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World Health Organization Reorganization Plan Developed With Boston-based Consultancy - Health Policy Watch

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Elaine Ruth Fletcher

The US-based Boston Consulting Group has been working with WHO’s senior leadership, under contract, to develop the major reorganization and cost-saving plan, now pending final presentation to staff and member states next week, Health Policy Watch has learned. Members of the Staff Association Committee confirmed to WHO staff members on Thursday, that BCG has been involved in the strategic planning for dramatic cutbacks in the agency’s workforce.
Mpox Cases Decline In DRC, Anthrax Remains A Concern

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan

New weekly cases of mpox across Africa have dropped to around 2,000 for the first time this year giving hope that the outbreak may be waning, according to Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). In the mpox epicentre of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), new cases dropped to 1,453 – the first time this year that this has been below 2,000 – despite an increase in testing.
Countries Say YES To Pandemic Agreement

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan

At around 3am Wednesday, after three years of often intense negotiations, World Health Organization (WHO) member states agreed on a draft Pandemic Agreement, which sets out basic terms of engagement to prepare for, prevent and respond to pandemics. Bleary-eyed negotiators and co-chairs Precious Matsoso and Anne-Claire Amprou welcomed the“Now the real work begins,” said Matsoso, with the draft due to be presented to the World Health Assembly (WHA) next month.
Pandemic Agreements Talks Still Stuck On 'Technology Transfer'

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan

In the final hours of the pandemic agreement negotiations, the proposal by the European Union and some of its member states to qualify every mention of “technology transfer” in the agreement with the phrase “mutually agreed” is slowing progress on the talks, according to Health Policy Watch sources. However, member states and observers still believe it is possible to reach agreement.
Now Is Not The Time For Germany To Relinquish Its Leadership Of Global Health - Health Policy Watch

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan

Germany’s contribution to global health has been transformative – and as its new coalition government takes shape, now is not the time for it to weaken this commitmentGermany has long stood as a global leader, not just in public health but also in shaping international cooperation on health through platforms like the G7 and G20.
Exclusive: WHO Poised To Halve Divisions And Directors At Geneva Headquarters In Response To Budget Emergency - Health Policy Watch

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Elaine Ruth Fletcher

The number of WHO programme divisions would be reduced from 10 to just five and the number of directors in headquarters would shrink from nearly 80 to around 30 in an emergency reorganization plan reviewed by the agency’s executive management group at a closed-door retreat on Saturday.
WHO's Pandemic Agreement Is Finally Within Reach As Brazil Proposes Compromise

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan

World Health Organization (WHO) member states are very close to agreeing on the entire pandemic agreement – and may even have been able to clinch a deal on Saturday had they not been exhausted after negotiating from Friday morning right through until 6am on Saturday morning, according to sources. Anne-Claire Amaprou, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), told AP that “we have an accord in principle” – and indeed they almost do.
Why 3.5 Billion People Lack Basic Oral Care—and What Needs To Change - Health Policy Watch

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Maayan Hoffman

Half of the world’s population has no access to any kind of oral care and lives with untreated oral disease every day, according to Dr. Habib Benzian, a dentist and professor of epidemiology and health promotion at New York University. “There’s no other disease group that affects so many people,” Benzian said. In fact, oral health issues impact 3.5 billion people globally.
Pandemic Agreement Talks Deadlock Over Technology Transfer – And Keep Going - Health Policy Watch

1 week ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan

By sunrise on Saturday morning, the entire draft pandemic agreement had been agreed on – bar the vexing question of whether technology transfer related to the production of pandemic products should always be voluntary. Negotiators talked into the early hours of Saturday morning, trying to find a way around the deadlock, according to sources close to the process.
Africa CDC To Pilot New Health Financing Options

2 weeks ago | healthpolicy-watch.news | Kerry Cullinan

Amid bleak global economic and development aid trends, Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is piloting innovative financing solutions and doubling down on efforts to get member states to invest more domestic funds in health.