WFPHA Blog: Insights on Global Public Health
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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...
Key Actor to Manage a Pandemic
Key Actor to Manage a Pandemic"The key actor in this pandemic is All of Us!" Who is the key actor to manage a pandemic? Prof. Bettina Borisch, member of Coalition of International NGOs for Equity, answers the question. Click on the link below to watch the video.
Global Public Health Week 2022
Global Public Health Week 2022The first edition of Global Public Health Week (GPHW) commences on April 4th 2022, with the theme "Public Health Matters: Building the New Future". It will be a hybrid event, combining face to face and digital gatherings worldwide. During...
Evidence-based Leadership Is more Important than ever before!
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 Interests
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...
Toward the “Next Normal”
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":...