New vaccine development
WHO: A new World Health Organization (WHO) study published today in eBioMedicine names 17 pathogens that regularly cause diseases in communities as top priorities for new vaccine development. The WHO study is the first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens based on criteria that included regional disease burden, antimicrobial resistance risk and socioeconomic impact.
The study reconfirms longstanding priorities for vaccine research and...
United Against Outbreaks
WHO: The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness. This cooperation will allow a scaling up of support to countries to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats through the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), the WBG’s financial and technical...
iSono Health crowned winner of Arab Health’s Innov8 competition
iSono Health, the world’s first AI-driven portable and automated 3D breast ultrasound scanner, has won this...
African leaders unite in pledge to end AIDS in children
Ministers and representatives from twelve African countries have committed themselves, and laid out their plans,...
Medlab to address the US$7 billion Middle East and Africa
Medlab Middle East, the MENA region’s largest medical laboratory exhibition and congress, will address the...
WHO welcomes data on COVID-19 in China
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke with Minister Ma Xiaowei, director of China’s National Health Commission,...
WHO and the EU renew partnership for Universal Health Coverage
1 December 2022 I Brussels--The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission yesterday agreed...
Top 20 global biopharmaceutical companies report 9.1% QoQ decline
Expanding generic drug competition and a decline in the demand for COVID-19 vaccines and therapies have...
Home Healthcare Services could as much as double in next decade
The global home healthcare services are expected to expand at a compound annual growth...
New recommendations for the composition of influenza vaccines in 2023
The World Health Organization has announced the recommended viral composition of influenza vaccines for...
Restoring Balance Between Humans, Animals and the Planet
Slow Food Releases its New Position Paper on Animal Welfare
Slow Food presented its position paper on animal...
New Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Formally Established
The new financial intermediary fund (FIF) for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) was officially established by...
Communicators have had to keep one step ahead of an ever-moving situation since the COVID-19 outbreak, playing a key role in supporting and reassuring...
