News Flash 648: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

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News Flash 648

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Webinar registration: Taking stock of the Draft Global Plan of Action for Indigenous Peoples’ Health Jan 19, 2026

Webinar Registration: Defunding Communicable Diseases: New Forms of Colonialism Jan 21, 2026

Webinar Registration: Moving Beyond Addiction: A Health-Centered Approach to Substance UseJan 21, 2026

Webinar Registration: Serious Food Safety Failings expose global health risks of unregulated online cross-border promotion Jan 21, 2026

Webinar Registration: Unpacking the landscape and power dynamics of public-private partnerships in global health governance Jan 20, 2026

Meeting registration: European Youth in Action against Greenwashing Feb 6, 2026

Walking with communities: why local facilitators matter?

What Do We Want Out of Poverty Measures?

Stop Pretending Pharmacists Can’t Meet Primary Care Needs

Can a weakened US CDC continue its global health work?

The US Just Changed Vaccine Guidance. Can AI Help Families Decide?

Vaccines to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections: Promise, progress, and public health potential

Bacterial sexually transmitted infections in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

An early present for 2026: Innovative near-poc pulslife TB test available in GDF Catalogue for $3.60

A rapid review of the causes of diagnostic and treatment delays for tuberculosis in low-burden countries

Cocaine use in Europe: the need for cross-sectoral collaboration between security, justice, health, and social systems

The role of health literacy in boosting citizen engagement in appropriate use of antibiotics

Trend analysis and modelling of universal health coverage, Ethiopia

The Lancet podcast: Hongqiao Fu and Tiange Chen on health taxes in China

Country Taxes on Alcohol and Sugary Drinks are ‘Too Low to be Effective’, WHO Finds

HRR800. HUMAN RIGHTS READERS: 3000+ PAGES AND COUNTING

Millions Of Women Don’t Have Access To Maternity Care – And The Number Is Growing

Sudan: 1000 days of war deepen the world’s worst health and humanitarian crisis

Gaza to Sudan: Moral consistency as a colonial alibi

Gaza: Storms worsen already dire humanitarian situation, UN warns

Quarter of developing countries poorer than in 2019, World Bank finds

Caesarean deliveries and double burden of malnutrition: a multicountry analysis in South and Southeast Asia

These 5 questions will define the future of aid in 2026

World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam

Burning plastic waste ‘widespread’ in poor communities

Global temperatures dipped in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warn

Tracking the Invisible: Monitoring Air Pollution from Space