Dear Colleagues,
On Monday, the long awaited 79th World Health Assembly starts in Geneva, and boy, do I have FOMO : ) Fortunately, a few of my colleagues will be present – stay tuned for their updates! Ps: hope they’ll also find the time for some early morning “slow jogging” around the Lake in Geneva, which I much enjoyed last year (#WalktheTalk). One consolation for missing the Geneva global health week: the “Sleepless Ape” (which I tend to be after a few days at the WHA) might get some more rest than usual next week : )
As you can imagine, this pre-WHA issue features a bunch of “primers” and other pre-analyses related to #WHA79. Speaking of one of these, “ Global health reform cannot wait for a new world order. Middle powers must act now” (by I Kickbusch) is a nice read. I certainly agree global health reform can’t wait for a new world order. But I have somewhat less faith in many of these ‘middle powers’ (certainly most European ones, given their current leadership) –
