WFPHA Blog: Insights on Global Public Health
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Public Health Leadership Coalition: A Call to Action
Public Health Leadership Coalition: A Call to ActionGlobal challenges can only be overcome through global efforts and the adoption of appropriate global approaches to address health threats at the animal, human, and environmental interfaces. Global public health...
Facing Leadership that Kills!
Facing Leadership that Kills!An Article by Public Health Leadership Coalition’s Member – Dr. Alejandro R. Jadad Despite the growing number of reports describing myriad ways in which leaders failed the populations they were meant to protect during the COVID-19...
End the Genocide of the Yanomami People!
End the Genocide of the Yanomami People!The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (ABRASCO) and the Brazilian Association of Anthropology (ABA) denounce the Brazilian Federal Government's omissive and...
Human Rights Day 2021
Human Rights Day 2021On Human Rights Day 2021, we are aware of the persistence of enormous inequities in the world, which are a flagrant disregard for human rights. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic not only revealed these inequalities but also contributed to their...
Key Actor in the Fight against a Pandemic
Key Actor in the Fight against a Pandemic"We don't want to return to the old silos that keep us separate!" Who is the key actor in the fight against a pandemic? Dr Rory Truell of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), member of Coalition of...
1st WHO-recommended Malaria Vaccine: A New Hope
1st WHO-recommended Malaria Vaccine: A New HopeMalaria is a life-threatening disease which has a devastating impact on people’s health around the world. Despite being preventable and treatable, more than 400 000 people die from malaria annually.1 In 2019, 94% of...
A Vaccine TRIPS Waiver Now: Letter to WTO
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 Convention
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 Treaty
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!
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...