Policy

Guest Editorial: The World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research

by globalhealth on Jun 8, 2017 in Education, Health Workforce/HRH, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, News, Policy, Reports & Publications

Professor Ruairí Brugha, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Board member of the IFGH, has written a … Continue reading "Guest Editorial: The World Report on Health Policy and Systems...

Protecting the Environment for Future Generations

by globalhealth on Sep 28, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, News, Past Events, Policy, Resources

Photo of a man diving into the Ganga river was taken by Sudipto Das, WHO (2007) September 26th is World Environmental Health Day, and this year the theme is protecting … Continue reading "Protecting the Environment for Future...

From We to One: Trans-disciplinary approaches to transform Global Health

by globalhealth on Jun 5, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News, Policy, Research

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist & Editor: Bianca van Bavel Globally, most emerging diseases and persisting infections are zoonoses transmitted from animals to humans. Their origins are associated … Continue reading "From We to One: Trans-disciplinary approaches to transform Global...

Understanding the dilemma of access to medicines requires more than shifting the blame of affordability

by globalhealth on Mar 2, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, Policy

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Sanskriti Sasikumar A patient being treated for MDR-TB by MSF in India holds his daily medications (Sami Silva; MSF 2014) Pharmaceutical companies are cold-hearted, profiteering misanthropes that … Continue reading "Understanding the dilemma of access to medicines...

Resolving the Contradictions of Growth and Capabilities: A rights-based approach to health

by globalhealth on Feb 16, 2015 in Education, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News, Past Events, Policy, Research, Resources

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Bianca van Bavel Applying a human rights approach often calls into question a series of contradictions; particularly when it is introduced by the nation’s President … Continue reading "Resolving the Contradictions of Growth and Capabilities: A rights-based...

Who has the responsibility: Ethical partnerships for students working overseas

by globalhealth on Nov 27, 2014 in Conference Materials, Education, Events, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, IFGH 2014 Conference, Key Correspondent News, Past Events, Policy, Student Outreach Group

IFGH Conference 2014 Student Workshop on Ethical Partnerships Key Correspondent: Anneliese Arno A special panel session on ‘Ethical Partnerships: A Student Focussed Discussion and Workshop’ was held at the IFGH … Continue reading "Who has the responsibility: Ethical partnerships for students working...

Report Launch for the Growing Up in Ireland Study

by globalhealth on Sep 29, 2014 in Education, Events, Homepage Featured, Irish News and Feeds, Past Events, Policy, Reports & Publications, Resources

Next week, Monday October 6th, we will see the launch of a report based on the data from the “Growing Up in Ireland” study. The “Growing Up in Ireland: National … Continue reading "Report Launch for the Growing Up in Ireland...

Agreement offers new HIV prevention possibilities for women

by globalhealth on May 17, 2014 in Homepage Featured, News, Policy

The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced that it has received exclusive worldwide rights to a promising HIV prevention medicine called dapivirine from Janssen R&D Ireland. The agreement expands on IPM’s … Continue reading "Agreement offers new HIV prevention possibilities for...