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Global Health Talks

Watch insightful talks from our global health public events, where health governance and politics experts share their views on key topics.

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Dying for life: Are mothers still a global health priority?

On 27 November 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with Concept Foundation, the Geneva Health Forum, the Gender Centre of the Geneva Graduate Institute and GENDRO, a panel discussion on the theme: “Dying for life: Are mothers still a global health priority?”

Themes:

Healthcare systems, Maternal mortality

Decolonising Global Health: from discourse to practice

On 25 October 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with Medicus Mundi Switzerland and Medicus Mundi International a webinar on the theme: “Decolonising Global Health: from discourse to practice?”

Themes:

Healthcare systems, Decolonising Global Health

Breathing Life with Clean Air Action: Civil Society Drives Change

On Thursday 25 May 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with Health Policy Watch, the Clean Air Fund, and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), its fourth and last WHA side event on the theme: “Breathing Life with Clean Air Action: Civil Society Drives Change”.

Themes:

Geneva Health Week, WHA, Civil society, Climate

Building a Human Rights Framework for Emergency PPR

On Tuesday 23 May 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with the International Commission of Jurists, the Global Health Law Consortium, the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Physicians for Human Rights, its second WHA side event on the theme: “Beyond Panic & Neglect: Building a Human Rights Framework for Public Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response”.

Themes:

Geneva Health Week, WHA, Human rights, Pandemics

75 Years of Global Health Governance: WHO's Legacy and the Making of its Future

The GHC's International Geneva Global Health Platform and the United Nations Foundation will co-host their annual briefing on 21 May 2023 to preview the key issues being considered at the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) and explain WHA modalities for delegates, non-state actors, the media, and general audiences. The event will highlight the World Health Organization (WHO)’s 75th anniversary and its evolving role in global health governance during a time of intensive efforts to reform multilateral cooperation on health. The discussion will also recognise the serious and growing challenges to healthcare delivery in conflict and crisis settings and consider WHO’s current and future approaches to supporting countries to meet these challenges.

Themes:

WHA, WHA Open Briefing, UN Side Event

Rising Pharmaceutical Innovation in the Global South: Painting with New Colors

On 13 April 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health and Universidad de los Andes a public event on the theme: “Rising Pharmaceutical Innovation in the Global South: Painting with New Colors”.

Themes:

Research findings, Pharmaceutical industry

Global Health Challenges: Can investors and civil society work together

On 11 October 2023, the Global Health Centre's International Geneva Global Health Platform organised, in partnership with the Geneva Trade Platform and the World Economic Forum, a panel discussion on the theme: "Global Health Challenges: Can investors and civil society work together?"

Themes:

Financing, Pharmaceutical industry, civil society

UN Human Rights Council Side Event: Digital Innovation, New Technologies & The Right to Health

On 23 June 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with KELIN Kenya a panel discussion on the theme: “UN Human Rights Council Side Event: Digital Innovation, New Technologies and The Right to Health”. The event was held in collaboration with GNP+, Privacy International, STOPAIDS, the Global Governance Centre, and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at University of Warwick and with the support from the Permanent Missions of Brazil and Germany.

Themes:

Human rights, Digital health, UN Side Event

How Can Global Action Really Meet Local Needs in Emerging Outbreaks?

Themes:

Geneva Health Week, WHA, Civil society, Pandemics

Synergies in global health and why they matter

On Monday 22 May 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with The Lancet, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, its first WHA side event on the theme: “Synergies in global health and why they matter”.

Themes:

Geneva Health Week, WHA, Healthcare systems, Financing

Averting a collision course? Beyond the pandemic instrument & International Health Regulations

On 26 April 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform organised a panel discussion on the theme: “Averting a collision course? Beyond the pandemic instrument and the International Health Regulations (IHR)”.

Themes:

Pandemics, IHR

Psychedelics: Medical miracle or illicit drug?

On 4 December 2023, the GHC’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with Groupement Romand d’Etudes des Addictions, the Swiss Society of Addiction Medicine (SSAM) and the Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva (UNIGE) a panel discussion on the theme: “Psychedelics: Medical miracle or illicit drug?”

Themes:

Psychedelics, Mental health

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