IOAD – International Overdose Awareness Day 2025 – 31. August 2025 – „One big family, driven by hope“ This International Overdose Awareness Day, we come together as one big family to take action on overdose. The overdose crisis doesn’t just shatte…

Exclusive: UN eyes major overhaul amid funding crisis, internal memo shows Summary Global body roiled by cuts from donors, including U.S. Task force suggests merging U.N. agencies to improve efficiency UN document refers to 'duplication', bloati…

Towards opioid access without excess Rosa, William E et al. The Lancet Public Health, Volume 10, Issue 5, e422 - e427  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00035-0/fulltexthttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanp…

Trump blew up the global fight against AIDS. Can it recover? An ambitious plan to stop the global threat of AIDS has been derailed. But many are hopeful that progress can be salvaged.  (Nature, News feature, 30.04.2025) https://www.natur…

‘Devastating’ global health void, Gawande says  Surgeon-author speaks from his experience as a leader at USAID before it was gutted. (The Harvard Gazette, USA, 30.04.2025) https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/devastating-global-heal…

What MSF teams see after first 100 days of US aid budget cuts  New York — Three months since the Trump administration first suspended all international assistance pending review, the United States (US) has terminated much of its…