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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Ellen 't Hoen
      Sharing trade secrets is key to the pandemic agreements

      Addressing this IP issue is crucial to ensuring pharmaceutical products are available in future emergencies

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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Push by Bangladesh PM’s daughter for WHO role raises transparency concerns

      Saima Wazed is one of only two nominees to lead UN health body in south-east Asia

      US president Joe Biden, Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her daughter Saima Wazed and first lady Jill Biden in New York on Tuesday
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Coronavirus
      WHO chief pushes China for ‘full access’ to solve Covid’s origins

      Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says health body is ready to send second mission as Omicron variants drive rise in cases

      Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
      We need transformational change to be ready for the next pandemic

      Leaders must treat these risks as existential — one of very few threats that can change the world in days

      Mothers bring their sick children for treatment at a hospital
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Nina Schwalbe
      We cannot give up on the global pandemic treaty

      We are on track to squander the political will that brought the commitment to better handle another health catastrophe

      A medical worker in protective gear sits at a table draped in plastic and holds a long Covid probe
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      Space odysseys — trips to discover the cosmos

      Three books explore the future of galactic travel and the sights and experiences that await

      A mass of clouds and starts in the sky
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      InterviewScientific research
      WHO’s chief scientist urges greater collaboration against dangerous pathogens

      Joint work would avoid ‘deep scars’ caused by unequal access to drugs during Covid-19

      Jeremy Farrar
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Food & Beverage
      WHO warning on aspartame makes life less sweet for drinks makers

      Health body says ingredient is ‘possibly carcinogenic’ but consumption guidance remains unchanged

      A montage of cans of Dr Pepper, Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      WHO urged to pay reparations to DR Congo sexual assault victims

      Judge leading review says health body’s response to scandal ‘was not sufficient’

      Patients wait outside a health centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo in July 2019
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      Anjana Ahuja
      Warnings on sweeteners may leave a bitter taste

      Whether or not aspartame is carcinogenic, we know it is not the healthy option that many consumers believe it to be

      Andy Carter illustration of a person holding a cup of coffee running away from a downpour of sweetener being sprinkled by a giant hand
    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      Mariana Mazzucato
      Preparing for the next pandemic will take a global commitment

      The leaked draft of the WHO Pandemic Accord contains worrying signs

      A mother and daughter hug through plastic sheeting at a care home in Italy during the pandemic. We risk taking steps back if the commitments to govern innovation do not reflect the values of health for all
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Investors can play their part in the war on superbugs

      As McDonald’s is targeted, governments also need to tighten and enforce rules

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    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      WHO reinstates managers accused of mishandling DRC sex scandal

      UN agency welcomed back officials criticised by report into sexual exploitation during Ebola outbreak

      The WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Mpox
      Mpox is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

      Viral disease previously known as monkeypox has caused more than 87,000 infections and 140 deaths

      An mpox vaccine is administered in the US
    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Coronavirus
      WHO says Covid-19 emergency is over

      UN health body declares end to acute phase of pandemic after at least 20mn deaths

      Staff members line up at attention as they prepare to spray disinfectant at Wuhan Railway Station  in March 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak
    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      Top WHO Covid investigator fired for sexual misconduct

      Peter Ben Embarek, scientist who led probe into origins of virus, faced disciplinary action over two complaints

      Peter Ben Embarek
    • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
      Interview
      WHO on ‘long journey’ to root out sexual misconduct, says official

      Gaya Gamhewage aims to make health body ‘safe for all people’ and criticises male-dominated culture in UN agencies

      WHO’s Gaya Gamhewage
    • Monday, 24 April, 2023
      WHO dismisses senior official after sexual misconduct accusations

      Allegations against Temo Waqanivalu raised concerns over health body’s organisational culture

      Temo Waqanivalu
    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Coronavirus
      Countries wrangle over definition of ‘pandemic’ in race to agree treaty

      WHO targets 2024 for new agreement on pandemics but nations disagree on basic principles

      A specialist walks inside a mobile unit set up by the Peruvian Ministry of Health as a preventive measure if a case of the Covid-19 virus comes up, in 2020
    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      Health
      One in six people worldwide experiences infertility, says WHO

      High number affected shows need to widen access to care, says health body’s chief

      Commuters wear face masks boarding a train in Bangkok
    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      World Health Organization official accused of sexual harassment

      Third complaint filed against WHO’s Temo Waqanivalu

      Temo Waqanivalu with the World Health Organization logo on the wall behind his right shoulder
    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      WHO warns over spread of Marburg virus after Tanzania deaths

      Global health body urges increased vigilance to reduce transmission of deadly disease

      A body is taken away in a truck
    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Coronavirus
      WHO urges China to share more data on possible Covid link to raccoon dogs

      Health body says genetic sequences are not definitive and all origin theories, including lab leak, remain on table

      Members of a WHO investigative team visit the wet market in Wuhan in January 2021
    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Pollution
      Wealthy cities can breathe cleaner air but India’s air pollution worsens

      Richer conurbations benefit from stricter guidelines and electrification, study indicates

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Coronavirus
      Vaccine inequality blamed for boosting global Covid death toll

      Unequal access to jabs in 2021 led to one preventable death every 24 seconds, politicians and activists say

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