Systemic Risks

China says rise in mystery illness due to pathogens

China’s recent surge in a mystery illness, which has affected large parts of the North of the country, is caused by known pathogens and there is no sign of new infectious diseases, a health official said over the weekend

Health a COP28 priority – WHO

The World Health organisation has joined the debate over the required outcomes from the upcoming COP28 Summit with a warning that health has to be far higher up the agenda

Avian flu outbreak spreads to France despite extensive risk management

France has detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu virus on a turkey farm in the northwest of the country, the agriculture ministry said

Systemic risks: Japan plans massive bird cull

Japan is planning a major cull after detecting the first case of highly pathogenic H5-type bird flu this season at a poultry farm in the south of the country

World Bank looks to funding for health transformation in global south

The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the Global Fund) have outlined new funding to step up the fight to deliver health systems for some of the world’s poorest countries

WHO seeks guidance from China on mystery outbreak

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children