Selection Of New UNAIDS Executive Director Raises Larger Questions About Agency’s Purpose & Direction 26/06/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & David Branigan A sensitive, closed-door selection of the new Executive Director for UNAIDS has kicked up a noisy social media debate among a number of leading global health figures, who questioned whether a separate bureaucracy for one disease, founded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, remains justified today – when bigger global health threats now loom. […] Continue reading -> Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> The Global Malaria Response: Extending The Reach Of Primary Health Care, Expanding Coverage Towards UHC 12/06/2019 David Branigan Extending the reach of primary health care systems to provide malaria services to those in the most hard-to-reach places has become part and parcel to the global malaria response, and according to experts, is paving the way for the expansion of other essential health services – and moving the world closer towards realising universal health […] Continue reading -> As World Celebrates “No Tobacco Day,” Big Tobacco Seeks Rebrand To “No Smoking Day” 31/05/2019 David Branigan Amid calls by the World Health Organization to reduce tobacco use and improve lung health on this year’s “World No Tobacco Day,” tobacco industry giant Philip Morris has pushed back, calling on its longtime adversaries in the public health community to group instead around a “World No Smoking Day.” Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> Six International Organisations Pledge Collaboration On Local Production Of Medicines 24/05/2019 Catherine Saez While delegates remained bogged down today in negotiations to find consensus on a resolution to increase transparency of pharma prices, five United Nations agencies and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria forged a brand new collaboration to promote local production of medicines. The World Health Organization, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), […] Continue reading -> Digital Health Revolution Needs Change Of Mindset 22/05/2019 Catherine Saez A side event yesterday on the margins of the World Health Assembly launched two new digital health initiatives, while a panel of speakers from government, industry and civil society described how the digital health revolution can help achieve universal health coverage. Image Credits: PATH, G20 Health & Development Partnership. Continue reading -> G7 Countries Prioritise Primary Health Care At Health Ministers’ Meeting In Paris 17/05/2019 David Branigan Health Ministers from G7 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting today in Paris that focused on strengthening primary health care, health inequalities for developing countries and the elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Image Credits: G7 France. Continue reading -> WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. 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Major R&D Funding Needed To Reach 2030 Goal For Ending TB Epidemic 17/06/2019 Catherine Saez Nine months after a historic high-level UN meeting where countries pledged to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, a chronic lack of R&D financing jeopardises that ambitious goal, said expert panelists at a briefing on the TB R&D landscape last week in Geneva, hosted by South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN. While there […] Continue reading -> The Global Malaria Response: Extending The Reach Of Primary Health Care, Expanding Coverage Towards UHC 12/06/2019 David Branigan Extending the reach of primary health care systems to provide malaria services to those in the most hard-to-reach places has become part and parcel to the global malaria response, and according to experts, is paving the way for the expansion of other essential health services – and moving the world closer towards realising universal health […] Continue reading -> As World Celebrates “No Tobacco Day,” Big Tobacco Seeks Rebrand To “No Smoking Day” 31/05/2019 David Branigan Amid calls by the World Health Organization to reduce tobacco use and improve lung health on this year’s “World No Tobacco Day,” tobacco industry giant Philip Morris has pushed back, calling on its longtime adversaries in the public health community to group instead around a “World No Smoking Day.” Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> Six International Organisations Pledge Collaboration On Local Production Of Medicines 24/05/2019 Catherine Saez While delegates remained bogged down today in negotiations to find consensus on a resolution to increase transparency of pharma prices, five United Nations agencies and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria forged a brand new collaboration to promote local production of medicines. The World Health Organization, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), […] Continue reading -> Digital Health Revolution Needs Change Of Mindset 22/05/2019 Catherine Saez A side event yesterday on the margins of the World Health Assembly launched two new digital health initiatives, while a panel of speakers from government, industry and civil society described how the digital health revolution can help achieve universal health coverage. Image Credits: PATH, G20 Health & Development Partnership. Continue reading -> G7 Countries Prioritise Primary Health Care At Health Ministers’ Meeting In Paris 17/05/2019 David Branigan Health Ministers from G7 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting today in Paris that focused on strengthening primary health care, health inequalities for developing countries and the elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Image Credits: G7 France. Continue reading -> WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
The Global Malaria Response: Extending The Reach Of Primary Health Care, Expanding Coverage Towards UHC 12/06/2019 David Branigan Extending the reach of primary health care systems to provide malaria services to those in the most hard-to-reach places has become part and parcel to the global malaria response, and according to experts, is paving the way for the expansion of other essential health services – and moving the world closer towards realising universal health […] Continue reading -> As World Celebrates “No Tobacco Day,” Big Tobacco Seeks Rebrand To “No Smoking Day” 31/05/2019 David Branigan Amid calls by the World Health Organization to reduce tobacco use and improve lung health on this year’s “World No Tobacco Day,” tobacco industry giant Philip Morris has pushed back, calling on its longtime adversaries in the public health community to group instead around a “World No Smoking Day.” Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> Six International Organisations Pledge Collaboration On Local Production Of Medicines 24/05/2019 Catherine Saez While delegates remained bogged down today in negotiations to find consensus on a resolution to increase transparency of pharma prices, five United Nations agencies and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria forged a brand new collaboration to promote local production of medicines. The World Health Organization, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), […] Continue reading -> Digital Health Revolution Needs Change Of Mindset 22/05/2019 Catherine Saez A side event yesterday on the margins of the World Health Assembly launched two new digital health initiatives, while a panel of speakers from government, industry and civil society described how the digital health revolution can help achieve universal health coverage. Image Credits: PATH, G20 Health & Development Partnership. Continue reading -> G7 Countries Prioritise Primary Health Care At Health Ministers’ Meeting In Paris 17/05/2019 David Branigan Health Ministers from G7 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting today in Paris that focused on strengthening primary health care, health inequalities for developing countries and the elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Image Credits: G7 France. Continue reading -> WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
As World Celebrates “No Tobacco Day,” Big Tobacco Seeks Rebrand To “No Smoking Day” 31/05/2019 David Branigan Amid calls by the World Health Organization to reduce tobacco use and improve lung health on this year’s “World No Tobacco Day,” tobacco industry giant Philip Morris has pushed back, calling on its longtime adversaries in the public health community to group instead around a “World No Smoking Day.” Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> Six International Organisations Pledge Collaboration On Local Production Of Medicines 24/05/2019 Catherine Saez While delegates remained bogged down today in negotiations to find consensus on a resolution to increase transparency of pharma prices, five United Nations agencies and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria forged a brand new collaboration to promote local production of medicines. The World Health Organization, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), […] Continue reading -> Digital Health Revolution Needs Change Of Mindset 22/05/2019 Catherine Saez A side event yesterday on the margins of the World Health Assembly launched two new digital health initiatives, while a panel of speakers from government, industry and civil society described how the digital health revolution can help achieve universal health coverage. Image Credits: PATH, G20 Health & Development Partnership. Continue reading -> G7 Countries Prioritise Primary Health Care At Health Ministers’ Meeting In Paris 17/05/2019 David Branigan Health Ministers from G7 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting today in Paris that focused on strengthening primary health care, health inequalities for developing countries and the elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Image Credits: G7 France. Continue reading -> WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO’s EB Considers New Ways To Work With NGOs – Some Countries Criticise Activists’ Role At WHA 72 30/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of a World Health Assembly that became a focus of intense activist and social media attention over a WHO resolution on medicines price transparency, member states are now looking at new rules for shaping involvement of NGOs and other “non-state actors” at public WHO meetings. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> Six International Organisations Pledge Collaboration On Local Production Of Medicines 24/05/2019 Catherine Saez While delegates remained bogged down today in negotiations to find consensus on a resolution to increase transparency of pharma prices, five United Nations agencies and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria forged a brand new collaboration to promote local production of medicines. The World Health Organization, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), […] Continue reading -> Digital Health Revolution Needs Change Of Mindset 22/05/2019 Catherine Saez A side event yesterday on the margins of the World Health Assembly launched two new digital health initiatives, while a panel of speakers from government, industry and civil society described how the digital health revolution can help achieve universal health coverage. Image Credits: PATH, G20 Health & Development Partnership. Continue reading -> G7 Countries Prioritise Primary Health Care At Health Ministers’ Meeting In Paris 17/05/2019 David Branigan Health Ministers from G7 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting today in Paris that focused on strengthening primary health care, health inequalities for developing countries and the elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Image Credits: G7 France. Continue reading -> WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Six International Organisations Pledge Collaboration On Local Production Of Medicines 24/05/2019 Catherine Saez While delegates remained bogged down today in negotiations to find consensus on a resolution to increase transparency of pharma prices, five United Nations agencies and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria forged a brand new collaboration to promote local production of medicines. The World Health Organization, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), […] Continue reading -> Digital Health Revolution Needs Change Of Mindset 22/05/2019 Catherine Saez A side event yesterday on the margins of the World Health Assembly launched two new digital health initiatives, while a panel of speakers from government, industry and civil society described how the digital health revolution can help achieve universal health coverage. Image Credits: PATH, G20 Health & Development Partnership. Continue reading -> G7 Countries Prioritise Primary Health Care At Health Ministers’ Meeting In Paris 17/05/2019 David Branigan Health Ministers from G7 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting today in Paris that focused on strengthening primary health care, health inequalities for developing countries and the elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Image Credits: G7 France. Continue reading -> WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Digital Health Revolution Needs Change Of Mindset 22/05/2019 Catherine Saez A side event yesterday on the margins of the World Health Assembly launched two new digital health initiatives, while a panel of speakers from government, industry and civil society described how the digital health revolution can help achieve universal health coverage. Image Credits: PATH, G20 Health & Development Partnership. Continue reading -> G7 Countries Prioritise Primary Health Care At Health Ministers’ Meeting In Paris 17/05/2019 David Branigan Health Ministers from G7 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting today in Paris that focused on strengthening primary health care, health inequalities for developing countries and the elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Image Credits: G7 France. Continue reading -> WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
G7 Countries Prioritise Primary Health Care At Health Ministers’ Meeting In Paris 17/05/2019 David Branigan Health Ministers from G7 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting today in Paris that focused on strengthening primary health care, health inequalities for developing countries and the elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Image Credits: G7 France. Continue reading -> WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO Launches Health Product Profile Directory To Stimulate New Drug Research 16/05/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has launched an online Health Product Profile Directory to guide the development of new health products for which there are limited markets or incentives for research and development. Image Credits: WHO. Continue reading -> WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHA 2019 Top Issues: Budget, UHC, Access To Medicines, Emergencies, Environment 09/05/2019 William New This year’s World Health Assembly will provide perhaps the best measure to date of the World Health Organization director-general’s policies since taking office nearly two years ago. But it will also reflect changing times for country relationships and for the state of global health. Image Credits: Photo: WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO/Antoine Tardy, WHO, WHO/J. D. Kannah. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy