WHO Member States Should Treat Fossil Fuels like Tobacco – as a Public Health Threat 15/05/2026 Jeni Miller Just as health leaders reframed tobacco from a consumer product to a public health threat, they can now help shift the narrative on fossil fuels. In the coming days, the annual World Health Assembly will convene in Geneva. Following the recent Santa Marta Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, national health ministers and global health […] Continue reading -> WHA79 Must Make Universal Health Coverage the Compass for Global Health Architecture Reform 13/05/2026 Alhadi Khogali, Renee de Jong, Marionka Pohl, Rispah Walumbe & Arush Lal Leaders of the international NGOs, Save the Children, Seed Global Health, AMREF, and LSE Health make five asks to member states attending next week’s 79th World Health Assembly, as they take the first steps to launch a joint UN process for reforming the global health architecture. As governments prepare for the 79th World Health Assembly […] Continue reading -> From Davos to Geneva: Taking Hepatitis Seriously 08/06/2022 Finn Jarle Rode As the World Hepatitis Summit 2022 takes place this week, some 354 million people are still living with viral hepatitis, despite the fact that vaccines, treatments and even cures are now available, says Finn Jarle Rode is Executive Director at the Hepatitis Fund. Until now, viral hepatitis elimination has been the neglected child of global […] Continue reading -> Backed by Science: Here’s How We Can Eliminate COVID-19 23/01/2022 Guy Marks, Brendan Crabb & Raina MacIntyre As the WHO Executive Board resumes talks this week on a much-discussed Pandemic Accord, and other preparedness measures, three noted infectious disease experts chart a course for “eliminating” SARS-COV2 – warning that will take more sustained global coordination and determination than what has been seen so far. At the outbreak of World War 1 in […] Continue reading -> New Support From The Wellcome Trust – For Our Journalism In The Global South 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In early January 2020, as our Health Policy Watch team returned to work just after the New Year’s break, our production editor who had returned from a visit to her mother in China, called me to say in a mildly worried tone: “Hi Elaine, there is a strange virus circulating in Wuhan. I thought you […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 And Neglected Tropical Diseases: Why We Must Fight Them In Tandem 28/10/2020 Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela It starts with a child bathing in a stream to escape scorching temperatures. Silently, beneath the water, larvae that have emerged from a tiny snail burrow into their leg before entering the bloodstream. Over the next few weeks, the larvae turn into adult worms which mate and produce hundreds of eggs every day. This is […] Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Senior Reporter – Global Health Policy – Job Announcement 06/06/2018 Health Policy Watch Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, is seeking a dynamic journalist to lead our reporting on global health policy issues in Geneva and beyond. The writer will form part of a small, dynamic team committed to providing top-quality, independent, professional reporting to our audience. Continue reading ->
WHA79 Must Make Universal Health Coverage the Compass for Global Health Architecture Reform 13/05/2026 Alhadi Khogali, Renee de Jong, Marionka Pohl, Rispah Walumbe & Arush Lal Leaders of the international NGOs, Save the Children, Seed Global Health, AMREF, and LSE Health make five asks to member states attending next week’s 79th World Health Assembly, as they take the first steps to launch a joint UN process for reforming the global health architecture. As governments prepare for the 79th World Health Assembly […] Continue reading -> From Davos to Geneva: Taking Hepatitis Seriously 08/06/2022 Finn Jarle Rode As the World Hepatitis Summit 2022 takes place this week, some 354 million people are still living with viral hepatitis, despite the fact that vaccines, treatments and even cures are now available, says Finn Jarle Rode is Executive Director at the Hepatitis Fund. Until now, viral hepatitis elimination has been the neglected child of global […] Continue reading -> Backed by Science: Here’s How We Can Eliminate COVID-19 23/01/2022 Guy Marks, Brendan Crabb & Raina MacIntyre As the WHO Executive Board resumes talks this week on a much-discussed Pandemic Accord, and other preparedness measures, three noted infectious disease experts chart a course for “eliminating” SARS-COV2 – warning that will take more sustained global coordination and determination than what has been seen so far. At the outbreak of World War 1 in […] Continue reading -> New Support From The Wellcome Trust – For Our Journalism In The Global South 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In early January 2020, as our Health Policy Watch team returned to work just after the New Year’s break, our production editor who had returned from a visit to her mother in China, called me to say in a mildly worried tone: “Hi Elaine, there is a strange virus circulating in Wuhan. I thought you […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 And Neglected Tropical Diseases: Why We Must Fight Them In Tandem 28/10/2020 Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela It starts with a child bathing in a stream to escape scorching temperatures. Silently, beneath the water, larvae that have emerged from a tiny snail burrow into their leg before entering the bloodstream. Over the next few weeks, the larvae turn into adult worms which mate and produce hundreds of eggs every day. This is […] Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Senior Reporter – Global Health Policy – Job Announcement 06/06/2018 Health Policy Watch Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, is seeking a dynamic journalist to lead our reporting on global health policy issues in Geneva and beyond. The writer will form part of a small, dynamic team committed to providing top-quality, independent, professional reporting to our audience. Continue reading ->
From Davos to Geneva: Taking Hepatitis Seriously 08/06/2022 Finn Jarle Rode As the World Hepatitis Summit 2022 takes place this week, some 354 million people are still living with viral hepatitis, despite the fact that vaccines, treatments and even cures are now available, says Finn Jarle Rode is Executive Director at the Hepatitis Fund. Until now, viral hepatitis elimination has been the neglected child of global […] Continue reading -> Backed by Science: Here’s How We Can Eliminate COVID-19 23/01/2022 Guy Marks, Brendan Crabb & Raina MacIntyre As the WHO Executive Board resumes talks this week on a much-discussed Pandemic Accord, and other preparedness measures, three noted infectious disease experts chart a course for “eliminating” SARS-COV2 – warning that will take more sustained global coordination and determination than what has been seen so far. At the outbreak of World War 1 in […] Continue reading -> New Support From The Wellcome Trust – For Our Journalism In The Global South 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In early January 2020, as our Health Policy Watch team returned to work just after the New Year’s break, our production editor who had returned from a visit to her mother in China, called me to say in a mildly worried tone: “Hi Elaine, there is a strange virus circulating in Wuhan. I thought you […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 And Neglected Tropical Diseases: Why We Must Fight Them In Tandem 28/10/2020 Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela It starts with a child bathing in a stream to escape scorching temperatures. Silently, beneath the water, larvae that have emerged from a tiny snail burrow into their leg before entering the bloodstream. Over the next few weeks, the larvae turn into adult worms which mate and produce hundreds of eggs every day. This is […] Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Senior Reporter – Global Health Policy – Job Announcement 06/06/2018 Health Policy Watch Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, is seeking a dynamic journalist to lead our reporting on global health policy issues in Geneva and beyond. The writer will form part of a small, dynamic team committed to providing top-quality, independent, professional reporting to our audience. Continue reading ->
Backed by Science: Here’s How We Can Eliminate COVID-19 23/01/2022 Guy Marks, Brendan Crabb & Raina MacIntyre As the WHO Executive Board resumes talks this week on a much-discussed Pandemic Accord, and other preparedness measures, three noted infectious disease experts chart a course for “eliminating” SARS-COV2 – warning that will take more sustained global coordination and determination than what has been seen so far. At the outbreak of World War 1 in […] Continue reading -> New Support From The Wellcome Trust – For Our Journalism In The Global South 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In early January 2020, as our Health Policy Watch team returned to work just after the New Year’s break, our production editor who had returned from a visit to her mother in China, called me to say in a mildly worried tone: “Hi Elaine, there is a strange virus circulating in Wuhan. I thought you […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 And Neglected Tropical Diseases: Why We Must Fight Them In Tandem 28/10/2020 Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela It starts with a child bathing in a stream to escape scorching temperatures. Silently, beneath the water, larvae that have emerged from a tiny snail burrow into their leg before entering the bloodstream. Over the next few weeks, the larvae turn into adult worms which mate and produce hundreds of eggs every day. This is […] Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Senior Reporter – Global Health Policy – Job Announcement 06/06/2018 Health Policy Watch Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, is seeking a dynamic journalist to lead our reporting on global health policy issues in Geneva and beyond. The writer will form part of a small, dynamic team committed to providing top-quality, independent, professional reporting to our audience. Continue reading ->
New Support From The Wellcome Trust – For Our Journalism In The Global South 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In early January 2020, as our Health Policy Watch team returned to work just after the New Year’s break, our production editor who had returned from a visit to her mother in China, called me to say in a mildly worried tone: “Hi Elaine, there is a strange virus circulating in Wuhan. I thought you […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 And Neglected Tropical Diseases: Why We Must Fight Them In Tandem 28/10/2020 Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela It starts with a child bathing in a stream to escape scorching temperatures. Silently, beneath the water, larvae that have emerged from a tiny snail burrow into their leg before entering the bloodstream. Over the next few weeks, the larvae turn into adult worms which mate and produce hundreds of eggs every day. This is […] Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Senior Reporter – Global Health Policy – Job Announcement 06/06/2018 Health Policy Watch Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, is seeking a dynamic journalist to lead our reporting on global health policy issues in Geneva and beyond. The writer will form part of a small, dynamic team committed to providing top-quality, independent, professional reporting to our audience. Continue reading ->
COVID-19 And Neglected Tropical Diseases: Why We Must Fight Them In Tandem 28/10/2020 Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela It starts with a child bathing in a stream to escape scorching temperatures. Silently, beneath the water, larvae that have emerged from a tiny snail burrow into their leg before entering the bloodstream. Over the next few weeks, the larvae turn into adult worms which mate and produce hundreds of eggs every day. This is […] Continue reading -> Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Senior Reporter – Global Health Policy – Job Announcement 06/06/2018 Health Policy Watch Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, is seeking a dynamic journalist to lead our reporting on global health policy issues in Geneva and beyond. The writer will form part of a small, dynamic team committed to providing top-quality, independent, professional reporting to our audience. Continue reading ->
Introducing The New Health Policy Watch Website 23/01/2019 William New Today marks the launch of a brand-new online platform for Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, which has been redesigned to bring the richest possible selection of stories and ideas about current issues under debate in global health policy circles – which directly or indirectly touch the well-being of nearly everyone on the planet. Continue reading -> Senior Reporter – Global Health Policy – Job Announcement 06/06/2018 Health Policy Watch Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, is seeking a dynamic journalist to lead our reporting on global health policy issues in Geneva and beyond. The writer will form part of a small, dynamic team committed to providing top-quality, independent, professional reporting to our audience. Continue reading ->
Senior Reporter – Global Health Policy – Job Announcement 06/06/2018 Health Policy Watch Health Policy Watch, www.healthpolicy-watch.org, is seeking a dynamic journalist to lead our reporting on global health policy issues in Geneva and beyond. The writer will form part of a small, dynamic team committed to providing top-quality, independent, professional reporting to our audience. Continue reading ->