Development funding for fossil fuel-based energy projects jumped 80 per cent in 2023 to $9.5bn, up from $5.3bn in 2022, even as toxic air causes more than 8m premature deaths annually, according to a new report. Governments continue to channel billions more in international aid into projects that prolong fossil fuel use than into tackling […]| Health Policy Watch
Ghana is the first country in the world to roll out a malaria treatment specially formulated for newborn babies. The new treatment, known as Coartem <5 kg Baby, uses a new ratio and dose of artemether-lumefantrine to account for metabolic differences in babies under 5kg. Small babies handle drugs differently due to the immaturity of their […]| Health Policy Watch
There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […]| Health Policy Watch
Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […]| Health Policy Watch
The first pregnant woman infected with malaria has been recruited into a Phase 3 trial in Mali that is evaluating the efficacy and safety of antimalarial drugs during the first trimester of pregnancy. Pregnant women are more susceptible to malaria as they have reduced immunity, and malaria poses serious risks to both mothers and babies. […]| Health Policy Watch
Women who lose 300ml of blood after giving birth should be diagnosed with postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) according to new guidelines published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). In the past, PPH has only been diagnosed if a woman loses 500ml […]| Health Policy Watch
From climate shocks to protracted conflicts and shrinking budgets, today’s “metacrisis” is reshaping the future of child health. In this recent episode of Global Health Matters, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Landry Dongmo Tsague, director of the Centre for Primary Health Care at Africa CDC, and Debra Jackson, Takeda Chair in Global Child Health at […]| Health Policy Watch
In the latest episode of Trailblazers with Garry, host Dr. Garry Aslanyan sits down with Professor Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Together, they explore how public health education must evolve to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. From integrating data and […]| Health Policy Watch
The President of the Republic of Botswana and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), writes about the urgency of mobilising funding to defend the gains and further progress in the fight against malaria. Despite decades of progress, we are not on track to defeat malaria in Africa. Without more resolve, innovation, financing, and […]| Health Policy Watch
BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria — Artificial intelligence poses an "existential" threat to Europe's health and social security systems through its potential to| Health Policy Watch
In a 4 September message, the WHO/HQ Staff Association called for an Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA), now due to take place on Monday, 22 September.| Health Policy Watch
While deaths from malaria have fallen by 29% since over the past two decades, mortality could rise again this year due to the cuts in global health funding| Health Policy Watch
The key to managing diabetes, one of the world's most prevalent non-communicable diseases (NCDs), lies more in self-care skills than pills. Leaders meeting| Health Policy Watch
It comprises six interventions over the next five years: strengthening advocacy and health literacy; positioning brain health as a socioeconomic driver;| Health Policy Watch
"Physiology includes the study of the body's responses to external challenges such as heat, cold, flooding, fire, pollution, starvation and dehydration,| Health Policy Watch
In 2024, sand and dust storms affected 330 million people across 150 countries taking a toll on health and economies, according to a new report by the World| Health Policy Watch
A four year WHO-sponsored investigation of the origins of the COVID pandemic by an international group of experts has concluded that “most scientific data and| Health Policy Watch
But after the US withdrew from the WHO on 20 January, “we could feel that member states wanted to preserve the WHO, to preserve multilateralism, and I think| Health Policy Watch
Two to four million additional Africans are likely to die annually as a result of the shock aid cuts by the United States and other key donors, according to| Health Policy Watch
Baku's Olympic stadium was always an unlikely arena for the world to strike a landmark climate agreement.| Health Policy Watch
