News Flash 685: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

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News Flash 685 

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Call for abstracts: ICIC27 Tallinn, Estonia – 10-12 May 2027 International Conference on Integrated Care

Everyone agrees, little moves: The consensus of Universal Health Coverage

Prison health-care governance and public health: a call for research

From Crisis to Resilience: a One Health Architecture for Equitable Health Security in Zambia and Africa  by Kalolo Charles Chitembo 

Beyond Good Intentions: Why Quality Improvement Struggles in South Africa’s Public Health Facilities  by Florence Muvirimi 

Integrated Supportive Supervision at Primary Health Care: Co-designing Stronger Referral and Counter-Referral Pathways  by Ebenezer Bolaji 

Lula’s Victory and the Possibility of Change from the Global South: Economic Injustice, Health Inequity and the Search for a New Ethics of Sustainable Human Development  by Juan Garay 

Reform or rebrand? An interview series on the WHO process to reform the global health architecture: Amitabha Sarkar

Beyond Clinical Care: How Financial Management Strengthens Private Maternal Health Services in Lagos, Nigeria by Olasunmbo Makinde

AI’s ‘opportunity divide’ could deepen global inequality, UN official warns

What keeps a Sahelian network going: AFRAFRA as relational infrastructure

Equity with Accountability: What the UN Political Declaration on Pandemic Preparedness Leaves Unresolved

Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO – October 2026

African health manufacturers need reliable buyers, not just investment

From the Heart of a Doctor: Why Must We End Polio Now

AMA and EMA issue joint guidance on Ebola vaccine development

Nigeria Tracks Scores of Contacts After Confirming Ebola Case

Ebola spread prompts call for coordinated African response

Kenya becomes first African country to join the Dengue Alliance

Quality of antibiotics purchased on Bioko Island and four mainland districts of Equatorial Guinea: a crosssectional medicine-quality survey

HRR840. THE CASE OF ‘CHOICE-LESS DEMOCRACIES’ (Saeed Husaini)

The Eradication of Extreme Poverty by 2030: a Key UN goal will be a Missed Target

Webinar registration 3 November 2026: The impact of mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Donors Weren’t Spending a Lot on Evidence. It’s Now Going Off a Cliff

Funding mutual aid groups in Sudan: routes, losses and what needs to change

US, EU and 30 countries warn of famine risk in Sudan, call for aid

Menopause in Nigeria: Evidence Gaps and the Case for Research  by Hadiza Magaji Mahmoud 

Webinar 5 November 2026 registration: Who is Financing Factory Farming in Africa

Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit

Five Facts You Need To Know From The U.N.’s Major Emissions Gap Report

Ford Foundation donates $158.5 million to protect indigenous communities and ancestral forests across the world, which they call home