Items tagged with Global health
Antibiotic resistance is “already here” and pipeline is dry, UK health minister tells UN (post)
NEW YORK, June 8, 2016 — An estimated one million people may already die each year because they are resistant to all known antibiotics, and the number could reach 10 million per year and devastate the world economy by 2050 unless key steps are taken, experts from the United Kingdom and South Africa told a press briefing on antimicrobial resistance at United Nations headquarters today.
European Council conclusions on steps to combat antimicrobial resistance (post)
The 28 European Union member governments have concluded next steps for addressing antimicrobial resistance, with a strong emphasis on reducing use of antibiotics in animals, but also including a call for new business models.
U.S. Senate agrees on global health funding (post)
On June 29, 2016 the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2017 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which includes funding for U.S. global health programs. Click here to read the Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the global health aspects of the bill.
Global Fund report shows 20 million lives saved (post)
GENEVA – Programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have saved 20 million lives, according to a report released today (September 1).
Fighting antimicrobial resistance globally (post)
Alignment of data requirements by regulators worldwide can contribute to stimulate the development of new antibiotics to fight antimicrobial resistance and protect global public health. However, regulatory activities are only one element of the comprehensive and multifaceted response needed to encourage and accelerate development of new antibacterial medicines that meet patient needs.
World Health Organisation should outsource key duties, experts say (post)
British Medical Journal report advises fundamental overhaul of the WHO to avoid loss of funding, warning it is at risk of repeating mistakes of the Ebola crisis
Superbug explosion triggers U.N. General Assembly meeting (post)
Several times a week Brad Spellberg struggles with a difficult decision. A patient stumbles into his emergency room in southern California suffering from familiar symptoms: pressure when she urinates, pain in her side, fever and nausea. Based on these clues Spellberg can quickly diagnose the problem as a kidney infection, but the trouble lies in deciding what he should do next. He knows the patient is hurting and of course he wants to help, but more than his patient’s health hangs in the balance.
Global Fund donors pledge nearly $13 billion to help end epidemics (post)
MONTREAL, 17 September 2016 – At the launch of the Global Fund’s Fifth Replenishment, donors pledged over US$12.9 billion for the next three years, demonstrating extraordinary global commitment toward ending the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria for good.
Global health funding faces a shortfall of billions to fight diseases (post)
The ecstatic press releases started even before the conference to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria officially closed last month in Montreal. The fund, which channels donor money to local programs that fight the three diseases in places where they are the most damaging, especially sub-Saharan Africa, had put out a call for $13 billion for its next three years of programming. By the end of the conference, the fund had raised $12.9 billion.
The Lancet Commission report on essential medicines (post)
The Lancet Commission on Essential Medicines Policies, constituted in 2014, released its much-anticipated report, Essential medicines for universal health coverage.
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