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Webinar Series 2: ‘Donor and Funding Challenges for LMICs and Hospital Readiness in the Time of COVID-19’

by globalhealth on Apr 10, 2020 in COVID-19, Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Student Outreach Group

Webinar Summary Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Update from Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus, a Former Head of the Department of Public Health & Epidemiology at the … Continue reading "Webinar Series 2: ‘Donor and Funding Challenges for LMICs...

Webinar Week 3 Summary: North-South Partnerships in the Context of COVID19: How Best to Respond

by globalhealth on Apr 10, 2020 in COVID-19, Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Student Outreach Group

Webinar Summary Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Ruari Brugha Anchor’s Update: provided a weekly update on the COVID-19 status globally. Ben Simms: Chief Executive, THET Partnership … Continue reading "Webinar Week 3 Summary: North-South Partnerships in the Context...

Webinar Series Week 4 Summary: Lessons learned from HIV, Ebola and other epidemics & how can behavioral research help us respond to COVID-19

by globalhealth on Apr 10, 2020 in Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

Webinar Summary Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Anchor Ruairi Brugha Update: Described the being used for suppression around Asia such as contact tracing with mobile … Continue reading "Webinar Series Week 4 Summary: Lessons learned from HIV, Ebola and other epidemics...

Learning Lessons in the Midst of the African Covid-19 Outbreak

by globalhealth on Apr 9, 2020 in COVID-19, News, Uncategorized

By Dr Enida Friel, Vice Chair of the Irish Global Health Network and Head of Monitoring and Evaluation in GOAL Covid-19 will not be beaten until it’s beaten by all … Continue reading "Learning Lessons in the Midst of the African Covid-19...

“We need to put health before profits, access before patents, transparency of price before trade secrets…” – An overview of Access to Medicine’s Live Conference 2020

by globalhealth on Apr 9, 2020 in Access to Medicines, COVID-19, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

By Ellen Corby, IGHN Professional Intern and Key Correspondent In addition to causing widespread illness, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a reckoning for worldwide health systems. Vulnerabilities and systemic … Continue reading "“We need to put health before profits, access before patents, transparency...

AMI Live Web Conference 2020 – Speaker Summaries

by globalhealth on Apr 9, 2020 in Access to Medicines, Resources

Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Ms. Emily O’Reilly, EU Ombudsman: Opening Remarks: Ms Emily O’Reilly described how research capacity and access have come sharply into … Continue reading "AMI Live Web Conference 2020 – Speaker...

One Doctor for Every 12,000 Patients in Zambia – A Cause for Concern

by globalhealth on Apr 9, 2020 in Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News

By Guest Writer Contributing to the Key Correspondent Programme, Prof Father Michael Kelly in Lusaka, Zambia At the time of writing (7th April, 2020), Zambia appears to be keeping the … Continue reading "One Doctor for Every 12,000 Patients in Zambia – A Cause for...

COVID-19 Pandemic – A Spotlight on Africa

by globalhealth on Apr 8, 2020 in Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News, Our LMIC's Resources for COVID19

By IGHN Key Correspondent, Quwam Kelani A new year is usually a cause for optimism and hope. While the year 2020 is no different, it is considerably noteworthy. When a … Continue reading "COVID-19 Pandemic – A Spotlight on...