New Joint Initiative For More Efficient, Adaptable Clinical Practice Guidelines 19/02/2019 by David Branigan Wellcome Trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the African Academy of Sciences have joined together in a new initiative to make clinical practice guidelines more efficient and adaptable for clinical trials that require less stringent approaches, such as those that take place during infectious disease outbreaks. Additionally, by applying a more flexible approach towards the application of these guidelines, the initiative also hopes to make them “future proof,” or able to better incorporate new technologies. Continue reading -> WHO Names Members Of Advisory Committee On Human Genome Editing 14/02/2019 by David Branigan The World Health Organization today announced the membership of its advisory committee that will assist in the development of global standards for the governance and oversight of human genome editing. Continue reading -> DNDi, MMV Make 400 Compounds Available To Boost Pandemic Disease Research 29/01/2019 by William New The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) today announced the launch of the "Pandemic Response Box", which offers researchers free access to 400 compounds that could lead to development of new treatments for pandemic diseases. In return, researchers "will be expected to share data resulting from research on the molecules from the box in the public domain within 2 years of its generation." Continue reading -> WHO Director Lays Out Vision Of Transformation To ‘Agile’, Transparent Agency 24/01/2019 by William New World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Dr Tedros) today explained details of fundamental changes being set in motion at the UN agency, including greater impact, increased staff work and training at the country level, producing 'world class' work, more transparency, and digital health and innovation. In his opening remarks to the WHO Executive Board, he listed recent accomplishments and devoted significant attention to staffing issues at a time when unconfirmed reports of alleged misconduct have been circulating. Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 by William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 by David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 by Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Tanzania Approves Herbs To Treat Erectile Dysfunction 07/01/2019 by Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM -- As rain sprinkled on the muddy soil, Patrick Nyembo and his wife Agnes waded on the mud-soaked pathway to a remote village in western Tanzania as they desperately try to reach a herbalist whose herbs are believed to treat a very embarrassing problem. Continue reading -> Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Names Members Of Advisory Committee On Human Genome Editing 14/02/2019 by David Branigan The World Health Organization today announced the membership of its advisory committee that will assist in the development of global standards for the governance and oversight of human genome editing. Continue reading -> DNDi, MMV Make 400 Compounds Available To Boost Pandemic Disease Research 29/01/2019 by William New The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) today announced the launch of the "Pandemic Response Box", which offers researchers free access to 400 compounds that could lead to development of new treatments for pandemic diseases. In return, researchers "will be expected to share data resulting from research on the molecules from the box in the public domain within 2 years of its generation." Continue reading -> WHO Director Lays Out Vision Of Transformation To ‘Agile’, Transparent Agency 24/01/2019 by William New World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Dr Tedros) today explained details of fundamental changes being set in motion at the UN agency, including greater impact, increased staff work and training at the country level, producing 'world class' work, more transparency, and digital health and innovation. In his opening remarks to the WHO Executive Board, he listed recent accomplishments and devoted significant attention to staffing issues at a time when unconfirmed reports of alleged misconduct have been circulating. Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 by William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 by David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 by Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Tanzania Approves Herbs To Treat Erectile Dysfunction 07/01/2019 by Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM -- As rain sprinkled on the muddy soil, Patrick Nyembo and his wife Agnes waded on the mud-soaked pathway to a remote village in western Tanzania as they desperately try to reach a herbalist whose herbs are believed to treat a very embarrassing problem. Continue reading -> Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
DNDi, MMV Make 400 Compounds Available To Boost Pandemic Disease Research 29/01/2019 by William New The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) today announced the launch of the "Pandemic Response Box", which offers researchers free access to 400 compounds that could lead to development of new treatments for pandemic diseases. In return, researchers "will be expected to share data resulting from research on the molecules from the box in the public domain within 2 years of its generation." Continue reading -> WHO Director Lays Out Vision Of Transformation To ‘Agile’, Transparent Agency 24/01/2019 by William New World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Dr Tedros) today explained details of fundamental changes being set in motion at the UN agency, including greater impact, increased staff work and training at the country level, producing 'world class' work, more transparency, and digital health and innovation. In his opening remarks to the WHO Executive Board, he listed recent accomplishments and devoted significant attention to staffing issues at a time when unconfirmed reports of alleged misconduct have been circulating. Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 by William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 by David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 by Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Tanzania Approves Herbs To Treat Erectile Dysfunction 07/01/2019 by Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM -- As rain sprinkled on the muddy soil, Patrick Nyembo and his wife Agnes waded on the mud-soaked pathway to a remote village in western Tanzania as they desperately try to reach a herbalist whose herbs are believed to treat a very embarrassing problem. Continue reading -> Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Director Lays Out Vision Of Transformation To ‘Agile’, Transparent Agency 24/01/2019 by William New World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Dr Tedros) today explained details of fundamental changes being set in motion at the UN agency, including greater impact, increased staff work and training at the country level, producing 'world class' work, more transparency, and digital health and innovation. In his opening remarks to the WHO Executive Board, he listed recent accomplishments and devoted significant attention to staffing issues at a time when unconfirmed reports of alleged misconduct have been circulating. Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 by William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 by David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 by Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Tanzania Approves Herbs To Treat Erectile Dysfunction 07/01/2019 by Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM -- As rain sprinkled on the muddy soil, Patrick Nyembo and his wife Agnes waded on the mud-soaked pathway to a remote village in western Tanzania as they desperately try to reach a herbalist whose herbs are believed to treat a very embarrassing problem. Continue reading -> Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 by William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 by David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 by Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Tanzania Approves Herbs To Treat Erectile Dysfunction 07/01/2019 by Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM -- As rain sprinkled on the muddy soil, Patrick Nyembo and his wife Agnes waded on the mud-soaked pathway to a remote village in western Tanzania as they desperately try to reach a herbalist whose herbs are believed to treat a very embarrassing problem. Continue reading -> Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Top Global Health Policy Issues – What To Watch In 2019 23/01/2019 by David Branigan When historians look back, will this year mark a turning point in global health? Certainly some of the big issues on the agenda in 2019 might suggest that we are at a crossroads. We can expect to see an intensification of the push for universal health coverage (UHC), culminating with a first-ever high-level United Nations meeting, and a shift away from disease-specific interventions towards more integrated approaches. Health Policy Watch spoke with a range of leading global health policy experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), NGOs, industry and foundations to get their take on the top issues, and here is what they said to watch for in 2019 in five priority areas. Continue reading -> WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 by Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Tanzania Approves Herbs To Treat Erectile Dysfunction 07/01/2019 by Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM -- As rain sprinkled on the muddy soil, Patrick Nyembo and his wife Agnes waded on the mud-soaked pathway to a remote village in western Tanzania as they desperately try to reach a herbalist whose herbs are believed to treat a very embarrassing problem. Continue reading -> Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Executive Board Meeting: What Are The Hot Topics? 22/01/2019 by Catherine Saez The World Health Organization Executive Board is being asked this week to consider a steep budget increase to cover the ambitious new “Transformation Plan” of Director General Tedros Adhanom Gheyebresus, which aims to improve the health of at least 3 billion people by 2025. The 8 percent budget hike requested for 2020-2021 will be reviewed by the Board along with a range of critical policy issues when it meets for its 144th session from 24 January-1 February. Here's what you need to know to follow the action. Continue reading -> Tanzania Approves Herbs To Treat Erectile Dysfunction 07/01/2019 by Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM -- As rain sprinkled on the muddy soil, Patrick Nyembo and his wife Agnes waded on the mud-soaked pathway to a remote village in western Tanzania as they desperately try to reach a herbalist whose herbs are believed to treat a very embarrassing problem. Continue reading -> Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Tanzania Approves Herbs To Treat Erectile Dysfunction 07/01/2019 by Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM -- As rain sprinkled on the muddy soil, Patrick Nyembo and his wife Agnes waded on the mud-soaked pathway to a remote village in western Tanzania as they desperately try to reach a herbalist whose herbs are believed to treat a very embarrassing problem. Continue reading -> Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Digital Health Technologies Can Unlock Huge Potential From Research Bench To Outpatient Care, Speakers Tell OECD 14/12/2018 by Editorial team There is a yawning gap between the potential of digital technologies to transform health care, and the everyday constraints on efficient data use at health clinics and hospitals to improve patient treatment. Continue reading -> Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Antibiotic R&D Group To Screen Pharma Chemical Libraries For Antibacterial Compounds 14/12/2018 by David Branigan The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and the pharmaceutical companies Eisai and Takeda signed an agreement this week for GARDP to access and screen the chemical libraries of Eisai and Takeda with the hope of finding chemical compounds with antibacterial properties. Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts