Search Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)
IA2030: Directing Global Immunisation Efforts
2021 27 Apr
WHO, UNICEF and Gavi have announced an ambitious new global vaccination strategy aimed at saving 50 million lives. You might also like: COVID-19 has added to the strain on Africa’s small healthcare providers who cannot secure bank loans. A new partnership by IFC, Philips and the Co-operative Bank of Kenya aims to help them.... Read more
What’s Happening with COVID-19 Vaccine Supply?
2021 29 Mar
Shortages of COVID-19 vaccine supplies are being felt globally, not excluding the EU and the UK. Do companies fulfil their obligations and where will new manufacturing facilities be created? You might also like: Why has AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine been the centre of attention in Europe over the past few days? Learn more... Read more
Over $4.3B Pledged by G7 in COVID-19 Fight, More Funds Needed
2021 20 Feb
G7 leaders have collectively pledged over $4.3 billion to the ACT Accelerator partnership to develop and distribute effective tests, treatments and vaccines globally. You might also like: New Vaccine Agreements for COVAX The commitment was made during the Virtual G7 leaders meeting on 19 February 2021, taking... Read more
SMART Guidelines for National Digital Health Systems
2021 18 Feb
WHO has launched its first SMART Guideline approach that includes documentation, procedures and digital health tools. You might also like: The Top of Mind for Top Health Systems 2021 report identifies three technology areas that healthcare leaders see as the most important now and in the nearest future. Read more . Policies,... Read more
Health Information Systems: How Do Countries Perform?
2021 12 Feb
The World Health Organization has released its ‘ Global report on health data systems and capacity, 2020 ’ based on the analysis of health information systems of more than 130 countries. You might also like: HIT in 2021: Most Important Aspects For the assessment, the new SCORE for Health Data Technical Package was used, where... Read more
Free WHO Course on Rehabilitation in COVID-19 Patients
2021 06 Feb
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched another free online course of its Clinical Management of Patients with COVID-19 course series. The latest addition is dedicated to the rehabilitation of such patients. You might also like: Digital Healthcare Focus: Integrating Telerehabilitation in Rehabilitation Care The course... Read more
New Vaccine Agreements for COVAX
2021 23 Jan
COVAX, the global initiative to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines across the world, has announced new agreements for Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines delivery, about 200 million doses in total. You might also like: COVID-19 Vaccines: Tracking and Future Distribution Specifically,... Read more
WHO-led Discussion on COVID-19 Vaccines
2021 16 Jan
Under the umbrella of the World Health Organization, its Emergency Committee and several thousands of scientists looked into the challenges related to COVID-19 vaccine safety, efficacy and access. You might also like: COVID-19 Vaccine: From Ethics of Early Access to Payments for Risk T he meeting of the Emergency Committee... Read more
Global Solidarity on #WorldAIDSDay
2020 01 Dec
Since 1988, each year on 1 December World AIDS Day is observed raising awareness of the ongoing AIDS pandemic and mourning those who have died of the disease. You might also like: Zoom On: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, International AIDS Society President While for now the focus of the international community may be on the... Read more
Global COVID-19 Response: “A Collective Failure”
2020 15 Sep
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) has released its second report ‘A World in Disorder,’ in which it harshly criticises the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. You might also like: Assessing COVID-19 Response Created in 2017 and formally launched in 2018, the GPMB is an independent monitoring and accountability... Read more