Category: Business

“For the first time the number of tobacco users is declining worldwide”, Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of the Department of Health Promotion at the World Health Organization (WHO), told journalists on Wednesday in Geneva. For the first time the number of tobacco users is declining worldwide – WHO’s Dr Ruediger Krech In 2018, there were slightly more than a billion… Read More

The UN health agency has prequalified the biosimilar version of the medicine trastuzumab, which has shown high efficacy in curing early stage breast cancer and, in some cases, more advanced forms of the disease.  Nearly a third of the cost  Trastuzumab normally costs around $20,000 per course, putting it out of reach for many women and healthcare systems.   The biosimilar version, derived from biological sources, is around 65 per cent cheaper.   … Read More

At this ‘critical moment’, UN chief urges anti-corruption conference to adopt united front As we enter the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world must “unite against corruption” to stop precious resources from being drained by illicit financial flows, an international conference on the issue heard on Monday in Abu Dhabi. “You meet at a… Read More

A new report, published in the British medical science publication The Lancet on Monday, suggests that, globally, almost 2.3 billion children and adults are overweight, and more than 150 million children are stunted, and warns that undernutrition and obesity can lead to effects across generations.  We are facing a new nutrition reality. All relevant policies and investments must be radically… Read More

A year on from Yemen talks breakthrough, top UN Envoy hails ‘shift’ towards peace, despite setbacks When warring parties in Yemen met in a renovated castle outside the Swedish capital last December for UN-brokered talks, they showed that perhaps there could be a way out of brutal conflict and the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the UN Special Envoy for the… Read More