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WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: WHAT ARE THE HOT TOPICS The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy LAWS GOVERNING GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES NEED REFORM The International Health Regulations are in need of reform, experts say – to create a more nuanced system of alerting the public about international health emergencies that goes beyond the existing yes-no decision, and to improve compliance to IHR laws by member states during such outbreaks. A high level panel of experts reviewed keyconcerns
WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES REVIEW : CANCER DRUGS, INSULIN Expanding access to costly cancer treatments and the high price of new generation insulin formulas were among the controversial topics of debate today as the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines convened for its biennial update of the list of over 400 drugs deemed most essential for treating public health needsglobally.
GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATING KARACHI PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR US A Pakistani healthcare worker listens to a child’s lungs for signs of pulmonary tuberculosis; Pakistan ranks fifth worldwide in TB burden. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – EXCLUSIVE – The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Pakistan’s Health Ministry are investigating a private sector hospital in Karachi for alleged mismanagement of some US$ 4.2 million in Global Fund COUNTRIES FALLING BEHIND IN MEETING NONCOMMUNICABLE Governments are falling behind in the battle against a “global epidemic” of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), say two new reports by the World Health Organization and the NCD Alliance, launched on the first day of a Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Many countries are stalled in implementing basic prevention policies, such as reducing tobacco and harmful EU DISPUTES NEW TURKISH RULES REQUIRING PHARMA TO PRODUCE The European Union last week brought a dispute against Turkey at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over new Turkish measures that would require pharmaceutical companies to move drug production to the country in order for those drugs to be eligible for reimbursement under the Turkish health system. “Turkey is discriminating againstEU
HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking EMA APPROVES EXPANDED COVID VACCINE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY The manufacturing of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has officially authorized expanded capacity in three new vaccine manufacturing facilities on the continent producing AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines – a move that the agency says should also help pharma suppliers ramp up their deliveries of now scarce vaccines to WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ON A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: WHAT ARE THE HOT TOPICS The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy LAWS GOVERNING GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES NEED REFORM The International Health Regulations are in need of reform, experts say – to create a more nuanced system of alerting the public about international health emergencies that goes beyond the existing yes-no decision, and to improve compliance to IHR laws by member states during such outbreaks. A high level panel of experts reviewed keyconcerns
WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES REVIEW : CANCER DRUGS, INSULIN Expanding access to costly cancer treatments and the high price of new generation insulin formulas were among the controversial topics of debate today as the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines convened for its biennial update of the list of over 400 drugs deemed most essential for treating public health needsglobally.
GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATING KARACHI PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR US A Pakistani healthcare worker listens to a child’s lungs for signs of pulmonary tuberculosis; Pakistan ranks fifth worldwide in TB burden. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – EXCLUSIVE – The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Pakistan’s Health Ministry are investigating a private sector hospital in Karachi for alleged mismanagement of some US$ 4.2 million in Global Fund COUNTRIES FALLING BEHIND IN MEETING NONCOMMUNICABLE Governments are falling behind in the battle against a “global epidemic” of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), say two new reports by the World Health Organization and the NCD Alliance, launched on the first day of a Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Many countries are stalled in implementing basic prevention policies, such as reducing tobacco and harmful EU DISPUTES NEW TURKISH RULES REQUIRING PHARMA TO PRODUCE The European Union last week brought a dispute against Turkey at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over new Turkish measures that would require pharmaceutical companies to move drug production to the country in order for those drugs to be eligible for reimbursement under the Turkish health system. “Turkey is discriminating againstEU
TOP GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY ISSUES When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards COVID-19 HAS 'SEVERELY' DISRUPTED CHRONIC DISEASE CARE A new survey by WHO has found that t he COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries.. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection and death. MIGRANTS STRUGGLE TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE, FIRST WHO STUDY OF Combat the infodemic in health information and support health policy reporting from the global South. Our growing network of journalists in Africa, Asia, Geneva and New York connect the dots between regional realities and the big global debates, with evidence-based, open accessnews and
CANCER DRUGS UNAFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS, TREATMENT COSTS Combat the infodemic in health information and support health policy reporting from the global South. Our growing network of journalists in Africa, Asia, Geneva and New York connect the dots between regional realities and the big global debates, with evidence-based, open accessnews and
COUNTRIES ARE FALLING BEHIND IN TACKLING NON-COMMUNICABLE Most countries in the world are not on track to reduce premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCD) by a third by 2030, according to a new NCD 2030 Countdown report published by The Lancet. “An estimated 150 million people will lose their lives too early from a noncommunicable disease over the next decade and right now NCDs are intensifying the impact of CHINESE SINOVAC VACCINE SHOWS REDUCED EFFICACY AGAINST Healthcare worker in Chile opens up the Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” COVID-19 vaccine. The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effectiveagainst
COUNTRIES FALLING BEHIND IN MEETING NONCOMMUNICABLE Governments are falling behind in the battle against a “global epidemic” of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), say two new reports by the World Health Organization and the NCD Alliance, launched on the first day of a Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Many countries are stalled in implementing basic prevention policies, such as reducing tobacco and harmful ETHIOPIA PASSES LANDMARK EXCISE TAX BILL ON CIGARETTES The share of total tax on the retail price of cigarettes was also very low in Ethiopia, averaging 33% in recent estimates, compared to the global average of 61%. WHO estimated that this legislation will increase the tax share of the average retail price of cigarettes to around 54%. Smoking poses serious health and economic challenges forEthiopia.
WHO PUBLISHES NEW DATA, FINDS COUNTRY VARIATIONS IN The World Health Organization published new data today that it says “reveals wide differences in consumption of antibiotics in different countries,” suggesting overuse and misuse of these life-saving medicines, which contributes to antibiotic resistance. INTERVIEW WITH BJÖRN KÜMMEL, VICE CHAIR, WHO EXECUTIVE As we reported last week, WHO is keen on defining independence and sustainability of its financing to be better prepared to address emergencies in the future. We spoke to Björn Kümmel, Deputy Head of Unit, Global Health, German Federal Ministry of Health and Vice Chair of the WHO Executive Board, who has been actively involvedconsistently in
HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking EMA APPROVES EXPANDED COVID VACCINE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY The manufacturing of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has officially authorized expanded capacity in three new vaccine manufacturing facilities on the continent producing AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines – a move that the agency says should also help pharma suppliers ramp up their deliveries of now scarce vaccines to WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ON A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: WHAT ARE THE HOT TOPICS The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES REVIEW : CANCER DRUGS, INSULIN Expanding access to costly cancer treatments and the high price of new generation insulin formulas were among the controversial topics of debate today as the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines convened for its biennial update of the list of over 400 drugs deemed most essential for treating public health needsglobally.
GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATING KARACHI PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR US A Pakistani healthcare worker listens to a child’s lungs for signs of pulmonary tuberculosis; Pakistan ranks fifth worldwide in TB burden. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – EXCLUSIVE – The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Pakistan’s Health Ministry are investigating a private sector hospital in Karachi for alleged mismanagement of some US$ 4.2 million in Global Fund COUNTRIES FALLING BEHIND IN MEETING NONCOMMUNICABLE Governments are falling behind in the battle against a “global epidemic” of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), say two new reports by the World Health Organization and the NCD Alliance, launched on the first day of a Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Many countries are stalled in implementing basic prevention policies, such as reducing tobacco and harmful EU DISPUTES NEW TURKISH RULES REQUIRING PHARMA TO PRODUCE The European Union last week brought a dispute against Turkey at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over new Turkish measures that would require pharmaceutical companies to move drug production to the country in order for those drugs to be eligible for reimbursement under the Turkish health system. “Turkey is discriminating againstEU
TAFENOQUINE
Tafenoquine, the first new drug to be developed in over 60 years to treat relapsing malaria, has in fact been around since the late 1970s, when researchers with the US Walter Reed Army Institute of Research first took note of its antimalarial properties. But the drug’s potential to cure relapsing malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, the less deadly but most widespread malaria HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking EMA APPROVES EXPANDED COVID VACCINE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY The manufacturing of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has officially authorized expanded capacity in three new vaccine manufacturing facilities on the continent producing AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines – a move that the agency says should also help pharma suppliers ramp up their deliveries of now scarce vaccines to WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ON A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: WHAT ARE THE HOT TOPICS The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES REVIEW : CANCER DRUGS, INSULIN Expanding access to costly cancer treatments and the high price of new generation insulin formulas were among the controversial topics of debate today as the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines convened for its biennial update of the list of over 400 drugs deemed most essential for treating public health needsglobally.
GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATING KARACHI PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR US A Pakistani healthcare worker listens to a child’s lungs for signs of pulmonary tuberculosis; Pakistan ranks fifth worldwide in TB burden. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – EXCLUSIVE – The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Pakistan’s Health Ministry are investigating a private sector hospital in Karachi for alleged mismanagement of some US$ 4.2 million in Global Fund COUNTRIES FALLING BEHIND IN MEETING NONCOMMUNICABLE Governments are falling behind in the battle against a “global epidemic” of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), say two new reports by the World Health Organization and the NCD Alliance, launched on the first day of a Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Many countries are stalled in implementing basic prevention policies, such as reducing tobacco and harmful EU DISPUTES NEW TURKISH RULES REQUIRING PHARMA TO PRODUCE The European Union last week brought a dispute against Turkey at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over new Turkish measures that would require pharmaceutical companies to move drug production to the country in order for those drugs to be eligible for reimbursement under the Turkish health system. “Turkey is discriminating againstEU
TAFENOQUINE
Tafenoquine, the first new drug to be developed in over 60 years to treat relapsing malaria, has in fact been around since the late 1970s, when researchers with the US Walter Reed Army Institute of Research first took note of its antimalarial properties. But the drug’s potential to cure relapsing malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, the less deadly but most widespread malaria TOP GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY ISSUES When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards COVID-19 HAS 'SEVERELY' DISRUPTED CHRONIC DISEASE CARE A new survey by WHO has found that t he COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries.. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection and death. MIGRANTS STRUGGLE TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE, FIRST WHO STUDY OF Combat the infodemic in health information and support health policy reporting from the global South. Our growing network of journalists in Africa, Asia, Geneva and New York connect the dots between regional realities and the big global debates, with evidence-based, open accessnews and
COUNTRIES ARE FALLING BEHIND IN TACKLING NON-COMMUNICABLE Most countries in the world are not on track to reduce premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCD) by a third by 2030, according to a new NCD 2030 Countdown report published by The Lancet. “An estimated 150 million people will lose their lives too early from a noncommunicable disease over the next decade and right now NCDs are intensifying the impact of CHINESE SINOVAC VACCINE SHOWS REDUCED EFFICACY AGAINST Healthcare worker in Chile opens up the Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” COVID-19 vaccine. The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effectiveagainst
COUNTRIES FALLING BEHIND IN MEETING NONCOMMUNICABLE Governments are falling behind in the battle against a “global epidemic” of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), say two new reports by the World Health Organization and the NCD Alliance, launched on the first day of a Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Many countries are stalled in implementing basic prevention policies, such as reducing tobacco and harmfulMENTAL HEALTH
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) can lead to physical disfiguration, stress and stigmatization, which leave lifelong impacts on the mental health of many of those infected, even after the disease itself iscured.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF EQUITABLE VACCINE & MEDICINES The WHO calls on countries to commit to the ACT Accelerator, calling it a “global solution” with economic benefits. The economic benefits to the economies of ten high income countries being asked to support the equitable, worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and tests would be 12 times the costs, a new report has found.. The study, undertaken by the global political risk WHO PUBLISHES NEW DATA, FINDS COUNTRY VARIATIONS IN The World Health Organization published new data today that it says “reveals wide differences in consumption of antibiotics in different countries,” suggesting overuse and misuse of these life-saving medicines, which contributes to antibiotic resistance. ETHIOPIA PASSES LANDMARK EXCISE TAX BILL ON CIGARETTES The share of total tax on the retail price of cigarettes was also very low in Ethiopia, averaging 33% in recent estimates, compared to the global average of 61%. WHO estimated that this legislation will increase the tax share of the average retail price of cigarettes to around 54%. Smoking poses serious health and economic challenges forEthiopia.
HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking EMA APPROVES EXPANDED COVID VACCINE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY The manufacturing of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has officially authorized expanded capacity in three new vaccine manufacturing facilities on the continent producing AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines – a move that the agency says should also help pharma suppliers ramp up their deliveries of now scarce vaccines to SARSCOV2 VIRUS HUNT: UNLOCK MYSTERIES OF MISSING DATA, BAT Animal parts (including from endangered species) go into the Chinese medicines sold at this market stall in Dali, Yunnan, China. A new appeal about the course of the SARS-CoV2 virus hunt, penned by an international group of scientists, urges WHO member states to seize the moment of the upcoming World Health Assembly to adopt a much tougher mandate, with more rigorous scientific COMPANY PUSHES CANADA TO GRANT COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR A Canadian pharmaceutical company, Biolyse, has agreed to provide Bolivia with 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine – as long as the Canadian government gives it a compulsory license to manufacture the vaccine. WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH WORKERS TO GET J&J VACCINE AS PART OF Cape Town – The first South African health workers will be vaccinated against SARS-CoV2 on Wednesday with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, instead of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was recently shown to be unable to stop mild or moderate infection against the B.1351 (501Y.V2) variant dominant in South Africa.. In a hastily assembled Plan B, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last CHINESE SINOVAC VACCINE SHOWS REDUCED EFFICACY AGAINST Healthcare worker in Chile opens up the Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” COVID-19 vaccine. The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effectiveagainst
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SLAM UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW KAMPALA – A chorus of human rights organizations, joined by the United Nations, have condemned Uganda’s controversial law that criminalizes same-sex relationships, sex work and imposes mandatory HIV testing on people accused of rape – calling on the east-central African country to amend the law as it would violate human rights standards and undermine public health. 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ON A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATING KARACHI PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR US A Pakistani healthcare worker listens to a child’s lungs for signs of pulmonary tuberculosis; Pakistan ranks fifth worldwide in TB burden. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – EXCLUSIVE – The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Pakistan’s Health Ministry are investigating a private sector hospital in Karachi for alleged mismanagement of some US$ 4.2 million in Global Fund HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking EMA APPROVES EXPANDED COVID VACCINE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY The manufacturing of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has officially authorized expanded capacity in three new vaccine manufacturing facilities on the continent producing AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines – a move that the agency says should also help pharma suppliers ramp up their deliveries of now scarce vaccines to SARSCOV2 VIRUS HUNT: UNLOCK MYSTERIES OF MISSING DATA, BAT Animal parts (including from endangered species) go into the Chinese medicines sold at this market stall in Dali, Yunnan, China. A new appeal about the course of the SARS-CoV2 virus hunt, penned by an international group of scientists, urges WHO member states to seize the moment of the upcoming World Health Assembly to adopt a much tougher mandate, with more rigorous scientific COMPANY PUSHES CANADA TO GRANT COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR A Canadian pharmaceutical company, Biolyse, has agreed to provide Bolivia with 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine – as long as the Canadian government gives it a compulsory license to manufacture the vaccine. WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH WORKERS TO GET J&J VACCINE AS PART OF Cape Town – The first South African health workers will be vaccinated against SARS-CoV2 on Wednesday with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, instead of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was recently shown to be unable to stop mild or moderate infection against the B.1351 (501Y.V2) variant dominant in South Africa.. In a hastily assembled Plan B, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last CHINESE SINOVAC VACCINE SHOWS REDUCED EFFICACY AGAINST Healthcare worker in Chile opens up the Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” COVID-19 vaccine. The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effectiveagainst
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SLAM UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW KAMPALA – A chorus of human rights organizations, joined by the United Nations, have condemned Uganda’s controversial law that criminalizes same-sex relationships, sex work and imposes mandatory HIV testing on people accused of rape – calling on the east-central African country to amend the law as it would violate human rights standards and undermine public health. 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ON A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATING KARACHI PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR US A Pakistani healthcare worker listens to a child’s lungs for signs of pulmonary tuberculosis; Pakistan ranks fifth worldwide in TB burden. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – EXCLUSIVE – The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Pakistan’s Health Ministry are investigating a private sector hospital in Karachi for alleged mismanagement of some US$ 4.2 million in Global Fund SARSCOV2 VIRUS HUNT: UNLOCK MYSTERIES OF MISSING DATA, BAT Animal parts (including from endangered species) go into the Chinese medicines sold at this market stall in Dali, Yunnan, China. A new appeal about the course of the SARS-CoV2 virus hunt, penned by an international group of scientists, urges WHO member states to seize the moment of the upcoming World Health Assembly to adopt a much tougher mandate, with more rigorous scientific MIGRANTS STRUGGLE TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE, FIRST WHO STUDY OF Combat the infodemic in health information and support health policy reporting from the global South. Our growing network of journalists in Africa, Asia, Geneva and New York connect the dots between regional realities and the big global debates, with evidence-based, open accessnews and
TOP GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY ISSUES When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN EXACERBATED BY COVID-19 The situation in Eastern Uganda is just a snapshot of a pervasive global problem. Approximately 1 billion children every year are affected by physical, emotional, sexual, or psychological violence, and COVID-19 lockdowns could be exacerbating abuse, according to a new report published Thursday by several UN agencies, including UNICEF,and the
WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES REVIEW : CANCER DRUGS, INSULIN Expanding access to costly cancer treatments and the high price of new generation insulin formulas were among the controversial topics of debate today as the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines convened for its biennial update of the list of over 400 drugs deemed most essential for treating public health needsglobally.
CHINA'S INACTIVATED COVID-19 VACCINE CANDIDATE IS SAFE AND Inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate produced by Beijing Institute of Biological Products and Sinopharm Group. A new study published in The Lancet on Thursday found that an inactivated vaccine candidate, called BBIBP-CorV, was safe and provoked an immune response in healthy individuals. This is the first study of an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine to include participants over 60 years of age. DRAFT 'ROME DECLARATION' BY G-20 GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT Combat the infodemic in health information and support health policy reporting from the global South. Our growing network of journalists in Africa, Asia, Geneva and New York connect the dots between regional realities and the big global debates, with evidence-based, open accessnews and
GERMANY MAKES € 500 MILLION PLEDGE TO WHO Left: Germany’s Jens Spahn; Middle: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; Right: France’s Olivier Veran. Germany has pledged an unprecedented € 500 million to the World Health Organization for 2020, making this the “highest amount” ever provided by the country, said Jens Spahn, German Minister of Health at an impromptu WHO press briefing onThursday.
WHO REPORT ON CANCER MEDICINES PRICING: DETAILED INFO ON It then posted the 72 detailed slides from the information session on its website. WHO’s Technical Report on Pricing of cancer medicines and its impacts, released in late 2018, found that “the totality of evidence suggests that current pricing policy for cancer medicines has not adequately met health- and economic-related objectives.”. WHO PUBLISHES NEW DATA, FINDS COUNTRY VARIATIONS IN The World Health Organization published new data today that it says “reveals wide differences in consumption of antibiotics in different countries,” suggesting overuse and misuse of these life-saving medicines, which contributes to antibiotic resistance. HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a LIFTING LOCKDOWNS DURING PANDEMIC IN AFRICA MAY PREVENT Cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Africa as of June 11 2020 8:00PM CET. Numbers change rapidly. African countries are lifting lockdowns even as COVID-19 cases across the continent reached a grim new milestone, topping 200,000 cases. WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: WHAT ARE THE HOT TOPICS The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ONGLOBAL ACTION NETWORKGLOBAL ACTION TEAMGLOBAL ACTION PROJECTGLOBAL SPEED TESTGLOBAL ACTION INTERNATIONALSPEED GLOBAL NJ A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
WHO RELEASES FULL GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY REPORT WITH The World Health Organization released the full version of its World Health Statistics 2019 report this week – in conjunction with the 72nd World Health Assembly – along with an online resource of interactive data visualisations organised by Sustainable DevelopmentGoal categories.
BUILDING THE BACK END OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE & ACCESS Our mission is to support development of health systems, and as part of that, to find new ways to fund and finance access to innovation.”. In the wake of Monday’s landmark commitment by UN member states to extend Universal Health Coverage to everyone on the planet by 2030, financing such an ambitious aim is a key challengefacing health
LAWS GOVERNING GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES NEED REFORM The International Health Regulations are in need of reform, experts say – to create a more nuanced system of alerting the public about international health emergencies that goes beyond the existing yes-no decision, and to improve compliance to IHR laws by member states during such outbreaks. A high level panel of experts reviewed keyconcerns
WHO: GLOBAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE RISING BUT PUBLIC OUTLAYSGLOBAL SPENDING ON HEALTHHEALTH CARE SPENDING ACCOUNTSHEALTH CARE SPENDING BY COUNTRYUNITED STATES HEALTH CARE SPENDING Global health expenditure is rising worldwide, and the pace is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries where growth in all forms of spending (public, private and donor aid) is now averaging 6% annually as compared to 4% in high-income countries, according to a AS WAISTLINES INCREASE, DIABETES SETS IN IN TANZANIA According to IDF estimates, the number in Africa is likely to rise to 41 million by 2045. In Tanzania, there were 897,000 reported cases of diabetes in 2017. According to IDF, the prevalence of diabetes is 3.6 percent of the total adult population of 25 million. However, local experts say the number is likely to be more. HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a LIFTING LOCKDOWNS DURING PANDEMIC IN AFRICA MAY PREVENT Cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Africa as of June 11 2020 8:00PM CET. Numbers change rapidly. African countries are lifting lockdowns even as COVID-19 cases across the continent reached a grim new milestone, topping 200,000 cases. WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: WHAT ARE THE HOT TOPICS The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ONGLOBAL ACTION NETWORKGLOBAL ACTION TEAMGLOBAL ACTION PROJECTGLOBAL SPEED TESTGLOBAL ACTION INTERNATIONALSPEED GLOBAL NJ A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
WHO RELEASES FULL GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY REPORT WITH The World Health Organization released the full version of its World Health Statistics 2019 report this week – in conjunction with the 72nd World Health Assembly – along with an online resource of interactive data visualisations organised by Sustainable DevelopmentGoal categories.
BUILDING THE BACK END OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE & ACCESS Our mission is to support development of health systems, and as part of that, to find new ways to fund and finance access to innovation.”. In the wake of Monday’s landmark commitment by UN member states to extend Universal Health Coverage to everyone on the planet by 2030, financing such an ambitious aim is a key challengefacing health
LAWS GOVERNING GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES NEED REFORM The International Health Regulations are in need of reform, experts say – to create a more nuanced system of alerting the public about international health emergencies that goes beyond the existing yes-no decision, and to improve compliance to IHR laws by member states during such outbreaks. A high level panel of experts reviewed keyconcerns
WHO: GLOBAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE RISING BUT PUBLIC OUTLAYSGLOBAL SPENDING ON HEALTHHEALTH CARE SPENDING ACCOUNTSHEALTH CARE SPENDING BY COUNTRYUNITED STATES HEALTH CARE SPENDING Global health expenditure is rising worldwide, and the pace is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries where growth in all forms of spending (public, private and donor aid) is now averaging 6% annually as compared to 4% in high-income countries, according to a AS WAISTLINES INCREASE, DIABETES SETS IN IN TANZANIA According to IDF estimates, the number in Africa is likely to rise to 41 million by 2045. In Tanzania, there were 897,000 reported cases of diabetes in 2017. According to IDF, the prevalence of diabetes is 3.6 percent of the total adult population of 25 million. However, local experts say the number is likely to be more. ABOUT US - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW.. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking LIFTING LOCKDOWNS DURING PANDEMIC IN AFRICA MAY PREVENT Cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Africa as of June 11 2020 8:00PM CET. Numbers change rapidly. African countries are lifting lockdowns even as COVID-19 cases across the continent reached a grim new milestone, topping 200,000 cases. COMPANY PUSHES CANADA TO GRANT COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR A Canadian pharmaceutical company, Biolyse, has agreed to provide Bolivia with 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine – as long as the Canadian government gives it a compulsory license to manufacture the vaccine. VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN EXACERBATED BY COVID-19 The situation in Eastern Uganda is just a snapshot of a pervasive global problem. Approximately 1 billion children every year are affected by physical, emotional, sexual, or psychological violence, and COVID-19 lockdowns could be exacerbating abuse, according to a new report published Thursday by several UN agencies, including UNICEF,and the
BUILDING THE BACK END OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE & ACCESS Our mission is to support development of health systems, and as part of that, to find new ways to fund and finance access to innovation.”. In the wake of Monday’s landmark commitment by UN member states to extend Universal Health Coverage to everyone on the planet by 2030, financing such an ambitious aim is a key challengefacing health
HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUSIVENESS New York – Strengthening references to sexual and reproductive health and rights, marginalised people, and public-private partnerships that ensure rights and inclusion, were among the core proposals pitched yesterday at a United Nations multi-stakeholder meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), involving representatives of government, UN agencies, civil society and the private WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES REVIEW : CANCER DRUGS, INSULIN Expanding access to costly cancer treatments and the high price of new generation insulin formulas were among the controversial topics of debate today as the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines convened for its biennial update of the list of over 400 drugs deemed most essential for treating public health needsglobally.
GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATING KARACHI PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR US A Pakistani healthcare worker listens to a child’s lungs for signs of pulmonary tuberculosis; Pakistan ranks fifth worldwide in TB burden. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – EXCLUSIVE – The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Pakistan’s Health Ministry are investigating a private sector hospital in Karachi for alleged mismanagement of some US$ 4.2 million in Global Fund COUNTRIES FALLING BEHIND IN MEETING NONCOMMUNICABLE Governments are falling behind in the battle against a “global epidemic” of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), say two new reports by the World Health Organization and the NCD Alliance, launched on the first day of a Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Many countries are stalled in implementing basic prevention policies, such as reducing tobacco and harmful WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY APPROVES MILESTONE RESOLUTION ON The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. In a highly unusual move, Germany, the United Kingdom and Hungary HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a LIFTING LOCKDOWNS DURING PANDEMIC IN AFRICA MAY PREVENT Cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Africa as of June 11 2020 8:00PM CET. Numbers change rapidly. African countries are lifting lockdowns even as COVID-19 cases across the continent reached a grim new milestone, topping 200,000 cases. WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: WHAT ARE THE HOT TOPICS The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ONGLOBAL ACTION NETWORKGLOBAL ACTION TEAMGLOBAL ACTION PROJECTGLOBAL SPEED TESTGLOBAL ACTION INTERNATIONALSPEED GLOBAL NJ A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
WHO RELEASES FULL GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY REPORT WITH The World Health Organization released the full version of its World Health Statistics 2019 report this week – in conjunction with the 72nd World Health Assembly – along with an online resource of interactive data visualisations organised by Sustainable DevelopmentGoal categories.
BUILDING THE BACK END OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE & ACCESS Our mission is to support development of health systems, and as part of that, to find new ways to fund and finance access to innovation.”. In the wake of Monday’s landmark commitment by UN member states to extend Universal Health Coverage to everyone on the planet by 2030, financing such an ambitious aim is a key challengefacing health
LAWS GOVERNING GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES NEED REFORM The International Health Regulations are in need of reform, experts say – to create a more nuanced system of alerting the public about international health emergencies that goes beyond the existing yes-no decision, and to improve compliance to IHR laws by member states during such outbreaks. A high level panel of experts reviewed keyconcerns
WHO: GLOBAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE RISING BUT PUBLIC OUTLAYSGLOBAL SPENDING ON HEALTHHEALTH CARE SPENDING ACCOUNTSHEALTH CARE SPENDING BY COUNTRYUNITED STATES HEALTH CARE SPENDING Global health expenditure is rising worldwide, and the pace is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries where growth in all forms of spending (public, private and donor aid) is now averaging 6% annually as compared to 4% in high-income countries, according to a AS WAISTLINES INCREASE, DIABETES SETS IN IN TANZANIA According to IDF estimates, the number in Africa is likely to rise to 41 million by 2045. In Tanzania, there were 897,000 reported cases of diabetes in 2017. According to IDF, the prevalence of diabetes is 3.6 percent of the total adult population of 25 million. However, local experts say the number is likely to be more. HOME - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking WHO'S LEGAL MANDATE IS WEAK IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 The World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be “a window of opportunity that would be suicidal to miss” to revise the International Health Regulations that govern countries’ behaviour during health emergencies, said Gian Luca Burci, former World Health Organization head legal counsel and now professor of international law, at a LIFTING LOCKDOWNS DURING PANDEMIC IN AFRICA MAY PREVENT Cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Africa as of June 11 2020 8:00PM CET. Numbers change rapidly. African countries are lifting lockdowns even as COVID-19 cases across the continent reached a grim new milestone, topping 200,000 cases. WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: WHAT ARE THE HOT TOPICS The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy 12 AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO SPEED WORK ONGLOBAL ACTION NETWORKGLOBAL ACTION TEAMGLOBAL ACTION PROJECTGLOBAL SPEED TESTGLOBAL ACTION INTERNATIONALSPEED GLOBAL NJ A sweeping collaboration among 12 major global health organizations launched today at the United Nations General Assembly, promising to elevate and speed up work to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-Being, by 2030. The event featured remarks by the leaders of Germany, Norway and Ghana, the original initiators ofthe project.
WHO RELEASES FULL GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY REPORT WITH The World Health Organization released the full version of its World Health Statistics 2019 report this week – in conjunction with the 72nd World Health Assembly – along with an online resource of interactive data visualisations organised by Sustainable DevelopmentGoal categories.
BUILDING THE BACK END OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE & ACCESS Our mission is to support development of health systems, and as part of that, to find new ways to fund and finance access to innovation.”. In the wake of Monday’s landmark commitment by UN member states to extend Universal Health Coverage to everyone on the planet by 2030, financing such an ambitious aim is a key challengefacing health
LAWS GOVERNING GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES NEED REFORM The International Health Regulations are in need of reform, experts say – to create a more nuanced system of alerting the public about international health emergencies that goes beyond the existing yes-no decision, and to improve compliance to IHR laws by member states during such outbreaks. A high level panel of experts reviewed keyconcerns
WHO: GLOBAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE RISING BUT PUBLIC OUTLAYSGLOBAL SPENDING ON HEALTHHEALTH CARE SPENDING ACCOUNTSHEALTH CARE SPENDING BY COUNTRYUNITED STATES HEALTH CARE SPENDING Global health expenditure is rising worldwide, and the pace is most rapid in low- and middle-income countries where growth in all forms of spending (public, private and donor aid) is now averaging 6% annually as compared to 4% in high-income countries, according to a AS WAISTLINES INCREASE, DIABETES SETS IN IN TANZANIA According to IDF estimates, the number in Africa is likely to rise to 41 million by 2045. In Tanzania, there were 897,000 reported cases of diabetes in 2017. According to IDF, the prevalence of diabetes is 3.6 percent of the total adult population of 25 million. However, local experts say the number is likely to be more. ABOUT US - HEALTH POLICY WATCH Health Policy Watch is a digital platform for independent reporting on top global health policy debates, trends, and research. To access Health Policy Watch’s open-access, daily news service, please sign up here for email alerts or follow us on twitter at @HealthPolicyW.. Health Policy Watch provides open-access reporting that serves all stakeholders in the global health policymaking LIFTING LOCKDOWNS DURING PANDEMIC IN AFRICA MAY PREVENT Cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Africa as of June 11 2020 8:00PM CET. Numbers change rapidly. African countries are lifting lockdowns even as COVID-19 cases across the continent reached a grim new milestone, topping 200,000 cases. COMPANY PUSHES CANADA TO GRANT COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR A Canadian pharmaceutical company, Biolyse, has agreed to provide Bolivia with 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine – as long as the Canadian government gives it a compulsory license to manufacture the vaccine. VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN EXACERBATED BY COVID-19 The situation in Eastern Uganda is just a snapshot of a pervasive global problem. Approximately 1 billion children every year are affected by physical, emotional, sexual, or psychological violence, and COVID-19 lockdowns could be exacerbating abuse, according to a new report published Thursday by several UN agencies, including UNICEF,and the
BUILDING THE BACK END OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE & ACCESS Our mission is to support development of health systems, and as part of that, to find new ways to fund and finance access to innovation.”. In the wake of Monday’s landmark commitment by UN member states to extend Universal Health Coverage to everyone on the planet by 2030, financing such an ambitious aim is a key challengefacing health
HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUSIVENESS New York – Strengthening references to sexual and reproductive health and rights, marginalised people, and public-private partnerships that ensure rights and inclusion, were among the core proposals pitched yesterday at a United Nations multi-stakeholder meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), involving representatives of government, UN agencies, civil society and the private WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES REVIEW : CANCER DRUGS, INSULIN Expanding access to costly cancer treatments and the high price of new generation insulin formulas were among the controversial topics of debate today as the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines convened for its biennial update of the list of over 400 drugs deemed most essential for treating public health needsglobally.
GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATING KARACHI PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR US A Pakistani healthcare worker listens to a child’s lungs for signs of pulmonary tuberculosis; Pakistan ranks fifth worldwide in TB burden. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – EXCLUSIVE – The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Pakistan’s Health Ministry are investigating a private sector hospital in Karachi for alleged mismanagement of some US$ 4.2 million in Global Fund COUNTRIES FALLING BEHIND IN MEETING NONCOMMUNICABLE Governments are falling behind in the battle against a “global epidemic” of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), say two new reports by the World Health Organization and the NCD Alliance, launched on the first day of a Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Many countries are stalled in implementing basic prevention policies, such as reducing tobacco and harmful WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY APPROVES MILESTONE RESOLUTION ON The World Health Assembly today approved a milestone resolution to support greater public disclosure of prices for medicines and other health products – capping a nail-biting series of negotiations that continued until the very moment the measure came to the floor. In a highly unusual move, Germany, the United Kingdom and HungarySkip to content
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