INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2021 #1
RTS,S malaria vaccine reaches more than 650 000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi through groundbreaking pilot programme
Driving Global Health: Romain Grosjean announces his support for the WHO Foundation
Message from Director SRH/HRP
WHO validates Gambia for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
Applications for the 23rd WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines available for public review and comment
Disability in children and adolescents must be integrated into the global health agenda
Greta Thunberg, climate and environment activist, joins World Health Organization’s call for vaccine equity
Statement on the seventh meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
WHO-backed global youth mobilization funds young people's ideas to combat impact of COVID-19 pandemic
Updated repository of health budgets 2021
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) review of latest evidence of rare adverse blood coagulation events with AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (Vaxzevria and Covishield)
Update of the WHO guidance on the treatment of drug susceptible tuberculosis
Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance
New WHO Global Compact to speed up action to tackle diabetes
WHO and the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen access to health in Francophone countries
WHO calls for comprehensive, equitable access to healthcare for every Chagas disease patient
Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use - New tobacco tax manual shows ways to save lives, money and build back better after COVID-19
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
G7 announces pledges of 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, of which at least half to be delivered by the end of 2021
Approaches to sustained control of neglected tropical diseases need to evolve and adapt
New HIV/AIDS political declaration seeks to end inequalities and get on track to end AIDS by 2030
Statement for healthcare professionals: How COVID-19 vaccines are regulated for safety and effectiveness (Revised March 2022)
26 International experts to kickstart the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP)
Public discussion Establishment of a One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
Advisory Group for the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Global Leaders from Health and Energy pave the way for a Clean and Healthy Future for All
Updated recommendations for use of Pfizer–BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen vaccines against COVID-19
Countries reaffirm commitment to ending polio at launch of new eradication strategy
WHO publishes new guidance to accelerate in-country registration of WHO prequalified in vitro diagnostics
New WHO guidance seeks to put an end to human rights violations in mental health care
Record response to WHO’s call for antimicrobial resistance surveillance reports in 2020
WHO guideline development group meeting on WHO antenatal care guidelines: Update on early ultrasound scan recommendation
New Policy Action Paper highlights feasible policy interventions for addressing the under representation of women in global health and care leadership
Council on the Economics of Health For All issues brief on equitable health innovation
WHO steps up action to improve food safety and protect people from disease
Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150 000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year
Revised scope and direction for the Smart Vaccination Certificate and WHO’s role in the Global Health Trust Framework
WHO joins the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration on World Environment Day
