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SID joins more than 50 human rights organizations, nonprofits and international development experts calling on the World Bank to investigate its health-care investments in Africa and Asia, citing Bloomberg News articles about alleged patient abuses.
On 22 April 2025, SID joined global health leaders at a symposium in Kuala Lumpur to examine the growing influence of private actors in health governance. Convened by UNU-IIGH and Third World Network, the event brought together over 100 experts to discuss corporate power, inequality, and the urgent need for accountability in global health systems.
This WHA78 side event will see experts explore how the global financial system's flaws impact health financing and advocate for reforms that promote equity, sustainability, and universal access to health.
Digitalization in health demands a governance architecture that generates trust, empowers people, and checks the power of Big Tech. Read the article by Nicoletta Dentico.
As part of the G2H2 Policy Debates, SID webinar on 23 Jan 2025 will explore overlooked aspects of the energy transition, emphasizing the essential steps for ensuring it is both sustainable and equitable, while also revealing the human health impacts of failing to act.
As part of the G2H2 Policy Debates, SID webinar on 22 Jan 2025 intends to shine a light on the WHO debates on the pandemic treaty, One Health and the fight against AMR, taking stock of the research work conducted in this area in past years.
The article explores the catastrophic impact of ongoing wars (in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine...), highlighting their role in exacerbating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through human and environmental destruction and the collapse of health infrastructure.
On May 25, 2024, in Geneva, the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) convened a civil society workshop ahead of the 77th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA77). The workshop aimed to provide a space for common reflection and exchange on the escalating violence and humanitarian crises mounting globally, with a particular focus on conflicts in the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine.