In August 2025, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali removed all taxes and customs duties on feminine hygiene products. Now, Guyana’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva calls on other countries to follow suit.    In most developing countries male condoms are distributed freely. Free access to condoms is a globally recognized harm reduction strategy in public health.  […] Continue reading ->
Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading ->
Brazil launched a sweeping climate-health action plan on Thursday, named after the COP30 host city in the Amazon, winning initial endorsements from roughly two dozen countries for a voluntary framework calling on nations to strengthen disease surveillance, build climate-resilient infrastructure, and protect vulnerable populations from the health impacts of rising temperatures and extreme weather. The […] Continue reading ->
The year 2025 is set to be among the top three hottest years in the planet’s 176-year observational record, according to the State of the Global Climate Update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The mean near-surface temperature from January to August was 1.42°C (± 0.12°C) above the pre-industrial average, the report said. Depending on what […] Continue reading ->