The U.S. Government and the World Health Organization
KFF
MAY 19, 2022
This fact sheet provides information about the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government funding and engagement with WHO.
Human Rights Principles in Public Health Emergencies: From the Siracusa Principles to COVID-19 and Beyond
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
One of us (LG) was involved in the drafting of the Siracusa Principles, which have become the chief international instrument governing permissible human rights limitations during national emergencies. UN bodies and the World Health Assembly should endorse the Principles, much as the ECOSOC did vis-à-vis the Siracusa Principles.
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Bioethics Experts vs Ordinary South Africans on the Governance of Human Genome Editing
Bill of Health
JUNE 28, 2023
In the same year that the deliberative public engagement study on heritable HGE was conducted in South Africa, an expert advisory committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) published its policy proposals for a global governance framework for HGE.
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Several EU nations set to mandate vaccination for COVID passes
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 5, 2022
Meanwhile in England, the government has implemented ‘Plan B’ measures requiring citizens to have two injections and a booster or a negative lateral flow test to get into large venues. The rice-sized chips, designed by Swedish startup Epicenter, measure 2mm by 6mm. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER CONTEXT.
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Non-State Actors and Public Health Emergencies
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Under international human rights law, States have a positive, primary obligation to ensure that such health care services are of the highest possible quality and accessible to everyone, everywhere, and without discrimination.
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COVID-19 Showcased Failed Global Cooperation
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 26, 2023
By Kayum Ahmed, Julia Bleckner, and Kyle Knight In mid-May, the World Health Organization officially declared the “emergency” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic over. That has created deep inequities in access to health products that can save lives. Solidarity operates at two intersecting levels.
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DHAGE identifies digital inclusion as key goal in building a resilient society
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 29, 2021
DHAGE called upon organisations such as the European Union, the World Health Organisation and the OECD to set up and fund an initiative for promoting digital inclusion. An upskilling of the workforce could assist in the rolling out and implementation of new digital tools and technology. This would create a greater knowledge database.
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COVID-19: Vaccine mandate enforced in Austria
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
In return, the Austrian government loosened public restrictions. The target to vaccinate 80% per cent of the German population at least once by the end of January 2022 has not been reached, according to a government announcement yesterday. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.
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COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 20, 2021
A recent study published in Nature found 37% of deaths related to heat exposure around the world between 1991 and 2018 were related to global warming caused by humans. ON THE RECORD. Climate change is here to stay and we need to find novel means of climate change adaptation such as this COVID-19 telemonitoring tool.”
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AI for health can't leave older people behind, says WHO
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The World Health Organization released a policy brief this past week aimed at combating age-related bias in health-related artificial intelligence tools. The establishment of older people's right to consent to and contest AI recommendations for health.
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Ethics for AI in Health – A View From The World Health Organization
Jane Sarashon
JANUARY 24, 2024
WHO has released guidance on the use of large multi-modal models (LMMs) in health care which detail 40+ recommendations for stakeholders in the field to consider when deploying AI. The post Ethics for AI in Health – A View From The World Health Organization appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.
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Reclaiming Global Public Health
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Monopoly control presents profound questions for public health governance. Consider the United States, for example, which made the unprecedented move to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) during the pandemic. The post Reclaiming Global Public Health appeared first on Bill of Health.
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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge
Bill of Health
AUGUST 29, 2022
government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” Licensing structures like this go back at least to World War II, when the U.S. By Jorge L. Moderna’s Pledge. Updating” the Pledge. From 2020 to 2022, the U.S. Pfizer made such a vaccine.
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Introduction to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 24, 2023
This symposium gathers reflections from leading scholars, activists, jurists, and others from around the world with respect to the recently issued Principles. Historically, Global Health Law has been permeated with colonialism and concerned with preserving travel and trade rather than protecting human dignity, health and life.
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The Light Collective amplifies its call for patient data rights
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
In its current state, the bill lacks protections for data not covered by HIPAA, including personal health records, de-identified data and health data shared by patient groups on social media platforms such as Facebook, they argue.
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HIMSS22 Europe: ‘We need to develop eco-friendly digital health’
Healthcare It News
JUNE 18, 2022
of the world’s net greenhouse gas emissions come from the healthcare sector – double those from the airline industry. Enterprise Taxonomy: Operations Patient Access Population and Public Health Leadership Regulation Emerging Technologies Business Care Organizational Governance Public Policy Technology.
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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities
Bill of Health
JULY 26, 2023
Other researchers have found that “ many persons with disabilities do not receive any humanitarian support from NGOs or the Government ” following natural disasters. Many have wheelchair access ramps, and are heralded as accessible by the Bangladesh government and international funders, yet they lack accessible toilets.
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Climate Change and Neglected Tropical Diseases: Key Takeaways from the WHO-WIPO-WTO Trilateral Symposium
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 22, 2023
By Aparajita Lath* The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), hosted the 10 th Trilateral Symposium on Human Health and Climate Change in Geneva this November.
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The U.S. and the International Health Regulations: Implications of an Amended Agreement
KFF
MAY 21, 2024
This brief reviews the proposed revisions to the World Health Organization-based agreement known as the International Health Regulations (IHR), and the implications for the U.S. WHO member states are expected to adopt the revised IHR at the World Health Assembly meeting this year.
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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies
Bill of Health
JANUARY 18, 2024
Soekoe and Davis, both South African lawyers involved in litigation relating to transparency in vaccine contracts between the Government and pharmaceutical companies , detail the successful vindication of the right to access to information, entrenched in the South African Constitution and legislation.
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Countries worldwide share perspectives on pandemic-era digital innovation
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
Specifically, they touted the value of groups such as the Global Digital Health Partnership, which convenes government agencies from countries and territories, along with the World Health Organisation, to enable more effective rollouts and improvements in digital health services.
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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Responding to Public Health Emergencies by Upholding Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 7, 2023
In June 2023, the Assembly adopted Resolution 2500 (2023) on “Public health emergency: the need for a holistic approach to multilateralism and health care.” The report supports the ongoing processes taking place at the international level to transform global health governance.
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Experts showcase digital health solutions that help tackle COVID-19
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Roger Lim, Dutch government, said principles of privacy and data minimisation were central to building the national contact tracing app: “We opened transparent processes on the technical choices made, because it’s essential to build trust for people to use this app. ON THE RECORD.
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Making Explicit a Rights-Based Approach to Infodemic in a Public Health Emergency
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 31, 2023
While the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles) do not make explicit reference to infodemics, the application of digital technologies in response to a public health emergency is a clear concern.
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COVID-19 and the future of care delivery
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 18, 2020
The message that adhering to this request, and using other tools to communicate, to help to protect our health and care systems has been understood and accepted by the vast majority of citizens. In March 2020, the Scottish Government produced advice and guidance on Information Governance to support the safe deployment of telehealth.
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What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The most extreme embodiment of this phenomenon, vaccine nationalism , happens when perfectly lawful tools — contracts known as advance purchase agreements — are used to skew the allocation of vaccine doses to wealthier governments and their populations whenever there is a surge in transnational demand for a given vaccine.
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Where telemedicine is headed now that the PHE has ended
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 30, 2023
This change is yet another signal that the country is working to move past the pandemic, which falls in line with recent moves by the federal government to move the pandemic to a more controlled phase. This also happens to coincide with the World Health Organization declaring an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency.
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Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics
Bill of Health
MARCH 24, 2022
At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article. This is a contractual framework negotiated when the government funds research related to a specific pandemic or epidemic.
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COP29 and the UNFCCC’s Health Turn: Progress or Peril?
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 12, 2024
But the disappointment surrounding financing outcomes was merely a symptom of deeper power imbalances, what critical legal scholar Martti Koskenniemi describes as the “structural biases” of global governance institutions. Yet this progress was not abstracted from the structural bias shaping the broader climate governance regime.
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HIMSS22 in Riyadh: Exploring cross-border collaboration in the Middle East
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
In this session "Cross-Border Collaborations: Improving Digital Health" (20 November, 13:00 - 13:50), speakers from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond will share concrete examples of how governments and healthcare organisations are successfully collaborating across borders to implement various digital health initiatives.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?
Digital Health News
JANUARY 22, 2024
This briefing includes PulseAI's new AI algorithm to enhance cardiac health monitoring and the WHO releasing new LLMs ethics and governance guidance.
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Riding the digital wave through COVID-19
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 24, 2020
Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay.
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The Case for Procurement Transparency
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 12, 2023
By Tara Davis and Nicola Soekoe In January 2021, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if wealthier nations did not ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. This, critically, could have helped save lives.
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COVID-19: An integrated healthcare system is the way forward
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 2, 2020
Government & Policy Network Infrastructure Telehealth Workflow With dozens of healthcare facilities across the UAE, the country’s healthcare system is evolving faster than elsewhere in the world says Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in Dubai.
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The International Health Regulations and the U.S.: Implications of an Amended Agreement
KFF
JUNE 18, 2024
This brief reviews the proposed revisions to the World Health Organization-based agreement known as the International Health Regulations (IHR), and the implications for the U.S. WHO member states are expected to adopt the revised IHR at the World Health Assembly meeting this year.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, the Failure of the Binary PHEIC Declaration System, and the Need for Reform
Bill of Health
JANUARY 7, 2022
More probably, due to the lack of precise information by the Chinese government on the real extent of the disease outbreak, they opted for a conservative approach, well aware of the economic and political consequences of a PHEIC declaration for the concerned State.
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How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Why is it critical that federal policymakers take specific actions to encourage health service expansion and make telehealth platforms a more permanent fixture? It's important that the federal government set policies that align incentives with the outcomes we hope to see for patients: higher quality care at lower overall costs.
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How to Fairly Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapies
Bill of Health
JANUARY 31, 2022
The Delta variant led the federal government to resume control over mAb supply and promulgate allocation guidelines. Over the past few months, we have seen the arrival and wider availability of treatments such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and more recently, of novel oral antiviral drugs like Paxlovid and molnupiravir.
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Roundup: New telehealth services launched in Hong Kong and more briefs
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 25, 2022
Moreover, the health facility allows patients to create their own IHL health accounts, which integrate with the nationwide Ayushman Bharat Health Account. The IHL digital health centre can collect data on risk factors of patients in Khagaria, home to over 1.6
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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change
Health Populi
OCTOBER 12, 2021
and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.
World Mental Health Day – October 10, 2021
Healthcare Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2021
While the pandemic has made it increasingly difficult to find help for mental health illnesses in the past 18 months, these issues have been around for years, with many countries not offering mental health resources at all.
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88 Unseen Scars: The Devastating Impact of Corruption on Mental Health Systems in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Bill of Health
JULY 11, 2024
Low and middle-income countries (LMICs), home to 80% of people with mental illnesses, should prioritize strengthening their mental health systems. Yet, funding for mental health is grossly inadequate. The mental health sector is further burdened by systemic discrimination and human rights violations.
Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2
Health Populi
JUNE 30, 2020
said the government’s response to COVID was a significant source of stress: in first place, the Federal government response (felt a significant stressor among 84% of U.S. adults), followed by States (72% of consumers), and local governments (64% of people feeling the stress). Two in three people in the U.S.
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The Common Denominators of Sustainability in Healthcare: Measurement and Transparency
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
But at the same time, the Hippocratic Oath of doing no harm should apply broadly to how healthcare institutions impact society environmentally, and governments are increasingly receptive to this view. government has created an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, which plans to roll out emissions goals for U.S.
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