Europe Is Struggling to Keep its Health Systems Afloat 28/09/2023 Stefan Anderson BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria – European health systems, among the best-funded and most equitable in the world, face a barrage of threats to their long-term stability, highlighting the difficulty of achieving and maintaining universal health coverage even in the world’s wealthiest regions. Experts and political leaders from across the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European region are […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues New Advice to Schools on Tobacco- and Nicotine-Free Campuses 27/09/2023 Sanika Santhosh WHO has stepped up its counteroffensive against tobacco companies that market cigarettes and other tobacco products to teens – with the release of a new set of guidance for school-based anti-smoking policies. The guidance, “Freedom from Tobacco and Nicotine: Guide for Schools,” and “Nicotine- and Tobacco-free School Implementation Toolkit”, aims to support school policies banning […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Sound Alarm on Sustainable Development Goals at UN SDG Summit 18/09/2023 Stefan Anderson NEW YORK CITY – World leaders issued a political declaration Monday warning that the world is nowhere close to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) it set in 2015. The declaration, adopted at the first UN high-level political forum on the SDGs since 2019, comes at a time when progress on the goals has been […] Continue reading -> Russia and Allies Refuse to Support High Level UN Declarations on Health and Sustainable Development Goals 18/09/2023 Kerry Cullinan Eleven conservative countries have declared that they will not support the adoption of the political declarations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR), universal health coverage (UHC), and tuberculosis (TB) on the United Nations agenda this week. Although the countries did not raise their objections during Monday’s SDG Summit, the […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Treaty: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly – An Interview With Larry Gostin 14/09/2023 Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan Lawrence O. Gostin is “confident” that countries will adopt a pandemic accord at the 2024 World Health Assembly. The question is whether it will include the kind of “robust norms” necessary to ensure that the new accord is “transformative” with respect to correcting disparities and injustices uncovered in the last pandemic, and effective in its […] Continue reading -> Thousands to March on UN to Demand Biden End Fossil Fuels Ahead of Climate Summit 12/09/2023 Stefan Anderson Thousands of people and hundreds of civil society organisations are expected to march in New York City this weekend to call on US President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to stop the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the country. The march is one of over 400 marches, rallies and protests worldwide coordinated […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit Record $7 Trillion in 2022 – International Monetary Fund 30/08/2023 Stefan Anderson Global fossil fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion in 2022 – $2 trillion more than in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its 2023 report on fuel subsidy trends. The increase comes despite the mounting damage being caused by climate change, and clear scientific evidence that phasing out subsidies would […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Issues New Advice to Schools on Tobacco- and Nicotine-Free Campuses 27/09/2023 Sanika Santhosh WHO has stepped up its counteroffensive against tobacco companies that market cigarettes and other tobacco products to teens – with the release of a new set of guidance for school-based anti-smoking policies. The guidance, “Freedom from Tobacco and Nicotine: Guide for Schools,” and “Nicotine- and Tobacco-free School Implementation Toolkit”, aims to support school policies banning […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Sound Alarm on Sustainable Development Goals at UN SDG Summit 18/09/2023 Stefan Anderson NEW YORK CITY – World leaders issued a political declaration Monday warning that the world is nowhere close to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) it set in 2015. The declaration, adopted at the first UN high-level political forum on the SDGs since 2019, comes at a time when progress on the goals has been […] Continue reading -> Russia and Allies Refuse to Support High Level UN Declarations on Health and Sustainable Development Goals 18/09/2023 Kerry Cullinan Eleven conservative countries have declared that they will not support the adoption of the political declarations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR), universal health coverage (UHC), and tuberculosis (TB) on the United Nations agenda this week. Although the countries did not raise their objections during Monday’s SDG Summit, the […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Treaty: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly – An Interview With Larry Gostin 14/09/2023 Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan Lawrence O. Gostin is “confident” that countries will adopt a pandemic accord at the 2024 World Health Assembly. The question is whether it will include the kind of “robust norms” necessary to ensure that the new accord is “transformative” with respect to correcting disparities and injustices uncovered in the last pandemic, and effective in its […] Continue reading -> Thousands to March on UN to Demand Biden End Fossil Fuels Ahead of Climate Summit 12/09/2023 Stefan Anderson Thousands of people and hundreds of civil society organisations are expected to march in New York City this weekend to call on US President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to stop the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the country. The march is one of over 400 marches, rallies and protests worldwide coordinated […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit Record $7 Trillion in 2022 – International Monetary Fund 30/08/2023 Stefan Anderson Global fossil fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion in 2022 – $2 trillion more than in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its 2023 report on fuel subsidy trends. The increase comes despite the mounting damage being caused by climate change, and clear scientific evidence that phasing out subsidies would […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Leaders Sound Alarm on Sustainable Development Goals at UN SDG Summit 18/09/2023 Stefan Anderson NEW YORK CITY – World leaders issued a political declaration Monday warning that the world is nowhere close to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) it set in 2015. The declaration, adopted at the first UN high-level political forum on the SDGs since 2019, comes at a time when progress on the goals has been […] Continue reading -> Russia and Allies Refuse to Support High Level UN Declarations on Health and Sustainable Development Goals 18/09/2023 Kerry Cullinan Eleven conservative countries have declared that they will not support the adoption of the political declarations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR), universal health coverage (UHC), and tuberculosis (TB) on the United Nations agenda this week. Although the countries did not raise their objections during Monday’s SDG Summit, the […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Treaty: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly – An Interview With Larry Gostin 14/09/2023 Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan Lawrence O. Gostin is “confident” that countries will adopt a pandemic accord at the 2024 World Health Assembly. The question is whether it will include the kind of “robust norms” necessary to ensure that the new accord is “transformative” with respect to correcting disparities and injustices uncovered in the last pandemic, and effective in its […] Continue reading -> Thousands to March on UN to Demand Biden End Fossil Fuels Ahead of Climate Summit 12/09/2023 Stefan Anderson Thousands of people and hundreds of civil society organisations are expected to march in New York City this weekend to call on US President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to stop the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the country. The march is one of over 400 marches, rallies and protests worldwide coordinated […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit Record $7 Trillion in 2022 – International Monetary Fund 30/08/2023 Stefan Anderson Global fossil fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion in 2022 – $2 trillion more than in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its 2023 report on fuel subsidy trends. The increase comes despite the mounting damage being caused by climate change, and clear scientific evidence that phasing out subsidies would […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Russia and Allies Refuse to Support High Level UN Declarations on Health and Sustainable Development Goals 18/09/2023 Kerry Cullinan Eleven conservative countries have declared that they will not support the adoption of the political declarations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR), universal health coverage (UHC), and tuberculosis (TB) on the United Nations agenda this week. Although the countries did not raise their objections during Monday’s SDG Summit, the […] Continue reading -> WHO Pandemic Treaty: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly – An Interview With Larry Gostin 14/09/2023 Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan Lawrence O. Gostin is “confident” that countries will adopt a pandemic accord at the 2024 World Health Assembly. The question is whether it will include the kind of “robust norms” necessary to ensure that the new accord is “transformative” with respect to correcting disparities and injustices uncovered in the last pandemic, and effective in its […] Continue reading -> Thousands to March on UN to Demand Biden End Fossil Fuels Ahead of Climate Summit 12/09/2023 Stefan Anderson Thousands of people and hundreds of civil society organisations are expected to march in New York City this weekend to call on US President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to stop the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the country. The march is one of over 400 marches, rallies and protests worldwide coordinated […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit Record $7 Trillion in 2022 – International Monetary Fund 30/08/2023 Stefan Anderson Global fossil fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion in 2022 – $2 trillion more than in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its 2023 report on fuel subsidy trends. The increase comes despite the mounting damage being caused by climate change, and clear scientific evidence that phasing out subsidies would […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Pandemic Treaty: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly – An Interview With Larry Gostin 14/09/2023 Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan Lawrence O. Gostin is “confident” that countries will adopt a pandemic accord at the 2024 World Health Assembly. The question is whether it will include the kind of “robust norms” necessary to ensure that the new accord is “transformative” with respect to correcting disparities and injustices uncovered in the last pandemic, and effective in its […] Continue reading -> Thousands to March on UN to Demand Biden End Fossil Fuels Ahead of Climate Summit 12/09/2023 Stefan Anderson Thousands of people and hundreds of civil society organisations are expected to march in New York City this weekend to call on US President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to stop the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the country. The march is one of over 400 marches, rallies and protests worldwide coordinated […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit Record $7 Trillion in 2022 – International Monetary Fund 30/08/2023 Stefan Anderson Global fossil fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion in 2022 – $2 trillion more than in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its 2023 report on fuel subsidy trends. The increase comes despite the mounting damage being caused by climate change, and clear scientific evidence that phasing out subsidies would […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Thousands to March on UN to Demand Biden End Fossil Fuels Ahead of Climate Summit 12/09/2023 Stefan Anderson Thousands of people and hundreds of civil society organisations are expected to march in New York City this weekend to call on US President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to stop the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the country. The march is one of over 400 marches, rallies and protests worldwide coordinated […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit Record $7 Trillion in 2022 – International Monetary Fund 30/08/2023 Stefan Anderson Global fossil fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion in 2022 – $2 trillion more than in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its 2023 report on fuel subsidy trends. The increase comes despite the mounting damage being caused by climate change, and clear scientific evidence that phasing out subsidies would […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit Record $7 Trillion in 2022 – International Monetary Fund 30/08/2023 Stefan Anderson Global fossil fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion in 2022 – $2 trillion more than in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its 2023 report on fuel subsidy trends. The increase comes despite the mounting damage being caused by climate change, and clear scientific evidence that phasing out subsidies would […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Agreement on TB Drug is ‘Stop Gap’ That Excludes High-Burden Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 14/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The licensing agreement reached between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the Stop TB Partnership on Thursday to allow the generic production of the tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline, is simply a “stop-gap” measure that applies to a limited number of countries, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At least nine countries in the Eastern Europe and Central […] Continue reading -> World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Set to Miss 2030 Hunger Eradication Target by 600 Million People 13/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The world is on track to miss the United Nations’ target of eradicating hunger by 2030 by 600 million people, according to a flagship UN report on food security released Wednesday. The report, jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts