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

Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

News Flash 654

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

What we learned at the African Union Summit and Munich Security Conference

Meeting registration: The Battle for an Equitable and Accountable PABS System Mar 2, 2026

Webinar registration: Beyond Ambition: Global Lessons on the NHS 10 Year Health Plan Mar 4, 2026

Webinar registration: The State of Gender Equity and Women’s Leadership in Global Health Mar 9, 2026

Chatam House Hybrid Event registration: Health literacy as an imperative to health inclusivity – 17 March 2026

Zimbabwe rolls out long-acting HIV drug, among first countries to do so

Where is HIV prevention drug lenacapavir in ‘America First’ health deals?

Next-generation influenza vaccines could save millions of lives, finds WHO

What Role Can Routine Vaccination Play in Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness? An Economic Evaluation of Mpox Vaccination

There’s a Measles Alert in My Area. Now What?

WHO: Statement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau

Controlled medicines for children’s medical needs: a review of the scope, determinants, and consequences of inequitable access

Children’s access to controlled medicines: policy lessons, intervention priorities, and a framework for action

Acceptability and safety of one versus three months of rifapentine and isoniazid to prevent tuberculosis in people exposed in the household or workplace in Brazil: The Ultra-Curto randomized controlled trial

EMA recommends withdrawal of marketing authorisations for levamisole medicines

Tobacco Cessation among Nondaily and Low-Intensity Smokers — Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America

Steep aid cuts put slow gains against female genital mutilation at risk

Breast reconstruction is a matter of equity in cancer care

The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives

Post-USAID, Kenyans’ Access to HIV and Maternal Medicine and Contraceptives Plunges

HRR806. BEWARE: THE EFFECT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTSDISCOURSE CAN BETO DE-POLITICIZE POPULAR POLITICS. (Michael Neocosmos)

Reinventing Democracy: Lessons from Mauritania’s Struggle for Equality

UN Report Details Grave Abuses Against those Trafficked into Scam Centres

IPC releases its position paper on agrarian reform ahead ICARRD+20

UN data shows 6.5 million people in Somalia at risk of severe hunger from drought

How Colombia’s War Accidentally Saved Its Wildlife

As Biodiversity Loss Grows, Rome Talks Urge Nations to Step Up Action

World Wildlife Day 2026: what does it mean for Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa?

U.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change

How a University is Using Board Games to Teach Health–Climate Policy Trade-offs

Fracking in Argentina ‘linked to hundreds of tremors’

Superbugs + climate change = double trouble. Here’s why