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Oct
11
2023
VIRTUAL
9:30—10:30 AM ET / 2:30-3:30 PM BST
September 28, 2023
Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires strong primary health care systems—which, in turn, requires adequate financing. The United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on UHC earlier this fall reiterated the importance of primary care and UHC as global priorities. However, funds to...
CGD NOTES
August 18, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for COVID-19 on May 5 and for mpox on May 11, 2023. Throughout its use, the meaning of the PHEIC has been muddled. We call for a new, objective epidemic scale that better communicates...
Sep
8
2022
10:00—11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 2:00 - 3:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 3:00 - 4:00pm British Summer Time (BST)
August 31, 2022
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is facing a critical change with the upcoming election for a new director. Six candidates are competing to fill the post held by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne since 2013. And a lot is at stake to ensure this specialized health agency of the Inter-American System ...
Jul
28
2022
9:00—10:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 1:00 - 2:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 2:00 - 3:00pm British Summer Time (BST)
July 14, 2022
When COVID-19 first emerged, leaders scrambled to design and implement a mechanism to facilitate the global vaccine rollout with urgency and without precedent. In April 2020, the World Health Organization, Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and other organizations launched CO...
Mar
3
2022
3:00—4:30 PM Central European Time
February 22, 2022
Strengthening the global health architecture is a topic high on the current international agenda. In this context the speakers will share their perspectives on how to improve governance and financing of pandemic preparedness and response. What options are on the table? What is the potential for redu...
BRIEFS
May 23, 2019
The World Health Organization routinely develops and issues guidelines on how best to prevent, diagnose, and treat particular medical conditions. The guidelines are developed through a process determined by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee—a key part of which involves systematic evidence ap...
REPORTS
May 23, 2019
Internationally set goals and guidelines directly influ­ence the setting of health care priorities at the national level, affecting how limited resources are generated and allocated across health care needs. The Working Group on Incorporating Economics and Modelling in Global Health Goals and Gu...