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News Flash 679

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Global civil society warns IMF against a return to deeper austerity

Webinar registration: IFIC Scotland Webinar: Role of Compassionate Communities in Integrated Palliative Care Oct 1, 2026

Urgent Sign-On: EU must drop TRIPS-plus demands from Malaysia–EU FTA (Deadline: Friday, 18 September 2026)

ICIC 27 Tallinn: call for abstracts now open

Is the global humanitarian system collapsing?

AI, Health Dashboards and the Future  by Philip J. Gover 

King Charles to host AI executives as threat fears mount

AI, Gender Equality, and Self-Healing

HRR834. SOWING FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IS WHAT WILL ENSURE FOOD SECURITY PERIOD

Interview: Veena S Rao, ACPN Director, India  by Daniele Dionisio 

WHO and Commonwealth Secretariat renew partnership to strengthen health systems and advance universal health coverage

New DNDi report: Implementing Article 9.5 of the WHO Pandemic Agreement – building on current policy and practice for publicly funded R&D

Drug discovery explained: Moonshot: open science to prepare for pandemics?

Interview with Elizabeth Kaplan on changes to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the importance of evidence-based recommendations for preventive services

What can digital PFM deliver for the health sector?

NGO chief sees ‘hypocrisy’ in Afghan women’s rights calls amid aid cuts

When Harm Hides in Hospital: Messaging and the Medicalisation of Female Genital Mutilation

Childbirth abuse is rife. So why don’t we see it?

Too Old and A Woman: Systemic Age and Gender Discrimination Against Women at Work in South Korea

Europe is failing its legal and moral obligation to save lives at sea

Yemen: Renewed fighting puts pressure on the health system and increases people’s humanitarian needs

Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere

Ebola outbreak is DRC’s worst. Where is the vaccine?

Global health ethics in international collaborative research during policy transition: what can we learn from the proposed newborn hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau?

New Cost Estimate Tool to Aid U.S. Measles Outbreak Response

Chile becomes first country in South America validated for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem

Feasibility of paediatric schistosomiasis prevention with praziquantel, Madagascar

Food Shortages and Cholera Deepen Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis

Will There Be an African Energy Revolution? That Depends on Who Funds What

Investment in Irrigation Systems Is Vital in Preparing for the Next Climate Shock