Partnerships Between Public And Private Health Needed To Achieve Universal Heatlh Coverage 19/11/2020 Geoffrey Kamadi 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 -> Expanding Social Health Protection To Reach Universal Health Coverage 19/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions 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 -> Drug-Resistant Bugs Are A Growing Concern In COVID-era, Say Global Health Leaders 18/11/2020 Raisa Santos The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the need to dramatically step up the combat against drug-resistant bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. The world can’t afford to be caught again by surprise with the spread of a dangerous infectious disease for which there is no cure, a growing chorus of global health leaders are warning as the […] Continue reading -> How Can “Open Innovation” Support Research On Infectious Diseases? 18/11/2020 Geoffrey Kamadi 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 -> Traditional Indian Medicine Guidelines To Build COVID Immunity Published 18/11/2020 Menaka Rao 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 -> Nurses And Midwives – Health System’s Neglected Backbone – May Face Censure For Protesting Poor Pandemic Working Conditions 17/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin 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 -> Realistic Strategies Needed In Digital Health Roll-Out To Ensure Patients Remain Priority 17/11/2020 Paul Adepoju 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 -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Expanding Social Health Protection To Reach Universal Health Coverage 19/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions 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 -> Drug-Resistant Bugs Are A Growing Concern In COVID-era, Say Global Health Leaders 18/11/2020 Raisa Santos The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the need to dramatically step up the combat against drug-resistant bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. The world can’t afford to be caught again by surprise with the spread of a dangerous infectious disease for which there is no cure, a growing chorus of global health leaders are warning as the […] Continue reading -> How Can “Open Innovation” Support Research On Infectious Diseases? 18/11/2020 Geoffrey Kamadi 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 -> Traditional Indian Medicine Guidelines To Build COVID Immunity Published 18/11/2020 Menaka Rao 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 -> Nurses And Midwives – Health System’s Neglected Backbone – May Face Censure For Protesting Poor Pandemic Working Conditions 17/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin 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 -> Realistic Strategies Needed In Digital Health Roll-Out To Ensure Patients Remain Priority 17/11/2020 Paul Adepoju 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 -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Drug-Resistant Bugs Are A Growing Concern In COVID-era, Say Global Health Leaders 18/11/2020 Raisa Santos The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the need to dramatically step up the combat against drug-resistant bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. The world can’t afford to be caught again by surprise with the spread of a dangerous infectious disease for which there is no cure, a growing chorus of global health leaders are warning as the […] Continue reading -> How Can “Open Innovation” Support Research On Infectious Diseases? 18/11/2020 Geoffrey Kamadi 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 -> Traditional Indian Medicine Guidelines To Build COVID Immunity Published 18/11/2020 Menaka Rao 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 -> Nurses And Midwives – Health System’s Neglected Backbone – May Face Censure For Protesting Poor Pandemic Working Conditions 17/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin 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 -> Realistic Strategies Needed In Digital Health Roll-Out To Ensure Patients Remain Priority 17/11/2020 Paul Adepoju 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 -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
How Can “Open Innovation” Support Research On Infectious Diseases? 18/11/2020 Geoffrey Kamadi 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 -> Traditional Indian Medicine Guidelines To Build COVID Immunity Published 18/11/2020 Menaka Rao 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 -> Nurses And Midwives – Health System’s Neglected Backbone – May Face Censure For Protesting Poor Pandemic Working Conditions 17/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin 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 -> Realistic Strategies Needed In Digital Health Roll-Out To Ensure Patients Remain Priority 17/11/2020 Paul Adepoju 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 -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Traditional Indian Medicine Guidelines To Build COVID Immunity Published 18/11/2020 Menaka Rao 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 -> Nurses And Midwives – Health System’s Neglected Backbone – May Face Censure For Protesting Poor Pandemic Working Conditions 17/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin 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 -> Realistic Strategies Needed In Digital Health Roll-Out To Ensure Patients Remain Priority 17/11/2020 Paul Adepoju 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 -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Nurses And Midwives – Health System’s Neglected Backbone – May Face Censure For Protesting Poor Pandemic Working Conditions 17/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin 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 -> Realistic Strategies Needed In Digital Health Roll-Out To Ensure Patients Remain Priority 17/11/2020 Paul Adepoju 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 -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Realistic Strategies Needed In Digital Health Roll-Out To Ensure Patients Remain Priority 17/11/2020 Paul Adepoju 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 -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Women Health Workers As Designers And Innovators Of Digital Health Technologies 17/11/2020 J Hacker 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 ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The ‘Expert Patient’ – Improving Health Systems By Increasing Patient Engagement 17/11/2020 Raisa Santos 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 -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts