Tag: Global Health

Global Health/Climate Change/G7 – The challenge for G7 leaders: vaccinate the world and be bolder on climate (Paul Polman, WEF)

The G7 Summit will require high ambitions on vaccination and climate. Image: REUTERS As G7 leaders meet, the costs of not acting on public health,...

Vaccines – How to Build Trust in Vaccines: Understanding the drivers of vaccine confidence (WEF)

Low vaccine confidence is one of the world's most pressing public health problems. While it has been a challenge since the first vaccines were...

Global Health – Invest in nurses to fight the pandemic, rebuild shattered health (Al Jazeera)

Sheila Tlou, Barbara Stilwell The world may face a severe shortage of nurses in the aftermath of the pandemic if it does not take action. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/24/invest-in-nurses-to-fight-the-pandemic-rebuild-shattered-health

The cells in our body have ‘a license to die’, protecting us from infectious diseases (WEF)

Georgia Atkin-Smith, Ivan Poon When we contract diseases such as the flu, our cells can die to stop pathogens in their tracks before they spread...

(Global Health) Diagnostics for Better Health: Considerations for Global Implementation (WEF)

Diagnostics are essential to the healthcare system. They are the cornerstone of precision medicine, enabling the customization of medical decisions and treatments. They predict...

(Global Health) One Year Later: Global Health Lessons From 2020 (CFR)

Speakers Thomas J. Bollyky Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development, and Director of the Global Health Program, Council on Foreign Relations; Codirector, CFR Independent Task...

(Global Health) The Future of Global Health – The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP (Chatham House)

Speakers Robert Yates Director, Global Health Programme; Executive Director, Centre for Universal Health The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/members-event/future-global-health-rt-hon-matt-hancock-mp

GLOBAL HEALTH/COVID19 – 3 lessons from our immune systems on how to tackle COVID-19 (Eran Eden, WEF)

Do the solutions to the mysteries posed by COVID-19 lie within us? Image: Swiftsciencewriting / Pixabay Our immune systems can yield clues and insights on...

EUROPE/GLOBAL HEALTH – This is where people live the longest in the EU (Alex Thornton, WEF)

The secret to a long life? Live in Spain. Image: REUTERS/Eddie Keogh Spain and Italy have the longest-lived populations in the EU. There are large...

GLOBAL HEALTH/DIGITAL – Shift to digital during the pandemic could enable universal health coverage (David Alexander Walcott, Sofiat Akinola, WEF)

Technology enables greater levels of engagement with patients regardless of location. Image: Getty Images COVID-19 has accelerated global efforts to deliver digital healthcare. The move...