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WHO's conundrum: when and how to declare the COVID-19 pandemic over?

Three years to the day since it was declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), WHO’s Emergency Committee said on Monday that it remains so.

Three years later, is COVID-19 still a public health emergency of international concern?

Last year, WHO’s chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said he hoped to see an end to the crisis in 2023, but his early optimism has recently been dampened by rising infection and death rates.

When signing contracts with Big Pharma, read the fine print first

As the World Health Assembly (WHA), WHO’s governing body, is gathered this week for its Seventy-fifth annual session—for the best coverage in town, follow our colleagues at Health Policy Watch—it may come as no surprise that when discussing health, conversations about its politics are more transparent and

Can the international community still do big things?

Can the international community still do big things?

Kevin Watkins | The IMF and the World Bank, the twin pillars of the Bretton Woods system, should be at the heart of international cooperation in responding to the defining challenges facing our generation, starting with the two-tier recovery from the economic downturn triggered by COVID-19.

#98 The G|O Briefing, May 19, 2022

A new report offers models to strengthen the UN's investigative capacity - A tighter relationship between China and Russia

Global governance in a world of change: A must read for understanding ‘International Geneva’

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Global governance in a world of change: A must read for understanding ‘International Geneva’

‘International Geneva’ remains an expression in search of a definition. Outside of Geneva, it has no real meaning. One of the merit of 'Global Governance in a World of Change' is to address these questions by providing a conceptual framework to better understand this unique ecosystem.

Will a pandemic treaty help to save the multilateral system?

“At its heart, the pandemic is a crisis of solidarity and sharing."

COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic

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COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response: The COVID-19 pandemic is a sign of how vulnerable and fragile our world is. The virus has upended societies, put the world’s population in grave danger and exposed deep inequalities.

#47 The G|O Briefing, March 25, 2021

This is an onsite, slightly edited republication of the complete G|O Briefing newsletter Today in The Geneva Observer: The Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI) has a new policy brief out. We read it and talked to its lead author. It's all below. Why reading (good) policy briefs beats

The role of IP in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic

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The role of IP in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic

On October 2, India and South Africa circulated a waiver proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) regarding COVID-19 and intellectual property (IP).

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