Milestone Moment for Pandemic Treaty in Geneva – US and Other Treaty Skeptics Swinging Behind Call to Negotiate a New Convention 26/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As pandemic treaty negotiations kick off again at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva this week, countries face a stark choice. Will they decide to move ahead on a new system that vests an independent entity with greater powers to monitor their own national alert and responses – in the name of faster pandemic […] Continue reading -> Activists Threaten Legal Action Against Countries Blocking TRIPS Waiver 25/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Human rights lawyers have threatened legal action against the governments of Canada, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom if they fail to support a waiver of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement in relation to COVID-19 healthcare products. The waiver will be discussed at the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) […] Continue reading -> Missing in Action: Why Children Are Not Getting Tuberculosis Treatment 25/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Every day, more than 650 children around the world die from tuberculosis – largely because they have never had the chance to be diagnosed and treated. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, children have fallen behind on almost every score – from access to schooling and nutrition to mental health and basic health services. […] Continue reading -> ‘Broad Consensus’ on Binding Pandemic Pact, Says Tedros 24/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher There is “broad consensus” on the need for a “binding pact” to address the threat of pandemics, said World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General on Wednesday – a few days before the World Health Assembly special session devoted exclusively to discussing what many refer to as a pandemic treaty. “The ongoing chaos of this pandemic only […] Continue reading -> Improved Tuberculosis Tests and Treatments are Vital to Overcoming Drug Resistance 24/11/2021 Mel Spigelman & Bill Rodriguez In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis mortality has started to increase for the first time in a decade. In 2020 alone, more than 1.5 million people died from TB. Every year, about half a million people develop a drug-resistant form of TB (DR-TB). The vast majority of people with TB live in low- […] Continue reading -> Independent Panel Co-Chairs Blast Slow Pace of Pandemic Reforms – Call for UN Summit After Next Week’s Special World Health Assembly 22/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Six months after publication of their landmark report, Make it the Last Pandemic, the co-chairs of Independent Panel have re-entered the political fray over the slow pace of urgently needed reforms to vaccine equity, pandemic finance and countries’ legal obligations – that they say are required to end the COVID-19 pandemic and head off the […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Lives of Over Four Million Africans 18/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over four million Africans a year could die as a result of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050, according to WHO’s Africa Region at the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week on Thursday. And if global action isn’t taken to head off risks, nearly nine million of the estimated 10 million people dying around the world […] Continue reading -> One Death Every Two Minutes from Cervical Cancer – and Vaccination Trends Moving in Wrong Direction 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some two-thirds of deaths of women from cervical cancer are happening in low- and middle-income countries that have not yet included human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for girls and young women into their immunization regimes, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybresus on Wednesday. He was speaking at a high level event that saw First […] Continue reading -> White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Activists Threaten Legal Action Against Countries Blocking TRIPS Waiver 25/11/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Human rights lawyers have threatened legal action against the governments of Canada, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom if they fail to support a waiver of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement in relation to COVID-19 healthcare products. The waiver will be discussed at the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) […] Continue reading -> Missing in Action: Why Children Are Not Getting Tuberculosis Treatment 25/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Every day, more than 650 children around the world die from tuberculosis – largely because they have never had the chance to be diagnosed and treated. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, children have fallen behind on almost every score – from access to schooling and nutrition to mental health and basic health services. […] Continue reading -> ‘Broad Consensus’ on Binding Pandemic Pact, Says Tedros 24/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher There is “broad consensus” on the need for a “binding pact” to address the threat of pandemics, said World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General on Wednesday – a few days before the World Health Assembly special session devoted exclusively to discussing what many refer to as a pandemic treaty. “The ongoing chaos of this pandemic only […] Continue reading -> Improved Tuberculosis Tests and Treatments are Vital to Overcoming Drug Resistance 24/11/2021 Mel Spigelman & Bill Rodriguez In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis mortality has started to increase for the first time in a decade. In 2020 alone, more than 1.5 million people died from TB. Every year, about half a million people develop a drug-resistant form of TB (DR-TB). The vast majority of people with TB live in low- […] Continue reading -> Independent Panel Co-Chairs Blast Slow Pace of Pandemic Reforms – Call for UN Summit After Next Week’s Special World Health Assembly 22/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Six months after publication of their landmark report, Make it the Last Pandemic, the co-chairs of Independent Panel have re-entered the political fray over the slow pace of urgently needed reforms to vaccine equity, pandemic finance and countries’ legal obligations – that they say are required to end the COVID-19 pandemic and head off the […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Lives of Over Four Million Africans 18/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over four million Africans a year could die as a result of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050, according to WHO’s Africa Region at the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week on Thursday. And if global action isn’t taken to head off risks, nearly nine million of the estimated 10 million people dying around the world […] Continue reading -> One Death Every Two Minutes from Cervical Cancer – and Vaccination Trends Moving in Wrong Direction 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some two-thirds of deaths of women from cervical cancer are happening in low- and middle-income countries that have not yet included human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for girls and young women into their immunization regimes, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybresus on Wednesday. He was speaking at a high level event that saw First […] Continue reading -> White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Missing in Action: Why Children Are Not Getting Tuberculosis Treatment 25/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Every day, more than 650 children around the world die from tuberculosis – largely because they have never had the chance to be diagnosed and treated. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, children have fallen behind on almost every score – from access to schooling and nutrition to mental health and basic health services. […] Continue reading -> ‘Broad Consensus’ on Binding Pandemic Pact, Says Tedros 24/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher There is “broad consensus” on the need for a “binding pact” to address the threat of pandemics, said World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General on Wednesday – a few days before the World Health Assembly special session devoted exclusively to discussing what many refer to as a pandemic treaty. “The ongoing chaos of this pandemic only […] Continue reading -> Improved Tuberculosis Tests and Treatments are Vital to Overcoming Drug Resistance 24/11/2021 Mel Spigelman & Bill Rodriguez In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis mortality has started to increase for the first time in a decade. In 2020 alone, more than 1.5 million people died from TB. Every year, about half a million people develop a drug-resistant form of TB (DR-TB). The vast majority of people with TB live in low- […] Continue reading -> Independent Panel Co-Chairs Blast Slow Pace of Pandemic Reforms – Call for UN Summit After Next Week’s Special World Health Assembly 22/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Six months after publication of their landmark report, Make it the Last Pandemic, the co-chairs of Independent Panel have re-entered the political fray over the slow pace of urgently needed reforms to vaccine equity, pandemic finance and countries’ legal obligations – that they say are required to end the COVID-19 pandemic and head off the […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Lives of Over Four Million Africans 18/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over four million Africans a year could die as a result of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050, according to WHO’s Africa Region at the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week on Thursday. And if global action isn’t taken to head off risks, nearly nine million of the estimated 10 million people dying around the world […] Continue reading -> One Death Every Two Minutes from Cervical Cancer – and Vaccination Trends Moving in Wrong Direction 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some two-thirds of deaths of women from cervical cancer are happening in low- and middle-income countries that have not yet included human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for girls and young women into their immunization regimes, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybresus on Wednesday. He was speaking at a high level event that saw First […] Continue reading -> White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Broad Consensus’ on Binding Pandemic Pact, Says Tedros 24/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher There is “broad consensus” on the need for a “binding pact” to address the threat of pandemics, said World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General on Wednesday – a few days before the World Health Assembly special session devoted exclusively to discussing what many refer to as a pandemic treaty. “The ongoing chaos of this pandemic only […] Continue reading -> Improved Tuberculosis Tests and Treatments are Vital to Overcoming Drug Resistance 24/11/2021 Mel Spigelman & Bill Rodriguez In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis mortality has started to increase for the first time in a decade. In 2020 alone, more than 1.5 million people died from TB. Every year, about half a million people develop a drug-resistant form of TB (DR-TB). The vast majority of people with TB live in low- […] Continue reading -> Independent Panel Co-Chairs Blast Slow Pace of Pandemic Reforms – Call for UN Summit After Next Week’s Special World Health Assembly 22/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Six months after publication of their landmark report, Make it the Last Pandemic, the co-chairs of Independent Panel have re-entered the political fray over the slow pace of urgently needed reforms to vaccine equity, pandemic finance and countries’ legal obligations – that they say are required to end the COVID-19 pandemic and head off the […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Lives of Over Four Million Africans 18/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over four million Africans a year could die as a result of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050, according to WHO’s Africa Region at the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week on Thursday. And if global action isn’t taken to head off risks, nearly nine million of the estimated 10 million people dying around the world […] Continue reading -> One Death Every Two Minutes from Cervical Cancer – and Vaccination Trends Moving in Wrong Direction 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some two-thirds of deaths of women from cervical cancer are happening in low- and middle-income countries that have not yet included human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for girls and young women into their immunization regimes, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybresus on Wednesday. He was speaking at a high level event that saw First […] Continue reading -> White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Improved Tuberculosis Tests and Treatments are Vital to Overcoming Drug Resistance 24/11/2021 Mel Spigelman & Bill Rodriguez In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis mortality has started to increase for the first time in a decade. In 2020 alone, more than 1.5 million people died from TB. Every year, about half a million people develop a drug-resistant form of TB (DR-TB). The vast majority of people with TB live in low- […] Continue reading -> Independent Panel Co-Chairs Blast Slow Pace of Pandemic Reforms – Call for UN Summit After Next Week’s Special World Health Assembly 22/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Six months after publication of their landmark report, Make it the Last Pandemic, the co-chairs of Independent Panel have re-entered the political fray over the slow pace of urgently needed reforms to vaccine equity, pandemic finance and countries’ legal obligations – that they say are required to end the COVID-19 pandemic and head off the […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Lives of Over Four Million Africans 18/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over four million Africans a year could die as a result of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050, according to WHO’s Africa Region at the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week on Thursday. And if global action isn’t taken to head off risks, nearly nine million of the estimated 10 million people dying around the world […] Continue reading -> One Death Every Two Minutes from Cervical Cancer – and Vaccination Trends Moving in Wrong Direction 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some two-thirds of deaths of women from cervical cancer are happening in low- and middle-income countries that have not yet included human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for girls and young women into their immunization regimes, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybresus on Wednesday. He was speaking at a high level event that saw First […] Continue reading -> White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Independent Panel Co-Chairs Blast Slow Pace of Pandemic Reforms – Call for UN Summit After Next Week’s Special World Health Assembly 22/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Six months after publication of their landmark report, Make it the Last Pandemic, the co-chairs of Independent Panel have re-entered the political fray over the slow pace of urgently needed reforms to vaccine equity, pandemic finance and countries’ legal obligations – that they say are required to end the COVID-19 pandemic and head off the […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Lives of Over Four Million Africans 18/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over four million Africans a year could die as a result of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050, according to WHO’s Africa Region at the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week on Thursday. And if global action isn’t taken to head off risks, nearly nine million of the estimated 10 million people dying around the world […] Continue reading -> One Death Every Two Minutes from Cervical Cancer – and Vaccination Trends Moving in Wrong Direction 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some two-thirds of deaths of women from cervical cancer are happening in low- and middle-income countries that have not yet included human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for girls and young women into their immunization regimes, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybresus on Wednesday. He was speaking at a high level event that saw First […] Continue reading -> White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Lives of Over Four Million Africans 18/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over four million Africans a year could die as a result of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050, according to WHO’s Africa Region at the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week on Thursday. And if global action isn’t taken to head off risks, nearly nine million of the estimated 10 million people dying around the world […] Continue reading -> One Death Every Two Minutes from Cervical Cancer – and Vaccination Trends Moving in Wrong Direction 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some two-thirds of deaths of women from cervical cancer are happening in low- and middle-income countries that have not yet included human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for girls and young women into their immunization regimes, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybresus on Wednesday. He was speaking at a high level event that saw First […] Continue reading -> White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One Death Every Two Minutes from Cervical Cancer – and Vaccination Trends Moving in Wrong Direction 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some two-thirds of deaths of women from cervical cancer are happening in low- and middle-income countries that have not yet included human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for girls and young women into their immunization regimes, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybresus on Wednesday. He was speaking at a high level event that saw First […] Continue reading -> White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
White House to Invest Billions of Dollars in Expanding US Vaccine Manufacturing – for This Pandemic and Next 17/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a bid to better respond to both domestic and global needs, as well as future threats, the Biden Administration plans to spend billions of dollars to expand US vaccine manufacturing capacity enabling production of 1 billion vaccine doses a year by mid-2022, two top White House officials told US media on Wednesday. The announcement […] Continue reading -> New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Investment Funds of $75 Million Should Support More Tobacco Control Measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 15/11/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While it pales in comparison to tobacco industry marketing, two new capital investment funds worth some $75 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their fight against tobacco are being created by signatories to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and a related Protocol on illegal sales. Together, the funds would yield an estimated […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts