At Pandemic’s Two Year Milestone: More Investment in the World’s Nurses is Needed – Now 11/03/2022 Howard Catton The applause has long ceased – while the ongoing pressures of the pandemic have left long-term scars on the physical, moral and mental health of the world’s nurses. Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, governments need to offer better solutions. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic, and the world […] Continue reading -> Mariupol Maternity Hospital Bombed, as Scientists Warn of Looming Nuclear Danger 09/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A maternity and children´s hospital in the southern Ukranian city of Mariupol was bombed Wednesday, reportedly injuring 17 people, while WHO warned that Ukrainians who manage to escape direct injury in Russian bombings and shellings face hypothermia, frostbite and respiratory diseases, as well as conflict-related trauma – while the lack of access to treatment for […] Continue reading -> As Medical Supplies Reach Kyiv, WHO Vows to Keep ‘Health Diplomacy’ Alive 08/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get five tonnes of surgical supplies into the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv – although it did not want to disclose how it did so. WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic, who is in Lviv in western Ukraine, said the global body had received confirmation that the medical supplies […] Continue reading -> As Ukrainians Flee, WHO Stresses Importance of Lifesaving NCD Care for Refugees and Migrants 01/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan As streams of Ukrainians leave their country to escape from Russian attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that they, and other migrants and refugees, are not being included in programmes to treat critical non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like diabetes, that can be deadly if treatment is not maintained. WHO’s NCD Director Dr Bente Mikkelsen […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> EU Health Commissioner Calls for More Preparedness on Eve of EU-AU Summit 17/02/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher European Union President Charles Michel congratulated African countries for their efforts to stimulate more vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent, in a upbeat opening address at the European Union-African Union Summit, which began Thursday. But in a more sobering note Wednesday, Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, called on global health […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Health For Peace’ Initiative Hits Crosscurrents in WHO Executive Board Debate 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman An innovative WHO “Health for Peace Initiative” that aims to build bridges in conflict zone and humanitarian settings through global health initiatives ran into some rough waters at last week’s Executive Board meeting – with the United States saying that it should include a human rights element – while Russia warned WHO against “politicizing” its […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mariupol Maternity Hospital Bombed, as Scientists Warn of Looming Nuclear Danger 09/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan A maternity and children´s hospital in the southern Ukranian city of Mariupol was bombed Wednesday, reportedly injuring 17 people, while WHO warned that Ukrainians who manage to escape direct injury in Russian bombings and shellings face hypothermia, frostbite and respiratory diseases, as well as conflict-related trauma – while the lack of access to treatment for […] Continue reading -> As Medical Supplies Reach Kyiv, WHO Vows to Keep ‘Health Diplomacy’ Alive 08/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get five tonnes of surgical supplies into the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv – although it did not want to disclose how it did so. WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic, who is in Lviv in western Ukraine, said the global body had received confirmation that the medical supplies […] Continue reading -> As Ukrainians Flee, WHO Stresses Importance of Lifesaving NCD Care for Refugees and Migrants 01/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan As streams of Ukrainians leave their country to escape from Russian attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that they, and other migrants and refugees, are not being included in programmes to treat critical non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like diabetes, that can be deadly if treatment is not maintained. WHO’s NCD Director Dr Bente Mikkelsen […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> EU Health Commissioner Calls for More Preparedness on Eve of EU-AU Summit 17/02/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher European Union President Charles Michel congratulated African countries for their efforts to stimulate more vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent, in a upbeat opening address at the European Union-African Union Summit, which began Thursday. But in a more sobering note Wednesday, Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, called on global health […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Health For Peace’ Initiative Hits Crosscurrents in WHO Executive Board Debate 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman An innovative WHO “Health for Peace Initiative” that aims to build bridges in conflict zone and humanitarian settings through global health initiatives ran into some rough waters at last week’s Executive Board meeting – with the United States saying that it should include a human rights element – while Russia warned WHO against “politicizing” its […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Medical Supplies Reach Kyiv, WHO Vows to Keep ‘Health Diplomacy’ Alive 08/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has managed to get five tonnes of surgical supplies into the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv – although it did not want to disclose how it did so. WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic, who is in Lviv in western Ukraine, said the global body had received confirmation that the medical supplies […] Continue reading -> As Ukrainians Flee, WHO Stresses Importance of Lifesaving NCD Care for Refugees and Migrants 01/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan As streams of Ukrainians leave their country to escape from Russian attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that they, and other migrants and refugees, are not being included in programmes to treat critical non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like diabetes, that can be deadly if treatment is not maintained. WHO’s NCD Director Dr Bente Mikkelsen […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> EU Health Commissioner Calls for More Preparedness on Eve of EU-AU Summit 17/02/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher European Union President Charles Michel congratulated African countries for their efforts to stimulate more vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent, in a upbeat opening address at the European Union-African Union Summit, which began Thursday. But in a more sobering note Wednesday, Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, called on global health […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Health For Peace’ Initiative Hits Crosscurrents in WHO Executive Board Debate 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman An innovative WHO “Health for Peace Initiative” that aims to build bridges in conflict zone and humanitarian settings through global health initiatives ran into some rough waters at last week’s Executive Board meeting – with the United States saying that it should include a human rights element – while Russia warned WHO against “politicizing” its […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Ukrainians Flee, WHO Stresses Importance of Lifesaving NCD Care for Refugees and Migrants 01/03/2022 Kerry Cullinan As streams of Ukrainians leave their country to escape from Russian attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that they, and other migrants and refugees, are not being included in programmes to treat critical non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like diabetes, that can be deadly if treatment is not maintained. WHO’s NCD Director Dr Bente Mikkelsen […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> EU Health Commissioner Calls for More Preparedness on Eve of EU-AU Summit 17/02/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher European Union President Charles Michel congratulated African countries for their efforts to stimulate more vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent, in a upbeat opening address at the European Union-African Union Summit, which began Thursday. But in a more sobering note Wednesday, Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, called on global health […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Health For Peace’ Initiative Hits Crosscurrents in WHO Executive Board Debate 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman An innovative WHO “Health for Peace Initiative” that aims to build bridges in conflict zone and humanitarian settings through global health initiatives ran into some rough waters at last week’s Executive Board meeting – with the United States saying that it should include a human rights element – while Russia warned WHO against “politicizing” its […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> EU Health Commissioner Calls for More Preparedness on Eve of EU-AU Summit 17/02/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher European Union President Charles Michel congratulated African countries for their efforts to stimulate more vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent, in a upbeat opening address at the European Union-African Union Summit, which began Thursday. But in a more sobering note Wednesday, Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, called on global health […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Health For Peace’ Initiative Hits Crosscurrents in WHO Executive Board Debate 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman An innovative WHO “Health for Peace Initiative” that aims to build bridges in conflict zone and humanitarian settings through global health initiatives ran into some rough waters at last week’s Executive Board meeting – with the United States saying that it should include a human rights element – while Russia warned WHO against “politicizing” its […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> EU Health Commissioner Calls for More Preparedness on Eve of EU-AU Summit 17/02/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher European Union President Charles Michel congratulated African countries for their efforts to stimulate more vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent, in a upbeat opening address at the European Union-African Union Summit, which began Thursday. But in a more sobering note Wednesday, Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, called on global health […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Health For Peace’ Initiative Hits Crosscurrents in WHO Executive Board Debate 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman An innovative WHO “Health for Peace Initiative” that aims to build bridges in conflict zone and humanitarian settings through global health initiatives ran into some rough waters at last week’s Executive Board meeting – with the United States saying that it should include a human rights element – while Russia warned WHO against “politicizing” its […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
EU Health Commissioner Calls for More Preparedness on Eve of EU-AU Summit 17/02/2022 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher European Union President Charles Michel congratulated African countries for their efforts to stimulate more vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent, in a upbeat opening address at the European Union-African Union Summit, which began Thursday. But in a more sobering note Wednesday, Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, called on global health […] Continue reading -> WHO ‘Health For Peace’ Initiative Hits Crosscurrents in WHO Executive Board Debate 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman An innovative WHO “Health for Peace Initiative” that aims to build bridges in conflict zone and humanitarian settings through global health initiatives ran into some rough waters at last week’s Executive Board meeting – with the United States saying that it should include a human rights element – while Russia warned WHO against “politicizing” its […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO ‘Health For Peace’ Initiative Hits Crosscurrents in WHO Executive Board Debate 31/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman An innovative WHO “Health for Peace Initiative” that aims to build bridges in conflict zone and humanitarian settings through global health initiatives ran into some rough waters at last week’s Executive Board meeting – with the United States saying that it should include a human rights element – while Russia warned WHO against “politicizing” its […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tobacco Industry ‘Used COVID-19’ to Influence Governments Especially in Switzerland, Index Finds 02/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry used the COVID-19 pandemic to ingratiate itself with governments around the world and win concessions for their harmful products, according to a review of 80 countries analyzed in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021, which was released on Tuesday. It wasn’t simply economically vulnerable countries that were susceptible to industry influence. […] Continue reading -> Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global COVID-19 Deaths: 5 Million and Counting 02/11/2021 Raisa Santos More than 5 million people have officially died from COVID-19 less than two years into the global pandemic. COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke. There have been 5,003,021 COVID-19 related deaths as of 1 November, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. In the United States, 746,021 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts