PEAH News Flash 394

News Flash Links, as part of the research project PEAH (Policies for Equitable Access to Health), aim to focus on the latest challenges by trade and governments rules to equitable access to health in resource-limited settings

News Flash 394

 

WHO: Public health round-up 

How Italy Turned Around Its Coronavirus Calamity 

The Origin of COVID-19 and Why It Matters 

Seeing the Wood for the Trees: What Does the “Science Say” on COVID-19? 

Less than 1% Of All Infected Individuals May Die From COVID-19, But Easy Transmissibility Makes The Virus Dangerous, Says WHO 

WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports 

Latest Covid-19 Statistics from African Countries 

Accelerating regulation in response to COVID-19 

Stockpiling of Drugs: Should the World Care? 

Opinion: Tackling the twin burdens of NCDs and COVID-19 

UN Chief Warns of ‘Generational Catastrophe’ as Pandemic Creates Education Crisis 

Migrants in Need: COVID-19 and the Impact on Labor Migrants’ Health, Income, Food and Travel by Olga Shelevakho and Helena Arntz

Refugees and COVID-19: achieving a comprehensive public health response 

When Storms Collide: Evictions, COVID-19, And Health Equity 

More “Skin In The Game” Needed To Defeat Tuberculosis 

Nipah virus circulation at human–bat interfaces, Cambodia 

Webinar registration: IFMBE CED Webinar: Digital Health: Use of Digital Medicine to Improve Patient Care Aug 12, 2020 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Human Rights Reader 538 

U.N. hails ‘historic’ milestone in global drive to end child labour 

How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy

From blockbuster to “nichebuster”: how a flawed legislation helped create a new profit model for the drug industry 

New “One Health Global Leaders Group” Seeks Candidates To Help Combat Antimicrobial Resistance 

Formula 1 Still Benefiting From Tobacco Sponsorships, Despite Public Promise To Cut Ties With The Industry 

BVA responds to possible flu jab veterinary involvement 

From genetics to bariatric surgery and soda taxes: Using all the tools to curb the rising tide of obesity 

Incorporating natural ecosystems into global health and food security programmes 

Address Malnutrition with Food Insecurity 

Kenyans Facing Hunger, Job Cuts as Covid-19 Ravages Nation 

Bittersweet budget: what changes for CAP after EU summit deal 

Ethiopia dam filling impact ‘limited’ – if no drought