By Líbhan Collins, Key Correspondent for the Irish Forum for Global Health Brilliant and eager minds gathered in Wexford, Ireland on May 29th to 31st at the Pathways to Clean Cooking International Conference 2019 to examine recent advances in clean cooking technology and practices. In low income countries, cooking often takes place on low quality […]
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Life versus Luxury
By Eunice Tolu Philip, Key Correspondent for the Irish Forum for Global Health The 3rd annual Access to Medicine Ireland conference held at the Royal College of Surgeons on April 16th 2019, started off like most conferences, with the large auditorium, almost filled to its capacity, and the hum and buzzes of acquaintances and colleagues, […]
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment through the SDGs
By Jane O’Flynn, Key Correspondent for the Irish Forum for Global Health At the Irish Forum for Global Health (IFGH), we would like this year’s Global Health Exchange to serve as a thought leadership event. We wish to raise awareness and understanding of all inequalities pervading the current global health sector. Our focus is to […]
Power to the People – A Case Study on Hep C Treatment Access
By Libhan Collins, Key Correspondent for the Irish Forum for Global Health Hepatitis C (HCV) is a viral infection, transmitted via blood-to-blood contact, that targets the liver. In chronic cases, it can cause life threatening complications over time such as cirrhosis and it typically increases the likelihood of developing liver cancer. It is estimated that […]
Game of Transparency: the inequality of living with a disease and access to medicine
By Eunice Phillip, Key Correspondent for Irish Forum for Global Health “The pain is unbearable, the wait, the gloom of unknowing. I did not choose to be a patient with a terminal illness. It is not what anyone chooses. We do not choose where we are born. I was born in Ireland- a rich country […]
Global Health Humanitarian and Development Workshop
Friday, 21 June- Sunday, 23 June Achill Outdoor Education Centre, Co. Mayo Last minute spots available for the Global Health Humanitarian and Development Workshop in Achill, Mayo! This multidisciplinary training workshop is designed for anyone working in a health related field who is interested in working or volunteering in healthcare settings in less developed countries. […]
Irish AIDS Day – fast-track to end AIDS by 2030
In support of the fast-track to end AIDS in Ireland’s cities by 2030, The Irish Forum for Global Health are delighted by the government’s recent endorsement of the Paris Declaration. We salute HIV Ireland for their commitment in bringing this issue to the attention of the Irish public and driving the agenda to put Dublin, […]
Energy Transitions to Benefit Everybody
By Jane O’Flynn, Key Correspondent for The Irish Forum for Global Health Dr Tami Bond, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois delivered the keynote address at the recent Pathways to Clean Cooking Conference held in Wexford from May 29-31. Bond’s focus area includes the effective study of black carbon, otherwise known […]
Pathways to Clean Cooking: The limitations of the SDG 7 Indicator
By Rebecca Brennan, Key Correspondent for The Irish Forum for Global Health Verena Brinkmann: On the limitations of the SDG 7 Indicator with Regards to Biomass Verena Brinkmann has been involved with household energy in the context of developing countries since 2004. She is currently the topic leader for cooking energy in the global multi-donor […]
The Irish Forum for Global Health – 2018 at a Glance
