News Flash 437: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

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 437

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

MMI Policy Dialogues 2021

Meeting registration: TI Methods Speaker Series: How to improve clinical trial reporting – insights from Europe and the US (Till Bruckner)

Technical Fixes or Sweeping Reform? Europe and Developing Countries Face Uphill Battle to Etch Consensus on IP Waiver

SDSN Releases 2021 Findings on National, Global Performance Towards SDGs

Forty New Medicines & 16 New Indications Under Consideration For WHO Essential Medicines List

KEI statement: 23rd meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

The many uses of data in public clinical trial registries

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update

Latest Covid-19 Statistics from African Countries

Two additional manufacturing sites for BioNTech/Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

MSF calls on BioNTech to immediately share COVID-19 vaccine technology and recipe

WHO supporting South African consortium to establish first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub

New tech hub aims to boost access to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

Global south-led vaccine summit eyes new tech-sharing platform

Has SARS-CoV-2 reached peak fitness?

Covid shows the world it needs new rules to deal with pandemics

Ahead of Gavi’s board meeting, MSF urges critical look at COVAX shortcomings

Q&A: How COVID-19 response plans sideline women

From years to months: How the Ebola response is getting better

Guinea declares Ebola epidemic over

Governance of TB Programmes: An assessment of practices in 22 countries

New global targets for NTDs in the WHO roadmap 2021–2030

Addressing Mental Illness Requires Workplace Policy As Well As Health Care Policy

Humanitarian spending plummets as UK, Saudis make cuts

Disabilità. Il doppio svantaggio

Influence of soft law grows in international governance

A year on – how community-based workers have strived to provide continuous support to vulnerable migrant populations, in Montreal and around the globe

UN World Food Programme says 41 million on verge of famine

Africa Can Be Self-Sufficient in Rice Production

Three Million in Three Years: Jamaica’s Tree-Planting to Tackle Climate Change

Gabon is first African country paid to protect its rainforest

 

 

 

 

 

 

News Flash 436: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

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 436

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Public lecture registration: The Pandemic treaty: what if the world was governed like the Allianz insurance company?

EMA: Annual report 2020 published

G-7 summit panned as ‘missed opportunity’ on COVID-19 and climate

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update

COVID-19 in Africa: the role of research. Sharing experiences and perspectives on how Tanzania and South Africa’s research communities have tackled the pandemic

Africa’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rollouts Falter as Third Wave Grips Parts of the Continent

Financing Africa’s post-COVID recovery: What needs to happen to avert catastrophe

MSF analysis of EU communications to TRIPS Council on COVID-19 IP waiver proposal

Novavax could make 100 million monthly doses of COVID-19 vaccine by October

Preliminary Findings of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Persons

Webinar registration: “Value-based Vaccination: What Is the Cost of Non-vaccination for Public Health?” Wed, 30 June, 2021 | 10:30 – 12:00 (CEST)

RAVIDASVIR A new drug for hepatitis C developed through South-South cooperation

First hepatitis C treatment developed through South-South cooperation registered in Malaysia

Waiting for the Cure: The quest to deliver an affordable treatment for hepatitis C in Malaysia

MSF: Governments off track on providing tools to prevent TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer after COVID-19

Registration: Webinar on EMA’s categorisation of antibiotics used in animals

Webinar registration: Faire face à la résistance aux antibiotiques (AMR) demande de s’intéresser d’abord à l’environnement: eau, eaux usées, déchets, pesticides… Vendredi 18 juin 2021, 13h30-15h00 CEST (Paris-Genève)

Groundbreaking Study: Mosquitoes Armed with Wolbachia Bacteria Reduced Symptomatic Dengue Infections by 77% In Indonesian Trial

Top G7 development banks pledge $80 billion for African firms

How community-based youth researchers are shaping national policy in Sudan

Child labour figure rises to 160 million, as COVID puts many more at risk

To End Child Labour, the UN Must Cut Ties with Tobacco Industry

Demand-Driven Humanitarian Action in the Asia-Pacific: A Conversation with National and Regional Actors

To Reverse Food Insecurity Build a Climate Resilient Agricultural Sector

Soaring e-waste affects the health of millions of children, WHO warns

Swiss reject law to help country meet Paris carbon emissions goal

Exclusive: UK cancels ‘highly effective’ green program in Indonesia

Private finance won’t decarbonise our economies – but the ‘big green state’ can

Africa’s emerging climate superstars

Rising heat-related deaths linked to global warming

Cleaning up their act? G7 fossil fuel investments in a time of green recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News Flash 435: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

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 435

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Webinar registration: DG CSO dialogue on Health Aging Jun 16, 2021 03:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna

Webinar registration: MMI Policy Dialogues 2021: Challenging times – and time for transformative policies 14-17 June 2021

Webinar registration: Ensuring responsible antimicrobial use in EU food production: MEP Interest Group on AMR Annual Meeting Jun 29, 2021 03:00 PM in Brussels

Registration: The Oslo Medicines Initiative: a new social contract with pharma 15 June 2021 | 13:00 – 14:00 CEST

Get the balance right: AI-based decision-making: the prospects and risks for health

G7 tax deal doesn’t go far enough, campaigners say

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update

EMA evaluating the use of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna in young people aged 12 to 17

VaxPaL – COVID-19 vaccines patent landscape

Can Serology Tests and Seroprevalence Surveys Inform a More Effective Vaccine Roll Out?

EMA raises awareness of clinical care recommendations to manage suspected thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Is European Union on Collision Course With European Parliament on COVID IP Waiver?

EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway must stop blocking negotiations on landmark pandemic monopoly waiver

World Bank opposes vaccine intellectual property waiver as WTO talks resume

G7 Should Donate 100 Million More Vaccines by July – WHO; COVID-19 Cases Decline Globally but Rise in Latin America

On COVID vaccinations for refugees, will the world live up to its promises?

Italy’s experience during COVID-19: the limits of privatisation in healthcare

Drop in Convalescent Plasma Use at U.S. Hospitals Linked to Higher COVID-19 Mortality Rate

Pandemic treaty needs to start with rethinking the paradigm of global health security

World has missed all targets for tackling Aids by 2020, UN report reveals

Russia Stuns UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS by Refusing to Support Consensus Declaration

Countries reaffirm commitment to ending polio at launch of new eradication strategy

UK ends bilateral aid to more than 100 countries, territories

A global priority: addressing violence against children

Why We Need More Women in Power

Disability—a neglected issue in public health

EU budget 2022: Speeding up Europe’s recovery and progressing towards a green, digital and resilient future

G7 agree on ‘historic steps’ to make climate reporting mandatory

Reject the extractive EU Green Deal

Don’t Be Fooled: The European Green Deal Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Time to End Generational Injustice with a ‘Global Blue New Deal’ to Protect Oceans

The Ocean’s Silent Killer: Breaking Down Overfishing

Black Sea facing ecological disaster due to overfishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

News Flash 434: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

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 434

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Webinar registration: TRIPS Waiver: Update and Analysis of Recent Developments Jun 5, 2021 06:30 PM in Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi

Webinar registration: MMI Policy Dialogues 14 June to 17 June 2021: Challenging times – and time for transformative policies

MSF statement concerning intellectual property and access to medicines in the 2021 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS Declaration

New US$50 billion health, trade and finance roadmap to end the pandemic and secure a global recovery

74th WHA: Historic or business as usual? Experts weigh in

The Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly closes

World Health Assembly: Lost in (virtual) space

Approved May 31st: Special session of the World Health Assembly to consider developing a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response

WHA-adopted eye health targets can help ‘hold governments to account’

WHO Private Sector Engagement: PSI & other CSOs express grave concern

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update

COVID-19 DISRUPTIONS SHOULD RESULT IN SETTING NEW REALISTIC TARGETS FOR HIV, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA

WHO validates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and issues interim policy recommendations

Additional manufacturing capacity for BioNTech/Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

First COVID-19 vaccine approved for children aged 12 to 15 in EU

How to Make Enough Vaccine for the World in One Year

Europe still can’t get on board with the TRIPS waiver

Even after US shift, opponents resist COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver

Inequitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution and its effects

Covid: Vietnam detects new UK-Indian variant, health officials say

India’s second Covid-19 wave: the impact of social determinants of health

Maintaining neglected tropical disease programmes during pandemics

THE GLOBAL FUND MUST EXPAND ITS MANDATE TO OTHER PANDEMICS, SAYS THE AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION

Acute malnutrition surging among Haitian children, UNICEF warns

Call to action | Mobilization to Challenge the UN Food Systems Summit and Re-claim Peoples’ Sovereignty over Food Systems

Conoscere per accogliere

INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN THE AID SECTOR AND HOW OXFAM IS RESPONDING

Global Justice Now: Impact Report 2020

Nature funding must triple by 2030 to protect land, wildlife and climate

Shell Ordered by Dutch Court to Cut Carbon Emissions

Driving destructive mining: EU Civil Society denounces EU raw materials plans in EU Green Deal

Webinar Registration: How the EU is leading on the largest act of ocean protection

What Would a Biden Climate Plan Look Like for the Whole World?