News Flash 663: 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 663

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

The System Isn’t Stalling. It’s Being Rewritten: An Insider View from CPD59 (and Beyond!)   by Levi Singh 

Neoliberal Epidemics, part 2  “Deadly Austerity Past and Future”  by Ted Schrecker 

From Evidence to Earth Systems: Reconstructing Health Guidelines as Instruments of Planetary Governance in an Era of Climate Instability  by Kalolo Chitembo 

Podcast: Is it the end of the NGO as we know it?

Africa Moves to Unify on Global Health Reforms #WHSNairobi2026

Conversations for Change: Shaping the Future of Essential Medicines (Hybrid Symposium) ITM community and partners in dialogue with The Lancet Commission on accelerating the progress on essential medicines. Register to join! 12/06/2026

Webinar registration: Feeding Profits, Starving People: How Food Financialization Is Eating The Planet May 6, 2026

Feeding Profits, Starving People: How Food Financialization Is Eating The Planet

Gender equality and the climate crisis: champions and backsliders

e-book: “The Clinical Board: In What Ways Can Independent Directors in Indian Pharma and Healthcare Move from Compliance Theatre to Scientific Accountability: A Practical Framework for Boards That Must Bridge the Lab, the Law, and the Boardroom.”

HRR815. HEALTH OVER PROFIT EVERYWHERE! HOW TO OVERCOME THE PRIVATIZATION OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

People’s Health Dispatch Bulletin #117: World Health Day 2026: amid war on health, internationalism and solidarity offer path forward

A South Sudan community is denied aid as government and opposition blame each other

Webinar registration: From Pilot to Policy: Scaling DigiCare4You for Better Noncommunicable Disease Care May 19, 2026

Child vaccine catch-up drive on course to hit target: UN

For Every Generation, Vaccines Work: Immunization Across the Life Course

A shot of urgency: Five key pathways to reach more people with lifesaving vaccines

EMA launches new advisory group on vaccine confidence

Tackling social media influencers spreading rumours on the malaria vaccines

Malaria Funding Crisis and Drug Resistance Compel African Investment

Climate change and malaria control in Africa: country experiences and strategic responses

Dr Fatimata Bintou Sall: Optimising access to malaria vaccines

How do you solve a problem like malaria?

Australia becomes the 30th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem

Cholera Deaths Nearly Doubled in Africa in 2025. Cuts to Aid May Have Contributed

Efforts to eliminate hepatitis delivers gains but more action needed to meet 2030 targets

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 conflict-hit countries

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns

First ever talks to ditch fossil fuels as UN deadlock deepens

Record European Heatwaves Shrink Glaciers and Diminish Snow Cover in 2025