News Flash 684: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

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 News Flash 684

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Making AI work in healthcare

INTERPOL and WHO sign agreement to strengthen global health and security protection

TRAFFICKING IN MEDICAL PRODUCTS IN CENTRAL AFRICA

Kratom Products Are Everywhere. Here’s What to Know About Them

In the belly of the beast: reflections from the World Health Summit 2026

Women’s health takes center stage at WHS2026 but without the women at the center

First Annual Conference on Strengthening the Women’s Agenda (CSWA) | Webinars | 25 October 2026

New global framework launched to track increasing health risks of extreme heat for pregnant women, newborns and children

Ebola Spread Raises Fresh Urgency for Africa’s Domestic Health Funding

Kenya reports ninth Ebola case as Nigeria confirms first

Children are being left behind in the current Ebola disease outbreak response

HRR839. THE CHALLENGE OF THE DAY IS NOT ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED IN MORE MODELS FOR THE WORLD; THE NEED IS FOR A NEW MODEL ALTOGETHER. (Kofi Annan)

Debt, Financial Speculation and Artificial Intelligence: The Emerging Architecture of Inequity  by Juan Garay 

How Can UN Carbon Credits Finance Development?

The lessons and warnings of PEPFAR

MPP at AHMTEC 2026 26–28 October 2026 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza

TOWARDS PARITY October 2026 | The GEDSI Brief: Kenya · Africa · The World

Sign by 22 October: Stand with communities in Mato grosso: CALL ON THE IFC TO REJECT THE ALVORADA INVESTMENT ORGANIZATIONAL SIGN-ON

Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act

Registration: Launching Webinar of the LAI27 Centennial Commemoration event – October 29, 2026

Advocates for the Future SIGN-ON: An open letter on ISDS and climate action ahead of COP31

Beyond the humanitarian reset: Learning from pastoralists to rethink aid

Nigeria’s Hunger Crisis Takes Toll on Caregivers #WorldFoodDay

Four years ago countries made a historic deal to save nature. Is it dead in the water?

International Day of Climate Action 2026

Bangladesh’s Hidden Climate Bill: How Much Are We Losing Without Counting It?

Most Major Carbon Emitters Barely Mention Health in Their Climate Plans

Global deforestation falls, but 2030 goal off track

Five ways El Niño is affecting the weather around the world

The urgent role for health professionals in accelerating mitigation and adaptation to climate change