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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …