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...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Policy
“History is repeating, as the tobacco industry tries to sell the same nicotine to our children in different packaging.These industries are actively targeting schools, children and young people with new products that are essentially a candy-flavoured trap. How...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance
Between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy dropped by 1.8 years to 71.4 years (back to the level of 2012). Similarly, global healthy life expectancy dropped by 1.5 years to 61.9 years in 2021 (back to the level of 2012) Geneva: The latest edition of the World...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Policy
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General, WHO One of the main points of disagreement between wealthy countries and developing states is the vexed issue of sharing drugs and vaccines fairly to avoid a repeat of COVID-era failures The only time in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
The UN-agency said countries should implement infection control measures and procedures to reduce human exposure to birds and mammals potentially infected with bird flu or other animal influenza viruses There is a risk that the H5N1 bird flu virus, present in many...
