Climate Change and Neglected Tropical Diseases: Key Takeaways from the WHO-WIPO-WTO Trilateral Symposium
Neglected tropical diseases were at the forefront of a recent convening on human health and climate change.
Malaria
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Read more: The Right to Participation in Global Health Governance: Lessons Learned The Right to Participation in Global Health Governance: Lessons Learned
We argue that the human right to participation should extend to permanent seats and votes for civil society and affected communities on governance boards.
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Read more: Killing Locally or Killing Globally? Inequalities in Framing Cooperation Through Pandemics Killing Locally or Killing Globally? Inequalities in Framing Cooperation Through Pandemics
The international community must avoid entrenching in international law a system indifferent to right-to-health core obligations.
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Read more: Moving Beyond a State-Centric Pandemic Preparedness Paradigm: A Call for Action Moving Beyond a State-Centric Pandemic Preparedness Paradigm: A Call for Action
The state-centric infectious disease regime violates the fundamental principle of how contagious diseases spread within and across countries.
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Read more: Whose Global Health Security? Whose Global Health Security?
The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated how “Global Health Security” is triggered when new diseases reach, or threaten to reach, the global north.
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Read more: Malaria Eradication: For Africa as America Malaria Eradication: For Africa as America
Despite being curable, and eliminated from most developed countries, malaria is the fifth deadliest infectious disease in the world. Gene drives could change that. Let’s give it a try.
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Read more: From Harvard College Effective Altruism: Against Malaria Foundation on Monday From Harvard College Effective Altruism: Against Malaria Foundation on Monday
Join us for a Skype call and Q&A with the founder/CEO of AMF! Monday, October 27 at 5pm, Sever 102. RSVP here.
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Read more: Last opportunity to donate well Last opportunity to donate well
By Nir Eyal Still deliberating which charity to give money to this year? The best charity evaluator is an organization called GiveWell. With one major reservation, you can safely follow their recommendations. And yes, you really should donate a bunch–today, and as a New Year’s resolution. If you choose the right cause, you could do…