G-Finder: R&D Investments Reach 10-Year Peak 23/01/2019 Health Policy Watch Funding for neglected disease research and development reached its highest level in a decade, with US $3.56 billion in investments in 2017. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> Tafenoquine – Milestone In Journey Towards Malaria Elimination 23/01/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Tafenoquine, the first new drug to be developed in over 60 years to treat relapsing malaria, has in fact been around since the late 1970s, when researchers with the US Walter Reed Army Institute of Research first took note of its antimalarial properties. But the drug’s potential to cure relapsing malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, the less deadly but most widespread malaria species, has only been recently been recognised. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Kenya To Launch Universal Health Coverage Pilot Of Free Healthcare 10/12/2018 Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to launch a major initiative on universal health coverage (UHC) on 13 December, in the presence of World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, positioning Kenya as a regional leader in the race to meet health-related UN Sustainable Development Goals. Continue reading -> New Study Tracks Global Children’s Antibiotic Use, Finds Deviation From WHO Guidelines 07/12/2018 David Branigan A new study has analysed antibiotic sales data from 70 middle-income and high-income countries, and found variation in the use of antibiotics to treat children, with some countries deviating from World Health Organization recommendations on antibiotic stewardship. Continue reading -> New Global Health Commitments At G20, Nelson Mandela 100th 03/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Global health reaped a weekend windfall of new international and bilateral commitments over the past two days, beginning with the close of the G20 meeting in Argentina on Saturday, followed by the Mandela 100 Global Citizen festival in Johannesburg yesterday, which saw stars like Beyoncé, Jay-Z and others perform in the name of health and development causes, reaping a historic commitment by the United States of more than US$1.2 billion for the fight against HIV/AIDS and some US$ 139 million for the fight against neglected tropical diseases. Continue reading -> On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-Testing 30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. Separately, a group of French NGOs called on the French President to lead elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Continue reading -> WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> Tafenoquine – Milestone In Journey Towards Malaria Elimination 23/01/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Tafenoquine, the first new drug to be developed in over 60 years to treat relapsing malaria, has in fact been around since the late 1970s, when researchers with the US Walter Reed Army Institute of Research first took note of its antimalarial properties. But the drug’s potential to cure relapsing malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, the less deadly but most widespread malaria species, has only been recently been recognised. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Kenya To Launch Universal Health Coverage Pilot Of Free Healthcare 10/12/2018 Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to launch a major initiative on universal health coverage (UHC) on 13 December, in the presence of World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, positioning Kenya as a regional leader in the race to meet health-related UN Sustainable Development Goals. Continue reading -> New Study Tracks Global Children’s Antibiotic Use, Finds Deviation From WHO Guidelines 07/12/2018 David Branigan A new study has analysed antibiotic sales data from 70 middle-income and high-income countries, and found variation in the use of antibiotics to treat children, with some countries deviating from World Health Organization recommendations on antibiotic stewardship. Continue reading -> New Global Health Commitments At G20, Nelson Mandela 100th 03/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Global health reaped a weekend windfall of new international and bilateral commitments over the past two days, beginning with the close of the G20 meeting in Argentina on Saturday, followed by the Mandela 100 Global Citizen festival in Johannesburg yesterday, which saw stars like Beyoncé, Jay-Z and others perform in the name of health and development causes, reaping a historic commitment by the United States of more than US$1.2 billion for the fight against HIV/AIDS and some US$ 139 million for the fight against neglected tropical diseases. Continue reading -> On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-Testing 30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. Separately, a group of French NGOs called on the French President to lead elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Continue reading -> WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tafenoquine – Milestone In Journey Towards Malaria Elimination 23/01/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Tafenoquine, the first new drug to be developed in over 60 years to treat relapsing malaria, has in fact been around since the late 1970s, when researchers with the US Walter Reed Army Institute of Research first took note of its antimalarial properties. But the drug’s potential to cure relapsing malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, the less deadly but most widespread malaria species, has only been recently been recognised. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Kenya To Launch Universal Health Coverage Pilot Of Free Healthcare 10/12/2018 Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to launch a major initiative on universal health coverage (UHC) on 13 December, in the presence of World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, positioning Kenya as a regional leader in the race to meet health-related UN Sustainable Development Goals. Continue reading -> New Study Tracks Global Children’s Antibiotic Use, Finds Deviation From WHO Guidelines 07/12/2018 David Branigan A new study has analysed antibiotic sales data from 70 middle-income and high-income countries, and found variation in the use of antibiotics to treat children, with some countries deviating from World Health Organization recommendations on antibiotic stewardship. Continue reading -> New Global Health Commitments At G20, Nelson Mandela 100th 03/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Global health reaped a weekend windfall of new international and bilateral commitments over the past two days, beginning with the close of the G20 meeting in Argentina on Saturday, followed by the Mandela 100 Global Citizen festival in Johannesburg yesterday, which saw stars like Beyoncé, Jay-Z and others perform in the name of health and development causes, reaping a historic commitment by the United States of more than US$1.2 billion for the fight against HIV/AIDS and some US$ 139 million for the fight against neglected tropical diseases. Continue reading -> On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-Testing 30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. Separately, a group of French NGOs called on the French President to lead elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Continue reading -> WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Kenya To Launch Universal Health Coverage Pilot Of Free Healthcare 10/12/2018 Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to launch a major initiative on universal health coverage (UHC) on 13 December, in the presence of World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, positioning Kenya as a regional leader in the race to meet health-related UN Sustainable Development Goals. Continue reading -> New Study Tracks Global Children’s Antibiotic Use, Finds Deviation From WHO Guidelines 07/12/2018 David Branigan A new study has analysed antibiotic sales data from 70 middle-income and high-income countries, and found variation in the use of antibiotics to treat children, with some countries deviating from World Health Organization recommendations on antibiotic stewardship. Continue reading -> New Global Health Commitments At G20, Nelson Mandela 100th 03/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Global health reaped a weekend windfall of new international and bilateral commitments over the past two days, beginning with the close of the G20 meeting in Argentina on Saturday, followed by the Mandela 100 Global Citizen festival in Johannesburg yesterday, which saw stars like Beyoncé, Jay-Z and others perform in the name of health and development causes, reaping a historic commitment by the United States of more than US$1.2 billion for the fight against HIV/AIDS and some US$ 139 million for the fight against neglected tropical diseases. Continue reading -> On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-Testing 30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. Separately, a group of French NGOs called on the French President to lead elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Continue reading -> WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Kenya To Launch Universal Health Coverage Pilot Of Free Healthcare 10/12/2018 Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to launch a major initiative on universal health coverage (UHC) on 13 December, in the presence of World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, positioning Kenya as a regional leader in the race to meet health-related UN Sustainable Development Goals. Continue reading -> New Study Tracks Global Children’s Antibiotic Use, Finds Deviation From WHO Guidelines 07/12/2018 David Branigan A new study has analysed antibiotic sales data from 70 middle-income and high-income countries, and found variation in the use of antibiotics to treat children, with some countries deviating from World Health Organization recommendations on antibiotic stewardship. Continue reading -> New Global Health Commitments At G20, Nelson Mandela 100th 03/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Global health reaped a weekend windfall of new international and bilateral commitments over the past two days, beginning with the close of the G20 meeting in Argentina on Saturday, followed by the Mandela 100 Global Citizen festival in Johannesburg yesterday, which saw stars like Beyoncé, Jay-Z and others perform in the name of health and development causes, reaping a historic commitment by the United States of more than US$1.2 billion for the fight against HIV/AIDS and some US$ 139 million for the fight against neglected tropical diseases. Continue reading -> On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-Testing 30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. Separately, a group of French NGOs called on the French President to lead elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Continue reading -> WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Study Tracks Global Children’s Antibiotic Use, Finds Deviation From WHO Guidelines 07/12/2018 David Branigan A new study has analysed antibiotic sales data from 70 middle-income and high-income countries, and found variation in the use of antibiotics to treat children, with some countries deviating from World Health Organization recommendations on antibiotic stewardship. Continue reading -> New Global Health Commitments At G20, Nelson Mandela 100th 03/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Global health reaped a weekend windfall of new international and bilateral commitments over the past two days, beginning with the close of the G20 meeting in Argentina on Saturday, followed by the Mandela 100 Global Citizen festival in Johannesburg yesterday, which saw stars like Beyoncé, Jay-Z and others perform in the name of health and development causes, reaping a historic commitment by the United States of more than US$1.2 billion for the fight against HIV/AIDS and some US$ 139 million for the fight against neglected tropical diseases. Continue reading -> On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-Testing 30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. Separately, a group of French NGOs called on the French President to lead elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Continue reading -> WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Global Health Commitments At G20, Nelson Mandela 100th 03/12/2018 Health Policy Watch Global health reaped a weekend windfall of new international and bilateral commitments over the past two days, beginning with the close of the G20 meeting in Argentina on Saturday, followed by the Mandela 100 Global Citizen festival in Johannesburg yesterday, which saw stars like Beyoncé, Jay-Z and others perform in the name of health and development causes, reaping a historic commitment by the United States of more than US$1.2 billion for the fight against HIV/AIDS and some US$ 139 million for the fight against neglected tropical diseases. Continue reading -> On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-Testing 30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. Separately, a group of French NGOs called on the French President to lead elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Continue reading -> WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-Testing 30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. Separately, a group of French NGOs called on the French President to lead elimination of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. Continue reading -> WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Issues Global Guidelines On Prevention Of Unhealthy Housing 28/11/2018 Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has issued a first-ever set of global “Housing and Health Guidelines” intended to guide national governments as well as development actors in shaping healthier housing policies, standards and codes. Continue reading -> Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Index Finds Five Companies Develop Majority Of Medicines For Poor 20/11/2018 David Branigan A global index on access to medicine has found that the majority of the medicines needed by the world’s poor are developed by only five companies, and that these medicines are focused primarily on just five diseases. The group behind the index calls on more pharmaceutical companies to join efforts for increased access and to expand the list of medicines, in order to build resilience in treating diseases that affect the poor. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts