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SHARE Monday, September 15, 2025 Will 80th UNGA theme of Better Together unite all world leaders on safe abortion rights?
Please consider an article around 80th UN general assembly and ahead of Safe Abortion Day this month. World leaders adopted SDGs at UNGA2015 - 10 years ago, promising health (SDG3) and gender equality (SDG5). Will they take stock of progress and will accountability be there at UNGA 2025 this month?
SHARE Saturday, September 13, 2025 Call for stronger response in Asia Pacific that is home to half of global AMR burden
Please consider the below article based on insights from several experts and survivors dedicated to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which is making infections, simpler to treat earlier, difficult or impossible to treat.
Disease-causing microbes like bacteria, virus, fungi or parasites, become resistant to medicines (so they become ineffective). Drug-resistant infections or AMR is among top 10 global health threats.
SHARE Tuesday, September 9, 2025 Access to abortion is a human rights issue says UN SR on Right To Health
Ahead of 80th United Nations General Assembly, Contraception Day and Safe Abortion Day, please consider the below article based on insights from Dr Mabel who was instrumental in observing world's first Safe Abortion Day in 1990, United Nations Special Rapporteur (UN SR) on Right To Health Dr Tlaleng and CeHDI's leader Kelcey.
SHARE Wednesday, September 3, 2025 80th UNGA must act to stop regressive pushbacks against health and gender
The 80th United Nations General Assembly where world leaders will convene and SDGs review is on the agenda. Pushbacks against SDG-3 (health) and SDG-5 (gender equality) is of deep concern progress off track, and receding on some goals and targets too.
SHARE Saturday, August 30, 2025 Will Nepal's leadership on health spur more action on SDG-3 globally?
Please consider the below article. Nepal is among the least developed countries globally but due to its progress on range of human development indices, in 2026 it is on its way to do-away with this tag of least developed. Its progress on range of health indices is best in Asia Pacific for example, it is the only country in Asia Pacific (and among 4 globally) to reduce new HIV infections by 75% during 2010-2024.
SHARE Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Are health services sensitive to needs of young persons in all their diversities?
Please consider the below article based on insights from 9 youth leaders from diverse backgrounds, such as, living with hearing disability or deafness, living with HIV, indigenous peoples and violence survivors, transgender peoples, among others. When governments committed for SDGs, promise was to Leave no one behind. Time to walk the talk on this.
SHARE Friday, August 22, 2025 Will world leaders at UNGA act on urgent interconnected threats posed by NCDs and AMR?
Please consider the below article ahead of 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 2025) next month where UN High Level Meeting on NCDs would take place. But draft text is very weak and disappointing which would be up for the discussion next month will world leaders at UNGA act on urgent interconnected threats posed by NCDs and AMR? Read insights from AMR and NCD survivors and other experts.
SHARE Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Rohingya women carry not just a story of pain but a plan for change
Please consider the below article based on insights from a young rohingya woman on status of health and gender equality. Governments have promised to deliver on health for all and gender equality by 2030 (SDG-3 and SDG-5) where no one is left behind. She questions why the health and gender programmes and other determinants are not addressed equitably for Rohingya?
SHARE Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Prevention revolution and policy harmonisation are critical to end AIDS
Please consider the below article based on insights from 3 public health leaders (2 from key populations and communities). As per latest UNAIDS 2025 report data (and compared to 2024 report data), there is hardly any change in number of new HIV infections globally in 2023 when compared to 2024 levels (1.3 million each year). Same goes for AIDS-related deaths in 2023 and 2024 (630,000 each year). Business as usual MUST END
SHARE Monday, August 4, 2025 Protect the lifelines of youth and community-led HIV programmes
Please consider the below article ahead of International Youth Day. Young people living with HIV (and some of them were born with HIV) came together to call for youth-led, rights-based and gender transformative health and social welfare responses. UN says "community-led programmes are lifelines of the HIV response". Let us protect these lifelines.
SHARE Sunday, August 3, 2025 Person-centred care is the gateway to health for all
Health is a fundamental human right, but reality on the ground is often farthest from this. Kindly consider the below article where noted public health expert shares his experience and learning that instead of clinical approach, we need person-centred care model to reform healthcare service delivery model so that we can reach those currently unreached with equity and rights-based manner.
SHARE Saturday, August 2, 2025 Remove systemic blockers to enable access for women to economic and labour markets
Please consider the below article based on insights from a range of feminist leaders who unequivocally call for removing systemic discrimination, disadvantages and patriarchal barriers that prevent women and gender diverse peoples from accessing economic and labour markets in the first place. Governments agreed this month on women's acces to economic and labour markets, but how can we achieve this without removing barriers?
SHARE Monday, July 21, 2025 Reforming global financial architecture is critical for gender equality and right to health
Please consider the below article based on insights from noted feminist and development justice leader Sai Jyothirmai Racherla. She strongly advocates for gender-transformative reformation of global financial architecture without which we cannot make much progress on gender equality and right to health. For example, countries in Global South end up servicing debt & taking resources away from public services for health...
SHARE Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Richest 1% people have enough new wealth to end annual poverty 22 times over
Please consider the below article. A recent Oxfam report shows that since 2015 the top 1% people in the world have amassed US$ 33.9 Trillion in new wealth which is enough to end annual poverty 22 times over. Imagine the inequalities and injustices that plague our so-called 'world order'. Unless we address this, how will we deliver on a range of health or gender equality targets such as to end AIDS or end gender inequality
SHARE Thursday, July 10, 2025 Cambodia is 2nd Asian country to roll out long-acting injectable HIV-prevention option
Please consider an important article based on interview with UN head in Cambodia of joint programme on HIV/AIDS. She speaks about first-ever rollout of long-acting and injectable medicine (cabotegravir) for HIV prevention in Cambodia - which is 2nd country now to do so in Asian region (after Thailand). Offering the full range of science-based HIV prevention options for people to choose from as per their own contexts & needs
SHARE Friday, July 4, 2025 Will governments firewall public health from tobacco industry's lies and deceptive tactics?
Please consider the below article based on key highlights of latest WHO report launched ~week ago and a strong declaration adopted to call for stopping tobacco industry interference in public policy AND holding industry legally and financially liable for the harm it has caused to human health and lives and our planet. Global tobacco treaty is legally binding treaty (WHO FCTC) Article 5.3 & 19 give govt power to save lives