Indian Generic Companies Are Ready to Make Merck’s COVID-19 Antiviral Pill 04/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Indian generic drug manufacturers are poised to make the antiviral pill, molnupiravir, which halved hospitalisations in a trial of high-risk people with COVID-19. Merck, which developed molnupiravir in collaboration with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, has awarded non-exclusive, voluntary licensing agreements to eight generic companies in India since April in anticipation of positive trial results. According to Merck, […] Continue reading -> As 70% of EU Adults are Vaccinated, Europe Proposes New Travel Restrictions 31/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As the European Union (EU) announced on Tuesday that 70% of its adults had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, it recommended reimposing restrictions on travellers from the US, Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. On 8 June, the six were included on an EU Council list of “safe countries” identified for the relaxing of […] Continue reading -> New Global Recommendations for Human Genome Editing may Improve Use to Cure and Treat Diseases 12/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Human genome editing has great potential to improve health and serve as a tool for public health, according to two landmark WHO reports, the world’s first to issue global recommendations on the safe, effective, and ethical use of human genome editing. “These new reports from WHO’s Expert Advisory Committee represent a leap forward for this […] Continue reading -> Anti-Smoking Campaigns Launched In Eight Countries to Mark World No Tobacco Day 04/06/2021 Raisa Santos Eight campaigns and initiatives aimed at encouraging people to quit smoking were launched this week by Vital Strategies and partners to mark World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2021. Tobacco use is the single greatest source of preventable death and disease worldwide – responsible for eight million deaths each year and the theme […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – United States Unveils Global Vaccine Sharing Scheme for 80 Million Doses by End June 03/06/2021 Editorial team United States President Joe Biden on Thusday unveiled a detailed strategy for sharing 80 million surplus US COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries in need by the end of June. A detailed allocation plan for the first 25 million of those vaccine doses calls for sharing 75% through the WHO-cosponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – […] Continue reading -> WHO Admits To Failures In Fight Against Sex Scandals: Announces Scale-Up Against Abuse Issues 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A special strategic meeting at the 74th World Health Assembly on Friday discussed how the World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up powers to investigate sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in emergency situations. WHO officials said this effort involves a “mass of inspectors” to prioritise investigations in at least eight countries. The intervention comes in […] Continue reading -> HIV and TB Patients Face New Barriers To Accessing Services In COVID-19 Era 08/04/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Pavel Aksenov, Oleksandr Zeziulin & Tetiana Deshko In the past year, across all non-COVID conditions, routine health care has changed. GPs feel that acute care has been compromised due to their own changed focus, and because patients consult less frequently for non-COVID conditions. For HIV and TB communities, both diseases exacerbated by poverty and marginalisation, these impacts are particularly acute. The World […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Call For New Treaty To Bolster Resilience Against Future Pandemics 30/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fundamental flaws in the global health architecture, a proposal for a new pandemic treaty that could strengthen the world’s capacity to contain the current pandemic and prepare for future ones, is gaining momentum. That was a key message at a World Health Organization (WHO) launch of an open letter by […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As 70% of EU Adults are Vaccinated, Europe Proposes New Travel Restrictions 31/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As the European Union (EU) announced on Tuesday that 70% of its adults had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, it recommended reimposing restrictions on travellers from the US, Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. On 8 June, the six were included on an EU Council list of “safe countries” identified for the relaxing of […] Continue reading -> New Global Recommendations for Human Genome Editing may Improve Use to Cure and Treat Diseases 12/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Human genome editing has great potential to improve health and serve as a tool for public health, according to two landmark WHO reports, the world’s first to issue global recommendations on the safe, effective, and ethical use of human genome editing. “These new reports from WHO’s Expert Advisory Committee represent a leap forward for this […] Continue reading -> Anti-Smoking Campaigns Launched In Eight Countries to Mark World No Tobacco Day 04/06/2021 Raisa Santos Eight campaigns and initiatives aimed at encouraging people to quit smoking were launched this week by Vital Strategies and partners to mark World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2021. Tobacco use is the single greatest source of preventable death and disease worldwide – responsible for eight million deaths each year and the theme […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – United States Unveils Global Vaccine Sharing Scheme for 80 Million Doses by End June 03/06/2021 Editorial team United States President Joe Biden on Thusday unveiled a detailed strategy for sharing 80 million surplus US COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries in need by the end of June. A detailed allocation plan for the first 25 million of those vaccine doses calls for sharing 75% through the WHO-cosponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – […] Continue reading -> WHO Admits To Failures In Fight Against Sex Scandals: Announces Scale-Up Against Abuse Issues 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A special strategic meeting at the 74th World Health Assembly on Friday discussed how the World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up powers to investigate sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in emergency situations. WHO officials said this effort involves a “mass of inspectors” to prioritise investigations in at least eight countries. The intervention comes in […] Continue reading -> HIV and TB Patients Face New Barriers To Accessing Services In COVID-19 Era 08/04/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Pavel Aksenov, Oleksandr Zeziulin & Tetiana Deshko In the past year, across all non-COVID conditions, routine health care has changed. GPs feel that acute care has been compromised due to their own changed focus, and because patients consult less frequently for non-COVID conditions. For HIV and TB communities, both diseases exacerbated by poverty and marginalisation, these impacts are particularly acute. The World […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Call For New Treaty To Bolster Resilience Against Future Pandemics 30/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fundamental flaws in the global health architecture, a proposal for a new pandemic treaty that could strengthen the world’s capacity to contain the current pandemic and prepare for future ones, is gaining momentum. That was a key message at a World Health Organization (WHO) launch of an open letter by […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Global Recommendations for Human Genome Editing may Improve Use to Cure and Treat Diseases 12/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Human genome editing has great potential to improve health and serve as a tool for public health, according to two landmark WHO reports, the world’s first to issue global recommendations on the safe, effective, and ethical use of human genome editing. “These new reports from WHO’s Expert Advisory Committee represent a leap forward for this […] Continue reading -> Anti-Smoking Campaigns Launched In Eight Countries to Mark World No Tobacco Day 04/06/2021 Raisa Santos Eight campaigns and initiatives aimed at encouraging people to quit smoking were launched this week by Vital Strategies and partners to mark World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2021. Tobacco use is the single greatest source of preventable death and disease worldwide – responsible for eight million deaths each year and the theme […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – United States Unveils Global Vaccine Sharing Scheme for 80 Million Doses by End June 03/06/2021 Editorial team United States President Joe Biden on Thusday unveiled a detailed strategy for sharing 80 million surplus US COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries in need by the end of June. A detailed allocation plan for the first 25 million of those vaccine doses calls for sharing 75% through the WHO-cosponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – […] Continue reading -> WHO Admits To Failures In Fight Against Sex Scandals: Announces Scale-Up Against Abuse Issues 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A special strategic meeting at the 74th World Health Assembly on Friday discussed how the World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up powers to investigate sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in emergency situations. WHO officials said this effort involves a “mass of inspectors” to prioritise investigations in at least eight countries. The intervention comes in […] Continue reading -> HIV and TB Patients Face New Barriers To Accessing Services In COVID-19 Era 08/04/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Pavel Aksenov, Oleksandr Zeziulin & Tetiana Deshko In the past year, across all non-COVID conditions, routine health care has changed. GPs feel that acute care has been compromised due to their own changed focus, and because patients consult less frequently for non-COVID conditions. For HIV and TB communities, both diseases exacerbated by poverty and marginalisation, these impacts are particularly acute. The World […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Call For New Treaty To Bolster Resilience Against Future Pandemics 30/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fundamental flaws in the global health architecture, a proposal for a new pandemic treaty that could strengthen the world’s capacity to contain the current pandemic and prepare for future ones, is gaining momentum. That was a key message at a World Health Organization (WHO) launch of an open letter by […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Anti-Smoking Campaigns Launched In Eight Countries to Mark World No Tobacco Day 04/06/2021 Raisa Santos Eight campaigns and initiatives aimed at encouraging people to quit smoking were launched this week by Vital Strategies and partners to mark World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2021. Tobacco use is the single greatest source of preventable death and disease worldwide – responsible for eight million deaths each year and the theme […] Continue reading -> BREAKING – United States Unveils Global Vaccine Sharing Scheme for 80 Million Doses by End June 03/06/2021 Editorial team United States President Joe Biden on Thusday unveiled a detailed strategy for sharing 80 million surplus US COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries in need by the end of June. A detailed allocation plan for the first 25 million of those vaccine doses calls for sharing 75% through the WHO-cosponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – […] Continue reading -> WHO Admits To Failures In Fight Against Sex Scandals: Announces Scale-Up Against Abuse Issues 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A special strategic meeting at the 74th World Health Assembly on Friday discussed how the World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up powers to investigate sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in emergency situations. WHO officials said this effort involves a “mass of inspectors” to prioritise investigations in at least eight countries. The intervention comes in […] Continue reading -> HIV and TB Patients Face New Barriers To Accessing Services In COVID-19 Era 08/04/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Pavel Aksenov, Oleksandr Zeziulin & Tetiana Deshko In the past year, across all non-COVID conditions, routine health care has changed. GPs feel that acute care has been compromised due to their own changed focus, and because patients consult less frequently for non-COVID conditions. For HIV and TB communities, both diseases exacerbated by poverty and marginalisation, these impacts are particularly acute. The World […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Call For New Treaty To Bolster Resilience Against Future Pandemics 30/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fundamental flaws in the global health architecture, a proposal for a new pandemic treaty that could strengthen the world’s capacity to contain the current pandemic and prepare for future ones, is gaining momentum. That was a key message at a World Health Organization (WHO) launch of an open letter by […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
BREAKING – United States Unveils Global Vaccine Sharing Scheme for 80 Million Doses by End June 03/06/2021 Editorial team United States President Joe Biden on Thusday unveiled a detailed strategy for sharing 80 million surplus US COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries in need by the end of June. A detailed allocation plan for the first 25 million of those vaccine doses calls for sharing 75% through the WHO-cosponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – […] Continue reading -> WHO Admits To Failures In Fight Against Sex Scandals: Announces Scale-Up Against Abuse Issues 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A special strategic meeting at the 74th World Health Assembly on Friday discussed how the World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up powers to investigate sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in emergency situations. WHO officials said this effort involves a “mass of inspectors” to prioritise investigations in at least eight countries. The intervention comes in […] Continue reading -> HIV and TB Patients Face New Barriers To Accessing Services In COVID-19 Era 08/04/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Pavel Aksenov, Oleksandr Zeziulin & Tetiana Deshko In the past year, across all non-COVID conditions, routine health care has changed. GPs feel that acute care has been compromised due to their own changed focus, and because patients consult less frequently for non-COVID conditions. For HIV and TB communities, both diseases exacerbated by poverty and marginalisation, these impacts are particularly acute. The World […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Call For New Treaty To Bolster Resilience Against Future Pandemics 30/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fundamental flaws in the global health architecture, a proposal for a new pandemic treaty that could strengthen the world’s capacity to contain the current pandemic and prepare for future ones, is gaining momentum. That was a key message at a World Health Organization (WHO) launch of an open letter by […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Admits To Failures In Fight Against Sex Scandals: Announces Scale-Up Against Abuse Issues 28/05/2021 Chandre Prince A special strategic meeting at the 74th World Health Assembly on Friday discussed how the World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up powers to investigate sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in emergency situations. WHO officials said this effort involves a “mass of inspectors” to prioritise investigations in at least eight countries. The intervention comes in […] Continue reading -> HIV and TB Patients Face New Barriers To Accessing Services In COVID-19 Era 08/04/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Pavel Aksenov, Oleksandr Zeziulin & Tetiana Deshko In the past year, across all non-COVID conditions, routine health care has changed. GPs feel that acute care has been compromised due to their own changed focus, and because patients consult less frequently for non-COVID conditions. For HIV and TB communities, both diseases exacerbated by poverty and marginalisation, these impacts are particularly acute. The World […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Call For New Treaty To Bolster Resilience Against Future Pandemics 30/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fundamental flaws in the global health architecture, a proposal for a new pandemic treaty that could strengthen the world’s capacity to contain the current pandemic and prepare for future ones, is gaining momentum. That was a key message at a World Health Organization (WHO) launch of an open letter by […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
HIV and TB Patients Face New Barriers To Accessing Services In COVID-19 Era 08/04/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Pavel Aksenov, Oleksandr Zeziulin & Tetiana Deshko In the past year, across all non-COVID conditions, routine health care has changed. GPs feel that acute care has been compromised due to their own changed focus, and because patients consult less frequently for non-COVID conditions. For HIV and TB communities, both diseases exacerbated by poverty and marginalisation, these impacts are particularly acute. The World […] Continue reading -> Global Leaders Call For New Treaty To Bolster Resilience Against Future Pandemics 30/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fundamental flaws in the global health architecture, a proposal for a new pandemic treaty that could strengthen the world’s capacity to contain the current pandemic and prepare for future ones, is gaining momentum. That was a key message at a World Health Organization (WHO) launch of an open letter by […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Leaders Call For New Treaty To Bolster Resilience Against Future Pandemics 30/03/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed fundamental flaws in the global health architecture, a proposal for a new pandemic treaty that could strengthen the world’s capacity to contain the current pandemic and prepare for future ones, is gaining momentum. That was a key message at a World Health Organization (WHO) launch of an open letter by […] Continue reading -> As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Rich Countries Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines – Will Developing Countries Miss Out? 09/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While some of the world’s richest countries have now stockpiled more COVID vaccines than they have people to inject, the world’s 67 poorest countries may only be able to vaccinate 1 in 10 people against COVID-19 next year, unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts