The 7th AU–EU Summit delivered welcome language on fairer finance, stronger health systems and youth engagement, but stopped short of concrete commitments. Key gaps remain on youth mobility and global health funding. As leaders move to draft the implementation plan, ONE will keep pushing to turn these promises into real action for young people.
Health
For millions of people worldwide, access to essential medicines and healthcare can make the between life and death, and between a life constrained by illness or one filled with possibility. When communities are protected from infectious diseases, people can work, children can go to school, and economies can thrive.
Over the past two decades, the world has made remarkable progress in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria – progress largely made possible by the Global Fund to Fight...
Vaccine are one of humanity’s greatest achievements, but their distribution is not equal.
In Africa, 98.9% of the continent’s vaccine supply is produced outside of the continent. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed this weakness: During the COVID-19 pandemic, this became a big issue as rich countries monopolized vaccines. Wealthy nations monopolized doses, African countries were left waiting, and vulnerable.
In 2021, the African Union and Africa CDC set a bold goal to prevent this from happening again. They set out to produce...
Vaccines are one of humanity’s greatest achievements; they save six lives every minute! Thanks to vaccines many diseases are now preventable today.
Here is a closer look.
1. Smallpox
At one point in history, smallpox was “one of the most devastating diseases to humanity.” With the first cases dating as early as 1350 BCE, the disease caused millions of deaths.
But in 1796, Edward Jenner created the smallpox vaccine — the first successful vaccine to be developed. Today, thanks to the power of...
For millions of children, vaccinations can make the difference to ensure a healthy life filled with possibility. When a child is protected from infectious diseases, they can go to school. Their parents can go to work. And their community can thrive.
The world has made remarkable progress in vaccinating children over the past 24 years, thanks to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Since it was founded in 2000, Gavi has raised over $22 billion in direct contributions to support immunization efforts...
This blog was originally published in 2022 and updated in August 2024.
Mpox is back in the news after both Africa CDC and the WHO declared it a public health emergency of concern. We’ve unpacked six crucial things to know.
Mpox was formerly known as monkeypox
In 2022, monkeypox began being referred to as mpox following a recommendation from the WHO. This recommendation came after the 2022 outbreak saw racist and stigmatizing language online and in some communities.
The new name has been...
Did you know that vaccines are one of the most cost-effective health tools ever invented? Or that immunization is one of humanity’s greatest achievements?
It’s pretty impressive that something as small as a needle or as simple as a few orally administered droplets could save so many lives. Ensuring everyone can access vaccines is one of the biggest ways we can fight not only preventable diseases, but also inequality and poverty.
Here are six facts about the power of vaccines.
Millions of...
Hotter days. Worsening air quality. More droughts, stronger hurricanes, and increased flooding. All these climate events impact everyone’s health. But they’re most likely to impact the most vulnerable places and people. So it’s also making inequality worse.
Here’s how.
It can help diseases spread more easily
Climate change affects how infectious diseases develop and travel. Warmer temperatures create inviting new habitats for mosquito-borne illnesses — like the recent malaria cases in the US. It also extends the warm season, which means malaria-infected...
It may feel like the world is crumbling under the weight of the climate crisis, soaring cost of living, and inequality. But it's not time to give up. It's time to take bold action.
Al Pacino is here to give us all a halftime pep talk to keep fighting.
https://youtu.be/s9wyryL6hCE
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Things… aren’t great in the world right now. If it feels like the world isn’t making the progress we need on climate change, equality, and poverty, that’s because, well, we’re not.
It can be hard to conceptualize what this long-term progress should look like. To break it down, we created five stats that help put things in perspective. We also have some ways you can take action. We’re not powerless to these challenges, no matter how big and gloomy they...