by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2024 | Facts, Health, Policy, Risk Management
The majority of newly emerging diseases are viral, and they are emerging mostly from the animal world. That means they are zoonosis, like Covid,Mario C.B. Raviglione, former Director of the Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme at the World Health Organization (WHO). New...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 11, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
From an economic perspective, the widespread impacts would be primarily driven by disruption across global industries due to local lockdowns and global travel restrictions. With the transportation sector worth over 10% of global GDP, sustained international travel...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
“It almost seems like a pandemic unfolding in slow motion,” said Scott Hensley, a professor of microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania. “Right now, the threat is pretty low … but that could change in a heartbeat.” Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
Yuanqiong Hu, a senior legal and policy advisor at Doctors without Borders, said that the changes adopted Saturday include “important provisions addressing equity in access to health products during global health emergencies”. Geneva: The World Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Policy
Negotiations are ongoing for two complementary deals that could be formalised at the May 27-June 1 meeting: an update to existing health rules on outbreaks and a new legally-binding treaty to shore up the world’s defences against future pathogens after the...
