IHP news 166 – World Malaria Day – rising clouds ?

On April 27, 2012 By

Dear Colleagues,

This week features World Malaria day (25 April); it is also the first  World Immunization week ever. Nevertheless, we’ve chosen to highlight the ‘World Day on Safety and Health at work’ (28 April) in this week’s guest-editorial, written by a Colombian Emerging Voice, Mauricio Torres.

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David Hercot,Kristof Decoster, Ildikó [...]

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World Day on Safety and Health at Work – The urgent need to protect health and life at work

On April 27, 2012 By

By Mauricio Torres-Tovar Emerging voice from Colombia Master in Public Health student (ITM) Â

“Many lose their job and many lose, while working, their life; every fifteen seconds a worker dies, killed by so called occupational accidents“
Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer

Work is a fundamental societal value. Societies can develop through the work of [...]

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IHP news 165 – With Kim at the helm of the WB, now what?

On April 20, 2012 By

Dear Colleagues,

 

In this week’s guest editorial, two short course participants from Ghana, Aku Kwamie and Augustina Koduah, comment on a recent African event on MDG5, held in Kampala, Uganda.

 

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David Hercot, Kristof Decoster, Ildikó Bokros, Josefien Van Olmen, Basile Keugoung & Wim Van Damme

  

Editorial

 

Counting down [...]

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Counting down on MDG 5

On April 20, 2012 By

Editorial by Aku Kwamie and Augustina Koduah

On 27 – 28 March 2012, experts, activists and high-level government officials were invited to Kampala, Uganda, where the Africa Regional Consultation on Achieving MDG 5: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned, was held. Sponsored by Women Deliver, this meeting was the first in a series of planned [...]

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IHP news 164 – High stakes for the Global Fund and the World Bank

On April 13, 2012 By

Dear Colleagues,

 

The world stands at a crossroads, and so does the Global Fund. Not for the first time, admits our colleague Gorik Ooms. Yet, this time the stakes could be higher for the Fund.

 

 

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David Hercot,Kristof Decoster, Ildikó Bokros,Josefien Van Olmen, Basile Keugoung &Wim Van [...]

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