News Flash 649: 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

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News Flash 649

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Registration: Fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement (IGWG5) 9 February 2026 – 14 February 2026

One Year Later: The Effect of US ‘Chainsaw’ on Global Health

US Congress Says Yes to Foreign Aid—Now Comes the Hard Part

[PODCAST] One year after Trump: The day HIV funding changed forever — and what came next

Health Policy At A Crossroads: What To Watch In 2026

America First in global health: a lesson in the consequences of ‘might is right’?

Africa pushes back on US health deals over data, power

Hundreds of Medical Groups Challenge Childhood Immunization Schedule Changes—Here’s What to Know

EU Parliament Backs Critical Medicines Act, Sparking Supply Concerns in Africa

Webinar registration: Rethinking Corporate Accountability in Global Health: Beyond Rankings & Voluntary Measures January 21st, 2026

Webinar registration: Blended Financing for Healthcare in Palestine Jan 23, 2026

Webinar registration: PABS Negotiations in the Final Stretch Towards a fair pandemic system or cementing voluntary mechanisms? Jan 23, 2026

2026: Striving for justice in an age of self-interest

Global Health Advances in 2025 Despite Historic Challenges

Here’s what’s on South Africa’s 2026 public health agenda

People’s Health Dispatch Bulletin #112: The struggle for health is a struggle against imperialism

Solidarity in a world that won’t sit still

Nonviolent Struggles for Peoples’ Rights: Lessons from History and Today

Surging billionaire wealth leads to ‘dangerous’ political risks, Oxfam warns as Davos forum opens

Podcast Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with John Gyapong

Lenacapavir: The HIV Prevention Breakthrough Indians Can’t Access

Reducing antibiotic exposure to combat antimicrobial resistance: rethinking use, packaging, and dispensing practices

The Bacterial Detective Trying to Stop Superbugs in Nigeria

Battery Recycling Is a Far Bigger Source of Lead Exposure Than We Thought

The shared challenges of giving birth

HRR 801. WHEN PEOPLE DECIDE THAT FOOD IS NOT A COMMODITY BUT IS LIFE ITSELF, CORPORATE BLACKMAIL WILL LOSE ITS POWER. (Mauricio Herrera Kahn.

Global Social movements rally around ICARRD+20 as struggles over land, natural commons, and territories intensify

World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy”

After Court Rebuke, Government Releases Unified Report Identifying Sources of Delhi Pollution

Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims