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POLITICS & POLICIES
April 21st, 2022: The White House, ahead of its May 12 virtual Global Covid-19 Summit, is asking countries, companies and philanthropies to help fight the pandemic worldwide. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-pulse/2022/04/21/what-the-white-house-wants-00026641
April 7th, 2022: On Thursday, April 7, 2022, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus held a joint press conference on World Health Day. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/04/07/remarks-by-hhs-secretary-becerra-during-joint-press-conference-on-world-health-day-with-world-health-organization-director-general-dr-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus.html
March 16th, 2022: Comparing responses to COVID-19 and the Ukraine war points to a difficult future for global health https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/four-failures-and-invasion
PROGRAMS, CONFERENCES, GRANTS, AWARDS & EVENTS
April 27th, 2022: The University of Kentucky International Center’s Office of Global Health Initiatives hosted a virtual panel discussion noon Wednesday, April 27, focused on treating patients from Afghanistan and Ukraine. https://uknow.uky.edu/professional-news/office-global-health-initiatives-host-panel-treating-patients-ukraine-and
April 19th, 2022: On Friday April 22nd, the State University of New York hosted a global health research symposium supported by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research of Downstate Health Sciences University. https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/briefs/2022/04/suny-global-health-conference.html
April 7th, 2022: World Health Day on April 7 celebrates and advocates for health globally. For World Health Day 2022, the World Health Organization is highlighting Our Health, Our Planet and health as a human right. https://www.taskforce.org/why-we-care-about-our-health-our-planet/
HISTORICAL, REPORTS, DOCUMENTS, DATA & INDEXES
April 19th, 2022: India’s air quality data, removed at the last minute from the WHO Air Quality database update just prior to its launch two weeks ago, has been restored again to the online repository. https://healthpolicy-watch.news/india-air-pollution-data-restored-to-who-air-quality-database/
April 15th, 2022: Native American researchers are turning long-held traditions into novel public health solutions. https://magazine.jhsph.edu/2022/healing-historical-trauma
RESEARCH
April 1st, 2022: The consequences of the dissemination of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines overflows distrust and hesitation into an entire public health project. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00063-1/fulltext
April 19th, 2022: Fractionating COVID-19 Vaccine Doses May Save Lives https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2791211
DISEASES & DISASTERS
April 26th, 2022: Testing for COVID-19 has fallen by 70% to 90% across the world, making it more difficult for the global health community to monitor the evolution of the pandemic, treat patients, and track variants, according to Dr. Bill Rodriguez, chief executive officer of FIND, a co-convener of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator “diagnostics pillar.” https://www.devex.com/news/covid-19-testing-sees-massive-decline-leaving-countries-vulnerable-103128
April 6th, 2022: As the COVID-19 Pandemic Enters the Third Year Most Adults Say They Have Not Fully Returned to Pre-Pandemic ‘Normal’ https://www.kff.org/other/press-release/as-the-covid-19-pandemic-enters-the-third-year-most-adults-say-they-have-not-fully-returned-to-pre-pandemic-normal/
TECHNOLOGY
April 26th, 2022: Vaccine-derived polio is on the rise. A new vaccine aims to stop the spread https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/04/26/1092867458/vaccine-derived-polio-is-on-the-rise-a-new-vaccine-aims-to-stop-the-spread
April 12th, 2022: A single dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine provides as much protection against cervical cancer as the standard three-dose regimen, a new study finds. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-04-12/study-finds-just-one-dose-of-hpv-vaccine-may-be-enough
CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
April 4th, 2022: Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health. https://www.who.int/news/item/04-04-2022-billions-of-people-still-breathe-unhealthy-air-new-who-data
EQUITY & DISPARITIES
April 14th, 2022: The Clinton Health Access Initiative selected Dr. Neil Buddy Shah as its new CEO Thursday, a sign of the global health organization’s move towards growth in low- and middle-income nations and use of new philanthropic efforts to help fund the expansion. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/clinton-health-access-initiative-names-shah-as-new-ceo/
April 5th, 2022: Global groups propose pandemic plan costing $10 billion a year. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/global-groups-propose-pandemic-plan-cost-10-bln-year-2022-04-05/
WOMEN, MATERNAL, NEONATAL & CHILDREN’S HEALTH
April 29th, 2022: A study recently completed at the University of Helsinki revealed that the fungal microbiota in the gut is more abundant and diverse in children treated with antibiotics compared with the control group even six weeks following the start of the antibiotic course. In light of the findings, a reduction in the number of gut bacteria as a result of antibiotic therapy reduces competition for space and leaves more room for fungi to multiply. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220429145038.htm
May 6th, 2022: Over the past three decades, birthrates have declined for women in their 20s and jumped for women in their late 30s and early 40s. Older mothers discuss the benefits of having children later in life, with more wisdom and resources to help them and their children. https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-05-06/motherhood-deferred-us-median-age-for-giving-birth-hits-30
April 4th, 2022: Physicians may be able to determine if menopause-related bone loss is already in progress or about to begin by measuring the level of a hormone that declines as women approach their final menstrual period, new UCLA research finds. https://scitechdaily.com/levels-of-a-hormone-could-predict-or-detect-bone-loss-in-premenopausal-women/
HUMANITARIAN, NONPROFITS, FOUNDATIONS & NGOS
April 30th, 2022: The UN’s Humanitarian Country Team in Yemen on Saturday, released its Response Plan (HRP) for this year, seeking nearly $4.3 billion to reverse a steady deterioration across the country, the grinding war there continues, despite a current pause in fighting. https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1117332
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