The World Health Organization (WHO) must rebuild public trust, protect its most important functions and resist across-the-board budget cuts as it confronts growing health threats and shrinking financial resources, according to Dr. Maria Neira, a candidate to become the agency’s next director-general. “One thing that I will never do is to cut across and saying, […] Continue reading ->
ANTALYA — More than 100 companies and industry groups with records of obstructing climate policy have sent delegations to the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya that outnumber those of some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, an analysis released Friday found. The 103 groups, 60 of them from the fossil fuel industry, outnumber delegates […] Continue reading ->
Budi Sadikin, Indonesia’s Minister of Health and the country’s nominee for WHO Director-General, has in fact spent most of his career in finance – as a top executive at Indonesia’s largest bank, PT Bank Mandiri TBk. “Before, my job was to make my clients wealthy; now my job is to make my people healthy,” says […] Continue reading ->
A child diagnosed with cancer in a wealthy country has more than an 80 percent chance of surviving. In Syria, one hospital has managed to bring survival rates to 76 percent, despite years of war and severe shortages, while in parts of Nigeria, survival remains around 30%. For Dr. Khaled Ghanem, a pediatric oncologist who […] Continue reading ->
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are moving to centre stage in global health financing, driven by collapsing bilateral aid and political momentum from initiatives like the Accra Reset. Experts see the shift as an opportunity to deliver the predictable, large-scale investment needed to strengthen domestic health systems, provided governments and lenders can ensure transparent terms that […] Continue reading ->
A painkiller designed by artificial intelligence that beat morphine in animal tests; a “biological age” score on a government app. Smart-ring makers fighting each other in court while signing deals with the same health department. At its Future Health Summit, Abu Dhabi showed how hard it is to bet on the business of ageing, and […] Continue reading ->
Hanan Balkhy, Saudi Arabia’s candidate for WHO Director General, is especially concerned about antibiotic resistance, the effects of climate change on health, and healthcare in conflict zones. She also warns about a “normalisation” of attacks on hospitals and healthcare workers in conflict regions. As a longtime WHO insider, she is also well aware that the […] Continue reading ->
Who will steer the World Health Organization through its next chapter? Explore Health Policy Watch’s daily series examining the platforms, records, and institutional hurdles facing each contender for WHO Director-General, continuing today with Gevorg Tamamyan. Access all candidate profiles on our dedicated election site. Dr Gevorg Tamamyan, an Armenian paediatric oncologist and professor at Yerevan […] Continue reading ->
Former Global Fund executive director Mark Dybul returns to the helm in Geneva, facing an unprecedented $5.32 billion funding gap, fraught domestic transitions, and mounting demands to overhaul the global health architecture. While experts welcome his track record, balancing transatlantic rivalries with rising country sovereignty will demand delicate diplomacy and an updated playbook. The board […] Continue reading ->
Who will steer the World Health Organization through its next chapter? Explore Health Policy Watch’s daily series examining the platforms, records, and institutional hurdles facing each contender for WHO Director-General, continuing today with Song Li. Access all candidate profiles on our dedicated election site. The formal confirmation of Dr Song Li’s candidacy by the People’s […] Continue reading ->