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A Vaccine TRIPS Waiver Now: Letter to WTOVaccination can save lives in millions. Massive upscaling of vaccine production is required across the globe with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing and with the prospect of new waves, and new variants in the future. The World...

26th Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons ConventionThe 26th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention takes place on November to 3 December 2021. Deborah Klein Walker, Chair of the WFPHA Women, Adolescent...

WFPHA at WHASS2: Better Prepared with a Pandemic TreatyThe World Health Assembly Special Session (WHASS) takes place on 29 November to 1 December 2021. This special session happens for the second time in the history of the World Health Organization. The World...

Waive Vaccine Intellectual Property Rights Now!In the current global pandemic, vaccine equity means a fair distribution of vaccine, so that all countries can immunise their populations regardless of their income, pre-existing infrastructure, political context or...

Evidence-based Leadership Is more Important than ever before!A Reflection by Public Health Leadership Coalition's Member - Prof. Walter Ricciardi The COVID-19 pandemic acted like a global tsunami, exacerbating the existing challenges and focusing attention of new ones...

Nutrition, Alcohol, and Environmental Impact Labels Should Protect Public InterestsThe WFPHA has signed "Nutrition, Alcohol, and Environmental Impact Labels Should Protect Public Interests, Not Sell Foods that are Harmful to Humans and the Planet" statement urging the...

New Internship Opportunity!The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) is currently looking for 1 intern. WFPHA offers a unique environment for an internship for students in international health and development. Interns are given substantial...

Toward the "Next Normal"An Editorial by Public Health Leadership Coalition’s Member – Dr. Alejandro R. Jadad "Perhaps a pandemic was needed for us to give ourselves permission to notice new possibilities to live our lives." In the editorial "Toward the "Next Normal":...

Pandemic Treaty: A Public Health ViewThe World Health Assembly (WHA) will meet in a special session from 29 November - 1 December 2021 to consider the benefits of developing a World Health Organisation (WHO) convention, agreement or another international instrument on...

Functioning of the International Health Regulations during COVID-19An Article by Public Health Leadership Coalition’s Member – Dr. Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele International Health Regulations (IHR), which came into force in 2007, aims to enable the prevention, detection, and...