News Flash 459: 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 459

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

 TDR Newsletter December 2021

Meeting registration: Business as usual? The case for transforming global health governance Webinar | January 25 | 15:00 – 16:30 CET

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update

HOW IS COVID-19 AFFECTING AFRICA?

Omicron variant threatens UN talks to seal global nature deal

Rapidly Spreading Omicron is Now in 77 Countries and WHO Warns Against Assuming its Effects are Mild

Covid-19, the Omicron Variant and the “Butterfly Effect” by Stella Egidi 

Enhancing Readiness for Omicron (B.1.1.529): Technical Brief and Priority Actions for Member States

COVID-19 vaccinations for prison populations and staff: Report on global scan

The effect of mandatory COVID-19 certificates on vaccine uptake: synthetic-control modelling of six countries

Interim recommendations for heterologous COVID-19 vaccine schedules

COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen: EMA recommendation on booster dose

EMA reviewing new data on effectiveness of Lagevrio (molnupiravir) for the treatment of COVID-19

EMA issues advice on use of Paxlovid (PF-07321332 and ritonavir) for the treatment of COVID-19

COVID-19: EMA recommends authorisation of antibody medicine Xevudy

EMA recommends approval for use of Kineret in adults with COVID-19

Researchers Develop Platform to Screen For New Class of Coronavirus Antiviral Compounds

COVID-19 Response: the effectiveness of country-specific measures

DNDi Strategic Plan 2021-2028

TB RESEARCH IN 2020 REACHES ONLY US$915 MILLION – LESS THAN HALF OF INVESTMENT NEEDED TO END TB

Reflections on the Future of the Planet: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Leadership and Humanity

Investing $1 per person could save 7 million lives from heart disease, cancer and diabetes

SDGs at risk in Africa as foreign direct investment declined, UN says

Beyond Expo: Embedding the SDGs in the DNA of Future Technology and Innovation

Alcohol-related harm is a public health issue, not a lifestyle choice

Addiction Is An Emergency: End Wait Times For Services And Expand Access To Life-Saving Medications

Social protection and gender equality outcomes across the lifecycle

UK charities launch appeal to help eight million Afghans at risk of starvation

The road to climate justice

Green mobility and climate justice: how the social score of your neighbourhood affects air pollution

Strengthening Regional Policy Frameworks to Better Respond to Environmental Migration: Recommendations for the UK Government

Commission presents guide for a fair transition towards climate neutrality

WTO Members Launch Historic Statements to ‘Phase Out’ Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Reduce Plastics

Russia vetoes UN resolution linking climate change, security

Parts of Somalia hit by the driest season in 40 years as climate-fueled drought worsens