Does Bill Gates have too much influence in the WHO?
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now the second biggest donor to the World Health Organization. Some worry that gives the Microsoft mogul too much influence. Keystone / Gian Ehrenzeller
The WHO s upcoming Assembly in Geneva starting May 24 will be facing calls for reform, especially in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the issues in the spotlight will be the way the global health body is funded and the role of the private sector, especially the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is now its second biggest donor.
Covid review: not all our predictions were wrong Published on Share
One year into the pandemic, we still have so many questions. Here in Geneva, we can put those questions to world leaders in public health.
When can we get vaccinated? When can we meet friends again? When, oh when, will this virus give up?
It’s been interesting, reporting on Covid-19 over the last 12 months, to re-assess some of their answers one year on.
In this week’s episode of our podcast, Inside Geneva, I take a look back at interviews conducted almost exactly a year ago with the WHO’s Margaret Harris, and with Vinh Kim Nguyen, an emergency doctor with MSF who is also co-director of Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre.
Covid review: not all our predictions were wrong
One year into the pandemic, we still have so many questions. Here in Geneva, we can put those questions to world leaders in public health.
This content was published on February 9, 2021 - 15:00
February 9, 2021 - 15:00
Imogen Foulkes
When can we get vaccinated? When can we meet friends again? When, oh when, will this virus give up?
It’s been interesting, reporting on Covid-19 over the last 12 months, to re-assess some of their answers one year on.
In this week’s episode of our podcast, Inside Geneva, I take a look back at interviews conducted almost exactly a year ago with the WHO’s Margaret Harris, and with Vinh Kim Nguyen, an emergency doctor with MSF who is also co-director of Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre.
Will 2021 bring a new world order?
This Covid winter is only just beginning, and it’s already feeling long, cold, and dreary. Countries across Europe are going back into lockdown, and Switzerland could well be the next, if virus cases continue to rise.
This content was published on December 15, 2020 - 14:00
December 15, 2020 - 14:00
Imogen Foulkes
And yet despite this seismic year, and the once unimaginable disruption to all our lives, the world ticks on. Food, for most of us, is being shipped around the world, arriving in our supermarkets on time. Trains are running, mostly; kids are at school, mostly.
There are other, less positive continuities too; war in Syria and Yemen, climate change related drought and potential famine in Africa’s Sahel region, refugee crises caused by conflict and instability from Venezuela to Ethiopia.