News Flash 657: 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 657

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Happiness is a Policy Choice: On LGBTQIA+ Well-Being and the Limits of Governance in India

IFIC Meeting registration: Family Carers Ireland & Integrated Care: Working Together for Better Support Mar 24, 2026

HRR809. ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS THE LEFT. (Louis Casado)

Progress in reducing child deaths slows as 4.9 million children die before age five

Letters from the Future: Call for Submissions

Inside CSW: What is at stake for gender equality?

Two truths and a lie: women are gaining, and losing in 2026

The Hidden Costs of Ignoring Gender

When gender equity NGOs close, more disappears than can be measured

Experts Warn of Rising Teenage Pregnancy Risks in Rwanda

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Abortion-related Health Risks among Female Sex Workers in Kyotera District, Uganda  by Ssemakula Micheal, Chris Byaruhanga

Essential standards for perinatal care of women and children living in prison

Improving neonatal outcomes through better access to human milk

South Africa: Activists Say SA’s Menstrual Product Regulation Is Not Transparent Enough, Despite Government Reassurance

Independent Directors as Catalysts of Transformation in the Healthcare Industry  by Tanushree Mondal 

Open letter: The Critical Medicines Act must deliver equitable, affordable access to medicines for all

New PRIME tools to accelerate development of medicines in the EU

One Billion Tests: Turning India’s Diagnostic Boom into Public Health Intelligence

Stop TB Partnership launches the InnoScan!

WHO targets new antibiotics to fight hospital ‘superbugs’

US Judge Halts RFK’s Anti-Vaccine Efforts – For Now

The shot that could stop cancer before it begins – and why getting it early matters

After a Decade of Progress Against HIV, PrEP Enters a Precarious Era

180 000 infections in 2024, 47 000 by 2045 — if SA rolls out the twice-a-year HIV prevention jab fast enough

Dengue observatory eyes global disease surveillance

Why sleeping sickness pill is raising hopes in Africa

War in the Middle East will impact neglected disease R&D globally

Deepening Middle East Conflict Displaces Millions; Threatens Water and Air Quality

Europe moots ‘more transactional’ climate outreach ahead of COP31