Dear Global Health community, here is this week's news review, a little bit longer after the recent break:
WHO urges investing in “One Health” actions for better health of the people and the planet (WHO, November 3, 2023)
> The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on world leaders to increase political commitment and action to invest in the “One Health” approach to prevent and tackle common threats affecting the health and well-being of humans, animals, plants and environment together. https://www.who.int/news/item/03-11-2023-who-urges-investing-in--one-he…
Health Sector is ‘Ill-Prepared’ to Protect People Against Heat and Other Extreme Weather Events (Health Policy Watch, November 3, 2023)
> Heat is the deadliest of extreme weather events, and heat-related mortality could be 30 times higher than previously thought, killing 500,000 people annually between 2000 and 2019. Yet only half the world’s governments have heat warning services, less than a quarter (23%) of health ministries use meteorological information to monitor climate-sensitive health risks, and only 26 countries have climate-informed, heat-health early warning systems. https://healthpolicy-watch.news/health-sector-is-ill-prepared-to-protec…
Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness (Health Policy Watch, October 30, 2023)
> The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. https://healthpolicy-watch.news/mistrust-lack-of-finances-and-poor-acco…
Africa’s Complicated Path to Global Health Equity (Health Policy Watch, October 31, 2023)
> The global health landscape is marked by paradoxes. The last several decades have been shaped by progress and setbacks – new medicines and emerging diseases, technological advancements and entrenched inequities. https://healthpolicy-watch.news/africas-complicated-path-to-global-heal…
World News in Brief: Russia pulls out of nuclear test ban treaty, climate ‘health crisis’, pushback against bullying (UN news, November 2, 2023) https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143142
Bangladesh, Maldives, DPR Korea make ‘tremendous’ strides toward disease elimination (UN news, October 31, 2023)
> The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday hailed the elimination of several life-threatening diseases in developing nations as a major breakthrough for public health. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1143072
Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres (UN news, October 23, 2023)
> With 735 million people going hungry last year and three billion unable to afford a healthy diet, the world is “going backwards on our goal of zero hunger by 2030”, the UN chief told the Committee on World Food Security on Monday. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142717
Deep dive: Is the global health architecture changing? (Devex, August 17, 2023)
> Countries and regions learned during the COVID-19 pandemic that if they depend on global health systems during a crisis, they may find themselves stranded. Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines was a glaring example. https://www.devex.com/news/deep-dive-is-the-global-health-architecture-…