‘Planetary health’ describes how the limits of natural resources like clean air, water and food production shape our long-term health, with climate change as a “threat-multiplier” for future COVID-19 like crises. Experts at the Geneva Health Forum explored the links, ahead of next week’s launch of the 2020 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate […] Continue reading ->
The current power dynamics in global health are a barrier to achieving health equity, partly because too many high-profile politicians are simply reluctant to listen to, or act upon, scientific evidence, and partly because of countries and institutions that wield disproportionate influence in today’s global health architecture aren’t willing to relinquish their power: a left-over […] Continue reading ->
The COVID-19 pandemic did not so much create cracks in healthcare systems around the world, as it exposed weaknesses in them, participants at the Geneva Health Forum said Wednesday at a session on how health systems have fared during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have found fragility everywhere,” said Edward Kelley, Director of Integrated Health Services […] Continue reading ->
Experts met at the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) this week to discuss the successes and challenges met in expanding social health protection to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Every year, around 100 million people are pushed into “extreme poverty” because they have to pay for health care, and over 800 million people – almost 12% […] Continue reading ->
Finding the right combination of open innovation – that is the free sharing of expertise, knowledge and data – and intellectual property (IP) that may drive private investments in expensive new technologies, can be a difficult balancing act to attain. But as the COVID-19 pandemic has underlined, it is more and more critical to etch […] Continue reading ->
Use of Ayurvedic medicines, already on the rise worldwide, has soared even higher during the pandemic. But few people may be aware that at least one country, India, actually has an entire ministry devoted to promoting use of these traditional remedies, that have been used for centuries: the Indian Ministry for Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, […] Continue reading ->
The world’s 27 million nurses and midwives – who comprise 60% of the health workforce – are not only excluded from the health system’s corridors of power, but also have faced new levels of censure and reprisal during the COVID-19 pandemic when they protested dangerous or abusive working conditions, said expert panel members at the […] Continue reading ->
A panel of experts have called for cautious, strategic and realistic approaches in rolling digital tools out to ensure that patients remain a priority. Speaking at the Geneva Health Forum on Tuesday, panellists noted that while the expectations for digital health are high, stakeholders need to be aware that digital health tools alone will not […] Continue reading ->
Women must be exposed to digital technology as both users and innovators – in order to fashion and expand AI designs that meet the needs of hard-to-reach populations, said experts at a Geneva Health Forum. Speaking at the session ‘How Can The World Advance Towards AI Maturity In Health?’ on Monday, Roopa Dhatt, executive director […] Continue reading ->
The COVID-19 pandemic, while devastating, has also created an opportunity for “patients to stand up, educate themselves well and build their expertise,” says Karen Alparce-Villanueva, a board member of the Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO). She was speaking at a session of the Geneva Health Forum that focused on “Patients as Co-creators and disseminators […] Continue reading ->
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