‘Convergence:’ How Host Countries are Improving Refugee Health Along with National Health Systems 04/03/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher COPENHAGEN – In Lebanon, international donors are supporting a network of public primary health care centers to test for diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), offering treatment equally to Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees who are unlikely to return anytime soon to their war-torn homeland. In Kenya, a new national insurance law aims to make […] Continue reading -> A ‘Tsunami’ of Chronic Disease Challenges Confronts Health Sector Response to Humanitarian Crises 28/02/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher COPENHAGEN – While conflict and natural disasters are usually played out in the media against dramatic scenes of mass casualty response and rescue teams, there’s an iceberg of chronic health conditions that can be even more life threatening and these need far greater attention in emergency response. That is the theme of a global high […] Continue reading -> How Criminalisation and Prejudice Is Undermining HIV Prevention 23/02/2024 Kerry Cullinan In January, Ugandan LGBTQ activist Steven Kabuye was stabbed multiple times by two men travelling on a motorbike and left for dead on the outskirts of Kampala, the country’s capital city. The 25-year-old, who had received several death threats after Uganda’s Parliament passed its Anti-Homosexuality Act last May, criminalising LGBTQ people, said that the attackers […] Continue reading -> ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ – Says Head of WHO Office for Occupied Palestinian Territory 14/02/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization says it is making contingency preparations for a possible Israeli incursion into the Gazan city of Rafah. The city hugging the Egyptian border remains under the control of the militant Palestinian Hamas government, nearly four months after Israel’s devastating invasion that followed a Hamas assault October 7 on some 22 Israeli […] Continue reading -> Evergreening of Medicine Patents is ‘Abuse’ of Intellectual Property System 08/02/2024 Kerry Cullinan Evergreening patents on medical products – extending the lifespan of patents that are about to expire – is an “abuse of the intellectual property system”, an HIV activist told the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Fair Pricing Forum on Thursday. Meanwhile, an industry representative laid out her company’s value-based, country-specific approach to improving access to medicines, […] Continue reading -> The Right to Health in Humanitarian Crises Needs to Encompass Non-Communicable Diseases 01/02/2024 Micaela Serafini, Katie Dain & Nicolai Haugaard The United Nations estimates that 363 million people are currently impacted by humanitarian crises driven by increasing fragility and conflict, the climate crisis and widening inequality. Around 108.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2022, meaning one in every 74 persons globally. Humanitarian crises, such as those occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, Libya, […] Continue reading -> Leaders Appeal for Effective, Binding Pandemic Accord to Protect All Countries 30/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have a duty to deliver “an effective, legally-binding pandemic accord” by May to prevent the devastation wrought by COVID-19, according to a group of influential leaders and organisations. The call came in an open letter issued on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global emergency, and was signed by The […] Continue reading -> Endorsement of New WHO Health and Peace Initiative Offers Bright Spot in Dark Horizons of Conflict 26/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Executive Board delegates on Thursday gave the green light to a draft proposal by Switzerland cementing the framework for a new WHO “Health for Peace” initiative. The move marked a bright spot in a day otherwise marked by heated debates over regional conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine. The Health and Peace initiative was first […] Continue reading -> Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
A ‘Tsunami’ of Chronic Disease Challenges Confronts Health Sector Response to Humanitarian Crises 28/02/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher COPENHAGEN – While conflict and natural disasters are usually played out in the media against dramatic scenes of mass casualty response and rescue teams, there’s an iceberg of chronic health conditions that can be even more life threatening and these need far greater attention in emergency response. That is the theme of a global high […] Continue reading -> How Criminalisation and Prejudice Is Undermining HIV Prevention 23/02/2024 Kerry Cullinan In January, Ugandan LGBTQ activist Steven Kabuye was stabbed multiple times by two men travelling on a motorbike and left for dead on the outskirts of Kampala, the country’s capital city. The 25-year-old, who had received several death threats after Uganda’s Parliament passed its Anti-Homosexuality Act last May, criminalising LGBTQ people, said that the attackers […] Continue reading -> ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ – Says Head of WHO Office for Occupied Palestinian Territory 14/02/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization says it is making contingency preparations for a possible Israeli incursion into the Gazan city of Rafah. The city hugging the Egyptian border remains under the control of the militant Palestinian Hamas government, nearly four months after Israel’s devastating invasion that followed a Hamas assault October 7 on some 22 Israeli […] Continue reading -> Evergreening of Medicine Patents is ‘Abuse’ of Intellectual Property System 08/02/2024 Kerry Cullinan Evergreening patents on medical products – extending the lifespan of patents that are about to expire – is an “abuse of the intellectual property system”, an HIV activist told the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Fair Pricing Forum on Thursday. Meanwhile, an industry representative laid out her company’s value-based, country-specific approach to improving access to medicines, […] Continue reading -> The Right to Health in Humanitarian Crises Needs to Encompass Non-Communicable Diseases 01/02/2024 Micaela Serafini, Katie Dain & Nicolai Haugaard The United Nations estimates that 363 million people are currently impacted by humanitarian crises driven by increasing fragility and conflict, the climate crisis and widening inequality. Around 108.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2022, meaning one in every 74 persons globally. Humanitarian crises, such as those occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, Libya, […] Continue reading -> Leaders Appeal for Effective, Binding Pandemic Accord to Protect All Countries 30/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have a duty to deliver “an effective, legally-binding pandemic accord” by May to prevent the devastation wrought by COVID-19, according to a group of influential leaders and organisations. The call came in an open letter issued on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global emergency, and was signed by The […] Continue reading -> Endorsement of New WHO Health and Peace Initiative Offers Bright Spot in Dark Horizons of Conflict 26/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Executive Board delegates on Thursday gave the green light to a draft proposal by Switzerland cementing the framework for a new WHO “Health for Peace” initiative. The move marked a bright spot in a day otherwise marked by heated debates over regional conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine. The Health and Peace initiative was first […] Continue reading -> Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
How Criminalisation and Prejudice Is Undermining HIV Prevention 23/02/2024 Kerry Cullinan In January, Ugandan LGBTQ activist Steven Kabuye was stabbed multiple times by two men travelling on a motorbike and left for dead on the outskirts of Kampala, the country’s capital city. The 25-year-old, who had received several death threats after Uganda’s Parliament passed its Anti-Homosexuality Act last May, criminalising LGBTQ people, said that the attackers […] Continue reading -> ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ – Says Head of WHO Office for Occupied Palestinian Territory 14/02/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization says it is making contingency preparations for a possible Israeli incursion into the Gazan city of Rafah. The city hugging the Egyptian border remains under the control of the militant Palestinian Hamas government, nearly four months after Israel’s devastating invasion that followed a Hamas assault October 7 on some 22 Israeli […] Continue reading -> Evergreening of Medicine Patents is ‘Abuse’ of Intellectual Property System 08/02/2024 Kerry Cullinan Evergreening patents on medical products – extending the lifespan of patents that are about to expire – is an “abuse of the intellectual property system”, an HIV activist told the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Fair Pricing Forum on Thursday. Meanwhile, an industry representative laid out her company’s value-based, country-specific approach to improving access to medicines, […] Continue reading -> The Right to Health in Humanitarian Crises Needs to Encompass Non-Communicable Diseases 01/02/2024 Micaela Serafini, Katie Dain & Nicolai Haugaard The United Nations estimates that 363 million people are currently impacted by humanitarian crises driven by increasing fragility and conflict, the climate crisis and widening inequality. Around 108.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2022, meaning one in every 74 persons globally. Humanitarian crises, such as those occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, Libya, […] Continue reading -> Leaders Appeal for Effective, Binding Pandemic Accord to Protect All Countries 30/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have a duty to deliver “an effective, legally-binding pandemic accord” by May to prevent the devastation wrought by COVID-19, according to a group of influential leaders and organisations. The call came in an open letter issued on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global emergency, and was signed by The […] Continue reading -> Endorsement of New WHO Health and Peace Initiative Offers Bright Spot in Dark Horizons of Conflict 26/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Executive Board delegates on Thursday gave the green light to a draft proposal by Switzerland cementing the framework for a new WHO “Health for Peace” initiative. The move marked a bright spot in a day otherwise marked by heated debates over regional conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine. The Health and Peace initiative was first […] Continue reading -> Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘All Eyes on Rafah’ – Says Head of WHO Office for Occupied Palestinian Territory 14/02/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization says it is making contingency preparations for a possible Israeli incursion into the Gazan city of Rafah. The city hugging the Egyptian border remains under the control of the militant Palestinian Hamas government, nearly four months after Israel’s devastating invasion that followed a Hamas assault October 7 on some 22 Israeli […] Continue reading -> Evergreening of Medicine Patents is ‘Abuse’ of Intellectual Property System 08/02/2024 Kerry Cullinan Evergreening patents on medical products – extending the lifespan of patents that are about to expire – is an “abuse of the intellectual property system”, an HIV activist told the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Fair Pricing Forum on Thursday. Meanwhile, an industry representative laid out her company’s value-based, country-specific approach to improving access to medicines, […] Continue reading -> The Right to Health in Humanitarian Crises Needs to Encompass Non-Communicable Diseases 01/02/2024 Micaela Serafini, Katie Dain & Nicolai Haugaard The United Nations estimates that 363 million people are currently impacted by humanitarian crises driven by increasing fragility and conflict, the climate crisis and widening inequality. Around 108.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2022, meaning one in every 74 persons globally. Humanitarian crises, such as those occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, Libya, […] Continue reading -> Leaders Appeal for Effective, Binding Pandemic Accord to Protect All Countries 30/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have a duty to deliver “an effective, legally-binding pandemic accord” by May to prevent the devastation wrought by COVID-19, according to a group of influential leaders and organisations. The call came in an open letter issued on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global emergency, and was signed by The […] Continue reading -> Endorsement of New WHO Health and Peace Initiative Offers Bright Spot in Dark Horizons of Conflict 26/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Executive Board delegates on Thursday gave the green light to a draft proposal by Switzerland cementing the framework for a new WHO “Health for Peace” initiative. The move marked a bright spot in a day otherwise marked by heated debates over regional conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine. The Health and Peace initiative was first […] Continue reading -> Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Evergreening of Medicine Patents is ‘Abuse’ of Intellectual Property System 08/02/2024 Kerry Cullinan Evergreening patents on medical products – extending the lifespan of patents that are about to expire – is an “abuse of the intellectual property system”, an HIV activist told the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Fair Pricing Forum on Thursday. Meanwhile, an industry representative laid out her company’s value-based, country-specific approach to improving access to medicines, […] Continue reading -> The Right to Health in Humanitarian Crises Needs to Encompass Non-Communicable Diseases 01/02/2024 Micaela Serafini, Katie Dain & Nicolai Haugaard The United Nations estimates that 363 million people are currently impacted by humanitarian crises driven by increasing fragility and conflict, the climate crisis and widening inequality. Around 108.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2022, meaning one in every 74 persons globally. Humanitarian crises, such as those occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, Libya, […] Continue reading -> Leaders Appeal for Effective, Binding Pandemic Accord to Protect All Countries 30/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have a duty to deliver “an effective, legally-binding pandemic accord” by May to prevent the devastation wrought by COVID-19, according to a group of influential leaders and organisations. The call came in an open letter issued on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global emergency, and was signed by The […] Continue reading -> Endorsement of New WHO Health and Peace Initiative Offers Bright Spot in Dark Horizons of Conflict 26/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Executive Board delegates on Thursday gave the green light to a draft proposal by Switzerland cementing the framework for a new WHO “Health for Peace” initiative. The move marked a bright spot in a day otherwise marked by heated debates over regional conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine. The Health and Peace initiative was first […] Continue reading -> Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The Right to Health in Humanitarian Crises Needs to Encompass Non-Communicable Diseases 01/02/2024 Micaela Serafini, Katie Dain & Nicolai Haugaard The United Nations estimates that 363 million people are currently impacted by humanitarian crises driven by increasing fragility and conflict, the climate crisis and widening inequality. Around 108.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2022, meaning one in every 74 persons globally. Humanitarian crises, such as those occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, Libya, […] Continue reading -> Leaders Appeal for Effective, Binding Pandemic Accord to Protect All Countries 30/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have a duty to deliver “an effective, legally-binding pandemic accord” by May to prevent the devastation wrought by COVID-19, according to a group of influential leaders and organisations. The call came in an open letter issued on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global emergency, and was signed by The […] Continue reading -> Endorsement of New WHO Health and Peace Initiative Offers Bright Spot in Dark Horizons of Conflict 26/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Executive Board delegates on Thursday gave the green light to a draft proposal by Switzerland cementing the framework for a new WHO “Health for Peace” initiative. The move marked a bright spot in a day otherwise marked by heated debates over regional conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine. The Health and Peace initiative was first […] Continue reading -> Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Leaders Appeal for Effective, Binding Pandemic Accord to Protect All Countries 30/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have a duty to deliver “an effective, legally-binding pandemic accord” by May to prevent the devastation wrought by COVID-19, according to a group of influential leaders and organisations. The call came in an open letter issued on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global emergency, and was signed by The […] Continue reading -> Endorsement of New WHO Health and Peace Initiative Offers Bright Spot in Dark Horizons of Conflict 26/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Executive Board delegates on Thursday gave the green light to a draft proposal by Switzerland cementing the framework for a new WHO “Health for Peace” initiative. The move marked a bright spot in a day otherwise marked by heated debates over regional conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine. The Health and Peace initiative was first […] Continue reading -> Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Endorsement of New WHO Health and Peace Initiative Offers Bright Spot in Dark Horizons of Conflict 26/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Executive Board delegates on Thursday gave the green light to a draft proposal by Switzerland cementing the framework for a new WHO “Health for Peace” initiative. The move marked a bright spot in a day otherwise marked by heated debates over regional conflicts, including Gaza and Ukraine. The Health and Peace initiative was first […] Continue reading -> Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Organ Transplants and Mental Health in Conflicts Feature in WHO Session on Non-Communicable Disease 25/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Discussion about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) opened a Pandora’s Box of problems at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board meeting on Wednesday. Not a single country is on track to achieve all nine voluntary global NCD targets for 2025, according to the Director-General’s report, which appealed to member countries for input on how they can […] Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Executive Board Debates New Strategy for Health Agency, Funding Solutions and Disease Threats 22/01/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A week long meeting of WHO’s Executive Board kicked off on Monday with plans for a fresh WHO multi-year strategy, a new “Investment Fund” to help finance it – and a warning by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom that he was “gravely concerned” that WHO member states would fail to adopt a global pandemic accord […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts