Kerry Cullinan
Africa Editor at Health Policy Watch
Passionate about health, social justice & people's right to live with dignity. Deputy Editor, Health Policy Watch. Tweets my own.🇿🇦
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2 days ago |
healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan
Access to insulin remains elusive and expensive for many children and young people (CYP) living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to a report released Tuesday by the Access to Medicine Foundation. The report evaluates 11 company-supported initiatives targeting children and young people by the market’s three dominant insulin producers – Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk – and biosimilar manufacturer Biocon.
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3 days ago |
healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan
Although the international nurse workforce has increased by about two million between 2018 and 2023, there is still a huge global shortage concentrated in poorer nations, according to the State of the World’s Nursing 2025 report published on Monday. There was a global shortage of around 5.8 million nurses in 2023, an improvement on 2018 when there was a 6.2 million shortage, but the shortage is felt most acutely in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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1 week ago |
healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan
Women’s groups have raised the alarm about two impending African anti-rights conferences, featuring prominent US conservatives, that have previously been used to mobilise for anti-LGBTQ laws and restrictions on sexual and reproductive rights on the continent.
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1 week ago |
healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan
On its 25th anniversary, the Gates Foundation has announced that it is winding down – but in 20 years’ time, during which it expects to spend $200 billion. “During the first 25 years of the Gates Foundation – powered in part by the generosity of Warren Buffett – we gave away more than $100 billion. Over the next two decades, we will double our giving,” said Bill Gates, foundation chair in post on Thursday.
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1 week ago |
healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan
As countries dependent on United States aid for their HIV response report looming shortages of antiretroviral medicine, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is also fighting for survival. Meanwhile, more shocks may be ahead for the HIV sector as the US Health and Human Services plans to curtail research collaboration between US scientists and foreign researchers, a common occurrence in the HIV sector.
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