Beyond aid… the adventure through Cape Town

By On May 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Articles, Edito, Emerging Voices

guest editorial by Mabel Carabali, Emerging Voice 2010 from Colombia

With the prospect of being included in the next generation of ‘change makers’ in the discussions at Forum 2012 and with the aim to create a long-standing global youth network, some Emerging Voices and members of Youth in Motion gathered in Cape Town, [...]

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IHP News 168 – Millennium villages & fungibility

On May 11, 2012 By

Dear Colleagues,

Plenty of news this week, or as François Hollande might say, “l’embarras du choix”. In the guest-editorial, Raoul Bermejo reflects on the Regional Forum on Health Care Financing in Pnomh Penh, Cambodia. A CoP on Health Care Financing in Asia was launched there, but the event also inspired Raoul and many other participants [...]

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Where three rivers meet

On May 11, 2012 By

By Raoul Bermejo Emerging voice from the Philippines PhD student at ITM

Changkes mouy bach kach min bak.  –Khmer saying

(A bundle of sticks cannot be broken.)

One of the most striking discussions during the Regional Forum on Health Care Financing in Phnom Penh on May 2-4, 2012 was [...]

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IHP news 167 – Rebalancing the planet? Let’s not be politically naïve…

On May 4, 2012 By

Dear Colleagues,

NCDs are hot, these days, and Bjorn Lomborg from the Copenhagen Consensus reckons they should be even hotter.

We try our best, Bjorn. In this week’s guest editorial, Grace Ku comments on the 4th edition of the Geneva Health Forum. The event focused on “chronic conditions which pose major challenges to health [...]

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“To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.” (Edward Livingstone Trudeau)

On May 4, 2012 By

Grace Marie V. Ku (Medical Specialist at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, Philippines & PhD Student at ITM)

The 4th edition of the Geneva Health Forum, attended by an optimal mix of representatives of academia, civil society, researchers, entrepreneurs, media, international organizations, diplomatic missions and the private sector, tackled issues regarding chronic conditions [...]

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