News Flash 510: 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 510

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Webinar registration: Series of public briefings and policy debates ahead of WHO EB 152, hosted by G2H2 23-27 January 2023

Shifting Sands – Health in a Changing Worldby Brian Johnston

Analysing the Efficiency of Health Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature

The Future of Global Health Spending Amidst Multiple Crises

Member States of the WHO African Region propose ambitious amendments to the International Health Regulations on intellectual property, licensing, transfer of technology, and know-how

Q&A: Africa’s new order for achieving health security

Stopping epidemics when and where they occur

Most Long COVID Symptoms ‘Resolve’ within 12 Months

Audio Interview: Weighing the Protective Value of Covid-19 Infection

WHO updates COVID-19 guidelines on masks, treatments and patient care

Germany’s COVID-19 response: on the gendered impact of invisibility in global crises

COVID-19 DRUGMAKERS PRESSURED TWITTER TO CENSOR ACTIVISTS PUSHING FOR GENERIC VACCINE

HOW TAJIKISTAN RESPONDED RAPIDLY TO A POLIO OUTBREAK

Antimicrobial Resistance: A Major Threat To The Promise Of Healthy Aging

WHO announces plans to establish a TB Vaccine Accelerator council

India must reject Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to extend monopoly on lifesaving TB drug bedaquiline

United Nations: Fight Racism

NGOs lament ‘human cost’ of Italy’s push to curb refugee arrivals

2023: The Year the EU Must Step Up to Tackle Development Challenges

Oxfam: Survival Of The Richest – How Billionaires Are Amassing Eye-watering Wealth Amid Crisis

One Billion People Lack Access to Health Facilities with Reliable Electricity

HRR 661: MEASURES TAKEN ON HEALTH MATTERS CANNOT BE ANOTHER TOOL OF TECHNOCRATS WHO DISCUSS AND DEPLOY THEM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Africa’s Vast Arable Land Underutilized for Both Cash and Food Crops

How to end hunger: A famine expert’s plan

Assessment of human dietary exposure to residues of veterinary medicines in the EU

Disaster Giving Goes Mostly to Immediate Relief, Not Prevention or Long-Term Recovery

ActNow: the United Nations campaign for individual action on climate change and sustainability

Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming by 0.5°C

Opinion: Ahead of Davos, a message — in (good) data we trust

Davos strapped between old and new as economy, war and climate set to dominate agenda

Climate activists in Davos protest over role of oil firms at WEF

In Davos, activists warn against climate inaction and greenwashing

WEF launches plan to turn philanthropy into climate investments

New Partnership to Produce Health and Climate Research

45% renewables target ‘is ambitious but feasible’, says EU climate chief

Switzerland and Ecuador Appeal for Treaty to End the ‘Plastic Crisis’

EU loopholes give free pass to toxic banned pesticides

Twitter’s #ClimateScam and Fossil-Fueled Facebook Ads Documented In New COP27 Report