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Young (and occasionally less young) researchers, mostly from LMICs, present their views on global health issues.
The concept of ‘social determinants’ of health is defined by the World Health Organisation as “The non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include ec...
In less than four weeks from now, three dozen Emerging Voices from all over the world will gather in Medellín, Colombia, for their final leap towards exposure. Following ten days of face-to-face coaching, they will be the next cohort (EV2022) of an established Thematic Working Group of Health Systems Global and will have their rite of passage a...
Criticality in global health cannot be thought of without questioning existing power relationships. Amidst growing global threats against health equity and the changing nature of health policy and systems research (HPSR), it is important to build critical practices in research to ensure that HPSR remains an innovative and relevant discipline tha...
On August 23rd 2022, WHO AFRO, African health ministers and partners launched a campaign to reduce the burden of Sickle Cell in the African region. The campaign was launched at the 72nd WHO Regional Committee for Africa, and aims to build political will and attract resources to bolster the sickle cell response in the region. Dr Moeti, the WHO Re...
“It is not enough to take a child out of the war. We need to take the war out of children”. This is how Ukrainian football legend Andriy Shevchenko addressed the need for more mental health support for refugees, in July. Mental health policies were never a priority for this group, sadly. The Latin American region and my own country Argentina...
The 58th World Health Assembly adopted a resolution in 2005 encouraging countries to transition into universal health coverage (UHC). That being said, when we think of universal health coverage, we envision increased access to good quality health care by all members of the population, void of financial burden. Ideally, therefore, comprehensive U...
If you followed the recently concluded AIDS 2022 Conference in Montreal, you will have heard several complaints about how, once again, visa issues forced many registered participants to miss out on a forum where decisions were to be made about a condition that disproportionately affects them in the first place, and their countries. This is not...
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) is Zero Hunger by 2030. Sadly, the world is clearly not on track to achieve this goal. Even before the adverse effects of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, the number of undernourished people in the world was increasing, and millions of people were experiencing food insecurity. While Sub-S...
Last May, the 75th World Health Assembly closed on a positive note as member states reached the historic decision to increase their membership dues to constitute 50% of WHO’s core budget by the funding cycle 2030–2031—it is currently at 16%. This is a positive development that goes in the direction of sustainable financing for WHO that, in...
