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COP26: some initial reflections on its aims

  • Posted on September 15, 2021September 17, 2021
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COP26 is taking place in Glasgow from 31st October to the 12th November. The UK government, which is co-hosting the event with Italy, has produced an explainer – read it carefully because, as COP 26…

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WHO

WHO cares? A reply to Calvert and Arbuthnott

  • Posted on September 2, 2021September 8, 2021
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WHO cares? Well, yes, WHO – the World Health Organisation – does actually care. It cares a lot about a lot of things – all of which are beneficial to my, yours, everyone’s health on…

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Globalisation

Are we still talking about globalisation and health?

  • Posted on June 1, 2021August 24, 2021
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Do you remember that Special Theme Issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization back in 2001? Yes, the one on globalisation and health. Well, it’s celebrating its twentieth birthday this year. How time…

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Climate Change

The road to hell, and back again

  • Posted on May 1, 2021May 2, 2021
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You know the cartoon I mean? It’s the one with the IPCC scientist standing at the front of an auditorium in 1990 warning that “this climate change thing could be a problem” and becoming increasingly…

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WHO

Building forward better: WHO’s programme budget 2022-23

  • Posted on January 17, 2021May 1, 2021
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The Executive Board of the World Health Organisation is meeting next week. It’s going to be an important meeting and, thanks to the wonder of the internet, you can watch it live from tomorrow. I…

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WHO

Funding who: the covid effect

  • Posted on January 16, 2021May 1, 2021
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It’s January, so that can only mean one thing – the first of two annual meetings of the World Health Organisation’s Executive Board. The January meeting is the more important of the two meetings as…

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Climate Change

The Reith Lectures part 2: The great turning

  • Posted on December 27, 2020January 1, 2021
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There’s little to admire about this year’s Reith lectures, delivered by ex-governor of the Bank of England Dr (a title conspicuous in its new-found usage) Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Finance, and…

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Climate Change

The Reith Lectures part 1: Coming back to life

  • Posted on December 26, 2020May 1, 2021
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If you’ve been listening to this year’s Reith Lectures, delivered by ex-governor of the Bank of England, United Nations special envoy on climate finance and adviser to the UK Government for COP26 Dr Mark Carney,…

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Society

The social dilemma?

  • Posted on October 9, 2020December 28, 2020
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When I quit Twitter on Wednesday, 0.000021% of the world’s population (7.8bn) were following me (1600 followers). You laugh, but even if you were a global health social media god with 150,000 followers, that would…

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Global Health

Who’s now not funding WHO?

  • Posted on April 16, 2020May 1, 2021
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I’ve written about World Health Organisation (WHO) funding a couple of times before (see AC/VC: The shock of WHO funding and Who’s funding WHO), and it’s come up again this week because the United States,…

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