Unitaid Invests in New TB Tests, as South Africa Study Reports Importance of Better Screening 06/09/2022 Kerry Cullinan Two-fifths of people with tuberculosis are unaware that they are infected because their diagnosis relies on outdated tests – something Unitaid and partners aim to change with a $30 million investment in new diagnostic technologies to enable same-day results. Announcing the investment on Tuesday, the global health agency explained that the current diagnosis in low and […] Continue reading -> NCDA: Investing in Cost-effective NCD Policies Now, Could Save Lives and Money Later 04/09/2022 Maayan Hoffman Amber Huett-Garcia has struggled with obesity since she was in first grade. “Now in adulthood, despite reducing my BMI from 69 to 24 (245 lbs. lost), I still carry the expensive diagnosis of obesity,” she wrote in a recent blog for the Noncommunicable Disease Alliance (NCD Alliance). “I’ve used pharmacotherapy, surgical interventions, mental health care […] Continue reading -> Chronic Disease Focus of New Strategy 25/08/2022 Paul Adepoju Ministers and government officials took on noncommunicable diseases, sickle cell disease, health system reforms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and measures to fight tuberculosis among children in Africa during their meeting of the 72nd WHO Regional Committee for Africa this week. In an effort to curb Africa’s chronic disease crisis, African health ministers adopted […] Continue reading -> Despite Reforms, WHO ‘Prequalification’ Program for Vital Medicines and Diagnostics Is Inconsistent and Full of Delays 11/08/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Recent reforms to the World Health Organization “prequalification” program that certifies the safety and efficacy of health products procured in bulk by donors for low and middle-income countries have speeded up the process and thus accelerated access to lifesaving medicines and diagnostic tools in low- and middle-income countries. However, long lead times for product approvals, […] Continue reading -> US to Stretch Monkeypox Vaccine Supply Through Intradermal Injections; Experts Warn Plan May Backfire 10/08/2022 Raisa Santos In the aftermath of a national health emergency declaration for Monkeypox, the United States has now decided to split the approved MVA-BN vaccine into five doses in an effort to stretch supply. Some experts, however, have warned that the plan may backfire if health workers are not sufficiently trained in the intradermal skin-based jab technique […] Continue reading -> After Declaring Emergency – US Weighs Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Injections to Stretch One Dose into Five 04/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States is considering shifting to intradermal injections of Monkeypox vaccine that could potentially stretch one dose of the approved MVA-BN vaccine, available only in limited quantities, into five doses, said US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf on Thursday. He was speaking at a press briefing minutes after Xavier Becerra, US Secretary […] Continue reading -> Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> New Allies Tackle Scourge of AIDS in Kids 02/08/2022 John Heilprin Twelve African nations have joined with the United Nations and other international organizations in forming a new alliance that will work to prevent new infant HIV infections and to ensure no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Proponents of the new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
NCDA: Investing in Cost-effective NCD Policies Now, Could Save Lives and Money Later 04/09/2022 Maayan Hoffman Amber Huett-Garcia has struggled with obesity since she was in first grade. “Now in adulthood, despite reducing my BMI from 69 to 24 (245 lbs. lost), I still carry the expensive diagnosis of obesity,” she wrote in a recent blog for the Noncommunicable Disease Alliance (NCD Alliance). “I’ve used pharmacotherapy, surgical interventions, mental health care […] Continue reading -> Chronic Disease Focus of New Strategy 25/08/2022 Paul Adepoju Ministers and government officials took on noncommunicable diseases, sickle cell disease, health system reforms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and measures to fight tuberculosis among children in Africa during their meeting of the 72nd WHO Regional Committee for Africa this week. In an effort to curb Africa’s chronic disease crisis, African health ministers adopted […] Continue reading -> Despite Reforms, WHO ‘Prequalification’ Program for Vital Medicines and Diagnostics Is Inconsistent and Full of Delays 11/08/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Recent reforms to the World Health Organization “prequalification” program that certifies the safety and efficacy of health products procured in bulk by donors for low and middle-income countries have speeded up the process and thus accelerated access to lifesaving medicines and diagnostic tools in low- and middle-income countries. However, long lead times for product approvals, […] Continue reading -> US to Stretch Monkeypox Vaccine Supply Through Intradermal Injections; Experts Warn Plan May Backfire 10/08/2022 Raisa Santos In the aftermath of a national health emergency declaration for Monkeypox, the United States has now decided to split the approved MVA-BN vaccine into five doses in an effort to stretch supply. Some experts, however, have warned that the plan may backfire if health workers are not sufficiently trained in the intradermal skin-based jab technique […] Continue reading -> After Declaring Emergency – US Weighs Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Injections to Stretch One Dose into Five 04/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States is considering shifting to intradermal injections of Monkeypox vaccine that could potentially stretch one dose of the approved MVA-BN vaccine, available only in limited quantities, into five doses, said US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf on Thursday. He was speaking at a press briefing minutes after Xavier Becerra, US Secretary […] Continue reading -> Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> New Allies Tackle Scourge of AIDS in Kids 02/08/2022 John Heilprin Twelve African nations have joined with the United Nations and other international organizations in forming a new alliance that will work to prevent new infant HIV infections and to ensure no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Proponents of the new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Chronic Disease Focus of New Strategy 25/08/2022 Paul Adepoju Ministers and government officials took on noncommunicable diseases, sickle cell disease, health system reforms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and measures to fight tuberculosis among children in Africa during their meeting of the 72nd WHO Regional Committee for Africa this week. In an effort to curb Africa’s chronic disease crisis, African health ministers adopted […] Continue reading -> Despite Reforms, WHO ‘Prequalification’ Program for Vital Medicines and Diagnostics Is Inconsistent and Full of Delays 11/08/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Recent reforms to the World Health Organization “prequalification” program that certifies the safety and efficacy of health products procured in bulk by donors for low and middle-income countries have speeded up the process and thus accelerated access to lifesaving medicines and diagnostic tools in low- and middle-income countries. However, long lead times for product approvals, […] Continue reading -> US to Stretch Monkeypox Vaccine Supply Through Intradermal Injections; Experts Warn Plan May Backfire 10/08/2022 Raisa Santos In the aftermath of a national health emergency declaration for Monkeypox, the United States has now decided to split the approved MVA-BN vaccine into five doses in an effort to stretch supply. Some experts, however, have warned that the plan may backfire if health workers are not sufficiently trained in the intradermal skin-based jab technique […] Continue reading -> After Declaring Emergency – US Weighs Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Injections to Stretch One Dose into Five 04/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States is considering shifting to intradermal injections of Monkeypox vaccine that could potentially stretch one dose of the approved MVA-BN vaccine, available only in limited quantities, into five doses, said US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf on Thursday. He was speaking at a press briefing minutes after Xavier Becerra, US Secretary […] Continue reading -> Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> New Allies Tackle Scourge of AIDS in Kids 02/08/2022 John Heilprin Twelve African nations have joined with the United Nations and other international organizations in forming a new alliance that will work to prevent new infant HIV infections and to ensure no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Proponents of the new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Despite Reforms, WHO ‘Prequalification’ Program for Vital Medicines and Diagnostics Is Inconsistent and Full of Delays 11/08/2022 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Recent reforms to the World Health Organization “prequalification” program that certifies the safety and efficacy of health products procured in bulk by donors for low and middle-income countries have speeded up the process and thus accelerated access to lifesaving medicines and diagnostic tools in low- and middle-income countries. However, long lead times for product approvals, […] Continue reading -> US to Stretch Monkeypox Vaccine Supply Through Intradermal Injections; Experts Warn Plan May Backfire 10/08/2022 Raisa Santos In the aftermath of a national health emergency declaration for Monkeypox, the United States has now decided to split the approved MVA-BN vaccine into five doses in an effort to stretch supply. Some experts, however, have warned that the plan may backfire if health workers are not sufficiently trained in the intradermal skin-based jab technique […] Continue reading -> After Declaring Emergency – US Weighs Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Injections to Stretch One Dose into Five 04/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States is considering shifting to intradermal injections of Monkeypox vaccine that could potentially stretch one dose of the approved MVA-BN vaccine, available only in limited quantities, into five doses, said US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf on Thursday. He was speaking at a press briefing minutes after Xavier Becerra, US Secretary […] Continue reading -> Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> New Allies Tackle Scourge of AIDS in Kids 02/08/2022 John Heilprin Twelve African nations have joined with the United Nations and other international organizations in forming a new alliance that will work to prevent new infant HIV infections and to ensure no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Proponents of the new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US to Stretch Monkeypox Vaccine Supply Through Intradermal Injections; Experts Warn Plan May Backfire 10/08/2022 Raisa Santos In the aftermath of a national health emergency declaration for Monkeypox, the United States has now decided to split the approved MVA-BN vaccine into five doses in an effort to stretch supply. Some experts, however, have warned that the plan may backfire if health workers are not sufficiently trained in the intradermal skin-based jab technique […] Continue reading -> After Declaring Emergency – US Weighs Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Injections to Stretch One Dose into Five 04/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States is considering shifting to intradermal injections of Monkeypox vaccine that could potentially stretch one dose of the approved MVA-BN vaccine, available only in limited quantities, into five doses, said US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf on Thursday. He was speaking at a press briefing minutes after Xavier Becerra, US Secretary […] Continue reading -> Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> New Allies Tackle Scourge of AIDS in Kids 02/08/2022 John Heilprin Twelve African nations have joined with the United Nations and other international organizations in forming a new alliance that will work to prevent new infant HIV infections and to ensure no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Proponents of the new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
After Declaring Emergency – US Weighs Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Injections to Stretch One Dose into Five 04/08/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States is considering shifting to intradermal injections of Monkeypox vaccine that could potentially stretch one dose of the approved MVA-BN vaccine, available only in limited quantities, into five doses, said US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf on Thursday. He was speaking at a press briefing minutes after Xavier Becerra, US Secretary […] Continue reading -> Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> New Allies Tackle Scourge of AIDS in Kids 02/08/2022 John Heilprin Twelve African nations have joined with the United Nations and other international organizations in forming a new alliance that will work to prevent new infant HIV infections and to ensure no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Proponents of the new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa Records World’s Highest Gain in Healthy Life Expectancy Over Past Decade 04/08/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Africa recorded the world’s highest gain in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. But the lack of sustainable finance for health systems is a major threat to the gains recorded. Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in healthy life expectancy—or the number of years an individual is in a good state of health—between 2000 […] Continue reading -> New Allies Tackle Scourge of AIDS in Kids 02/08/2022 John Heilprin Twelve African nations have joined with the United Nations and other international organizations in forming a new alliance that will work to prevent new infant HIV infections and to ensure no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Proponents of the new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Allies Tackle Scourge of AIDS in Kids 02/08/2022 John Heilprin Twelve African nations have joined with the United Nations and other international organizations in forming a new alliance that will work to prevent new infant HIV infections and to ensure no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of the decade. Proponents of the new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children […] Continue reading -> Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Human Rights is a ‘Battlefield’ as Global Discrimination Fuels New HIV Infections 01/08/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – HIV is one of the most studied diseases of all time and an arsenal of treatment and prevention tools have been amassed over the past 40 years – the latest being an antiretroviral (ARV) injection taken every eight weeks that can prevent 99% of infections. But HIV is still spreading – primarily amongst […] Continue reading -> ‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘People Don’t Live in Siloes’: Appeal for HIV Services to Include Mental Health and Other Chronic Diseases 31/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – People with mental health conditions are more likely to get HIV, while people with HIV often struggle with depression and other mental health issues – but few countries offer psychosocial support as part of their HIV services. “As a result of systemic inequalities, mental health issues keep coming up and you have to […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts