Joint Research Centre and World Health Organization join forces to use behavioural insights for public health JRC and WHO concluded a Collaborative Research Arrangement Geneva, 12 November 2021: The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded a Collaborative Research Arrangement that aims to mainstream …
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How will India deliver COVID-19 vaccine for “public health use” by 15 August 2020?
The news gives us tremendous hope that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is aiming to introduce India’s first indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 for “public health use” by 15 August 2020 (India’s Independence Day). This could be a scientific breakthrough in the global fight against COVID-19. But a lot …
Read More »Stronger universal public health services, not privatization, will deliver #HealthForAll
COVID-19 has made us all realize how important are stronger public health services for everyone. Our individual health security is dependent on other people’s health security too – and the same for social security. An article by Shobha Shukla & Bobby Ramakant. When the world has come to a grinding …
Read More »Gandhi’s talisman is the best guiding light to reform public health
A close up of text on a white background Mahatma Gandhi’s talisman is perhaps the best guiding light to reform the public health system in the wake of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: “I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too …
Read More »Nurses unite to demand universal public health
To mark International Nurses’ Day on May 12, millions of nurses around the world are calling on governments to commit to universal public health. “As we rebuild from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, we must transform the way societies are organised. We must organise our societies around the capacity to …
Read More »Religious congregations need to be prohibited in the greater interest of public health, religion has become the easiest tool to suppress people
Religious congregations need to be prohibited in the greater interest of public health. Religion has become the easiest tool to suppress people. The issues of migrant workers who face the biggest challenge to their lives after the lock down was declared in India has suddenly been completely forgotten by the …
Read More »Delegation of WHO and public health experts concludes COVID-19 mission to Iran
13 March 2020 – A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), GOARN partners, Robert Koch Institute in Berlin and the Chinese Center for Disease Control concluded a technical support mission on COVID-19 to Iran on 10 March 2020. Iran’s strategies and priorities to control COVID19 are evolving …
Read More »WHO will decide today whether or not Novel Coronavirus in China to declare a public health emergency ?
Geneva, 22 January 2020 : First meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee on the Novel Coronavirus in China was held on Wednesday 22 January 2020, at 12:10 at WHO Geneva HQ. Emergency Committee meeting was convened by the WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Novel Coronavirus 2019 …
Read More »Why are strong public services essential for social, economic and health security for all?
The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated, more than ever, the overwhelming importance of public services and the devastating consequences of under-funding and privatising them. That is why the writing on the wall on this year’s United Nations Public Services Day is clear: commit to COVID-19 recovery plans that will deliver a …
Read More »Local leaders unitedly push for the One Health approach. Will G20 leaders tango?
Local leaders like Mayors, Members of Parliament (including Ministers of Health) and other experts call for a One Health approach as a large number of diseases affecting humans have origins in animals, including COVID-19 and Monkeypox. To avert such pandemics, we need a One Health approach to care for human …
Read More »Tobacco impacts the environment, not just health
World No-Tobacco Day: 31st May The theme for World No-Tobacco Day 2022 New Delhi, May 30: World No Tobacco Day is observed on May 31 every year since 1987. This year, the World health organization’s (WHO) theme for the Day is “Tobacco: Threat to our environment.” This drive aims to …
Read More »#Breaking: INDIA’s ASHA honoured with WHO’s Global Health Leaders Awards
WHO DG announces Global Health Leaders Awards GENEVA – 22 May 2022 – The WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has announced six awards today to recognize outstanding contributions to advancing global health, demonstrated leadership and commitment to regional health issues. Dr Tedros himself decides on the awardees for the …
Read More »3rd Health for All Film Festival: Know who are the winners?
WHO announces winners at the Awards ceremony of the 3rd Health for All Film Festival (HAFF) The Health for All Film Festival: Third edition – 1027 submissions – 110 countries Seven winning short films and six special mentions from the jury highlight strong health stories illustrating global health issues New …
Read More »Is our response to pandemics and health emergencies missing organized medicine?
When health emergencies occur it is the doctors and other healthcare providers who are on the frontlines in responding to the humanitarian and public health crises. But they along with those impacted are not just part of the ‘problem’ but also key to effective solutions. Along with the most affected …
Read More »No Health For All without peace: Attack on healthcare facilities is a war crime, must stop
Slogans like ‘every life matters‘ sound so clichéd and hollow when we see the ground reality in the ongoing Ukraine-Russia armed conflict: healthcare workers, healthcare facilities and transport are getting mercilessly attacked causing immediate and long-term damages as well as menacingly threatening the progress made on right to health in …
Read More »Will the UN health agency give the green light for using COVID-19 self-tests?
Are self-tests for COVID-19 available? If we get infected with an infectious disease, will we not want to protect our family and others from it? But, unless we know our disease status timely and reliably, how can we help prevent further infection transmission? How will we link up, and benefit …
Read More »Think twice: Can we deliver on Health For All without saving lives from viral hepatitis?
Recently Mayors, MPs and other sub-national leaders from Asia Pacific countries resolved to integrate hepatitis programmes in local health responses. Viral hepatitis B and C is not only preventable but also tests and treatments exist. Hepatitis C is curable. But still, the disease burden is crippling with over 350 million …
Read More »More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
Monitoring universal health coverage – WHO COVID-19 pandemic disrupts health services worldwide DUBAI/GENEVA/WASHINGTON DC — 12 December 2021 — New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage. The …
Read More »6TH APCAT SUMMIT 2021: Leaders of cities in the Asia Pacific commit to united local actions to meet global health goals
End tobacco is an essential part of the bedrock for Universal Health Coverage Can we deliver on the promise of health for all unless we fix the gaping and widening punctures that are causing epidemic-proportion of preventable diseases and untimely deaths? No one needs to suffer from preventable illnesses or …
Read More »Global lung health meet opens with top three science announcements
The global (and largest) lung health conference opened with not one but at least three major scientific announcements. The 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health was marked with the announcement of three major scientific developments that can potentially impact the global response to tuberculosis (TB), the world’s second-deadliest infectious …
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