WHO Proposes Swiss-Based Global Repository For Sharing Biological Samples Related To Disease Outbreak Threats 13/11/2020 Menaka Rao & Elaine Ruth Fletcher BREAKING – World Health Organization Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has proposed the creation of a Swiss-based global repository for sharing pathogen materials and clinical samples related to potential outbreak threats – allowing for the more rapid development of medical interventions. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the urgent need for this kind of system, said […] Continue reading -> Low- & Middle-Income Countries Suffer From ‘Brain Drain’ Of Nurses That Threatens Their Health Services – International Council of Nurses 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju The migration of health professionals to high-income countries should not lead to a dearth of healthcare workers and services low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has warned. Speaking at the World Health Assembly (WHA), the council flagged that the global shortage of six million nurses, in tandem with the burden […] Continue reading -> Influenza: Reinforced Diagnostic and Surveillance Capacity Planned For Africa Outbreaks 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju Africa is set to establish a plan of preparedness and to compile influenza data sets with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to expand its surveillance of potential flu outbreaks. The African region has also called for the integration of influenza surveillance into an all-inclusive infectious disease surveillance system, and for the creation of a necessary […] Continue reading -> WHO Funding Inequalities Drive African Calls For Change At World Health Assembly 11/11/2020 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite nearly two years of internal restructuring, WHO’s budget at its Geneva headquarters is still twice the amount spent in all 54 countries of the Organization’s African Region, said the African bloc of stated at Wednesday’s World Health Assembly. Speaking on behalf of the African bloc, Seychelles noted that the most recent WHO financial report […] Continue reading -> Norway Ramps Up Efforts Against Non-Communicable Diseases in Low-income Countries 11/11/2020 Raisa Santos Norway will contribute an additional 133 million USD (1.2 billion NOK) to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low-income countries from 2020 to 2024, the Ministry of International Development announced today. The announcement comes in the wake of last year’s path-blazing strategy for how to tackle the growing NCD burden in LMICs, “Better […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Debate On Improving Emergency Response – Warmup For Bigger Reforms? 10/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution calling to strengthen WHO and global preparedness for health emergencies – with few new teeth but lots of symbolism attached. The resolution makes a sweeping, but still largely ceremonial, call to countries and the WHO to reinvigorate systems of emergency preparedness, vulnerability assessment, alert, response, compliance […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> African Clinics On The Frontline Of The Fight Against Cervical Cancer 05/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Health experts will meet at the upcoming Geneva Health Forum to discuss the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new roadmap for the elimination of cervical cancer. Hopes are high for funding to expand services in countries where they are needed the most. At Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, the waiting room is always busy with women […] Continue reading -> No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Low- & Middle-Income Countries Suffer From ‘Brain Drain’ Of Nurses That Threatens Their Health Services – International Council of Nurses 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju The migration of health professionals to high-income countries should not lead to a dearth of healthcare workers and services low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has warned. Speaking at the World Health Assembly (WHA), the council flagged that the global shortage of six million nurses, in tandem with the burden […] Continue reading -> Influenza: Reinforced Diagnostic and Surveillance Capacity Planned For Africa Outbreaks 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju Africa is set to establish a plan of preparedness and to compile influenza data sets with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to expand its surveillance of potential flu outbreaks. The African region has also called for the integration of influenza surveillance into an all-inclusive infectious disease surveillance system, and for the creation of a necessary […] Continue reading -> WHO Funding Inequalities Drive African Calls For Change At World Health Assembly 11/11/2020 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite nearly two years of internal restructuring, WHO’s budget at its Geneva headquarters is still twice the amount spent in all 54 countries of the Organization’s African Region, said the African bloc of stated at Wednesday’s World Health Assembly. Speaking on behalf of the African bloc, Seychelles noted that the most recent WHO financial report […] Continue reading -> Norway Ramps Up Efforts Against Non-Communicable Diseases in Low-income Countries 11/11/2020 Raisa Santos Norway will contribute an additional 133 million USD (1.2 billion NOK) to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low-income countries from 2020 to 2024, the Ministry of International Development announced today. The announcement comes in the wake of last year’s path-blazing strategy for how to tackle the growing NCD burden in LMICs, “Better […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Debate On Improving Emergency Response – Warmup For Bigger Reforms? 10/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution calling to strengthen WHO and global preparedness for health emergencies – with few new teeth but lots of symbolism attached. The resolution makes a sweeping, but still largely ceremonial, call to countries and the WHO to reinvigorate systems of emergency preparedness, vulnerability assessment, alert, response, compliance […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> African Clinics On The Frontline Of The Fight Against Cervical Cancer 05/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Health experts will meet at the upcoming Geneva Health Forum to discuss the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new roadmap for the elimination of cervical cancer. Hopes are high for funding to expand services in countries where they are needed the most. At Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, the waiting room is always busy with women […] Continue reading -> No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Influenza: Reinforced Diagnostic and Surveillance Capacity Planned For Africa Outbreaks 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju Africa is set to establish a plan of preparedness and to compile influenza data sets with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to expand its surveillance of potential flu outbreaks. The African region has also called for the integration of influenza surveillance into an all-inclusive infectious disease surveillance system, and for the creation of a necessary […] Continue reading -> WHO Funding Inequalities Drive African Calls For Change At World Health Assembly 11/11/2020 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite nearly two years of internal restructuring, WHO’s budget at its Geneva headquarters is still twice the amount spent in all 54 countries of the Organization’s African Region, said the African bloc of stated at Wednesday’s World Health Assembly. Speaking on behalf of the African bloc, Seychelles noted that the most recent WHO financial report […] Continue reading -> Norway Ramps Up Efforts Against Non-Communicable Diseases in Low-income Countries 11/11/2020 Raisa Santos Norway will contribute an additional 133 million USD (1.2 billion NOK) to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low-income countries from 2020 to 2024, the Ministry of International Development announced today. The announcement comes in the wake of last year’s path-blazing strategy for how to tackle the growing NCD burden in LMICs, “Better […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Debate On Improving Emergency Response – Warmup For Bigger Reforms? 10/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution calling to strengthen WHO and global preparedness for health emergencies – with few new teeth but lots of symbolism attached. The resolution makes a sweeping, but still largely ceremonial, call to countries and the WHO to reinvigorate systems of emergency preparedness, vulnerability assessment, alert, response, compliance […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> African Clinics On The Frontline Of The Fight Against Cervical Cancer 05/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Health experts will meet at the upcoming Geneva Health Forum to discuss the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new roadmap for the elimination of cervical cancer. Hopes are high for funding to expand services in countries where they are needed the most. At Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, the waiting room is always busy with women […] Continue reading -> No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Funding Inequalities Drive African Calls For Change At World Health Assembly 11/11/2020 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite nearly two years of internal restructuring, WHO’s budget at its Geneva headquarters is still twice the amount spent in all 54 countries of the Organization’s African Region, said the African bloc of stated at Wednesday’s World Health Assembly. Speaking on behalf of the African bloc, Seychelles noted that the most recent WHO financial report […] Continue reading -> Norway Ramps Up Efforts Against Non-Communicable Diseases in Low-income Countries 11/11/2020 Raisa Santos Norway will contribute an additional 133 million USD (1.2 billion NOK) to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low-income countries from 2020 to 2024, the Ministry of International Development announced today. The announcement comes in the wake of last year’s path-blazing strategy for how to tackle the growing NCD burden in LMICs, “Better […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Debate On Improving Emergency Response – Warmup For Bigger Reforms? 10/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution calling to strengthen WHO and global preparedness for health emergencies – with few new teeth but lots of symbolism attached. The resolution makes a sweeping, but still largely ceremonial, call to countries and the WHO to reinvigorate systems of emergency preparedness, vulnerability assessment, alert, response, compliance […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> African Clinics On The Frontline Of The Fight Against Cervical Cancer 05/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Health experts will meet at the upcoming Geneva Health Forum to discuss the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new roadmap for the elimination of cervical cancer. Hopes are high for funding to expand services in countries where they are needed the most. At Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, the waiting room is always busy with women […] Continue reading -> No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Norway Ramps Up Efforts Against Non-Communicable Diseases in Low-income Countries 11/11/2020 Raisa Santos Norway will contribute an additional 133 million USD (1.2 billion NOK) to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low-income countries from 2020 to 2024, the Ministry of International Development announced today. The announcement comes in the wake of last year’s path-blazing strategy for how to tackle the growing NCD burden in LMICs, “Better […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Debate On Improving Emergency Response – Warmup For Bigger Reforms? 10/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution calling to strengthen WHO and global preparedness for health emergencies – with few new teeth but lots of symbolism attached. The resolution makes a sweeping, but still largely ceremonial, call to countries and the WHO to reinvigorate systems of emergency preparedness, vulnerability assessment, alert, response, compliance […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> African Clinics On The Frontline Of The Fight Against Cervical Cancer 05/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Health experts will meet at the upcoming Geneva Health Forum to discuss the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new roadmap for the elimination of cervical cancer. Hopes are high for funding to expand services in countries where they are needed the most. At Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, the waiting room is always busy with women […] Continue reading -> No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Assembly Debate On Improving Emergency Response – Warmup For Bigger Reforms? 10/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution calling to strengthen WHO and global preparedness for health emergencies – with few new teeth but lots of symbolism attached. The resolution makes a sweeping, but still largely ceremonial, call to countries and the WHO to reinvigorate systems of emergency preparedness, vulnerability assessment, alert, response, compliance […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> African Clinics On The Frontline Of The Fight Against Cervical Cancer 05/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Health experts will meet at the upcoming Geneva Health Forum to discuss the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new roadmap for the elimination of cervical cancer. Hopes are high for funding to expand services in countries where they are needed the most. At Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, the waiting room is always busy with women […] Continue reading -> No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> African Clinics On The Frontline Of The Fight Against Cervical Cancer 05/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Health experts will meet at the upcoming Geneva Health Forum to discuss the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new roadmap for the elimination of cervical cancer. Hopes are high for funding to expand services in countries where they are needed the most. At Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, the waiting room is always busy with women […] Continue reading -> No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Clinics On The Frontline Of The Fight Against Cervical Cancer 05/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Health experts will meet at the upcoming Geneva Health Forum to discuss the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new roadmap for the elimination of cervical cancer. Hopes are high for funding to expand services in countries where they are needed the most. At Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, the waiting room is always busy with women […] Continue reading -> No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance 04/11/2020 Julie Rovner, KHN With the winner of the presidency and party control of the Senate still unclear the morning after Election Day, the future of the nation’s health system remains uncertain. At stake is whether the federal government will play a stronger role in financing and setting the ground rules for health care coverage or cede more authority […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts