Corona and the international cooperation

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The disease caused by the corona virus has spread all over the world, which is why the World Health Organisation has declared a pandemic. While medical care is already reaching the limits of its capacity in European countries, it will be impossible in the global south with similarly increasing numbers. In this folder we offer background information on the situation in resource-poor countries and political analyses of the consequences for global health. In addition we inform how our member organisations and their partner organisations are affected by the situation and how they deal with it. (Photo: Coronavirus/EpicTop10.com/flickr, CC BY 2.0)

07.07.2021 – United Nations

Sustainable development report shows devastating impact of COVID, ahead of ‘critical’ new phase

Sustainable development report shows devastating impact of COVID, ahead of ‘critical’ new phase
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07.07.2021 – United Nations

Sustainable development report shows devastating impact of COVID, ahead of ‘critical’ new phase

"The world was not on track to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before COVID-19 struck, and now the challenge has been magnified many times over, according to a new flagship UN report that indicates countries must take ‘critical’ steps on the road out of the pandemic, during the next 18 months. The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021, launched on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York, shows the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on the 2030 Agenda, as the landmark annual High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) officially got underway."

The Key to an Inclusive Recovery? Putting Women in Decision-Making Roles

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka pounds the table for women and girls

The Key to an Inclusive Recovery? Putting Women in Decision-Making Roles

The Key to an Inclusive Recovery? Putting Women in Decision-Making Roles

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka pounds the table for women and girls

New York Times (NYT) "As the world sketches out post-pandemic plans, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of U.N. Women, explains why having more women in leadership positions could lead to better results. As she speaks, it’s like a drumbeat — how girls need to complete their education, how they need access to technology, how child marriage and pregnancy will set a girl on a path of economic hardship. You can hear it as she points to girls who are trafficked — “you know they are lost to society and their rights will be violated in unimaginable ways.” And you can hear it as she speaks of the cycles of violence, abuse and poverty that trap women and girls for life. If they raise their voices, the outcomes may be more dangerous than if they stay silent." (Photo: Peace Research Institute Oslo - PRIO/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

New in this dossier

15.03.2024 – Devex

Latest pandemic treaty draft text still has 'many weaknesses'

Next week, countries are going to be engaged in another two-week marathon to hash out the details of the pandemic agreement.

Latest pandemic treaty draft text still has 'many weaknesses'
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15.03.2024 – Devex

Latest pandemic treaty draft text still has 'many weaknesses'

Next week, countries are going to be engaged in another two-week marathon to hash out the details of the pandemic agreement.

"The pandemic agreement negotiations are entering the home stretch, but NGOs and global health observers are still not happy with the latest draft of the agreement. The revised draft, dated March 7, was circulated to partners over the weekend. It comes after a two-week marathon session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, or INB, that ended March 1, and one week ahead of its scheduled final session that starts on March 18, where member states are expected to engage in text-based negotiations for nine days. According to observers and NGOs, the text remains weak on compliance, and text on the hot-button issue of pathogen access and benefit sharing still does not equate to equal benefits for low- and middle-income countries."

04.03.2024 – The Lancet

The Pandemic Treaty: shameful and unjust

Far from making amends, a handful of powerful countries are sabotaging the best chance to translate the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into legally binding commitments that will protect us all.

The Pandemic Treaty: shameful and unjust
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04.03.2024 – The Lancet

The Pandemic Treaty: shameful and unjust

Far from making amends, a handful of powerful countries are sabotaging the best chance to translate the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into legally binding commitments that will protect us all.

"The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), which is tasked under WHO with drawing up an international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, will sit for the 9th and final time from March 18–29. In the 2 years since it first met, hundreds of hours and unknown costs have been spent, but the political impetus has died. The convention is now at a critical juncture: the final text for countries to ratify is due to be presented at the World Health Assembly in May. With only limited days of negotiation left and a long way to go to secure a meaningful agreement, it is now or never for a treaty that can make the world a safer place."

04.03.2024 – Geneva Health Files

Mild Optimism? Countries Keen on Reaching May 2024 Finish Line for WHO’s New Pandemic Instrument, Within A Handful of Negotiating Days

ABS emerges as a cornerstone of potential outcome. By Priti Patnaik & Nishant Sirohi

Mild Optimism? Countries Keen on Reaching May 2024 Finish Line for WHO’s New Pandemic Instrument, Within A Handful of Negotiating Days
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04.03.2024 – Geneva Health Files

Mild Optimism? Countries Keen on Reaching May 2024 Finish Line for WHO’s New Pandemic Instrument, Within A Handful of Negotiating Days

ABS emerges as a cornerstone of potential outcome. By Priti Patnaik & Nishant Sirohi

"​There is a distinct shift in the mood. Despite continuing divergences on key issues from technology transfer, financing, to access and benefit sharing, some countries are beginning to see a small possibility of concluding negotiations for a new Pandemic Instrument. However, the near-impossibility of reaching consensus on complex, technical matters within such a short time period, looms large in the hallways of the World Health Organization. With the number of remaining formal negotiating days ahead of May 2024 dwindling to single digits, WHO member states, nevertheless, continue to be keen on concluding talks to reach agreement in addition to finalizing amendments to the International Health Regulations. This emerging optimism could suggest two possibilities: a more likely one that could result in a watered-down agreement to meet the deadline, essentially a face-saving exercise; a second scenario - albeit somewhat rose-tinted, is that they would actually be able to put together a reasonable set of commitments that broadly meets the needs of most countries."

22.02.2024 – Geneva Health Files

Developing Countries Mean Business on Equity Provisions in Pandemic Agreement. Will it Count?

Strong Push for Access and Benefits Sharing Mechanism. By Priti Patnaik & Nishant Sirohi

Developing Countries Mean Business on Equity Provisions in Pandemic Agreement. Will it Count?
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22.02.2024 – Geneva Health Files

Developing Countries Mean Business on Equity Provisions in Pandemic Agreement. Will it Count?

Strong Push for Access and Benefits Sharing Mechanism. By Priti Patnaik & Nishant Sirohi

"Scores of developing countries pulled their weight in a bid to push for equity provisions in a new Pandemic Agreement at the opening of the latest meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), set up to establish a new Pandemic Agreement. Despite strong intentions, it looks increasingly difficult that objectives to ensure equity in pandemic preparedness and response, will translate into any serious binding obligations, given limited political will and time. WHO member states are meeting for a two-week marathon meeting where they continue to discuss a proposal for a negotiating text put together by the Bureau of the INB, that to an extent reflects some of the deliberations conducted in smaller groups on a number of different key provisions."

16.02.2024 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

EXCLUSIVE: Read Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft Ahead of Monday’s Negotiations

EXCLUSIVE: Read Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft Ahead of Monday’s Negotiations
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16.02.2024 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

EXCLUSIVE: Read Latest Pandemic Agreement Draft Ahead of Monday’s Negotiations

"Health Policy Watch has obtained portions of the latest draft of the pandemic agreement that member states will negotiate over at the eighth intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) starting on Monday, 19 February. At the time of publishing, only member states had access to the draft, although a number of civil society organisations recognised as stakeholders have requested a draft from the World Health Organization (WHO) Bureau that is overseeing the negotiations for some time."

02.02.2024 – British Medical Journal (bmj) - Global Health

Pandemic accord: Former heads of state and global health leaders plead for progress

Pandemic accord: Former heads of state and global health leaders plead for progress
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02.02.2024 – British Medical Journal (bmj) - Global Health

Pandemic accord: Former heads of state and global health leaders plead for progress

"More than 40 former heads of state and leading global health advocates have urged world leaders not to waste a unique opportunity to save millions of lives as negotiations stall on a new global pandemic accord. In an open letter, published four years after the World Health Organization declared covid-19 a global health emergency, the 40 influential figures warned that the world’s leaders were looking increasingly unlikely to agree on a new, legally binding agreement intended to prevent and prepare for a future pandemic."

08.01.2024 – Politico

Why the world’s first pandemic treaty may never happen

With less than six months to go, countries are still not really negotiating, say diplomats.

Why the world’s first pandemic treaty may never happen
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08.01.2024 – Politico

Why the world’s first pandemic treaty may never happen

With less than six months to go, countries are still not really negotiating, say diplomats.

"A huge global effort to draw up rules around who does what in the event of another pandemic is floundering as memories of COVID-19 fade, raising a real possibility that talks will break down and leave the world as unprepared as it was in 2020. The pandemic treaty, currently being negotiated through the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to prepare for the next global health emergency and prevent a repeat of what South Africa called “vaccine apartheid,” where countries had vastly unequal access to COVID vaccines and drugs."

Nora Kronig, könnte der Pandemiepakt der WHO die Grundlage sein für ein globales Impfzertifikat?

Interview mit Nora Kronig

Nora Kronig, könnte der Pandemiepakt der WHO die Grundlage sein für ein globales Impfzertifikat?
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Nora Kronig, könnte der Pandemiepakt der WHO die Grundlage sein für ein globales Impfzertifikat?

Interview mit Nora Kronig

Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) "Soll die Schweiz dem umstrittenen Pandemiepakt der WHO beitreten? Muss das Parlament den Bundesrat bremsen wie zuvor beim Uno-Migrationspakt? Die Schweizer Botschafterin nimmt Stellung."

06.12.2023 – Geneva Health Files

Did Some Developed Countries Oust Africa Group’s Key Negotiator, a Forceful Voice on Equity Provisions in INB-IHR Negotiations?

Did Some Developed Countries Oust Africa Group’s Key Negotiator, a Forceful Voice on Equity Provisions in INB-IHR Negotiations?
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06.12.2023 – Geneva Health Files

Did Some Developed Countries Oust Africa Group’s Key Negotiator, a Forceful Voice on Equity Provisions in INB-IHR Negotiations?

"Delegations of a group of developing countries were taken by utter surprise this week, when it became known that one of their top negotiators from the influential Africa Group, has been abruptly asked to pack up and head home in the midst of crucial negotiations in global health. This development is striking given the decisive role played by a prominent Namibian diplomat who has been known for taking strong positions on equity related provisions in on-going global health negotiations to reform the governance of health emergencies. This transpired just as Geneva is gearing up for a crucial week-long meeting where the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on the Pandemic Agreement will meet at WHO during 4-6 December, immediately followed by the Working Group set up to amend the IHR during 7-8 December."

06.12.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

Bumper Week for Pandemic Negotiations

Bumper Week for Pandemic Negotiations
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06.12.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

Bumper Week for Pandemic Negotiations

"This is a bumper week for pandemic negotiations – the last formal set for the year – with meetings of both the World Health Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) and the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (WGIHR). (...) The International Health Regulations (IHR) define the processes leading to the declaration by the WHO Director General of a public health emergency of international concern and member states’ responsibilities. They are the only global internally binding obligations related to health emergencies."

06.12.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

Increasing Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity Will Bring ‘Second Independence’ for the Continent

Increasing Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity Will Bring ‘Second Independence’ for the Continent
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06.12.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

Increasing Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity Will Bring ‘Second Independence’ for the Continent

"LUSAKA, Zambia – Ensuring that Africa can manufacture its own vaccines will represent “the second independence of Africa”, Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said at the start of the Conference for Public Health in Africa 2023 (CPHIA) on Monday. “Many African countries got their independence [from colonisers] in the 1960s, but we saw in COVID that we are not independent,” Kaseya told a media briefing shortly before CPHIA’s opening. “Other continents locked their doors and we were left beyond.” With over 5,000 in-person delegates and an additional 20,000 virtual participants in attendance, Kaseya described CPHIA23 as the largest global public health event outside the annual World Health Assembly."

May 2024 Deadline Conditional on Meeting Demands on Equity: 29 Member States of the Equity Group

May 2024 Deadline Conditional on Meeting Demands on Equity: 29 Member States of the Equity Group
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May 2024 Deadline Conditional on Meeting Demands on Equity: 29 Member States of the Equity Group

Geneva Health Files "To keep up with what is expected to be fast-moving negotiations towards a new Pandemic Agreement, and changes to the International Health Regulations, we are trying to experiment with shorter updates from Geneva, in addition to our signature long-form analyses. We are calling this The Files Brief, to capture key turns in the current negotiations in global health. In this short edition, we bring you a statement by the Equity Group comprising 29 countries pushing for “response” measures during health emergencies."

20.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

BioNTech Highlights African Vaccine Partnerships – But is Challenged to Ensure Real Tech Transfer

“This is not how tech-transfer works,” Alakija told Health Policy Watch, in an interview after the panel. “Let us not sugarcoat: the discussion should not be infantalizing Africa, rather about decolonizing it.”

BioNTech Highlights African Vaccine Partnerships – But is Challenged to Ensure Real Tech Transfer
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20.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

BioNTech Highlights African Vaccine Partnerships – But is Challenged to Ensure Real Tech Transfer

“This is not how tech-transfer works,” Alakija told Health Policy Watch, in an interview after the panel. “Let us not sugarcoat: the discussion should not be infantalizing Africa, rather about decolonizing it.”

"German mRNA vaccine maker BioNTech’s partnerships with vaccine manufacturing facilities in Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa will support the African Union’s ambition to produce 60% of the continent’s vaccine needs by 2040, the company told the World Health Summit. But Ayaode Alakija, former Chief Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria and World Health Summit Ambassador, cautioned that Africa needs “end-to-end manufacturing” not a “cut-and-paste model”.

17.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

No Pandemic Accord Without Intellectual Property Protection, says German Health Minister

Lauterbach’s announcement is a victory for the pharmaceutical industry

No Pandemic Accord Without Intellectual Property Protection, says German Health Minister
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17.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

No Pandemic Accord Without Intellectual Property Protection, says German Health Minister

Lauterbach’s announcement is a victory for the pharmaceutical industry

"Hours before the release of the second draft of the Pandemic Accord on Monday, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told the World Health Summit that a pandemic agreement with “major limitations” on intellectual property (IP) rights protection will “not fly” for Germany and most of its fellow European Union (EU) members. “For countries like Germany and most European countries, it is clear that such an agreement will not fly if there is a major limitation on intellectual property rights,” said Lauterbach. “That is a part of our DNA … we need intellectual property security in order to invest into vaccines, invest into therapeutics, diagnostics, and so forth.”

03.10.2023 – BMZ Germany

High-level forum: Pandemics – no time for neglect

Documentation and Recording of the High-Level Forum with Michael Ryan (WHO), Jean Kaseya (Africa CDC), Carolyn Reynolds Co-founder, Pandemic Action Network, Jeremy Farrar (WHO) and others

High-level forum: Pandemics – no time for neglect
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03.10.2023 – BMZ Germany

High-level forum: Pandemics – no time for neglect

Documentation and Recording of the High-Level Forum with Michael Ryan (WHO), Jean Kaseya (Africa CDC), Carolyn Reynolds Co-founder, Pandemic Action Network, Jeremy Farrar (WHO) and others

"As the acute response to Covid-19 is coming to an end, we observe a drop in public and political attention to pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. Multiple other global crises, which also demand attention and put additional stress on public budgets, especially in low and middle income countries, amplify this development. But the next pandemic might be just ahead of us. Scientists forecast a growing risk of future pandemics due to population density, mobility, climate change, and biodiversity loss, making continued efforts for prevention and preparedness ever more important. There is no time for neglect."

Covid-19 in the global south

En Afrique, la catastrophe sanitaire annoncée n’a pas encore eu lieu

En Afrique, la catastrophe sanitaire annoncée n’a pas encore eu lieu

En Afrique, la catastrophe sanitaire annoncée n’a pas encore eu lieu

Le Temps "Les pays africains sont dans l’ensemble peu touchés par le Covid-19. La jeunesse de la population et le climat freinent sans doute la transmission du coronavirus mais l’évolution de la pandémie est incertaine, d’autant que le confinement de la population est intenable." (Photo: Social Distancing in the Market/World Bank Photo Collection/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Covid-19 and sub-Saharan Africa’s critical care infrastructure

The ICU capacity that is critical to managing covid-19 complications is severely limited in much of the region, warn Edgar Asiimwe and Saraswati Kache

Covid-19 and sub-Saharan Africa’s critical care infrastructure

Covid-19 and sub-Saharan Africa’s critical care infrastructure

The ICU capacity that is critical to managing covid-19 complications is severely limited in much of the region, warn Edgar Asiimwe and Saraswati Kache

British Medical Journal (bmj) "The covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly challenged our previously held assumptions about global disease epidemiology. Classic public health teaching promulgates the theory of a prevailing epidemiologic transition—one in which the burden of disease morphs from predominantly infectious causes to non-communicable causes as countries industrialize. That theory has now been turned on its head as public health campaigns in industrialized countries promote basic hygiene, while restrictive lockdowns upend regular life. For many, these developments feel like regression to a hitherto forgotten era, with industrialized nations now living the contemporary experience of many in developing countries." (Photo: 217 Cuban Health Specialists arriving in South Africa to curb the spread of COVID-19/GovernmentZA/flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0)

Mobilization for and in Africa is certainly insufficient

Interview with Eric Comte, GHF Director

Mobilization for and in Africa is certainly insufficient

Mobilization for and in Africa is certainly insufficient

Interview with Eric Comte, GHF Director

Heidi.News "The ​Geneva Health Forum​, created in 2006 in Geneva, was forced to postpone its eighth annual conference, from March to 16-18 November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But that has not prevented the Forum’s leadership, including GHF Director, Dr Eric Comte, from responding to the unprecedented challenge created by the crisis. From a small and modest gathering of booths and stands, the ​Geneva Health Forum has grown into an international event with a strong array of scientific sessions. ​Geneva Solutions interviewed Comte to hear about the role GHF is playing in the present emergency, and his views gleaned from years in epidemic management." (Photo: DFID - UK Department for International Development/flickr, CC BY 2.0)

Zwischen Virusstuhl und neoliberaler Bank

Med in Switzerland #18 April 2020

Zwischen Virusstuhl und neoliberaler Bank

Zwischen Virusstuhl und neoliberaler Bank

Med in Switzerland #18 April 2020

MMS Vor allem europäische Tourist*innen und danach Reisende aus den USA haben das Coronavirus in diese Region gebracht, wo sich die Epidemie Ende März 2020 noch weitgehend im Anfangsstadium befindet. Schwache und teilprivatisierte Gesundheitssysteme, in meist hochverschuldeten Ländern mit einem Grossteil der Bevölkerung ohne formelle Anstellung und mit schwachen Sozialversicherungssystemen, lassen für die kommenden Monate Böses ahnen. (Leon Nicaragua. Foto: Massimo Pedrazzini)

COVID-19 cases top 10 000 in Africa

COVID-19 cases top 10 000 in Africa

COVID-19 cases top 10 000 in Africa

World Health Organisation (WHO) Brazzaville/ Cairo, 7 April 2020 – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to more than 10 000 and caused more than 500 deaths. While the virus was slow to reach the continent compared to other parts of the world, infection has grown exponentially in recent weeks and continues to spread. Reaching the continent through travellers returning from hotspots in Asia, Europe and the United States, Africa’s first COVID-19 case was recorded in Egypt on 14 February. Since then a total of 52 countries have reported cases. Initially, mainly confined to capital cities, a significant number of countries in Africa are now reporting cases in multiple provinces. (Photo: UN Geneva/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Briefing: Five ideas on how to ease the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in Kenya

Briefing: Five ideas on how to ease the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in Kenya

Briefing: Five ideas on how to ease the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in Kenya

The New Humanitarian "NAIROBI Africa was one of the last regions to register a confirmed coronavirus case, but COVID-19 is now spreading fast. There have so far been more than 9,400 confirmed cases in 52 countries, with no sign yet of a slow down. Governments initially responded with travel bans and flight restrictions. As coronavirus cases have climbed, most African countries have implemented social distancing measures – including lockdowns and curfews – to try and contain the secondary spread within communities. But in cities like Nairobi, two-thirds of the 4.4 million people are crammed into informal settlements that lack basic services, and entire families can live in a single room." (Photo: Ben Cappellacci/flickr, CC BY 2.0)

How do you say 'social distancing' in Swahili?

How do you say 'social distancing' in Swahili?

How do you say 'social distancing' in Swahili?

Devex "What do bleeding gums, the heart, and social distancing have in common? Aside from their medical implications, they are all challenging key phrases to translate, highlighting a “blind spot” in emergency responses, experts told Devex. As fears mount over the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on low-income countries, health agencies have been ramping up communications to warn people of the virus and how to stay safe." (Photo: World Bank Photo Collection/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The World Bank’s 2017 pandemic response fund isn’t working

Private sector solutions don’t always fit public sector problems

The World Bank’s 2017 pandemic response fund isn’t working

The World Bank’s 2017 pandemic response fund isn’t working

Private sector solutions don’t always fit public sector problems

The Washington Post Used in item listings and search results. "How do the world’s poorest nations tackle a global health crisis like the current novel coronavirus outbreak? After the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the World Bank launched the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) — an insurance-based mechanism to raise money for pandemic responses in low-income countries through “catastrophe bonds” and derivatives. The coronavirus pandemic is exactly the situation for which the PEF was designed. Most of the PEF-eligible countries are reporting cases of covid-19 (the disease caused by this coronavirus) and urgently require billions of dollars to scale up their public health response. So far, the PEF has yet to pay out a single dollar. Here’s what happened and why." (Photo: World Bank Photo Collection/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Wenn New York überfordert ist, was passiert dann in Nairobi?

Wenn New York überfordert ist, was passiert dann in Nairobi?

Wenn New York überfordert ist, was passiert dann in Nairobi?

SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen "In Afrika wächst die Sorge vor einer ungebremsten Ausbreitung des Virus. Denn die Ärmsten können ihm kaum entfliehen. (...) Ärzte und Pflegekräfte nähern sich Kranken nur in Schutzanzügen, vor den Spitälern reiht sich Sarg an Sarg, das Gesundheitssystem steht am Rande des Kollaps: die Schreckensbilder der Ebola-Epidemie in Westafrika sind uns Europäern derzeit auf schauerliche Weise präsent. Nach konservativen Schätzungen der WHO starben von 2014 bis 2016 über 11'000 Menschen an der Infektionskrankheit. Die Dunkelziffer dürfte weit höher sein." (Foto: MMS)

Contextualizing COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement in sub-Saharan Africa for effective epidemic control: Fighting the “Infodemic”

Contextualizing COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement in sub-Saharan Africa for effective epidemic control: Fighting the “Infodemic”

Contextualizing COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement in sub-Saharan Africa for effective epidemic control: Fighting the “Infodemic”

International Health Policy Blog "WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous. ” (Munich Security Conference on Feb 15, 2020). (...) In the face of limited resources and weak health systems, the COVID-19 pandemic presented sub-Saharan Africa with new challenges: the urgent need for diagnostics, care and treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, the increased burden on health systems and collapsing economies. (...) To win this virus war and impending social disruption, there is a need for effective risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) – an essential component of health emergency and response activities." (Photo: Prachatai/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

What the West Can Learn From Africa’s Ebola Response

Argument

What the West Can Learn From Africa’s Ebola Response

What the West Can Learn From Africa’s Ebola Response

Argument

Foreign Policy (FP) "A poor country succeeded in fighting off Ebola. Wealthier countries should replicate Liberia’s strategy in combating the coronavirus. (...) Those first days of the 2014 Ebola outbreak and Liberia’s response from that point on can offer important lessons to European and North American governments in light of the World Health Organization’s announcement that the new coronavirus is now a pandemic—and the evidence in rising caseloads from Madrid to London to New York." (Photo: USAID U.S. Agency for International Development/flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Schnell lernen - und hoffen

Coronavirus in Afrika

Schnell lernen - und hoffen

Schnell lernen - und hoffen

Coronavirus in Afrika

tagesschau.de "Auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent gibt es immer mehr Corona-Infizierte. Experten fürchten, ein Ausbruch wie in Europa, werde die fragilen Gesundheitssysteme überlasten - mit schlimmen Folgen." (Foto: Protecting shared Microphones/ MONUSCO/ Radio Okapi/flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Bearing the brunt of covid-19: older people in low and middle income countries

Bearing the brunt of covid-19: older people in low and middle income countries

Bearing the brunt of covid-19: older people in low and middle income countries

British Medical Journal (bmj) "A global expert group on older people might be useful: The global response to covid-19 has been described as being “too little, too late.” National and international efforts are now gathering pace. Those involved in these efforts can draw on a rapidly growing body of research, much summarised in regularly updated guidelines published by national and international authorities, covering the latest information on the virus, its mode of transmission, its spread, and the susceptibility of different groups within the population. Although many aspects of this new infection remain uncertain, one thing is already clear. The risk of dying from covid-19 increases with age, and most of the deaths observed are in people older than 60, especially those with chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease." (Photo: MMS)

EQUINET Information sheet on COVID-19

Produced by Training and Research Support Centre for the Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa

EQUINET Information sheet on COVID-19

EQUINET Information sheet on COVID-19

Produced by Training and Research Support Centre for the Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa

Equinet Africa "This brief summarises and provides links to official, scientific and other resources to support an understanding of and individual to regional level responses to the epidemic of ‘novel coronavirus’, also known as COVID-19.On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and on March 11 2020 it declared it a pandemic. The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 term a PHEIC an extraordinary eventthat constitutes “a risk to other States through the international spread of disease”, requiringa coordinated international response."

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

What are the channels of economic impact we can expect from COVID-19?

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

What are the channels of economic impact we can expect from COVID-19?

Center for Global Development (CGD) "As travelers cancel flights, businesses ask workers to stay home, and stocks fall, a global health crisis becomes a global economic crisis. In any health crisis, our first concern is (and should be) with the health of those affected. More than 4,000 people have died worldwide and more than 113,000 cases have been confirmed in over 110 countries. But unfortunately, the economic impacts also have dramatic effects on the wellbeing of families and communities. For vulnerable families, lost income due to an outbreak can translate to spikes in poverty, missed meals for children, and reduced access to healthcare far beyond COVID-19. While the spread in the United States and Europe absorbs much of the media coverage, confirmed cases from Bangladesh to Brazil, from Cameroon to Costa Rica, and in many other low- and middle-income countries mean that many of the economic impacts may affect the world’s most vulnerable populations." (Photo: Trade for Development/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Covid-19 and its effects on global health

26.05.2021 – Geneva Health Files

“The Independent Panel did not meet the moment”

Guest Essay by Sara (Meg) Davis, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute, Geneva

“The Independent Panel did not meet the moment”
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26.05.2021 – Geneva Health Files

“The Independent Panel did not meet the moment”

Guest Essay by Sara (Meg) Davis, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute, Geneva

"The Independent Panel tasked by WHO with reviewing the global management of the COVID-19 pandemic has fulfilled its terms of reference. But despite the best efforts of the panelists, it did not meet the moment. The world might still need an Independent Panel -- but one that is transparent, accountable and participatory."

Using socioeconomics to counter health disparities arising from the covid-19 pandemic

Using socioeconomics to counter health disparities arising from the covid-19 pandemic

Using socioeconomics to counter health disparities arising from the covid-19 pandemic

British Medical Journal (bmj) "Principles and methods drawn from decades of work showing that lower socioeconomic status is associated with poorer health should guide efforts to monitor and mitigate the impact of the covid-19 pandemic argue Geoffrey Anderson and colleagues." (Photo: USAID U.S. Agency for International Development/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

COVID-19 and HIV: Adapting community-based HIV services during a pandemic

Webinar Recording 28/05/2020

COVID-19 and HIV: Adapting community-based HIV services during a pandemic

COVID-19 and HIV: Adapting community-based HIV services during a pandemic

Webinar Recording 28/05/2020

International AIDS Society "The International AIDS Society (IAS) is organizing a series of webinars on the topic of COVID-19 and HIV to discuss the pandemic and its impact on people living with HIV. Through these webinar sessions, the IAS would like to provide an opportunity for discussion around the latest science, in addition to sharing learning and best practices in relation to COVID-19 and HIV between countries at different stages of the pandemic, especially in lower- and middle-income countries. The webinars are recommended to HIV professionals, government representatives working in the field of HIV, public health specialists, programme managers, service providers, civil society representatives and members of organizations supporting key and vulnerable populations." (Photo: IAS)

COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns

COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns

COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns

Health Policy Watch A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection and death. And even prior to the pandemic, some three quarters of all deaths worldwide were due to NCDs. (Photo: World Bank Photo Collection/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

Policy Brief

COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

Policy Brief

United Nations "Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if action is not taken. Good mental health is critical to the functioning of society at the best of times. It must be front and centre of every country’s response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mental health and wellbeing of whole societies have been severely impacted by this crisis and are a priority to be addressed urgently." (Photo: Liberal Democrats/flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0)

US and UK 'lead push against global patent pool for Covid-19 drugs'

Efforts to dilute world health assembly resolution on open licensing decried as ‘appalling

US and UK 'lead push against global patent pool for Covid-19 drugs'

US and UK 'lead push against global patent pool for Covid-19 drugs'

Efforts to dilute world health assembly resolution on open licensing decried as ‘appalling

The Guardian "Ministers and officials from every nation will meet via video link on Monday for the annual world health assembly, which is expected to be dominated by efforts to stop rich countries monopolising drugs and future vaccines against Covid-19. As some countries buy up drugs thought to be useful against the coronavirus, causing global shortages, and the Trump administration does deals with vaccine companies to supply America first, there is dismay among public health experts and campaigners who believe it is vital to pull together to end the pandemic." (Photo: EpicTop10.com/flickr, CC BY 2.0)

Opinion: How to prevent the 2020s from becoming a lost decade for children

Opinion: How to prevent the 2020s from becoming a lost decade for children

Opinion: How to prevent the 2020s from becoming a lost decade for children

Devex "A few short months ago, we were talking about the 2020s as the “decade of delivery” for the Sustainable Development Goals. Now, we are facing a “lost decade” as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back the hard-won gains of the last 30 years. Can we prevent a great reversal in development? That is the question hanging over millions of the world’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. The health, the hopes, and, in some cases, the lives of these children are on the line — not that you would know it from the international response." (Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Covid-19 crisis raises hopes of end to UK transmission of HIV

Sexual health experts see in lockdown restrictions a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ chance

Covid-19 crisis raises hopes of end to UK transmission of HIV

Covid-19 crisis raises hopes of end to UK transmission of HIV

Sexual health experts see in lockdown restrictions a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ chance

The Guardian “In the war against any infectious virus,” says Dr Alan McOwan, “You’re trying to win various battles. You have to keep clobbering it from every direction you can.” That’s true for coronavirus, he says, as well as for other viral conditions. An HIV specialist at London’s 56 Dean Street sexual health clinic, McOwan sees similarities between Covid-19 and HIV. Both are viruses without a working vaccine, you can be infectious without knowing it, and both rely mostly on close human contact to spread." (Photo: NIAID/flickr, CC BY 2.0)

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) "UNFPA aims to achieve three world-changing results by 2030, the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. These are: Ending unmet need for family planning, ending gender-based violence including harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage, and ending all preventable maternal deaths. COVID-19 pandemic could critically undermine progress made towards achieving these goals." (Photo: Bread for the World/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Coronavirus Global Response: €7.4 billion raised for universal access to vaccines

Coronavirus Global Response: €7.4 billion raised for universal access to vaccines

Coronavirus Global Response: €7.4 billion raised for universal access to vaccines

European Commission "Today, the Commission registered €7.4 billion, equivalent to $8 billion, in pledges from donors worldwide during the Coronavirus Global Response pledging event. This includes a pledge of €1.4 billion by the Commission. This almost reaches the initial target of €7.5 billion and is a solid starting point for the worldwide pledging marathon, which begins today. The aim is to gather significant funding to ensure the collaborative development and universal deployment of diagnostics, treatments and vaccines against coronavirus." (Photo: LIBER Europe/flickr, CC BY 2.0)

The Coronavirus pandemic and the irrelevance of the SDGs: Time for a new Jubilee

The Coronavirus pandemic and the irrelevance of the SDGs: Time for a new Jubilee

The Coronavirus pandemic and the irrelevance of the SDGs: Time for a new Jubilee

International Health Policy Blog "According to Remco van de Pas, SDG3 on health and wellbeing has been irrelevant to address global challenges in this area. The futility of this SDG and limits of the World Health Organization are today painfully clear in the approach of the covid-19 pandemic. Although the crisis was not unexpected, WHO member states have insufficiently invested and left much scope for charities and private investors. The author scrutinizes global public health policies and advocates the creation of a new Jubilee Campaign for indebted countries."

The Global Fund makes laudable efforts to tackle COVID-19, but questions remain

Will the Global Fund uphold its principles in this emergency context?

The Global Fund makes laudable efforts to tackle COVID-19, but questions remain

The Global Fund makes laudable efforts to tackle COVID-19, but questions remain

Will the Global Fund uphold its principles in this emergency context?

www.aidspan.org "Early March, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria recognized the threat that the novel coronavirus that causes the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses to the health systems of its beneficiary countries. The Global Fund issued a first guidance note allowing countries to redeploy underutilized assets, repurpose grant savings and, in exceptional cases, reprogram up to 5% funding from existing grants to fight COVID-19. The Secretariat estimates the costs of these flexibilities at $500 million. A month later, the Global Fund announced an additional $500 million to a newly created COVID-19 Response Mechanism."

Test, test, test: COVID-19 and HIV testing updates

COVID-19 and HIV: Webinar series

Test, test, test: COVID-19 and HIV testing updates

Test, test, test: COVID-19 and HIV testing updates

COVID-19 and HIV: Webinar series

International AIDS Society "The International AIDS Society (IAS) is organizing a series of webinars on the topic of COVID-19 and HIV to discuss the pandemic and its impact on people living with HIV. Through these webinar sessions, the IAS would like to provide an opportunity for discussion around the latest science, in addition to sharing learning and best practices in relation to COVID-19 and HIV between countries at different stages of the pandemic, especially in lower- and middle-income countries. The webinars are recommended to HIV professionals, government representatives working in the field of HIV, public health specialists, programme managers, service providers, civil society representatives and members of organizations supporting key and vulnerable populations."

Covid-19 tracking app must satisfy human rights and data laws

Legal report states that interference with users’ privacy will require ‘greater justification’

Covid-19 tracking app must satisfy human rights and data laws

Covid-19 tracking app must satisfy human rights and data laws

Legal report states that interference with users’ privacy will require ‘greater justification’

The Guardian "The government’s plan to exit lockdown through a tracking app will need detailed justification to satisfy human rights and data protection laws, a report has warned. A centralised system for contact tracing, which it is thought the government may well choose, would result in “significantly greater interference with users’ privacy and require greater justification”, the report – given as a legal opinion – concludes." (Photo: Aaron Yoo/flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0)

27 Apr 2020 : The Gates Foundation's new move

27 Apr 2020 : The Gates Foundation's new move

27 Apr 2020 : The Gates Foundation's new move

COVID-19 Diaries "Director-General Tedros and other senior officials at WHO have today been retweeting an interview from the Financial Times in which Bill Gates announces that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is refocusing all of its efforts on the COVID-19 response: “We’ve taken an organisation that was focused on HIV and malaria and polio eradication, and almost entirely shifted it to work on this [COVID-19] … This has the foundation’s total attention.” (Photo: UN Geneva/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Covid-19 and the work of Switzerland's international health cooperation

26.11.2020 – Swiss TPH

Largest Clinical Trial in Africa to Treat COVID-19 Cases is Launched in 13 Countries

Press Release

Largest Clinical Trial in Africa to Treat COVID-19 Cases is Launched in 13 Countries
The ANTICOV consortium is made up of prominent African and global research and development organisations. (Photo: DNDi)
26.11.2020 – Swiss TPH

Largest Clinical Trial in Africa to Treat COVID-19 Cases is Launched in 13 Countries

Press Release

African countries and an international network of research institutions, including the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), have joined forces to launch the largest COVID-19 clinical trial in mild-to-moderate outpatients in Africa. The ANTICOV clinical trial aims to respond to the urgent need to identify treatments that can be used to treat mild and moderate cases of COVID-19 early and prevent spikes in hospitalisation that could overwhelm fragile and already overburdened health systems in Africa.

Nos partenaires de terrain et le COVID-19, état au 7 avril 2020

Analyse - Bulletin N°175 CSSR

Nos partenaires de terrain et le COVID-19, état au 7 avril 2020

Nos partenaires de terrain et le COVID-19, état au 7 avril 2020

Analyse - Bulletin N°175 CSSR

La Centrale Sanitaire Suisse Romande (CSSR) Il n’y a pas encore de catastrophe due au COVID-19 en Amérique latine, mis à part en Equateur. Dans tous les pays avec lesquels nous travaillons, il y a confinement, constatation de la fragilité des systèmes de santé, manque de matériel pour contenir l’épidémie. Les projets de la CSSR vont continuer, mais aussi ralentir. C’est le cas au Nicaragua, au Guatemala, au Mexique. (Photo: CSSR)

COVID-19: Ankunft von Schutzausrüstung in Burkina Faso

Mit Video

COVID-19: Ankunft von Schutzausrüstung in Burkina Faso

COVID-19: Ankunft von Schutzausrüstung in Burkina Faso

Mit Video

Enfants du Monde Am 9. März 2020 gab es in Burkina Faso die ersten Fälle von COVID-19. Mit 766 bestätigten Fällen und 52 Todesfällen (Stand am 13. Mai 2020) ist das Land heute eines der am schlimmsten betroffenen in Afrika. Neun der 13 Gesundheitsregionen des Landes sind von der Epidemie betroffen. Um das Gesundheitsministerium von Burkina Faso im Kampf gegen COVID-19 zu unterstützen, stellt Enfants du Monde in Zusammenarbeit mit unserem lokalen Partner IPC/BF (Initiative Privée et Communautaire pour la santé et la riposte au VIH/Sida au Burkina Faso) und mit finanzieller Unterstützung der Schweizer Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und ihrer Geldgeber, Schutzausrüstungen für Gesundheitsdienstleister zur Verfügung und informiert die Bevölkerung. (Foto: Enfants du Monde)

Covid19 en Bolivie : des plantations pour survivre

Covid19 en Bolivie : des plantations pour survivre

Covid19 en Bolivie : des plantations pour survivre

Comundo Comment s'en sortir dans une grande ville comme El Alto / La Paz durant la crise du Coronavirus ? Économie informelle au point mort, violence domestique, système de santé défaillant : Jérôme Gyger relate la situation sur place et explique son projet d'agriculture urbaine, qui donne une partie de la solution. (Photo: Avec Doña Bartolina Ticona dans sa petite serre de production biologique à El Alto/ © Comundo)

Wie Kinder trotz Stress der Krise trotzen

Wie Kinder trotz Stress der Krise trotzen

Wie Kinder trotz Stress der Krise trotzen

Comundo Überforderung, fehlende Betreuung und steigende Gewalt dominieren Städte wie Cochabamba in Bolivien in Zeiten der Coronakrise. Dabei geht vergessen: Kinder sind nicht nur Opfer, sondern besitzen auch Potential zur Krisenbewältigung in Familie und Gesellschaft. (Foto: Ein Mädchen, das an einem Markt in der Nähe von Quillacolo (ausserhalb Cochabamba) trotz Quarantäne versucht ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. | Lizeth Salazar Bustos/AVE)

COVID-19 Health Help Desk

COVID-19 Health Help Desk

COVID-19 Health Help Desk

Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) "National Societies' and volunteers' roles will change through the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective countries and communities, based on which activities to support public health, clinical and health systems activities are likely to be most impactful in their context and with their outbreak dynamics. This Health Help Desk Website provided by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) offers three functions: 1) Huge resource library of all available health documents, guidelines and research. Scroll down the page and click on the bold themes, and further information will open. 2) Pose any question you have to the helpdesk. They try to answer asap 3) Any questions and related answers are available on the Q&A site. Please check the Q&A section, before you pose a new question to the help desk." (Photo: © GDPC)

Und wer kümmert sich um die Polizei?

Und wer kümmert sich um die Polizei?

Und wer kümmert sich um die Polizei?

Comundo Viele leiden aktuell unter den weltweiten Quarantäne-Massnahmen. Doch es gibt Menschen, die zu ihrem Eigenschutz zuhause bleiben möchten, dies aber nicht dürfen. Die Psychotherapeutin und Comundo-Fachperson Bitia Vargas unterstützt staatliches Sicherheits- und Gesundheitspersonal in der Krise und gewährt uns einen Blick hinter die Kulissen der bolivianischen Polizei. (Im Bild die bolivianische Polizei mit einer Einheit für Bio-Sicherheit. ©ABI )

Rencontre avec Vinh-Kim Nguyen, un spécialiste des épidémies et de la santé globale

Rencontre avec Vinh-Kim Nguyen, un spécialiste des épidémies et de la santé globale

Rencontre avec Vinh-Kim Nguyen, un spécialiste des épidémies et de la santé globale

rts.ch "Tous les vendredis, "CQFD" reçoit un homme ou une femme de science pour parler de son travail et de ses recherches. Aujourd'hui, Sarah Dirren a invité Vinh-Kim Nguyen, médecin urgentiste, professeur dʹanthropologie et de sociologie de la santé et co-directeur du Centre de santé globale au Graduate Institute de Genève (IHEID), professeur au Département de médecine sociale et préventive de lʹUniversité de Montréal et Research Fellow au Max-Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, à Halle, en Allemagne. - Une heure pour faire connaissance avec ce spécialiste dont les activités se partagent entre action sur le terrain et analyse plus globale des crises sanitaires, du VIH au Covid-19, en passant par Ebola." (Photo: IHEID)

Switzerland’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Switzerland’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Switzerland’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Graduate Institute Geneva - Global Health Centre "Gian Luca Burci and Jennifer Hasselgard-Rowe examine the rights-related measures that have been adopted by the Swiss Confederation and the Cantons to respond to the current Covid-19 crisis. The main regulatory avenue that Switzerland’s Federal Council has used in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been to issue federal orders effective across the entire Swiss territory." (Photo: GIG_GHC)

COVID-19: better protection for women and girls!

Switzerland appeals together with 58 countries against violence against women and girls

COVID-19: better protection for women and girls!

COVID-19: better protection for women and girls!

Switzerland appeals together with 58 countries against violence against women and girls

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) "Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, some countries have seen an increase in the risk of domestic violence due to the lockdown and limited access to support services. Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis has therefore signed a joint statement with 58 other countries calling to strengthen the protection of women and girls during the COVID-19 crisis. The joint statement calls for international responses to protect women's health and physical safety, but also to ensure women's active participation at all levels of decision-making in relation to the pandemic. It calls on all stakeholders, including the private sector, to come together to provide emergency assistance to the most vulnerable countries and to give full effect to the global commitment to universal access to healthcare."

Corona-Alltag einer Schweizerin in Jerusalem

Corona-Alltag einer Schweizerin in Jerusalem

Corona-Alltag einer Schweizerin in Jerusalem

Kinderhilfe Bethlehem Die Schweizerin Linda Bergauer arbeitet seit knapp einem Jahr für das Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem. Das Corona-Virus hat ihr Leben vor Ort auf den Kopf gestellt. Ein persönlicher Erfahrungsbericht zur Corona-Krise aus Jerusalem und Bethlehem. (Foto: Leere in der Altstadt Jerusalems/Joan Mas Autonell)

Une vidéo à destination de nos centres de santé

Prévention coronovirus

Une vidéo à destination de nos centres de santé

Une vidéo à destination de nos centres de santé

Prévention coronovirus

Site Suisse-Santé-Haïti La pandémie de Coronavirus prend une dimension particulière dans un pays comme Haïti. Suisse-Santé-Haïti fait le maximum pour prévenir la propagation du virus notamment par la diffusion d'une vidéo de prévention dans ses centres de santé. Nous avons sollicité notre personnel soignant ainsi que certain membres de notre organisation pour réaliser ce message d’information en créole. Nous espérons aussi que beaucoup d’Haïtien.e.s s’enverront cette vidéo par whatsapp.

SRK importiert dringend benötigtes Corona Schutz- und Testmaterial für den Bund

Corona-Krise

SRK importiert dringend benötigtes Corona Schutz- und Testmaterial für den Bund

SRK importiert dringend benötigtes Corona Schutz- und Testmaterial für den Bund

Corona-Krise

Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (SRK) Das Schweizerische Rote Kreuz SRK unterstützt den Bund bei der Bewältigung der Corona-Pandemie, unter anderem indem es grosse Mengen von Schutzmasken, Schutzoveralls und Handschuhen aus China importiert. Die Fluggesellschaft Swiss führte dazu bisher sieben Flüge von Shanghai nach Zürich durch. (Foto: Die vom SRK beschafften medizinischen Hilfsgüter werden im Flughafen Zürich ausgeladen. © SWISS)

Radiosendungen und Telefon-Hotlines klären Gerüchte über das Coronavirus auf

Corona-Pandemie in Ghana

Radiosendungen und Telefon-Hotlines klären Gerüchte über das Coronavirus auf

Radiosendungen und Telefon-Hotlines klären Gerüchte über das Coronavirus auf

Corona-Pandemie in Ghana

Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (SRK) Das SRK unterstützt die nationalen Rotkreuz- und Rothalbmondgesellschaften in seinen rund 30 Einsatzländern. In Ghana wird die Bevölkerung über das Radio zu präventiven Hygienemassnahmen sensibilisiert. (Foto: In Radiosendungen geht das Rote Kreuz auf die Sorgen der Bevölkerung ein und klärt sie über das Coronavirus auf. © Ghana Red Cross)

Coronavirus-Situation bei Comundo

Mit Radiointerview von Erik Keller, Geschäftsleiter Comundo zur aktuellen Situation

Coronavirus-Situation bei Comundo

Coronavirus-Situation bei Comundo

Mit Radiointerview von Erik Keller, Geschäftsleiter Comundo zur aktuellen Situation

Comundo Von der Coronavirus-Krise sind auch die Regionen betroffen, in denen Comundo-Fachleute ihre Einsätze leisten. Was genau bedeutet dies für unsere Fachleute, unsere Projekte oder für Einsatzinteressierte? (Foto: Bolivien, Cochabamba: Comundo Fachperson Lisa Macconi und ein Mitarbeiter der „Fundación Estrellas en la calle“ geben Infos über den Corona-Virus an eine Gruppe von Obdachlosen. 16.3.2020 Comundo)

Guidelines

COVID-19: Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak WHO Interim guidance

WHO Interim guidance

COVID-19: Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak WHO Interim guidance

COVID-19: Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak WHO Interim guidance

WHO Interim guidance

World Health Organisation (WHO) "When health systems are overwhelmed, both direct mortality from an outbreak and indirect mortality from vaccine-preventable and treatable conditions increase dramatically. Countries will need to make difficult decisions to balance the demands of responding directly to COVID-19, while simultaneously engaging in strategic planning and coordinated action to maintain essential health service delivery, mitigating the risk of system collapse. This document expands on the content of the Operational planning guidelines to support country preparedness and response, and provides guidance on a set of targeted immediate actions that countries should consider at national, regional, and local level to reorganize and maintain access to high-quality essential health services for all." (Photo: UN Geneva/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Guidelines for care homes for older people in the context of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Guidelines for care homes for older people in the context of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Guidelines for care homes for older people in the context of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Help Age International "This document provides guidance and advice for care homes about coronavirus, or COVID-19. While older people in care homes are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, there are steps that can be taken to reduce their risk, and to ensure they are well cared for and supported. Care home staff must also be looked after and must be equipped with information to protect themselves as well as those in their care. The document includes information on personal behaviour, action to take inside the care home, interaction with the outside environment, management responsibilities, governance, and what to do if someone has COVID-19." (Photo: Katja Busch / Kwa Wazee)

Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19

Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19

Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19

World Health Organisation (WHO) "All countries should increase their level of preparedness, alert and response to identify, manage and care for new cases of COVID-19. Countries should prepare to respond to different public health scenarios, recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing cases and outbreaks of COVID-19. Each country should assess its risk and rapidly implement the necessary measures at the appropriate scale to reduce both COVID-19 transmission and economic, public and social impacts." (Photo: UN Geneva/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Home care for patients with COVID-19 presenting with mild symptoms and management of their contacts

Interim guidance

Home care for patients with COVID-19 presenting with mild symptoms and management of their contacts

Home care for patients with COVID-19 presenting with mild symptoms and management of their contacts

Interim guidance

World Health Organisation (WHO) "This rapid advice has been updated with the latest information and is intended to guide public health and infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals, health care managers and health care workers (HCWs) when addressing issues related to home care for patients with suspected COVID-19 who present with mild symptoms and when managing their contacts." (Photo: UN Geneva/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Further collection of resources

The Lancet - COVID-19 Resource Centre

The Lancet - COVID-19 Resource Centre

The Lancet - COVID-19 Resource Centre

The Lancet "To assist health workers and researchers working under challenging conditions to bring this outbreak to a close, The Lancet has created a Coronavirus Resource Centre. This resource brings together new 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) content from across The Lancet journals as it is published." (Photo: Coronavirus/duncan c/flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Covid-19 and global health challenges - as seen by MMI Network members

Covid-19 and global health challenges - as seen by MMI Network members

Covid-19 and global health challenges - as seen by MMI Network members

Medicus Mundi International (MMI) Basel/Geneva, March 2020. The outbreak of the “coronavirus” (covid19) all around the world is not only feeding headlines and news. It influences very concretely the lives of many of us. But it also raises questions on health systems, health policies, access to health, health governance or international cooperation. (Photo: MMI)

Coronavirus – Statements and responses from PHM worldwide

Coronavirus – Statements and responses from PHM worldwide

Coronavirus – Statements and responses from PHM worldwide

People´s Health Movement This page is a collection of statements and articles that have been prepared by PHM, its regional and country circles and also like minded civil society organisations on the issues around the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).