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Okiki Olu Badejo

Okiki Olu Badejo is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
 

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Why non-HPSR conferences matter to the HPSR field: musings from the 2023 International conference on Public Policy in Toronto

The 6th edition of the International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6) was held between June 27th and 29th, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. ICPP6 had 1180 registered participants coming from 78 different countries. It is one of the world’s largest international events on public policy: no less than 1522 papers related to various public policies we...

Reflections on AIDS 2022 and global health diplomacy

If you followed the recently concluded AIDS 2022 Conference in Montreal, you will have heard several complaints about how, once again,  visa issues forced many registered participants to miss out on a forum  where decisions were to be made about a condition that disproportionately affects them in the first place, and their countries. This is no...

Inclusiveness and solidarity: Lessons from European Football for equitable global COVID-19 vaccine access

On Saturday May 29th the UEFA Champions League final match between Manchester City and Chelsea concluded a football season across Europe that threw up some unexpected first-time winners across the different league and cup competitions. Villareal, for example, won its first (European) trophy ever against European powerhouse Manchester United. Le...

Towards post-pandemic protest preparedness

Large-scale anti-government protests and collective aggression against leadership and government systems have increased in almost every region of the world since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 30 significant demonstrations in 26 countries targeting COVID-19 restrictions, the year 2020 was aptly described as “the year of pr...

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