by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Matthew Hoisington This article argues for a “living, breathing” Global Health Governance Constitution, which would be initiated by a World Health Governance Forum (“Forum”) convened by the World Health Organization (WHO). The content of the new constitution would...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Claire E. Brolan, Jonas Hill, and Peter S. Hill Since their development in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals have substantially influenced global health governance, their indicators now forming an accepted metric for the measurement of global and local progress...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Coles, D., Ruto, E and Frewer, L.J The HIF scheme, aims to create an alternative (Patent-2), to the existing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime for rewarding pharmaceutical innovations through monopoly patents. Innovators would choose between the traditional...
by ghgovernance | Sep 12, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
Applications are invited for the position of a Research Fellow in a 2-year project titled ‘Evaluating the Impact of Climate Change on Food Security’. The work aims to examine the impact of climate change on food production and food supply chains. The research will...
by ghgovernance | Sep 4, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
A Call for Proposals for the ASEAN-Canada Junior Fellowships The ASEAN-Canada Research Partnership, with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, invites applications for the 2013–2014 ASEAN-Canada Junior Fellowships on Natural...
by ghgovernance | Sep 4, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
We are looking for an extremely organized and self-motivated individual to join the Centre on Global Health Security to support the Head of the Centre in the smooth running of all aspects of the Centre’s activities. The Programme Manager is a key role within the...
by ghgovernance | Aug 29, 2013 | Asia, Climate Change, Global Health Governance Blog, Young Voices
Cecilia Zvosec, Young Voice Blogger MPH Candidate, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health MIA Candidate, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Twenty years of scientific research has warned of the impact greenhouse gas (GHG)...
by ghgovernance | Jul 31, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
The journal Health Policy and Planning and the organizers of the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research are pleased to issue a call for papers for a special supplement on the theme of “The science and practice of people-centred health systems”....
by ghgovernance | Jul 31, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
Following numerous requests from the community of the Geneva Health Forum, we are extending the deadline for submission of abstracts. The new deadline is 30th September 2013. We hope that this will allow you to make high quality submissions to the GHF2014...
by ghgovernance | Jul 24, 2013 | Asia, Global Health Governance Blog, Uncategorized
Yanzhong Huang, Editor Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations This is a cross-post with CFR’s Asia Unbound Blog. There is a Chinese saying, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, which means “Knowing that autumn is coming by seeing a single leaf fall.” This...
by ghgovernance | Jul 19, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog, Young Voices
Anand Bhopal, Young Voices Blogger 5th Year Medical Student, University of Manchester The World Health Organisation was established in 1948 under the auspices of the United Nations. The post-war era was a time of great optimism and the visionary WHO constitution...
by ghgovernance | Jul 17, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
Global Health & Innovation Conference 2014 Presented by Unite For Sight, 11th Annual Conference Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Saturday, April 12 – Sunday, April 13, 2014 2014 Global Health & Innovation Conference Website “A Meeting...
by ghgovernance | Jul 15, 2013 | Asia, Global Health Governance Blog, World Health Organization
Yanzhong Huang, Editor Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations This is a cross-post with CFR’s Asia Unbound Blog. Being an incorrigible tea drinker and a big fan of Chinese herbal products, I was disheartened by two reports released by...
by ghgovernance | Jun 25, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows Corporations and Global Health Research Network (COGHERN) Workshop Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Vancouver, Canada 17-19 September 2013 The Corporations and Global Health Research...
by ghgovernance | Jun 5, 2013 | Community Health, Global Health Governance Blog, Health Technology
Jane Cohen, Contributing Blogger Researcher, Human Rights Watch This article is a crosspost with the Huffington Post, at the author’s permission. For Abigail Chombo in Zimbabwe, World Environment Day will pass like any other; a day with no safe water to drink, a...
by ghgovernance | Jun 3, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog
Lenias Hwenda, Ph.D., Contributing Blogger Access to Medicine Foundation Independent Expert Advisor on Global Health and Access to Medicine Wealthy and poor countries alike face a growing incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCD-related mortality is...
