Nouvelles MMS du 14.11.2023

Depuis 50 ans, le Réseau Medicus Mundi Suisse (MMS) œuvre pour le droit à la santé dans le monde et pour une Suisse qui s’engage pour celui-ci. Lors de son symposium du jubilé, des expertes et experts du monde entier ont examiné de manière critique les changements dans la coopération internationale et l’avenir de la santé globale.

Medicus Mundi Suisse : 50 ans de santé pour toutes et tous
Photo: Christoph Engeli / © Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland

Le Réseau Medicus Mundi Suisse (MMS) a célébré ses 50 ans d’existence en organisant un symposium et un banquet de jubilé à Bâle. Ignazio Cassis, le conseiller fédéral ayant ouvert la conférence par un message vidéo, ainsi que Lukas Engelberger, le directeur de la santé de Bâle et président de la Conférence suisse des directeurs cantonaux de la santé, font partie de ceux qui se sont félicités de l’événement.

Une histoire à succès

Le bilan des 50 ans de travail du Réseau Medicus Mundi Suisse (MMS) est éloquent : grâce à l’engagement suscité par la conférence d’Alma Ata en 1978 sur les soins de santé primaires, ce concept est également largement défendu en Suisse qui le considère comme une question politique et sociétale. En effet, MMS a intégré le VIH/sida comme une thématique de la coopération internationale en matière de santé et a œuvré avec un certain succès pour que la Suisse s’engage dans ce sens. Jusqu’à ce jour, MMS est un des fers de lance de la politique extérieure de la Suisse en matière de santé et a réussi à faire en sorte que le recrutement de personnel de santé à l’étranger ne soit pas traité comme un sujet de politique des étrangers, mais comme un sujet de solidarité internationale avec les populations des pays les plus fragiles financièrement. De plus, grâce à l’engagement de MMS au cours des trois dernières années, le Conseil fédéral souhaite faire de la santé l’un des thèmes prioritaires de sa prochaine stratégie de développement 2025-2028.

Un long chemin parcouru, mais le but est encore loin

« Aujourd’hui en Suisse, nous sommes le principal centre de compétences académique et de la société civile pour la coopération internationale en matière de santé et de santé globale », déclare le directeur Martin Leschhorn Strebel. Cela signifie également que les connaissances disponibles doivent être davantage intégrées dans le dialogue avec les personnes décisionnaires de tout le pays.

Des questions critiques aussi envers nous-mêmes

Ces dernières années, MMS est resté fidèle à un point en particulier : la remise en question autocritique de son propre travail. Seule cette réflexion constante sur la responsabilité de la coopération internationale en matière de santé peut conduire aux changements nécessaires permettant de parvenir à la santé pour tous dans le monde. Ainsi, lors de son symposium du jubilé, MMS a abordé de manière critique les structures coloniales de la santé globale, qui continuent d’influencer le travail de la coopération internationale. Les questions relatives au dépassement de l’inégale dynamique de pouvoir dans les partenariats entre le Nord et le Sud sont au centre du discours, tout comme la transformation prochaine du secteur.

Martin Leschhorn Strebel
Réseau Medicus Mundi Suisse

Accent : Symposium du jubilé de MMS 2023

31.10.2023

Documentation MMS Symposium 2023

Documentation MMS Symposium 2023
31.10.2023

Documentation MMS Symposium 2023

Presentations and Downloads of the MMS Symposium 2023

Accent : Medicus Mundi Suisse 50 ans

14.11.2023 – MMS Symposium 2023

Die Anfänge des Netzwerks Medicus Mundi Schweiz im internationalen und Schweizer Kontext der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Jubiläums-Referat Von Dr. Edgar Widmer, Gründungspräsident

Die Anfänge des Netzwerks Medicus Mundi Schweiz im internationalen und Schweizer Kontext der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
14.11.2023 – MMS Symposium 2023

Die Anfänge des Netzwerks Medicus Mundi Schweiz im internationalen und Schweizer Kontext der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Jubiläums-Referat Von Dr. Edgar Widmer, Gründungspräsident

26.10.2023 – Bulletin des médecins suisses

«Le personnel de santé n’est pas une marchandise»

Propos recueillis par Nadja Papageorgiu

«Le personnel de santé n’est pas une marchandise»
«Wir sitzen mit Schweizer Entscheidungsträgern am Tisch für die Menschen im globalen Süden», sagt Martin Leschhorn Strebel. Foto: © Eve Kohler
26.10.2023 – Bulletin des médecins suisses

«Le personnel de santé n’est pas une marchandise»

Propos recueillis par Nadja Papageorgiu

"La santé pour tous, partout dans le monde: telle est la vision de Medicus Mundi Suisse. Cette année marquera le 50e anniversaire de l’organisation. Son directeur, Martin Leschhorn Strebel , se confie sur ce qu’elle a accompli à ce jour, la façon dont elle influe sur le discours du Conseil fédéral et ce que les pays du Nord peuvent apprendre des pays du Sud."

Accent : Décolonisation

07.11.2023 – Peace Direct

Transforming Partnerships in International Cooperation

Discover the step-by-step guides to better partnerships for civil society, bilateral donors, INGOs and intermediaries across the sector. Third report in our series on decolonising the sector.

Transforming Partnerships in International Cooperation
Photo: Linda De Volder/flickr.com; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Deed
07.11.2023 – Peace Direct

Transforming Partnerships in International Cooperation

Discover the step-by-step guides to better partnerships for civil society, bilateral donors, INGOs and intermediaries across the sector. Third report in our series on decolonising the sector.

"Transforming Partnerships in International Cooperation builds on our previous research to provide an operational guide to decolonising partnerships in the humanitarian, peacebuilding and development sector. Based on consultations with 200 participants from 70 countries, it offers comprehensive recommendations to transform every aspect of partnerships between entities in the Global South and North."

29.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch

From Colonial Legacies to Community Empowerment: A Paradigm Shift in Global Healthcare

At a recent panel discussion hosted by Medicus Mundi Switzerland, Medicus Mundi International, and the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Centre for Health, experts from across the health spectrum discussed practical steps to decolonise global health governance and give marginalised communities a greater voice and agency in their own healthcare systems.

From Colonial Legacies to Community Empowerment: A Paradigm Shift in Global Healthcare
Photo: Screenshot MMS
29.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch

From Colonial Legacies to Community Empowerment: A Paradigm Shift in Global Healthcare

At a recent panel discussion hosted by Medicus Mundi Switzerland, Medicus Mundi International, and the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Centre for Health, experts from across the health spectrum discussed practical steps to decolonise global health governance and give marginalised communities a greater voice and agency in their own healthcare systems.

"For centuries, colonialism has shaped global healthcare, leaving behind a legacy of disparities and injustices between the Global North and Global South that continues to exert a profound influence on the health and well-being of marginalised and indigenous populations across the globe. Today, colonialism’s legacy is being challenged by a growing movement to decolonise the healthcare sector by shifting power to marginalised communities and empowering them to design and deliver their own care."

03.11.2023 – Graduate Institute - Global Health Centre

Decolonising Global Health: from discourse to practice

Recording of the Webinar

Decolonising Global Health: from discourse to practice
Photo: © GHC
03.11.2023 – Graduate Institute - Global Health Centre

Decolonising Global Health: from discourse to practice

Recording of the Webinar

On 25 October 2023, the Global Health Centre’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-organised with Medicus Mundi Switzerland and Medicus Mundi International a webinar on the theme: “Decolonising Global Health: from discourse to practice?” Moving beyond the prevailing discussions, what does it mean to decolonise global health governance in practical terms? What examples exist of successful decolonisation of international cooperation in global health? What examples exist of just global health governance structures that have reimagined aid in the post-pandemic world? These and other questions will be explored in a provocative, frank and forward-looking discussion about the complex intersectionalities of governance, aid, and the promotion of global solidarity."

Nouvelles du réseau MMS

09.11.2023 – Swiss TPH

The Politics of Pandemics: Navigating the Global Landscape

by Jürg Utzinger, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of Swiss TPH

The Politics of Pandemics: Navigating the Global Landscape
Photo: © Swiss TPH
09.11.2023 – Swiss TPH

The Politics of Pandemics: Navigating the Global Landscape

by Jürg Utzinger, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of Swiss TPH

"The politics of pandemics is about more than just health. It is about how we work across sectors, balancing the complex interplay between health, politics and conflicts, ensuring equity and security in times of crisis. The lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic should guide us towards a safer and more resilient future. Proactive global health governance, based on science, diplomacy and solidarity, is key to tackling future crises. (...) The political dimension of pandemics is reflected in how nations choose to share data and information, allocate resources and work together for a common goal. Countries that foster diplomatic relations and support international initiatives are better equipped to respond effectively to pandemics. A new International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response will be discussed at next year’s World Health Assembly, including roles and responsibilities on how to deal with pandemics by the international community."

09.11.2023 – Swiss TPH

Long-term Partnership in Tanzania Improves Access to Healthcare

Long-term Partnership in Tanzania Improves Access to Healthcare
HPSS supported the Government of Tanzania by comprehensively addressing healthcare challenges at various levels simultaneously, creating sustainable improvements for Tanzania’s healthcare system. Photo: © Henry Mazunda, Swiss TPH)
09.11.2023 – Swiss TPH

Long-term Partnership in Tanzania Improves Access to Healthcare

"The Health Promotion and System Strengthening (HPSS) project, funded by SDC and implemented by Swiss TPH, supported the Government of Tanzania in addressing major challenges of the health system. Over the past 12 years, the project improved access, quality, and affordability of healthcare with innovative solutions, like the "improved Community Health Fund" (iCHF), which provides affordable health insurance for low-income populations. HPSS substantially strengthened the pharmaceutical sector, health technology management, and health promotion, recognising the importance of community involvement for lasting improvements."

09.11.2023 – medico international schweiz

Ein falsches Zeichen!

Ein falsches Zeichen!
Foto: © medico international schweiz
09.11.2023 – medico international schweiz

Ein falsches Zeichen!

"Diesen Mittwoch hat das Eidg. Department für Auswertige Angelegenheiten (EDA) seinen Entscheid bekannt gegeben, «aufgrund der neuen Situation seit dem Angriff der Hamas auf Israel am 7. Oktober und dem Wiederaufflammen der Feindseligkeiten im Nahen Osten", seine finanzielle Unterstützung für elf palästinensische und israelische NGOs auszusetzen. Für medico international schweiz ist dies ein falsches Zeichen."

10.10.2023 – Kinderhilfe Bethlehem

Kinderhilfe Bethlehem: Medienmitteilung zur Eskalation der Gewalt in Israel

Medienmitteilung

Kinderhilfe Bethlehem: Medienmitteilung zur Eskalation der Gewalt in Israel
Blockierte Zufahrtsstrassen nach Bethlehem: Foto: © Kinderhilfe Bethlehem
10.10.2023 – Kinderhilfe Bethlehem

Kinderhilfe Bethlehem: Medienmitteilung zur Eskalation der Gewalt in Israel

Medienmitteilung

"Die seit Samstag, 7. Oktober 2023 kriegerische Situation in Israel wirkt sich auch in Bethlehem aus. Das Westjordanland wurde durch die israelische Armee abgeriegelt. Damit ist der Zugang von Patienten zum Spital nicht mehr gesichert. Das Kinderspital hat Massnahmen ergriffen, um die Versorgung von kranken Kindern sicherzustellen. Am frühen Samstagmorgen haben bewaffnete Kämpfer der palästinensischen Organisation Hamas einen Grossangriff gegen Israel gestartet. Der israelische Premierminister Benjamin Netanyahu hat darauf den Kriegszustand für sein Land erklärt. Das hat auch Folgen für die Arbeit des Caritas Baby Hospital."

09.11.2023 – Handicap International Suisse (HI)

Déclaration inter-ONGI

Appel urgent pour éviter une crise humanitaire sans précédent face à l'imminence d'une incursion terrestre israélienne dans la bande de Gaza.

Déclaration inter-ONGI
Archive : Vue de l'un des nombreux bâtiments détruits de Gaza City par les raids aériens, Février 2011. Photo : © Xavier Bourgois
09.11.2023 – Handicap International Suisse (HI)

Déclaration inter-ONGI

Appel urgent pour éviter une crise humanitaire sans précédent face à l'imminence d'une incursion terrestre israélienne dans la bande de Gaza.

"Nous sommes alarmés par l'appel lancé par Israël à plus d'un million de Palestiniens pour qu'ils quittent le nord de Gaza en moins de 24 heures. Israël doit annuler cet ordre immédiatement. Les demandes de relocalisation de l'ensemble de la population dans un délai aussi court mettent en danger la vie des personnes forcées de fuir. Le gouvernement israélien n'a donné aucune garantie quant à leur sécurité pendant le transit ou à la sécurité des civils qui restent dans la bande de Gaza alors que les combats se poursuivent. Les agences humanitaires opérant à Gaza font état d'une crise humanitaire d'une ampleur sans précédent. Il n'y a pas d'installations adéquates pour accueillir en toute sécurité les habitants du nord de la bande de Gaza, et leur sécurité reste menacée car les frappes aériennes israéliennes ciblent constamment le centre et le sud de la bande de Gaza."

09.11.2023 – Handicap International Suisse (HI)

Séismes en Afghanistan: plus de 12’000 personnes touchées

Séismes en Afghanistan: plus de 12’000 personnes touchées
Nos équipes dans un camp de personnes déplacées, Herat City Hospital. Photo: © F. Consoni / H
09.11.2023 – Handicap International Suisse (HI)

Séismes en Afghanistan: plus de 12’000 personnes touchées

"Plusieurs séismes ont frappé la province afghane de Herat. Présents depuis 1987 dans le pays, nous travaillons actuellement avec nos partenaires pour aider les victimes. (...) Les habitants de cette région sont déjà particulièrement vulnérables, épuisés par des années de guerre. Et l'hiver arrive. Immédiatement après les séismes, des membres de notre organisation ont intégré une équipe coordonnée par les Nations Unies, composée d'environ 150 personnes issues de diverses ONG. Une évaluation est en cours pour déterminer les besoins les plus urgents. Herat n'a pas connu de tremblement de terre de cette ampleur depuis des années. Nous nous attendons à ce qu'il y ait d’importants besoins en termes de soutien psychologique."

09.11.2023 – Handicap International Suisse (HI)

Exposition de photos à Fribourg : des femmes népalaises en situation de handicap font entendre leurs voix

Découvrir l’exposition en ligne

Exposition de photos à Fribourg : des femmes népalaises en situation de handicap font entendre leurs voix
Photo: © HI
09.11.2023 – Handicap International Suisse (HI)

Exposition de photos à Fribourg : des femmes népalaises en situation de handicap font entendre leurs voix

Découvrir l’exposition en ligne

"(...) L’exposition « My Lens My Reality » s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une étude menée au Centre pour les études de genre à l’Université de Berne et mandatée par le Swiss Disability and Development Consortium (SDDC) 2022. Cette étude s’intéresse à la situation des femmes en situation de handicap au Népal, un pays prioritaire de la Direction du développement et de la coopération (DDC)."

09.11.2023 – La Croix-Rouge Suisse

Engagement pour la santé oculaire au Kirghizistan

Engagement pour la santé oculaire au Kirghizistan
Photo: © CRS
09.11.2023 – La Croix-Rouge Suisse

Engagement pour la santé oculaire au Kirghizistan

"Une paire de lunettes ou une opération de la cataracte ne coûte pas cher et peut transformer une vie. Au Kirghizistan, La Croix-Rouge s’engage pour la santé oculaire des plus démunis. (...) Grâce au Croissant-Rouge, Aïnura Karabaeva a pu passer des tests de la vue approfondis. Une paire de lunettes lui a été prescrite. Pour la première fois, elle y voyait clair: un nouveau monde s’ouvrait à elle. Aujourd’hui, elle peine à croire qu’elle puisse faire partie d’un groupe de couture et confectionner elle-même des habits."

06.11.2023 – Médecins du Monde (MdM)

ON S'EN EN FOUT : La santé avant tout

La campagne ON S’EN FOUT sera visible durant le mois de novembre 2023, à l’occasion des 30 ans de Médecins du Monde Suisse.

ON S'EN EN FOUT : La santé avant tout
Photo : © Matilda-Finn-e1698404281996
06.11.2023 – Médecins du Monde (MdM)

ON S'EN EN FOUT : La santé avant tout

La campagne ON S’EN FOUT sera visible durant le mois de novembre 2023, à l’occasion des 30 ans de Médecins du Monde Suisse.

"​Médecins du Monde dévoile sa campagne intitulée « ON S'EN FOUT »​. Celle-ci vise à​ rappeler une évidence : peu importe la personne qui a besoin d'aid, peu importe sa manière d'agir, de vivre ou de penser, on s'en fout. Pour Médecins du Monde, la santé passe avant tout. Médecins du Monde fait de la défense du droit à la santé son combat. Ce combat est possible grâce à l’indépendance de parole, d’esprit et d’action qui guide nos actions et nos valeurs. Cette indépendance, c’est le choix de refuser d’être guidé ou influencé par la politique, la religion, le qu’en dira-t-on. Notre indépendance n’est pas négociable."

13.11.2023 – Schweizer Partnerschaft HAS Haiti (SPHASH)

Mitteilungen aus Haiti - November 2023

Mitteilungen aus Haiti - November 2023
Foto: © SPHASH
13.11.2023 – Schweizer Partnerschaft HAS Haiti (SPHASH)

Mitteilungen aus Haiti - November 2023

"DIE DANKBARKEIT, DIE WIR ANTREFFEN, HILFT UNS, AN DAS GUTE IN DER WELT ZU GLAUBEN UND STÄRKT UNS, DAS GUTE ZU TUN. Dieses Zitat von Albert Schweitzer betrifft nicht nur den Dank von uns, der Leitung der Schweizer Partnerschaft HAS Haiti für Sie als Spender, sondern auch unseren Dank an die tapferen rund 500 haitianischen Pflegefachpersonen, Ärzte/Ärztinnen und Techniker des HAS, die jeden Tag und jede Nacht für kranke und verletzte Menschen bereit sind. Viele Spitäler in Haiti funktionieren wegen den grossen Sicherheitsproblemen ungenügend. Zahlreiche Hilfs-Organisation verliessen leider Haiti. Die Aufgaben am Hôpital Albert Schweitzer haben deshalb noch zugenommen. Die MITTEILUNGEN NOVEMBER 2023 berichten über den riesigen Einsatz und das Improvisationstalent unserer haitianischen Freunde."

Santé globale et la Suisse

10.11.2023 – The Lancet

Attacks on health are war crimes and a public health catastrophe

Attacks on health are war crimes and a public health catastrophe
Foto von Mohammed Ibrahim auf Unsplash
10.11.2023 – The Lancet

Attacks on health are war crimes and a public health catastrophe

"The armed conflict in Israel and Gaza has strained the medical systems of both places, particularly in Gaza where at least 40 health-care workers have been killed. The destruction of hospitals and clinics in Gaza, with more than 75 attacks between Oct 7 and Oct 24, 2023, is a tragic echo of both targeted and indiscriminate violence against health care across the globe. The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition reported nearly 2000 incidents of attacks on health care in 2022 globally, and the 2023 trajectory is set to surpass this."

13.11.2023 – medico international

medico-Newsletter: Den Horror in Gaza beenden

Israel wird durch die Verbrechen der Hamas nicht seiner eigenen völkerrechtlichen Verantwortung entbunden. Der Krieg muss enden.

medico-Newsletter: Den Horror in Gaza beenden
Foto von CHUTTERSNAP auf Unsplash
13.11.2023 – medico international

medico-Newsletter: Den Horror in Gaza beenden

Israel wird durch die Verbrechen der Hamas nicht seiner eigenen völkerrechtlichen Verantwortung entbunden. Der Krieg muss enden.

"medico international arbeitet seit Jahrzehnten mit Partnerorganisationen in Israel und Palästina. Wir haben in dieser langen Zeit unserer Zusammenarbeit, die meist mit politischen Minderheiten im jeweiligen Kontext stattfand, vieles versucht. Vieles ist gescheitert oder halb geglückt. Wir standen dabei immer auf der Seite der Unterdrückten und gleichzeitig auf der Seite der Idee von Verständigung und der Suche nach einer nicht-nationalistischen Perspektive."

13.11.2023 – Geneva Health Forum

Geneva Health Forum 2024 Conference: Call for Abstracts Now Open!

The call for abstracts is open from October 1 to December 15, 2023. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative dialogue and action-oriented event that can shape the future of global health.

Geneva Health Forum 2024 Conference: Call for Abstracts Now Open!
Photo: © GHF
13.11.2023 – Geneva Health Forum

Geneva Health Forum 2024 Conference: Call for Abstracts Now Open!

The call for abstracts is open from October 1 to December 15, 2023. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative dialogue and action-oriented event that can shape the future of global health.

We are excited to announce a call for abstracts for the Geneva Health Forum conference, scheduled from May 27 to 29, 2024, in Geneva, Switzerland. We invite individuals and organizations alike to contribute their invaluable experiences to this essential event. Presentations can take the form of a 15-minute oral presentation or a poster presentation. We are eager to hear about projects, practices, and research conducted in the field that can further our collective understanding of global health challenges and solution pathways.

19.10.2023

Personnes négligées, maladies négligées

Un plaidoyer de Lorenz Indermühle, directeur de FAIRMED

Personnes négligées, maladies négligées
Famille indigène avec des agents de santé lors de la campagne. Photo: © FAIRMED
19.10.2023

Personnes négligées, maladies négligées

Un plaidoyer de Lorenz Indermühle, directeur de FAIRMED

Tout le monde a droit à la santé, y compris les populations les plus pauvres et les plus négligées du monde. Si le renforcement des systèmes de santé est considéré comme important et est soutenu par de nombreuses organisations et pays, dans bien des cas aucune aide spécifique n’est apportée à la lutte contre les maladies tropicales négligées. L’OMS s’efforce d’encourager l’engagement en la matière. La Suisse répond-elle aussi à cet appel ?

07.11.2023

Combattre la « pandémie silencieuse » de la résistance aux antimicrobiens : ressortez les casseroles et les poêles

Un appel de Nadya Wells, Senior Research Adviser à l’Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)

Combattre la « pandémie silencieuse » de la résistance aux antimicrobiens : ressortez les casseroles et les poêles
Foto von Clem Onojeghuo auf Unsplash
07.11.2023

Combattre la « pandémie silencieuse » de la résistance aux antimicrobiens : ressortez les casseroles et les poêles

Un appel de Nadya Wells, Senior Research Adviser à l’Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)

En 1928, Alexander Fleming découvre la pénicilline, une avancée révolutionnaire qui va permettre à la médecine moderne de se développer. Jusqu’aux années 1980, de nouvelles classes d’antibiotiques apparaissent. Toutefois, A. Fleming avait mis en garde que l’utilisation d’antibiotiques entraînerait inévitablement le développement de résistances chez les bactéries. Et en effet : certaines d’entre elles sont désormais résistantes à la majorité de l’arsenal antibiotique actuel. Organisation mondiale de la santé (L’OMS) place cette crise parmi les dix principales menaces pour la santé publique auxquelles l’humanité est confrontée. Selon une étude du Lancet, 1,27 million de décès en 2019 sont directement imputables à la résistance aux antimicrobiens (RAM), et 4,95 millions y sont associés (Murray CJ. et al., 2022). Une coopération internationale et multisectorielle est nécessaire pour endiguer ce phénomène. Il s’agit là d’une tâche difficile en matière de gouvernance de la santé globale.

13.11.2023 – British Medical Journal (bmj) - Global Health

The future of global health: restructuring governance through inclusive youth leadership

The future of global health: restructuring governance through inclusive  youth leadership
Foto von Antenna auf Unsplash
13.11.2023 – British Medical Journal (bmj) - Global Health

The future of global health: restructuring governance through inclusive youth leadership

“Making up the world’s largest age demographic, young people are ready to take on leadership roles within global health governance (GHG) structures. While existing youth engagement structures in GHG offer a promising starting point for meaningful adolescent and youth engagement, diverse youth voices remain largely excluded from the global stage. In order to overcome global health inequities and systemic failures, investments must be made in meaningful youth inclusion, training, and leadership across all dimensions of GHG."

10.11.2023 – World Health Organization (WHO)

Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems

This framework responds to the demands from Member States and partners for guidance on how the health sector can systematically and effectively address the challenges increasingly presented by climate change, while reducing its own contribution to climate change.

Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems
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10.11.2023 – World Health Organization (WHO)

Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems

This framework responds to the demands from Member States and partners for guidance on how the health sector can systematically and effectively address the challenges increasingly presented by climate change, while reducing its own contribution to climate change.

"This document presents the World Health Organization Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems. The framework’s goal is to increase the climate resilience of health systems to protect and improve the health of communities in an unstable and changing climate, while optimizing the use of resources and implementing strategies to reduce GHG emissions. It aims to contribute to the design of transformative health systems that can provide safe and quality care in a changing climate. Implementation of the framework’s ten components would help health organizations, authorities, and programmes to be better able to anticipate, prevent, prepare for, and manage climate-related health risks and therefore decrease the burden of associated climate-sensitive health outcomes."

24.10.2023 – World Economic Forum

How we can strengthen primary healthcare to rescue failing health systems

By Hans Kluge & Azhar Giniyat

How we can strengthen primary healthcare to rescue failing health systems
Photo: Trinity Care Foundaton/flickr.com; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Deed
24.10.2023 – World Economic Forum

How we can strengthen primary healthcare to rescue failing health systems

By Hans Kluge & Azhar Giniyat

"Health systems across the European Region are in crisis, facing existential challenges from multiple directions. This includes severe and persistent healthcare workforce shortages, which, in turn, are leading to industrial action and disruptions across Europe and Central Asia; a rapidly ageing population placing a huge strain on health systems; backlogs on everything from cancer screenings to surgeries; and, disruptions to medicine and vaccine supply chains in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. All the while the cost of delivering quality healthcare keeps increasing, especially for the most vulnerable, while health workers struggle to make ends meet."

13.11.2023 – International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM)

What Are Healthy Societies? A Thematic Analysis of Relevant Conceptual Frameworks

What Are Healthy Societies? A Thematic Analysis of Relevant Conceptual Frameworks
The EU helps Niger’s fragile health system to cope with refugees fleeing from conflict. Photo: © European Union 2018 (photographer: Mariama Mary Fall)/ flickr.com; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Deed
13.11.2023 – International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM)

What Are Healthy Societies? A Thematic Analysis of Relevant Conceptual Frameworks

"While support for the idea of fostering healthy societies is longstanding, there is a gap in the literature on what they are, how to beget them, and how experience might inform future efforts. This paper explores developments since Alma Ata (1978) to understand how a range of related concepts and fields inform approaches to healthy societies and to develop a model to help conceptualize future research and policy initiatives. (...) The literature offers little critical reflection on why greater progress has not been made, or on the need to organise and resist the prevailing systems which perpetuate ill-health."

14.11.2023 – The Lancet

Rethinking how development assistance for health can catalyse progress on primary health care

Rethinking how development assistance for health can catalyse progress on primary health care
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14.11.2023 – The Lancet

Rethinking how development assistance for health can catalyse progress on primary health care

"Global campaigns to control HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and vaccine-preventable illnesses showed that large-scale impact can be achieved by using additional international financing to support selected, evidence-based, high-impact investment areas and to catalyse domestic resource mobilisation. Building on this paradigm, we make the case for targeting additional international funding for selected high-impact investments in primary health care. We have identified and costed a set of concrete, evidence-based investments that donors could support, which would be expected to have major impacts at an affordable cost."

Santé sexuelle et reproductive et VIH/SIDA

17.10.2023

Also in Senegal sexual rights are more and more under pressure

Also in Senegal sexual rights are more and more under pressure
17.10.2023

Also in Senegal sexual rights are more and more under pressure

Actuellement, nous pouvons observer dans le monde entier que la santé et les droits sexuels sont soumis à des pressions de plus en plus fortes. Il existe de plus en plus de résistances et de défis dans cette thématique, comme l'opposition à l'avortement, la violence contre l'homosexualité, l'opposition à l'éducation sexuelle complète. Le Sénégal est un pays très conservateur et on peut observer que le niveau de tolérance est en train de disparaître.

13.11.2023 – Friends of the Global Fight

The Global Fund’s Unique Contribution to Universal Health Coverage and Stronger Health Systems

"Investment through the Global Fund is certainly not the only pathway to Universal Health Coverage, but this analysis suggests it will be an indispensable partner in achievement of this goal."

The Global Fund’s Unique Contribution to Universal Health Coverage and Stronger Health Systems
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13.11.2023 – Friends of the Global Fight

The Global Fund’s Unique Contribution to Universal Health Coverage and Stronger Health Systems

"Investment through the Global Fund is certainly not the only pathway to Universal Health Coverage, but this analysis suggests it will be an indispensable partner in achievement of this goal."

"Our new report offers a comprehensive analysis of the Global Fund’s unique role in building the critical systems needed to achieve Universal Health Coverage—a vision for all individuals to have access to a full range of quality health services in a timely manner, without incurring financial hardship. This analysis explores the Global Fund and its role in Universal Health Coverage by looking at the partnership’s work in 10 distinct health systems areas. It reviews the Global Fund’s overall approach in each area and provides numerous country examples."

20.10.2023 – Aidspan

Global Fund Strategy Committee prepares for November’s Board meeting

This issue of the Global Fund Observer comes only a week after the last one to bring you the latest updated information on last week’s Strategy and other Committee meetings. We also look at the report of the Global Health Initiatives research and an Office of the Inspector General audit of grants in Namibia.

Global Fund Strategy Committee prepares for November’s Board meeting
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20.10.2023 – Aidspan

Global Fund Strategy Committee prepares for November’s Board meeting

This issue of the Global Fund Observer comes only a week after the last one to bring you the latest updated information on last week’s Strategy and other Committee meetings. We also look at the report of the Global Health Initiatives research and an Office of the Inspector General audit of grants in Namibia.

"(...) At last week’s Strategy Committee the Secretariat presented the Global Fund’s mid-year 2023 performance based on selected key performance indicators for the Strategy period 2017 to 2022 (Article 2 on Global Fund Strategic Performance up to mid-2023). This tells us that there is still progress to be achieved in key performance indicators (KPIs) related to generating and using country data. And targets from both Global Fund and domestic funding of interventions aimed at key populations and human rights programming show divergence. However, KPIs for which the Global Fund has high accountability are on track."

20.10.2023 – The Guardian

US Aids fund: What is the Pepfar fight and what does it mean for Africa?

The emergency plan for Aids relief has become caught up in the politics of abortion rights, with far-reaching implications

US Aids fund: What is the Pepfar fight and what does it mean for Africa?
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20.10.2023 – The Guardian

US Aids fund: What is the Pepfar fight and what does it mean for Africa?

The emergency plan for Aids relief has become caught up in the politics of abortion rights, with far-reaching implications

"(...) Until now Pepfar has been funded in five-year cycles. In the past the programme has had virtually unanimous support from Republicans and Democrats. But the next funding cycle (from 2023 to 2028) became ensnared in US abortion politics and the fallout contributed to Congress missing the 30 September deadline to allow another five-year funding cycle for the initiative. What’s the link between Pepfar and abortion? US laws already prevent Pepfar (or any state agencies) from paying for abortion services, according to the California-based policy research group, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). But in May, a coalition of conservative thinktanks and lawmakers began to make waves with arguments that Joe Biden’s administration has “hijacked” Pepfar to promote abortion instead of treating and preventing HIV."

Santé numérique

05.10.2023

Artificial Intelligence and Intersectional Development

Development reflections on AI by Dr. A.H. Monjurul Kabir, UN Women

Artificial Intelligence and Intersectional Development
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05.10.2023

Artificial Intelligence and Intersectional Development

Development reflections on AI by Dr. A.H. Monjurul Kabir, UN Women

Recently I had a few opportunities to speak to both graduate and Ph.D students from North American Universities, and global policy practitioners on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can influence global development agenda, particularly intersectional development. Intersectionality is, of course, a framework that describes how our overlapping social identities relate to social structures of racism and oppression. Intersectionality merges many identity markers, including race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religion, disability, and more, to create a more authentic and complex identity. I was encouraged to see the growing inter-disciplinary engagement at universities. I made the case for raising greater awareness of human rights, gender, and intersectionality in technology-focused studies and policy discourse.

14.11.2023 – UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health & Transform Health

The Role of Parliamentarians in Supporting Digital Health Transformation

Policy brief

The Role of Parliamentarians in Supporting Digital Health Transformation
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14.11.2023 – UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health & Transform Health

The Role of Parliamentarians in Supporting Digital Health Transformation

Policy brief

"Globally, more than half of the world population (about 4.5 billion people) lacks full access to essential health services. As a result, many will not meet their Universal Health Coverage commitments by 2030. Among other reasons, COVID-19 significantly delayed and harmed efforts towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) leaving many countries off track to meet their commitments. However, it also accelerated the digitalisation of health systems. Health for all cannot be discussed without harnessing the transformative power of digital health. It is now recognised as a necessary component to achieve a more integrated health system and to achieve UHC by 2030."

10.11.2023 – Transform Health

#UNGA78: Was sufficient action taken to prioritise digital health?’

A call for digital health to be prioritised as a driver of UHC progress

#UNGA78: Was sufficient action taken to prioritise digital health?’
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10.11.2023 – Transform Health

#UNGA78: Was sufficient action taken to prioritise digital health?’

A call for digital health to be prioritised as a driver of UHC progress

"Transform Health was at #UNGA78! We organised a high-level discussion on ‘Optimising digital health investment to deliver Universal Health Coverage’ and participated in the high-level meetings on Pandemic, Prevention, Preparedness and Response and on Universal Health Coverage , alongside numerous other side events and meetings. Some highlights and reflections below! (...) As we approached this year’s UN General Assembly, we had a clear ask for governments and other stakeholders to make bold commitments to prioritise #DigitalHealth to deliver UHC by 2030. As we got closer to the UHC high-level meeting (UHCHLM), and the final draft of the Political Declaration was released, we responded with a joint-statement co-authored by 22 global leaders, calling for a more ambitious commitment that fully recognises the transformative potential of digital health as a key driver to accelerate progress towards UHC."

10.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

Health AI: Geneva Initiative Launches Global Agency to Support Artificial Intelligence Regulation

Health AI: Geneva Initiative Launches Global Agency to Support Artificial Intelligence Regulation
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10.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

Health AI: Geneva Initiative Launches Global Agency to Support Artificial Intelligence Regulation

"At the 1853 World Fair, the inventor of a new safety brake technology for elevators, Elisha Otis, demonstrated his innovation by posing an elevator right over the heads of a crowd of visitors and then cutting the cables. The new security brake kicked in. His gimmick helped build trust in an innovation that led to the development of modern cities the world over. “From New York to Johannesburg, to Geneva to Lisbon, this would have been impossible without the simple elevator that we get into probably every day without even thinking about it,” observed Dr Ricardo Leite, a Portuguese physician. “It had to start somewhere, to build trust in a new technology that could change the world.” Leite was speaking at the launch of Health AI, the Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health at a recent closed-door Geneva event that included leading members of Geneva’s international agencies and diplomatic corps."

COVID-19

14.11.2023 – Geneva Health Files

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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14.11.2023 – Geneva Health Files

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

"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.”

La pénurie des personnels de santé

24.10.2023 – The Lancet

Labour conditions in dual-cadre community health worker programmes: a systematic review

Labour conditions in dual-cadre community health worker programmes: a systematic review
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24.10.2023 – The Lancet

Labour conditions in dual-cadre community health worker programmes: a systematic review

"Unsalaried community health workers in dual-cadre programmes often face labour exploitation, potentially leading to inadequate health-care provision. Labour laws must be upheld and the creation of professional community health worker cadres with fair contracts prioritised, international funding allocated to programmes that rely on unsalaried workers should be transparently reported, the workloads of community health workers should be modelled a priori and actual time use routinely assessed, community health workers should have input in policies that affect them, and volunteers should not be responsible for the delivery of essential health services."

Les maladies chroniques

10.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care

WHO-OHCHR launch new guidance to improve laws addressing human rights abuses in mental health care

‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care
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10.10.2023 – Health Policy Watch (HPW)

‘Tied Up, Forcibly Medicated’: Human Rights Abuses ‘Far Too Common’ in Mental Health Care

WHO-OHCHR launch new guidance to improve laws addressing human rights abuses in mental health care

“I was held down, tied up, forcibly medicated and placed in a seclusion cell,” Jarrod Clyne of the International Disability Alliance told the international launch of a guide on mental health and human rights on Monday. This had happened in New Zealand “on the basis of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, during a manic episode”, Clyne told the launch of the guide, which has been developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR)."

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Empathische Führungspersönlichkeit für Internationale Zusammenarbeit gesucht. Bewerbungsfrist: 16. Dezember 2023

Geschäftsleiter:in SolidarMed 80-100 %
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Empathische Führungspersönlichkeit für Internationale Zusammenarbeit gesucht. Bewerbungsfrist: 16. Dezember 2023

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13.11.2023 – Geneva Graduate Institute

Research Assistant

Research Assistant
13.11.2023 – Geneva Graduate Institute

Research Assistant

"About the project: Liminality is a research consortium across six countries conducting a multi-country, multidisciplinary research on Survival Strategies and Health Repercussions in Forced Displacement. The research project focuses on the gendered dimensions of forced displacement. (...) The research consortium is looking for qualified research assistants in Zurich or St Gallen to support the research. The Research Assistant will be responsible for the data collection and data management in line with the study protocol, timely transcription and translation of the data, supporting coding and analysis, and writing reports and publications, including presentation of novel research findings. If you are interested, please send an email to maya.sopory@graduateinstitute.ch with your application materials, including: • CV • Short motivational letter including availability.

Événements

Promoting the Mental Health of Young People
16. novembre 2023 – 16:30-18:00; Kreuzstrasse 2, 4123 Allschwil, Schweiz

Seminar by Swiss TPH and Fondation Botnar, followed by an apéro

Promoting the Mental Health of Young People

Swiss TPH "One in seven young people worldwide is affected by mental health issues. This seminar will look at the role of safe schools and communities in promoting mental health and share key research findings and challenges from low-resourced settings."

Health for All: Time for Gender Action on Universal Health Coverage
16. novembre 2023 – 16 November 2023 15.00 - 17.30 CET; In-Person event followed by a networking apéro L’Auditorium, Domaine La Pastorale 106 route de Ferney, Geneva

Moderator: Dr Michaela Told, Women in Global Health Switzerland; Closing remarks: Dr. Helen Prytherch, Co-Chair, Women in Global Health Switzerland

Health for All: Time for Gender Action on Universal Health Coverage

Women in Global Health Switzerland "Join us for a conversation with high-level government and non-governmental officials about gender and UHC."

Dying for Life: Are Mothers still a Global Health Priority?
27. novembre 2023 – 12:15 - 13:30 Hybrid: Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Geneva Graduate Institute, Maison de la paix and online.

Dying for Life: Are Mothers still a Global Health Priority?

Graduate Institute - Global Health Centre "Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) affects 1 in every 6 women giving birth and is the leading cause of maternal mortality globally. Death from PPH is largely preventable and has been nearly eliminated in high-income countries, yet women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) continue to be disproportionately affected. In 2020, an estimated 287,000 women died, i.e. one woman every two minutes, from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, or unsafe abortion, and for every woman who died, 15-30 more survived childbirth with life-altering disabilities."

Soirées d’information sur l’engagement comme coopérant·e
30. novembre 2023 – Jeudi 30 novembre 2023 de 18h30 à 20h30. Rue des Alpes 44, 1700 Fribourg.

Jeudi 30 novembre 2023 de 18h30 à 20h30

Soirées d’information sur l’engagement comme coopérant·e

Comundo "Êtes-vous prêt à relever un nouveau défi ? Nous recherchons constamment des professionnel·le·s de domaines variés, qui peuvent s’engager pour plusieurs années en Amérique latine ou en Afrique. Nous organisons régulièrement des soirées d'information dans différents lieux de Romandie et dans le reste de la Suisse. Ceci pour présenter notre offre et pour vous rencontrer, discuter et répondre à vos questions. La participation est naturellement gratuite et sans aucun engagement. Ces soirées d’information sont organisées en collaboration avec d’autres associations avec qui nous collaborons.

International Health Management (MBA-IHM)
08. janvier 2024 – Swiss TPH in Basel, Switzerland

Application deadline - On going

International Health Management (MBA-IHM)

Swiss TPH "To advance global and public health, effective management and leadership skills are crucial. Whether you are an experienced manager or an aspiring leader, enhance your leadership skills with Swiss TPH’s portfolio of management courses and shape the future of health systems. Check out the course offers in 2024, including the new Digital Health Management course."