News Flash 482: 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 482

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Sex, War, Sustainability and the World Health Assembly – Last Week in Review

Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 28 May 2022

Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 27 May 2022

WHA Approves Strategy on HIV, Hepatitis B and STIs – After Prolonged Debate Over Sexual Health Terminology

Assembly Approves Process to Update International Health Regulations on Pandemic Response

Bulletin #26: The World Health Assembly back in session by People’s Health Dispatch

A Proposed Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Hosted by the World Bank WHITE PAPER May 17 th, 2022

Even with a TRIPS waiver, outcomes are still uncertain

Africa: Over 11.7 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19 Across Continent

COVID State of Affairs: May 31

German government must push BioNTech to urgently transfer mRNA vaccine technology

Report: COVID-19 Slows Progress Towards Universal Energy Access

AI drives quest for new antivirals to fight outbreaks

Scientists Might Never Determine Cause for Mysterious Acute Hepatitis Cases

Medicines Patent Pool, ViiV Healthcare enter negotiations over voluntary licensing of cabotegravir Long-Acting for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Why Leprosy Persists in India

An Overview of AMR: Facilitating a One Health approach to this global health threat

The European Commission should not let the guard down against AMR

The European Commission is failing to preserve vital antibiotics for human health

A systems shift in animal farming is essential to stop antimicrobial resistance

World No Tobacco Day

Improving health workforce governance: the role of multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms and human resources for health units in ministries of health

A critical examination of research narratives ‘rumours’ and passive community resistance in medical research

Declaration of Digital Rights and Principles: A reality check

Human Rights Reader 631: A NATION’S HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS GIVE US A REASON TO INTERROGATE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW FISCAL RESOURCES ARE COLLECTED AND ALLOCATED

Profiting from pain: The urgency of taxing the rich amid a surge in billionaire wealth and a global cost-of-living crisis

Food Banks are Early Warning Systems for Emerging Food Crises, but also a Key Solution

Egypt says climate finance must be top of agenda at Cop27 talks

Cities aim to reduce car use in bid to eradicate air pollution

Seychelles to Recycle Fishing Gear #AfricaClimateCrisis