News Flash 669: 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

Red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

News Flash 669

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Cuba’s Health System: From Global Reference in Equity and International Solidarity to Contemporary Crisis  by Juan Garay

DNDi Statement at the UN Multi-Stakeholder Hearing on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPPR)

WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations: fifty-ninth report

EMA’s 2025 annual report shows strong approval numbers for human and veterinary medicines

Field Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam: Practical Lessons for Rapid Establishment, Health-System Integration, Patient Flow, and Mortuary Preparedness  by Tham Chi Dung 

Seth Berkley has seen our pandemic future

Gavi plans to use US cash for malaria, while meeting Kennedy’s conditions

South Africa: Activists Call for Greater Access to Newly-Launched HIV Prevention Drug

HIV in Gaza: From Chronic Under-Detection to Acute Collapse

DNDi, GARDP, and MMV join forces to accelerate drug development for patients in greatest need

Principles for equitable access to medical tools for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus

Oregon’s 2025 Cancer Control Plan: A Policy Shaped by Equitable Access to Health  by Susan M. Severance

People’s Health Dispatch Bulletin 119: From Gaza and the Netherlands: student activists on medical education and resistance

Return to Gaza’s Nasser Hospital: “Every single thing in the complex is a crisis”

Sustained care critical for Gaza’s child amputees

What the wounds are telling us

Maternal and neonatal outcomes in a cohort of pregnant women during conflict, Gaza Strip

Global Health Matters podcast/ Dialogues: a conversation with Amani Ballour on conflict, courage and accountability

Trailblazers with Garry podcast: a conversation with Marcus Lacerda

Availability, appeal, and addictiveness by design: Tobacco and nicotine industry deliberate targeting of youth

Governance of artificial intelligence for health systems, WHO European Region

HRR821. THE PLANET: WE RECEIVE CATASTROPHIC DATA ON OUR SCREENS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO TELL OURSELVES THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE. (Hugues Draelants, University of Louvain)

Webinar registration: Livestock’s Lengthening Shadow: 20 Years After Livestock’s Long Shadow Jun 26, 2026

Interventions to reduce antimicrobial use in livestock: a systematic review and evidence map

UN food agency says millions are being pushed into hunger by Iran war

UN issues stark warning over environmental impact of artificial intelligence

Transcending Boundaries: From Inner Embodiment to Planetary Health

State of SIDS: Creative call-out for Small Island residents

‘Severe’ stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns

Fossil Fuel Wealth Fails to Deliver Development in Africa – Report