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

Striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

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Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Exclusive: Full Text of UN80 Task Force Pitch for Streamlined UN; UNAIDs Merger with WHO

The Trump Administration’s IMF Policy Agenda—Surprisingly Mainstream but Not Without Big Open Questions

Meeting registration: Preparing for WHA78: Envisioning the WHO we need, Reflecting on the WHO we have May 7, 2025

Webinar registration: Growing Up Safe: Public Health Approaches to Drug Use Prevention and Treatment in Childhood and Adolescence May 12, 2025

Invitation to Collaborate on Regional Project Proposals: Advancing Societal Understanding and Care for Our World  by George Lueddeke

Leveraging the power of data for public and animal health

Southeast Asia set to miss SDGs to end diseases by 2030

Anthrax outbreak compounds security crisis in eastern DR Congo

Africa Risks ‘Sustained Community Transmission’ of Mpox – WHO

Measles in America: Causes, Risks, and Responses

Antibiotic resistance dates back millions of years, with important lessons for modern medicine

Gloves do not replace hand hygiene – reminder from WHO

Restraining Health Spending While Protecting Access: Potential For Bipartisan Action

Is this the new era? Funding for sexual & reproductive health R&D 2018-2023

UN report says aid cuts led to global development slowdown

Desperate Afghans Resort to Holy Men and Shrines as Aid Cuts Affect Medicine Supplies

HRR769. PUTTING THE LAST FIRST IS THE EASIER HALF. PUTTING THE FIRST LAST IS HARDER, FOR IT MEANS THAT THOSE WHO ARE POWERFUL HAVE TO (BE MADE TO) STEP DOWN. (Robert Chambers)

Transforming Health Responses in Humanitarian Settings: A Policy Agenda for Gender-Responsive, Trauma-Informed, and Decolonized Care

Zimbabwe Health Crisis – Govt Rejects Call on Mnangagwa to Act

What Is Modern Slavery: A Comprehensive Research

Rwanda confirms talks with US about taking in migrants

Health inequities are shortening lives by decades

Why Millions of Nigerian Children are Unvaccinated

A New Data Hub for School-Related Violence Statistics

Lawyer-Turned-Activist Bhuwan Ribhu Honored for Leading a Campaign to End Child Marriage

Lives at Risk After Some States Withdraw From Landmine Treaty

U.N. World Food Program to slash jobs, drastically shrink food aid

Supermarket Watch supports local food struggles

Kenya’s climate commitment sets standard before COP30

COP30: The Global South’s moment

Climate Change Is Silently Eroding Workforce Health And Productivity