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Groundbreaking cancer-fighting drugs now included in updated UN list of essential medicines

July 9, 2019 Global Author

More than 150 countries use the UN’s Essential Medicines List, which contains around 460 drugs deemed critical to treat public health needs. This latest update adds 28 products for adults and 23 for children, and specifies new uses for 26 already-listed products, based on value for money, evidence and health impact. WHO added 12 tests to the WHO Essential Diagnostics… Read More

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Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Hunger crisis in DR Congo, Swine Fever in Asia, Venezuela death investigation call, updates on Eritrea and Syria

July 2, 2019 Global Author

DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world’s second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen. In addition to worsening hunger, communities in north-east DRC… Read More

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AMBAZONIA: Swiss Mediated Talks Must Include All Options

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 Global Author

Geneva: The United Nations has announced the Government of Switzerland will facilitate negotiations regarding the crisis in Ambazonia (Southern Cameroons). The Ambazonia-Cameroun peace process was immediately endorsed by the United States and the European Union. While the agenda and exact details of the negotiations remain unknown; OEAS unequivocally supports the independence and/or separation of Ambazonia from Cameroun. The talks must… Read More

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Misinformation and growing distrust on vaccines, ‘dangerous as a disease’ says UNICEF chief

June 28, 2019 Global Author

“Misinformation about vaccines is as dangerous as a disease”, said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “It spreads fast and poses an imminent threat to public health”. Over the last three decades, the world has seen significant improvements in the health and well-being of children, with vaccinations having contributed to a dramatic decrease in under-five deaths, according to UNICEF. And… Read More

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Friday’s Daily Brief: More climate action says Guterres, migrant children dangers, Ebola fight, record-setting weather

June 28, 2019 Global Author

Amidst ‘high political tension’, UN chief appeals to G20 leaders for stronger commitment to climate action, economic cooperation The annual G20 summit of leaders from the largest and fastest-growing economies, got underway on Friday in Osaka, Japan, against a backdrop of what UN Secretary-General António Guterres described as “a moment of high political tension”. “We have global warming, but we… Read More

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Ebola fight ongoing amid evidence of ‘several massacres’ in DR Congo’s Ituri province

June 28, 2019 Global Author

In an update on the situation in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, nearly 11 months after the outbreak began, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 2,284 cases of infection so far, and 1,540 deaths. At the same time, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, announced that a “robust” probe found that 117 people had been killed in “several massacres” involving… Read More

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Two-thirds of global drug deaths now from opioids: UN drugs report

June 26, 2019 Global Author

The study from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), also shows that the negative health consequences associated with drugs are more severe and widespread than previously thought, with around 35 million people suffering from drug use disorders and requiring treatment services. Higher figures attributed to improved research and data Some 11 million people injected drugs in 2017, 1.4… Read More

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Thursday’s Daily Brief: World Refugee Day, Middle East peace marred, Epilepsy report, Cities #WithRefugees initiative and Ebola-response funding gap in DR Congo

June 20, 2019 Global Author

Fill teacher training gaps to tackle trauma, psychosocial challenges, urges UN cultural agency on World Refugee Day On World Refugee Day, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is calling for more support to fill the gaps in training for teachers on trauma and psychosocial assistance for migrant and refugee students. A new policy paper launched on Thursday by… Read More

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First-ever WHO global report on epilepsy highlights care gap in poorer countries

June 20, 2019 Global Author

According to the first global report on epilepsy from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), this treatment gap exists even though medicines can cost as little as $5 per year, per patient. In addition to a lack of available medicines to treat sufferers, many poor countries have far too few specialist medical professionals to help. Poorer countries lack medicines and… Read More

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UN health agency steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance

June 18, 2019 Global Author

The AWaRe portal divides antibiotics into three groups – Access, Watch and Reserve – and explains which antibiotics should be used to treat the most common and serious infections (Access), which ones should be available at all times in the healthcare system (Watch), and those that must be used sparingly or preserved and used only as a last resort (Reserve).… Read More