News Flash 597: 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

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News Flash 597

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

New paper sets out why a UN debt convention is urgently needed

Meeting registration: COP29 – Health at the mercy of a poor climate deal. A discussion with Remco van de Pas Nov 28, 2024

‘Betrayal’: Climate Finance Battle Ends in Defeat at COP29

Can Pay, Won’t Pay—COP29 Outcome Far from Promised Historic Deal of a Lifetime

Did COP29 end with a good New Collective Quantified Goal decision?

COP29: poor nations slam climate finance deal

Reporter’s diary: How Baku turned me from a COP optimist into a COP sceptic

Securing Climate and SDG Financing is Only Half the Battle

WIPO: Africa Group & Brazil raise concerns on political pressure against use of TRIPS flexibilities

Paving the Way for Universal Health Coverage in Asia-Pacific and Beyond with Self-care

Unlocking The Full Potential Of Generic Drugs For Patients

The first-ever global oral health conference highlights universal health coverage by 2030

Could games help people stick to HIV treatment?

Expanding ORS/zinc coverage for childhood diarrhoea: is institutionalising free distribution the answer?

Neglected Diseases Are Fierce, But So Is Monique Wasunna

International Pathogen Surveillance Network announces first recipients of grants to better understand disease threats

Microplastics and PFAS Are Dominating Headlines, But Lead is Probably Worse

PETITION – RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT: HOLD SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TO ACCOUNT FOR DEATHS AND SERIOUS ILLNESSES FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES ON THE FARM AND IN FOOD

Geography of Global Injustice: State of the Burden of Global Health Inequity in 2023  by Juan Garay

People’s Health Dispatch Bulletin #89: Attacks on Gaza healthcare reshape protection of health in war; Trump’s return raises health policy fears 

Targeting humanitarians? More aid workers killed in 2024 than ever

HRR 747. WHAT IS IT? MARKETIZATION?, UNFETTERED GLOBALIZATION?, or NEOLIBERAL GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING? ALL OF THE PRECEDING

Committing Gainhopes Towards Low-Income Pregnant Women In Ethiopia   by Liele Netsanet

How Do We Strengthen GBV Prevention and Reporting Mechanisms in Kenya?

China reclaims position as second-largest donor to Pacific Islands, report finds

Brampton, Canada endorses Plant Based Treaty and commits to ambitious plant-based food strategy

Can the World Unite to End the Plastic Pollution Crisis?

Fossil fuel supply: the elephant in the room at climate change conferences

Will SA’s new climate change laws save our beaches — and our health?

Equitable Ocean Prediction Systems: Bridging the North-South Divide

Global heating is a social issue. The EU has a duty to mitigate it, and our data shows it is failing