With an Ebola outbreak ongoing in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019, authorities in Uganda stepped up their health and response systems in readiness of possible important of the deadly virus. This investment in epidemic preparedness paid dividends, protecting Uganda citizens from an outbreak of Ebola. Transcript In 2019 the DRC (Democratic […]
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Sunday 27 December, 2020, has been designated the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. Transcript Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: It’s hard to believe that only a year ago covet 19 was still completely unknown to us in the past 12 months our world has been turned upside down the impacts of the pandemic go […]
10 global health issues to track in 2021 from the World Health Organisation: 2020 was a devastating year for global health. A previously unknown virus raced around the world, rapidly emerging as one of its top killers, laying bare the inadequacies of health systems. Today, health services in all regions are struggling to both tackle […]
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WHO calls for reinvigorated action to fight malaria: Global malaria gains threatened by access gaps, COVID-19 and funding shortfall The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries and global health partners to step up the fight against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year. […]
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Major measles outbreaks will likely occur during 2021 as an unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new academic article. The Lancet article has called for urgent international action to prevent potentially devastating measles epidemics in the coming years. Lead author Professor Kim Mulholland, from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Chair of the World Health Organization’s SAGE […]
A cervical cancer-free future: First-ever global commitment to eliminate a cancer Geneva, 17 November 2020 – WHO‘s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, launched today, outlines three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment. Successful implementation of all three could reduce more than 40% of new cases of the disease and 5 million […]
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Wealthy countries already hoarding breakthrough vaccines Responding to the announcement by Pfizer-BioNTech that the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing has been found to be effective in 90 percent of people, Tamaryn Nelson, Amnesty International’s Researcher on the Right to Health, said: “It is great news that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is proving effective against […]
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Solidarity Therapeutics Trial produces conclusive evidence on the effectiveness of repurposed drugs for COVID-19 in record time In just six months, the world’s largest randomized control trial on COVID-19 therapeutics has generated conclusive evidence on the effectiveness of repurposed drugs for the treatment of COVID-19. Interim results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, coordinated by the […]
WHO: Global tuberculosis progress at risk: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were making steady progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB), with a 9% reduction in incidence seen between 2015 and 2019 and a 14% drop in deaths in the same period. High-level political commitments at global and national levels were delivering results. However, a […]
Healing Arts Auction: Christie’s, WHO Foundation and UN75 announce Global Art Initiative to support COVID-19 Response Magnetism (Installation) by Ahmed Mater will be the first artwork to be auctioned in November 2020. Exhibition View: Mitochondria: Powerhouses, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, 2017. Image courtesy of the artist and GALLERIA CONTINUA. Photo by: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio. COVID-19 […]