EU and WHO join forces to improve global health security in Africa
GHealth News – On 23 March 2022, Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…
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Global Health Is Broken, But Young People Plan To Repair It
By: Madhukar Pai How do you think the world is tackling crises like pandemics and climate change? Poorly, irresponsibly, recklessly,…
Novel Malaria Treatment for Children Receives First Approval
By Apoorva Mandavilli Australian regulators have approved a simple drug combination as an effective cure for a form of malaria…
Global health has improved for decades. Climate change could change that.
By Evan Bush As temperatures warm, the health risks of climate change are expected to intensify in the U.S. and worldwide.…
WHO Predicts COVID Could Still ‘Echo Around the World’
GHealth News – After several weeks of declines in new reported cases of COVID-19, the numbers are increasing globally once…
Disrupting Global Health: From Allyship To Collective Liberation
By: Madhukar Pai Global health is a field that was born out of colonialism and white supremacy. Even today, it is neither diverse…
WHO advised Ukraine to destroy pathogens in health labs to prevent disease spread
GHealth News – The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories…
Cameroon launches year-long anti-malaria campaign
GHealth News – Cameroon launched a year-long anti-malaria campaign dubbed “Stop Malaria” on Thursday amidst rising numbers of infections. The…
Climate change: IPCC report warns of ‘irreversible’ impacts of global warming
By Matt McGrath Many of the impacts of global warming are now simply “irreversible” according to the UN’s latest assessment.…
War in Ukraine could lead to ‘devastating’ tuberculosis problem, warns Anthony Fauci
By Harriet Barber The Russian invasion of Ukraine could be “devastating” for tuberculosis control in eastern Europe, and will cause…