Famine indicators are worsening in the most vulnerable areas of Sudan, where “a situation that is already awful continues to deteriorate”, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus told a media briefing on Wednesday. Last week, acute malnutrition surpassing famine thresholds was identified in two areas of North Darfur, by the Integrated Food […] Continue reading ->
On the eve of the African Union’s annual meeting, leaders need to secure their countries by increasing spending on health. The year 2025 will go down in history as the moment the traditional model of global health financing ruptured. Sudden, sweeping aid cuts exposed a reality African policymakers have warned about for decades: while foreign […] Continue reading ->
The European Commission intends to significantly cut its contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, ending a decades-long trend of increasing contributions to the multilateral health organisation. According to research by Health Policy Watch, the Commission plans to pledge €700 million over a four-year span from 2026 to 2029 at the […] Continue reading ->