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Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

News Flash 619

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

BREAKING – WHO Director General Shakes Up Agency with Brand New Leadership Team

Change Course Now! Only International Justice Can Create Social Security

G2H2 Activities in May: Discover What’s Coming Up in the Next 3 Weeks

UN reform: Where to cut, how to save, and the need for smart reform

Ethical integration of research in public health emergencies: preparation, response and recovery

Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions

WHO: Public health round-up

WHO: Health products regulation and prequalification  – Learning Catalogue

Scaling Up Solutions: The Need for a High-Impact Innovations List

WHO and Medicines Patent Pool announce sublicensing agreement for rapid diagnostic test technology

Critical Global Shortage of Nurses Undermines Universal Healthcare

Nursing in India: Between Care, Stigma, and the Struggle for Professional Respect

Maternal Mental Health in India Through the Three Delay Framework

Despite Industry Donations, Children with Diabetes Lack Secure, Long-term Access to Insulin

TB Advocates Call for Joint Action Against NCDs and TB at the UN Multi-stakeholder Hearing on NCDs in New York

The commitment to ending leprosy

The 2025 Neglected Disease R&D Pipeline review: Time to close the gaps

Modelling health outcomes of a decade of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis initiatives, Malawi

Cigarette taxation and socioeconomic inequalities in under-5 mortality across 94 low-income and middle-income countries: a longitudinal ecological study

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)

Reviving action on child health—now!

People in Gaza starving, sick and dying as aid blockade continues

UN Warns of Record Hunger Crisis in West and Central Africa

Brazilian microbiologist wins 2025 World Food Prize

Health sector advocacy for repurposing agricultural investments affecting fruits, vegetables and legumes

Urban Refugee Policies and Legislation in Kenya and Uganda: 2025 Stocktake

Bill Gates commits most of his fortune to Gates Foundation, closing 2045

Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda

Transitioning to a Circular Economy: The Future We Cannot Afford to Delay

To keep millions alive after aid cuts, pull climate and other funding in richer nations, group says

Beyond Adaptive Social Protection What Role for Social Protection in a Climate Context?

Progress needed on climate and health goals, Timor-Leste