Dear Colleagues,
In this newsletter issue you’ll get an overview of the key WHA79 news since last Friday, as well as related analyses from various angles. Speaking of which, do start with today’s Featured article on the WHA (by my colleagues Rachel Hammonds & Valérie Vermeersch) which has a rights-based focus, among others.
As last week’s intro was fairly long (sorry), I’ll keep it short today (true, the weather doesn’t help : ) ).
As you know, the fast-moving and worrying Ebola epidemic – the first PHEIC to occur after the dismantling of USAID and the global health funding crisis – is so far outpacing response efforts. Obviously, the emergency takes up a considerable chunk of this newsletter issue.
In another part of the world, at the World Urban Forum in Baku, the global housing crisis was discussed. Housing is slowly, but steadily rising on the global agenda. For good reason.
As for the “global health reform” odyssey, I suggest that in order to focus minds...
