Artificial intelligence (AI) has already started to disrupt the traditional medical model. While a new medical model is being incubated, there is still long way to go for it to […]
Global health
The 2021 Rome Global Health Summit: a missed opportunity
Rome offered G20 Leaders who met last week their San Francisco moment. San Francisco provided the venue in 1944 where world leaders took stock of the profound dislocation wrought by […]
Covid-19 in Nepal: a lack of preparedness and a lack of vaccines
Amid a worsening covid-19 crisis, the Nepali parliament has been dissolved. Buddha Basynat discusses Nepal’s covid response so far, and why vaccines are an urgent priority […]
How would a pandemic treaty relate with the existing IHR (2005)?
Before a formal process for a pandemic treaty begins, Haik Nikogosian and Ilona Kickbusch, consider how this will tie in with existing regulations Discussions on a proposed pandemic treaty are […]
An international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response is an urgent necessity
At the World Government Summit in Dubai in February 2018, Dr Tedros, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) gave an alarming caution that the world was unprepared for […]
What factors have determined how well countries have done in responding to the pandemic?
The world still has a way to go with responding to the global covid-19 pandemic, but can we discern factors that have determined how well different countries have done in […]
Covid-19: We must put in place a financial plan of action for achieving vaccine equity
Dear G7 leaders, We are writing ahead of your crucial summit meeting in the United Kingdom to urge you to provide the leadership the world needs in responding to covid-19. […]
It takes the whole health system to improve quality of care for mothers and newborns
A new WHO report on improving quality of care for maternal, newborn, and child health argues that it takes time to bring about changes in quality of care In 2017, […]
The covid-19 vaccine patent waiver: a crucial step towards a “people’s vaccine”
An IP waiver alone will not solve the covid-19 vaccine access challenge, other steps will be needed, say Gregg Gonsalves and Gavin Yamey […]
An international pandemic treaty must centre on human rights
The proposed International Pandemic Treaty could be undermined by political posturing and national protectionism—or it could be an opportunity to chart a different global future based on human rights. [1] […]