News Flash 451: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

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News Flash 451

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

World Health Summit 2021: 24-26 OCTOBER 2021 BERLIN, GERMANY & DIGITAL

MPP’s Panel Discussion at the World Health Summit 2021

Enough is Enough: The Future is Public | Join seven human rights representatives for a unique and dynamic conversation on public services – 26 October 2021

Global Pandemic – Global Solution Oct 21, 2021 02:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna

Caring For Profit: A new research project by the European Network of Corporate Observatories explores the privatisation of hospitals and nursing homes in Europe

C20 Summit 2021 5.10 Fund creation tiredness.What’s the added value of a Global Health Threats Fund?

Lessons for a pandemic preparedness treaty from previous successes and failures with treaty-based technology transfer

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update

Africa: Nearly 103 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent

Statement by President von der Leyen on vaccine exports

COVID IP Waiver: Latest EU Proposal Sidesteps Key IP Barriers like Trade Secrets and Data Sharing, Charges MSF

Can COVAX Finally Deliver on its Delayed Vaccine Promises?

Global Health Champion Germany From HIV to SARS-CoV-2. International virtual conference on December 1st, 2021

5 Reasons to Support the European Citizens’ Initiative No Profit on Pandemic by Julie Steendam

EMA starts evaluating use of COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty in children aged 5 to 11 

Audio Interview: A New Look at Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters

EMA starts rolling review of Evusheld (tixagevimab and cilgavimab)

COVID Moonshot funded by COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator to rapidly develop a safe, globally accessible and affordable antiviral pill

Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic

MSF warns of deadly TB testing gap following release of WHO Global TB Report 2021

Simple Breathing Can Transmit TB More Effectively than Cough – New Research Debunks Old Convictions About Transmission

Much Shorter Regimen for Drug-Resistant TB Shows Better Results

Taliban to restart house-to-house polio vaccinations in Afghanistan

US to Return to Controversial UN Human Rights Council

Myanmar’s hidden hunger

COP26: Barack Obama to attend climate change summit in Glasgow

Ahead of COP 26, philanthropic climate change pledge drive gains speed

Climate change: Carbon emissions from rich countries rose rapidly in 2021

Planned fossil fuel output ‘vastly exceeds’ climate limits, says UN

Global Health Community Calls for More Climate Actions Ahead of UN Climate Summit

World leaders urged to consider health benefits of climate action

‘Faster progress’ needed to meet UN climate goals, EU warns

Forests & Climate: We Need to do Much, Much More

A Hot Topic: The Role of US Development Assistance in Addressing the Climate Crisis

How the UK’s Comprehensive Spending Review risks jeopardising COP26