David Miliband: The world needs the EU more than ever
David Miliband, the UK Foreign Secretary between 2007 to 2010, told EurActiv that in his present capacity as President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), he was often told by...
View ArticleEbola-hit countries ask for ‘ownership’ of recovery effort
The leaders of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea asked for EU support Tuesday (3 March) to set up a homegrown Marshall Plan to fight Ebola.
View ArticleDavid Miliband: The most valuable resource to fight Ebola is local staff and...
The Ebola epidemic has been beaten back by local community education, mobilization and organization led by trusted figures in the diverse communities in West Africa, David Miliband, President and CEO...
View ArticleGerman ministers visit West Africa with ‘lessons from Ebola’
Gerd Müller and Hermann Gröhe travelled to Ghana and Liberia on Tuesday (7 April) to strengthen the healthcare system in Africa. But industry officials were not in their delegation. EurActiv Germany...
View ArticleExperts call for global research fund for antibiotics, Ebola and other...
The Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone brought it home. For some deadly diseases, there are no drug treatments. Even doctors who were infected in west Africa and shipped back to the...
View ArticleNGO criticises German government’s ad hoc crisis response
Aid organisations are pleased with a growing willingness amongst Germans to donate. But NGO medico international sees the trend as proof of a dramatic increase in crises like Ebola and in Syria,...
View ArticleFortress Europe alone will not solve our migration crisis
Europe should invest in healthcare, agriculture and job creation, write Debarati Guha and Volker Hauck, not just militarising its borders.
View ArticleBrussels pledges €1 million to help children affected by Ebola
The European Commission will make €1 million available to help provide education and psychosocial support for children affected and left orphaned by Ebola. EurActiv Spain reports.
View ArticleHealth forum discusses emerging ‘threats and opportunities’
SPECIAL REPORT / From budget austerity to the Ebola crisis, and the ongoing refugee crisis, policymakers at this year’s European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) in Austria have no lack of challenges to...
View ArticleAfter Ebola, global health experts say crisis is the new normal
SPECIAL REPORT / After nearly a decade of economic crisis, an Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and a refugee crisis, experts say that EU health systems must get used to the fact that "shockwaves" are...
View ArticleDeforestation ‘may have started west Africa’s Ebola outbreak’
Deforestation may have triggered the recent Ebola outbreak in west Africa, France’s Minister for the Environment, Ségolène Royal, told a London summit hosted by the Prince of Wales ahead of next...
View ArticleEbola’s last stand: Epidemic in West Africa nearing conclusion
Liberia and Sierra Leone, two of the countries worst affected by the Ebola outbreak, are now virus-free according to the World Health Organisation. EurActiv's partner El País - Planeta Futuro reports.
View ArticleAs global trade talks open, African leaders seek fair terms
The World Trade Organization must do more to support large-scale agriculture in Africa and develop a new, global approach to domestic farm subsidies, African leaders said on Monday (14 December).
View ArticleWHO: Liberian Ebola outbreak over
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday (14 January) announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. The country joins Guinea and Sierra Leone, the other epicentres of the latest outbreak,...
View ArticleEbola epidemic reveals gaps in research into diseases of poverty
The Vaccine Alliance has announced that it will fund research into an Ebola vaccine. Without public funding, laboratories often ignore illnesses that affect the poorest patients. EurActiv France reports.
View ArticleThe Internet of Things can help achieve the SDGs
The Internet of Things already promises to transform daily life in rich countries. And a new generation of farming and healthcare techniques is improving the quality of life of the world's poorest...
View ArticleCommission earmarks €10 million for Zika virus research
In order to combat the Zika virus, which is spreading rapidly throughout Latin America, the executive wants to allocate €10 million from the EU budget.
View ArticleMSF chief: The way Europe treats refugees is ‘a disgrace’
Joanne Liu, the energetic president of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), says that the response to refugees in Greece is "indecent". She contends that refugees should be offered a...
View ArticleScientists prepare for potential Zika virus outbreak in Southern Europe
Researchers from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) are developing tools to monitor the Zika virus, as it is highly likely that it will reach Southern...
View ArticleEU sets up medical corps after Ebola, Zika outbreaks
The EU wants to quickly respond to health emergencies, such as the Ebola and Zika virus outbreaks in the future with a new medical corps, the European Commission said on Monday (15 February).
View ArticleEbola refuses to let go of West Africa
Nine people die have died in West Africa since Guinea was declared free of the Ebola virus and a thousand people are under still under surveillance. EurActiv’s partner El País - Planeta Futuro reports.
View ArticleEU sends new medical corps team to Angola yellow fever outbreak
The EU is to send its new European Medical Corps on its first ever mission – to help tackle the outbreak of yellow fever in the West African state of Angola.
View ArticleEU should lead the final push to eradicate polio
A polio-free world is within reach. With continued support and funding, the EU can help wipe out this devastating disease, writes Stefan Rebmann.
View ArticleProfessor: What the EU got right – and wrong – about the 2015 ebola epidemic
The 2014-15 ebola outbreak in the west African states of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia left 11,000 dead, caused global panic, and saw the EU and member states put up nearly €2bn in financial aid.
View ArticleEU overtakes UK on medical research for developing world
Bill Gates, the US businessman turned philanthropist, is in Brussels on Thursday (16 February) to unveil a new report into medical research and development for the developing world that shows the EU...
View ArticleEbola: Creating the foundations for a cure
The European Commission’s recent pledge to fast track €24.4 million of emergency funding for Ebola research is a sterling example of what the EU can aspire to when it works together for the common...
View ArticleMember states meet €1 billion Ebola aid pledge
The European Commission on Thursday (6 November) announced that member states have now pledged more than €1 billion in response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, going beyond the target set by EU...
View ArticleBill Gates grills Germany over late reaction to Ebola
During a visit with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, multi-billionaire Bill Gates accused Germany and other western countries of having reacted too late in the fight against Ebola, calling on the...
View ArticleNGOs decry German development budget as ‘irresponsible’
Numerous German aid organisations are blaming the Merkel government for failing to keep its financial commitments on development policy, with some NGOs going so far as to call the budget a scandal in...
View ArticleEbola and beyond
It is time for developed countries to recognise that the best way to protect their citizens from Ebola is to help stop the spread of the virus in West Africa, says Lawrence O. Gostin.
View ArticleAgriculture development chief: ‘The crisis after Ebola will be a food...
Food production structures in many West African countries face the threat of collapse – a consequence of the Ebola epidemic that is also likely to affect Europe, says Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the...
View ArticleA rights-based approach to health is fundamental to the post-2015 framework
We must commit to strengthening health systems, as well as maintaining efforts towards eradicating communicable diseases, writes Linda McAvan.
View ArticleWrap-up: EU leaders endorse Juncker’s plan and show unity on Russia
EU leaders gathered in Brussels for their last summit meeting of the year on Thursday (18 December). They overcame divisions on Juncker's investment plan. On Russia, new European Council President...
View ArticleOECD praises UK for its effort to fight global poverty
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has urged the UK to maintain its commitment to foreign aid, as it praised the country’s efforts in fighting global poverty despite the...
View ArticleStylianides: We need strong bridges between humanitarian and development aid
As the world struggles to deal with crises, there is a need to change the way we think about managing them, while building stronger bridges between humanitarian aid and development assistance,...
View ArticleFrance cuts AIDS budget
Budgetary austerity and commitments to fight the Ebola epidemic have forced France to cut its contributions to UNITAID, the international organisation that provides access to AIDS treatments in poor...
View ArticleStylianides: Defeating Ebola requires stronger regional cooperation
In an interview with EURACTIV's Georgi Gotev, Christos Stylianides, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management, said that more regional cooperation is needed in West Africa in the...
View ArticleMogherini suggests détente with Russia
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has suggested EU states could re-engage with Russia on global diplomacy, trade and other issues in return for gradual steps to defuse the crisis...
View ArticleFirst Ebola vaccines shipped to Africa
The first batch of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline's Ebola vaccine has arrived in Liberia.
View ArticleGerman government readies EU white helmet force to combat epidemics
SPECIAL REPORT: In the fight against global diseases, the European Union is expected to take a collective approach. Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is currently planning a...
View ArticleLack of social safety net hampers fight against killer diseases
SPECIAL REPORT: Billions of people in developing nations lack the health and social protections that most Europeans take for granted, a gap that experts say harms efforts to reduce poverty and prevent...
View ArticleAndriukaitis: Ebola highlights Africa’s health challenges
The Ebola: From Emergency to Recovery conference, being held by the European Commission today (3 March), provides an important opportunity to plan for the long term recovery and resilience of affected...
View ArticlePlan International CEO: EU should be aware of ‘secret societies’ when...
Development organisations fighting Ebola in Africa, such as Plan, have discovered obstacles in combating the disease from local communities that are resisting changes to their normal ways of living,...
View ArticleCommission ready to support DR Congo in Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The European Commission said today (15 May) it was following the situation and was ready to...
View ArticleStylianides announces first EU airlift for Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
The EU today (23 May) announced its first tranche of aid in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo.
View ArticleIt will be tough and costly to contain current Ebola outbreak, says WHO
Following a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo early May, the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided it is not yet an international public health emergency but is deploying an...
View ArticleCampaigning for critical election opens in crisis-wracked DR Congo
After two years of setbacks, broken promises and delays, the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday (21 November) effectively opened the starting gates for a crucial election that could alleviate --...
View ArticleDR Congo to vote in end-of-an-era poll
Democratic Republic of Congo goes to the polls this week in elections which could see the country emerge from 17 years of conflict-ridden rule under controversial President Joseph Kabila.
View ArticleEurope gives go ahead to market Ebola vaccine
The European Union authorised the marketing of a vaccine against Ebola on Monday (11 November), permitting the first wider commercial use of a protection that has helped stem an outbreak in DR Congo.
View ArticleEbola re-emerges in West Africa with Guinea outbreak
West Africa faced its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016 on Sunday (14 February), with Guinea responding to what its health chief called an "epidemic" after...
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