News Flash 449: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

News Flash Links, as part of the research project PEAH (Policies for Equitable Access to Health), aim to focus on the latest challenges by trade and governments rules to equitable access to health in resource-limited settings

News Flash 449

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

African Countries Finally Give Continental Medicines Agency the Go-ahead

A New Pandemic Treaty, Revised International Health Regulations, or Both? What is the Actual Roadmap?

HERA for public health or industrial policy in disguise?

HERA: will the EU lead global action against pandemics?

Working group on strengthening WHO preparedness and response to health emergencies

Over 250 organizations want stronger health-environment nexus

Clean environment could become U.N. human right. Not so fast, say U.S., Britain

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update

One year on from the landmark “TRIPS Waiver” proposal, a small minority of governments continue to block the will of the majority of the world

COVID-19 Vaccine Redistribution to Save Lives Now

EMA: Safety of COVID-19 vaccines

Comirnaty and Spikevax: EMA recommendations on extra doses and boosters

World Bank to give $400 million to Nigeria for COVID vaccine funding 

New report shows leading Covid-19 vaccine pharma companies fuelling unprecedented human rights crisis

For unvaccinated, reinfection by SARS-CoV-2 is likely, study finds

Pfizer Vaccine Effective Against COVID-19 Hospitalizations for All Variants

MERCK SELLS FEDERALLY FINANCED COVID PILL TO U.S. FOR 40 TIMES WHAT IT COSTS TO MAKE

Indian Generic Companies Are Ready to Make Merck’s COVID-19 Antiviral Pill

EMA receives application for marketing authorisation for Regkirona (regdanvimab) for treating patients with COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide organ transplantation: a population-based study

WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk

WHO’s Essential Medicines Committee takes aim at rising prices, adds new treatments for cancer care and diabetes treatment

IPHU Short Course on Gender, Justice and Health 29 October – 20 November 2021: Call for Applications (Applications are due on or before 10 October 2021)

DIGNITY AT MSF A REPORT BY DECOLONISE MSF ON ABUSE AND DISCRIMINATION AT DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

The 14th Platform for Roma Inclusion – an opportunity to bring inequalities to the political agenda

African Countries are the Focus of New Maternal Mortality Targets

The Tory ‘emergency fund’ is an admission that universal credit shouldn’t be cut

The Cut to Universal Credit in the UK is a Threat to the Health of the Most Deprived by Rebecca Barlow-Noone 

Exposing corporate capture of the UNFSS through multistakeholderism

Engineering Africa’s banana future

PEOPLE’S SUMMIT FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE 7-10 NOV

The new WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines: we must tackle air pollution now!

Europe’s net-zero flying pledge goes global

Less Overseas Coal Is Good, But Developing Countries Still Need More Electricity

Raising climate ambition at COP26

The Climate Briefing: COP26, the state of play