Redefining Debt-to-Health, a triple-win health financing instrument in global health …balizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… by Yunxuan Hu et al in Globalization & Health.

Currently at the UvA Amsterdam student encampment in support of Palestine. It’s a masterclass in peaceful and inclusive protest.

Upcoming seminar➡️Hijacking Women's Health
Professor Sophie Harman Queen Mary University of London looks closer at the state of gender in global health🗓️15 May 8:45 am. 📍SUM – Centre for Development and the Environment or digital💻Programme: sum.uio.no/english/resear… #Globalhealth #GlobalHealthUnpacked

Fresh off the press: Joint editorial by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö on building an economy for health and well-being. Read it here 👉 bit.ly/3Y8eQqC

The Netherlands Court of Audit published its assessment of COVID-19 vaccine procurement. It provides some disturbing insights about deliberate decisions not to support sharing of technologies 'because we (the Netherlands) are our priority'. #CTAP #inb9 english.rekenkamer.nl/publications/r…

If you are unable to join us or missed it, the webinar is also being livestreamed and is available on YouTube.

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Clearly, we need a new global architecture. My latest for Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/28/glo…

Upcoming Event: 'April 2024: Perspectives on the Current Political Moment in Haiti'

April 30, 2024 | 5-7pm ET | Zoom

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Piotr Kolczyński Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 Oxfam International European Investment Bank an indispensable exercise of truth, to challenge some of the narratives you have to listen to in these meetings, particularly coming from the Commission of the #EuropeanUnion Society for International Development Anna Marriott Fatima Hassan @[email protected] Mohga Kamal-Yanni Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) Felix Stein Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism

At Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 right now,
Nicoletta Dentico speaking about misplacing public spending in health, referring to Oxfam International Sick Development report on how European Investment Bank and other development institutions fund expensive for-profit hospitals in poor countries.

oxfam.org/en/research/si…

Peak COP? UN looks to shrink Baku and Belém climate summits climatechangenews.com/2024/04/24/pea… High time, i reckon.

The superrich pay the lowest tax rates by arranging their income as unrealized capital gains.
A good way to make them contribute is a minimum annual tax based on their wealth.
Revenues so raised should go to global public goods (e.g., the environment).
theguardian.com/inequality/202…

De oorlog in Gaza heeft impact op studenten en medewerkers binnen onze gemeenschap. De UvA heeft een fonds ingericht om op verschillende manieren te helpen. We bieden financiële hulp aan studenten in geldnood en verkennen wat we kunnen doen in de toekomst.
go.uva.nl/3Ug0raB

The UvA Amsterdam put together a fund for students and staff in & from Gaza uva.nl/en/content/new…

Colombia issues a compulsory license for an HIV medicine and ‘plants a flag for global health equity’ statnews.com/pharmalot/2024… via STAT Raffaella Ravinetto Belén Tarrafeta

Nice podcast conversation on the art and courage of ' #editing ' nytimes.com/2024/04/23/opi… Riddhi B. hanna nieber Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology

Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough? statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n… via STAT Raffaella Ravinetto Belén Tarrafeta

Using billionaires' tax money for #climate #reparations - a proposal by economist Esther Duflo made last week to G20 ministers in relation to the discussions around instating a global minimum tax on billionaires’ wealth.

climatechangenews.com/2024/04/19/glo…

Recruiting update: we are going through the applications for the three positions we recently advertised. We will let all applicants know the outcome over the next few weeks. Please bear with us 🙏🙃

📢Reminder - please join us for this seminar with Simon Rushton 🔜 tomorrow Tuesday 23 April📍SUM – Centre for Development and the Environment or💻 #GlobalHealthPolitics