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Guillermo Hegel

Former health director of Villa Nueva, Guatemala 2014-2020 and associate researcher about governance and accountability for urban health systems at the INCAP Research Center for Prevention of Chronic Diseases (CIIPEC), Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala.
 

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Reflections from COVID-ridden urban Guatemala

(with support from Yaimie Lopez, Kim Ozano & Werner Soors) On July 28th, António Guterres launched the UN policy brief COVID-19 in an urban world. The brief starts off with the finding that 90% of all reported COVID-19 cases so far occurred in cities, and highlights the critical role local governments play in crisis response, recovery and r...

Work-life balance and work-life joy in global health: Four regional perspectives and a Call to Action

The issue of work-life balance has recently been highlighted in a number of global health discussions. For example, earlier this year, the Wellcome Trust quite publicly explored whether to introduce a 4-day working week (but decided against this). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation introduced a 52-week paid parental leave (but then halved this...