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Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Dr. Gregory D. Bossart Memorial One Health Scholarship 2022 Application Deadline July 1, 2022, 11:59 pm EDT

WHO Special session of the Regional Committee for Europe Virtual session, 10–11 May 2022: WHA75: Health emergency in Ukraine and neighbouring countries, stemming from the Russian Federation’s aggression 

MSF comments on the clinical trial resolution at the 75th World Health Assembly

Webinar Registration: People’s realities, determinants of health, democratic governance: Connecting dots outside the doors of the World Health Assembly – G2H2 policy debates, May 2022

Webinar Registration: Pillars of Health launch event in the European Public Health Week May 20, 2022 02:00 PM in Amsterdam

Social justice now for an equitable tomorrow: Reflections from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference 2022

Reflections on Transforming Higher Education for the 21st Century: PART 2 Development of a Global ‘All Life’ Narrative by George Lueddeke

Call for Papers: PLOS Medicine Special Issue on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Global Mental Health

China’s Zero-COVID Strategy is ‘Unsustainable’, says Tedros After Six-Week Shanghai Lockdown

Three COVID-19 vaccine doses prove more protective than two in new study

COVID-19 vaccine delivery and demand ‘slowing down’

Africa’s vaccination effort is not losing steam. It is becoming more strategic

COVID-19, Long-Term Care, and Migration in Asia

End Malaria Faster: Taking Lifesaving Tools Beyond “Access” to “Reach” All People in Need

A DEADLY DIVIDE: TB COMMITMENTS VS TB REALITIES FINAL REPORT

Adenovirus, COVID-19 examined as possible cause for mysterious hepatitis

Catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

WHO highlights glaring gaps in regulation of alcohol marketing across borders

Human Rights Reader 628: WOMEN ARE NEITHER A BIOLOGICAL NOR A DEMOGRAPHIC MINORITY, BUT THEY ARE TREATED AS A MINORITY

Most Maternal Deaths Are Preventable: How To Improve Outcomes in South Africa

Fighting child sexual abuse: Commission proposes new rules to protect children

If global health equity is to stand a chance, the UK must cancel its plans to offshore asylum seekers to Rwanda

Are death and suffering in Ukraine different than in Yemen, Afghanistan or Ethiopia? Double standards in humanitarian assistance

Systemic exclusion of Dalits within local governance: Between dream and reality of affirmative action policies for fair representation

Parameswaran Iyer: transforming sanitation behaviour at scale

Extended mandate: First meeting of Executive Steering Group on Shortages and Safety of Medicinal Products (MSSG)

Report: Hunger reached record high in 2021, may worsen in 2022

Cost of living crisis deepens malnutrition

Tyre wear: an underestimated source of air pollution that needs to be tackled 

Exclusive: U.N. climate czar Carney in new bid to get private equity onboard

Progress on reducing harmful gas flares is stalling, World Bank says

EU agencies push back glyphosate assessment to mid-2023

Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins crucial support

Global Climate and Health Alliance: Upcoming climate and health events