Writing about global health and climate change
The fallout of the second Trump/Republican administration is now being felt, not just in global health but also public health and health-adjacent meta-challenges such as climate change. Trump appears determined to dismantle the international order…
The hypothetical scenario of a second Trump presidency becomes a reality in January and there’s already talk in Trump’s transition team of a withdrawal from WHO ‘on day one’. This is just talk for the…
No, not the daytime quiz game beloved of students and the over 70s, I’m talking about the other Countdown – the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change which has just published its latest report.…
According to WHO’s dedicated Investment Round (IR) webpage, the IR (which was launched in May this year) “aims to mobilise predictable and flexible resources from a broader base of donors for WHO’s core work for…
It’s hard to gauge how much of the world’s attention is focused on the World Health Assembly this week. It does, after all, coincide with the launch of Chapter 5, Season 3 of Fortnite, the popular online…
Few will need reminding that in April 2020 then US President Trump announced he would be suspending payments to the World Health Organisation (WHO). A few weeks later, he threatened to withdraw funding completely and…
I like to think that people reading my posts come away from the experience in awe of the world around them but, mostly, of my creative genius. However, I also recognise that one or both…
With confirmation that 2023 was the warmest year on record (between 1.43-1.48C above preindustrial levels depending on which dataset you use), it’s reassuring to read that the World Health Organisation is starting to take climate…
Look him up. Below are some thoughts on recent work by WHO’s Agile Member States Task Group on Strengthening WHO’s Budgetary, Programmatic and Financing Governance (something to work on). Yes, yes, I know, not the…
Ok, so the report likely none of you have been waiting for is now out! Yes, I’m talking about EB154/29 Rev 1, 21st December 2023, aka Sustainable financing: WHO investment round. Report by the Director-General.…