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Health Advice Lifestyle 

Looking to the future: The Rockefeller Foundation and WHO identify priorities for global health collaboration

Global Author
On 8-10 November 2021, Dr Naveen Rao, Senior Vice President, Health and other senior representatives from The Rockefeller Foundation joined World Health Organization (WHO) representatives to review the strategic directions of collaboration between the two Organizations. Notably they discussed support for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme and the Science Division, including the WHO Hub on for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence,… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

World Health Assembly agrees to launch process to develop historic global accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

Global Author
In a consensus decision aimed at protecting the world from future infectious diseases crises, the World Health Assembly today agreed to kickstart a global process to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument under the Constitution of the World Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said the decision… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Battle to end HIV, COVID, demands greater international solidarity

Global Author
Under the theme End Inequalities. End AIDS. End Pandemics, Abdulla Shahid underscored a connection between COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS, pointing out that both exacerbate inequalities and impact people, “particularly in terms of access to treatment and health services”. Moreover, COVID and the HIV epidemic not only impact the health of individuals, but together have also “impacted households, communities, and the development… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Workers with HIV-AIDS continue to face stigma, discrimination: ILO 

Global Author
Despite some improvement in people’s tolerance to the disease in the more than 40 years since the AIDS epidemic began, a survey of 55,000 people in 50 countries found that only one in two people knew that HIV cannot be transmitted by sharing a bathroom.  “It is shocking that, 40 years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, myths and misconceptions are still so widespread,” said Chidi King,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19: WHO’s Tedros criticizes ‘blunt’ Omicron measures 

Global Author
In a statement on Tuesday, the World Health Organization Director-General said that it was “deeply concerning” that Botswana and South Africa, where the new variant was first identified, were “being penalized by others for doing the right thing”.  Dozens of countries have imposed travel bans on the southern African nations since the mutation was discovered at the end of last week.  Threat still… Read More
Development Health Advice 

World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns

Global Author
In an urgent call to action ahead of World AIDS Day on 1 December, the agency focused on ending the disease as a public health threat by 2030, said that if transformative measures are not taken, the world will stay trapped in the COVID-19 crisis and remain dangerously unprepared for all future pandemics. Infection every 2 minutes In a new… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Omicron COVID variant underlines need for global ‘pandemic treaty’

Global Author
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was addressing the start of a special three-day meeting of the organisation’s governing body in Geneva on Monday, amidst a global alert over the new strain, arguing that greater international cooperation is essential to preserve “hard won gains” against the virus. The World Health Assembly meeting was convened to decide on the issue of a so-called “pandemic… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Coronavirus pandemic could cost global tourism $2 trillion this year

Global Author
According to the latest forecast by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the same amount was lost in 2020, making it one of the sectors hit hardest by the health crisis. Despite recent improvements, the report warned that demand for travel could be further affected by “uneven vaccination rates around the world and new COVID-19 strains which had prompted new travel… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta: WHO

Global Author
The experts of the UN health agency said researchers in South Africa and around the world are currently conducting studies to better understand the aspects of Omicron, but as of right now, it is not clear whether it is more transmissible compared to other variants, including Delta. “The number of people testing positive has risen in areas of South Africa… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Are you sure you want to share that? Sorting online fact from fiction

Global Author
It has become increasingly apparent that, for some time, some individuals and organizations are intent on spreading false information online. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, claims that certain drugs or remedies are miracle cures, or that the pandemic is a hoax, have circulated on social media platforms. Whilst there are those who are sharing these articles, videos and images… Read More
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