitis D – the most acute diseases of the hepatitis family and hardest to treat until now, according to the results of a Phase III trial of the drug announced on Thursday, the opening day of the International Liver Congress 2022 (ILC 2022). An estimated 12 […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Hill: ‘Vaccines for Malaria Could Have a Huge Impact on Malaria Control’ 25/06/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo As the Kigali Summit unfolds, Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, describes the great strides made in malaria control, and the contribution new malaria vaccines can make, including one designed at the Jenner Institute. He spoke to Health Policy Watch just ahead of this week’s meeting by heads of Commonwealth nations, which galvanized […] Continue reading -> WHO Considers if Monkeypox Constitutes a Global Health Emergency 23/06/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization emergency committee met Thursday to determine if the monkeypox outbreak spreading in non-endemic countries constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The closed door meeting, including 16 committee members and eight advisors, will make a recommendation to WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who will decide whether to designate […] Continue reading -> Effective Treatment and Potential Cure for Hepatitis D – Results Disclosed at International Liver Congress 23/06/2022 Editorial team The drug Bulevirtide can successfully treat and even potentially cure Hepatitis D – the most acute diseases of the hepatitis family and hardest to treat until now, according to the results of a Phase III trial of the drug announced on Thursday, the opening day of the International Liver Congress 2022 (ILC 2022). An estimated 12 […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Considers if Monkeypox Constitutes a Global Health Emergency 23/06/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization emergency committee met Thursday to determine if the monkeypox outbreak spreading in non-endemic countries constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The closed door meeting, including 16 committee members and eight advisors, will make a recommendation to WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who will decide whether to designate […] Continue reading -> Effective Treatment and Potential Cure for Hepatitis D – Results Disclosed at International Liver Congress 23/06/2022 Editorial team The drug Bulevirtide can successfully treat and even potentially cure Hepatitis D – the most acute diseases of the hepatitis family and hardest to treat until now, according to the results of a Phase III trial of the drug announced on Thursday, the opening day of the International Liver Congress 2022 (ILC 2022). An estimated 12 […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Effective Treatment and Potential Cure for Hepatitis D – Results Disclosed at International Liver Congress 23/06/2022 Editorial team The drug Bulevirtide can successfully treat and even potentially cure Hepatitis D – the most acute diseases of the hepatitis family and hardest to treat until now, according to the results of a Phase III trial of the drug announced on Thursday, the opening day of the International Liver Congress 2022 (ILC 2022). An estimated 12 […] Continue reading -> How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
How Scientists in Botswana Discovered Omicron: A Look at Diagnostics in LMICs 23/06/2022 Maayan Hoffman The Global Health Matters podcast with host Garry Aslanyan. It was 11 November 2022 when Dr Sikhulile Moyo and his team of scientists in Botswana discovered Omicron in a sample of SARS-CoV2 that looked different from the rest. “We sent it back to the lab to have it re-sequenced,” Moyo recalled. But by 19 November, […] Continue reading -> Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Urgent Need to Transform Mental Health Care – WHO Says In Largest Review Ever 17/06/2022 Raisa Santos In the largest review of the world’s mental health services since 2001, the World Health Organization Friday called for far greater investments in mental health as part of primary health care systems and a transformation of attitudes and approaches to protect mental health and provide care for people in need. The report’s executive summary, ‘Transforming […] Continue reading -> Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Monkeypox: Africa CDC Demands Equal Treatment in Global Allocation of Limited Vaccine Doses 16/06/2022 Paul Adepoju Rich countries are rushing to get doses – but African countries say they should get the vaccines first for a disease endemic to the continent. A plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a vaccine sharing mechanism that will attempt to provide equitable access to vaccines effective against monkeypox disease will only be […] Continue reading -> WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WTO Ministerial Conference Extended for Another Day as Pressure Builds for Results 15/06/2022 John Heilprin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Trade Organization (WTO) is extending its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for a fifth day, buying time for delegates to negotiate some tough deals in five main areas: the pandemic response, COVID-19 vaccines, fishing subsidies, food shortages and agriculture. The long-delayed ministerial conference, which opened on Sunday and was originally planned to close on […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts