Die Pandemie und die Verantwortung der Schweiz

Präsentationen und Downloads zum MMS Symposium 2021

• Medicus Mundi Schweiz

"Après 30 ans d’engagement au sein d’Enfants du Monde, dont 18 en tant que Secrétaire général, Carlo Santarelli a décidé d’embrasser un nouveau défi professionnel. Il sera à la tête de la Fondation Officielle de la Jeunesse du Canton de Genève à partir du 1er novembre 2021."

• Enfants du Monde

"Morgane Rousseau ist Gesundheitsanthropologin, ausgebildet an der Universität Lausanne und Inhaberin eines eidgenössischen Diploms in Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Sie arbeitet seit 2013 für Médecins du Monde Schweiz. Von 2018 bis 2019 war sie für internationale Projekte und anschließend für die Koordination der Programmabteilung zuständig."

• Médecins du Monde Suisse

Lesen Sie das Interview mit Daniel Suda-Lang, dem Geschäftsleiter von Handicap International Schweiz, geführt von Genève Internationale. Darin erklärt er die Bedeutung des Standorts Genf und den Beziehungen zu anderen internationalen Organisationen.

• Handicap International

Zwei Wochen lang wird an der Klimakonferenz über die Zukunft der nächsten Generationen verhandelt. Der People’s Summit, der Gipfel der Zivilgesellschaft vom 7. – 10. November, veranstaltet zahlreiche online Events. Diesen Samstag 6. November findet ein globaler Off- und Online Aktionstag statt – mit dabei auch unsere langjährige Partnerorganisation Centro Sabiá aus Brasilien.

• terre des hommes schweiz

Gewalt gegen einzelne Menschen und Gruppen ist ein weltweites Problem und muss aufhören. Jugendliche aus drei Kontinenten und fünf Ländern ‒ auch in der Schweiz und in Basel ‒ packen das Gewalt-Problem an der Wurzel. Mit dem «Global Action Month» (GAM) im November machen sie sich stark für Vielfalt und gegen Diskriminierung. Mit virtuellen Aktionen und physischen Events läuft der GAM 2021 unter dem Motto «No Excuse To Violence ‒ Nichts Rechtfertigt Gewalt». Für den diesjährigen GAM in der Schweiz spannen das Internationale Jugendnetzwerk IYN und das Projekt MePower von terre des hommes schweiz mit imagine in Basel zusammen.

• terre des hommes schweiz
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"The HealthTech Hub Africa is a new HealthTech accelerator based in Kigali, Rwanda. The hub, located at the Norrsken East Africa House in Kigali, Rwanda and powered by the Novartis Foundation, will host up to 30 startups who will have access to a program that includes capability-building opportunities, partner match-making with the public and private sectors, and mentorship and opportunities to test and validate their solutions in the public health system. - The HealthTech Challenge is a competition to identify three of the most promising start-ups in Africa tackling population health challenges focused on cardiovascular health, breast cancer or virtual health and care. - Up to 30 startups will receive a full year subsidy to the HealthTech Hub Africa co-working space and community located in the Norrsken Kigali House."

• Healthtech hub africa

Im Juli erhielt Lesotho den Johnson Johnson-Impfstoff. Das Gesundheitsmanagement-Team in Butha-Buthe führte die Covid-19-Impf-Kampagne in den Dörfern durch, um auf diese Weise auch die ländliche Bevölkerung zu erreichen. SolidarMed war einer der Hauptunterstützer dieser Initiative und stellte personelle Unterstützung und Fahrzeuge zur Verfügung.

• SolidarMed

Sali weiss, was sie will. Ihre Familie unterstützt die selbstbewusste 7-Jährige, damit sie trotz der seltenen Krankheit, an der sie leidet, eine möglichst normale Kindheit erleben kann. Sali hat spinale Muskelatrophie (SMA), eine seltene neuromuskuläre Erberkrankung mit verschiedenen Erscheinungstypen, die zu Muskelschwund, Lähmungen und verminderter Muskelspannung führt.

• Kinderhilfe Bethlehem
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Wir sind empört über die Bombardierungen von Wohngebieten, durch die jedes Jahr Tausende von Zivilist:innen getötet oder verletzt werden und rufen die Bürger:innen dazu auf, sich gegen diese inakzeptable Kriegspraxis zu engagieren und die internationale Petition STOP BOMBING CIVILIANS zu unterschreiben. Mehr als 500'000 Unterschriften sind bereits gesammelt worden, um unseren Kampf zu unterstützen.

• Handicap International
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In der Zentralafrikanischen Republik haben der anhaltende bewaffnete Konflikt und die regelmässigen Überschwemmungen zu zahlreichen Binnenvertriebenen und grosser Ernährungsunsicherheit geführt. Für viele Menschen ist der Zugang zu humanitärer Hilfe kaum möglich. Wie liefern Hilfsgüter per Boot in abgelegene Gebiete.

• Handicap International

"(...) The Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) is currently mapping this complex proposal and its ultimate goals and implications in the global health governance through a bottom-up research and advocacy project that aims to involve those who have concretely tackled the response to COVID-19 in countries. The study is also discussing the possibility of alternative governance for the right to health, based on the principles of cooperation and solidarity and focusing on some of the structural pathogens leading to the pandemic. On the sidelines of the World Health Summit in Berlin, the German Platform for Global Health and G2H2 jointly hosted an online presentation of the preliminary findings of the G2H2 study, prior to its formal launch in Geneva in mid-November, ahead of the World Health Assembly Special Session."

• Geneva Global Health Hub
• Zoom Cloud
• Priti Patnaik: Initial findings of the G2H2 research

"COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), has been promoted as ‘the only global solution' to vaccine equity and ending the Covid-19 pandemic. ACT-A and COVAX build on the public-private partnership (PPP) model that dominates global health governance, but take it to a new level, constituting an experimental form that we call the ‘super-PPP'. Based on an analysis of COVAX's governance structure and its difficulties in achieving its aims, we identify several features of the super-PPP model."

• Global Public Health

"Outre les différentes mesures instaurées pour freiner la propagation de la pandémie, la majorité des pays s’est lancée dans une campagne de vaccination de leur population. Or, le Covid montre une nouvelle fois que nous ne sommes pas tou·tes égaux·ales face à une même situation sanitaire. Plus de 60 % de la population d’Amérique du Nord et d’Europe occidentale est vaccinée. Tandis que seuls 2,1 % de la population des 27 pays à faible revenu ont reçu une dose contre le Covid…La cause, la protection des brevets sur les vaccins et médicaments."

• Centrale sanitaire suisse romande (CSSR)

"Here is a recap on everything significant that bubbled up in Global Health in Geneva. And in case you missed it earlier, here were two interesting events we were a part of this month: 1. A discussion on global health governance and financing at the World Health Summit in Berlin in a session called Global Health Governance Post-COVID-19. The SDG3 Global Action Plan as Key Vehicle for Synergies? You can watch it here. - 2. With my fellow researcher Remco van de Pas (The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp), we presented findings from a research project on the pandemic treaty. The project is steered by the Geneva Global Health Hub. You can watch the presentation and the ensuing discussion here. My slides are here. A formal launch event in Geneva is scheduled in November where the final report will be released."

• Geneva Health Files
• WS 06 - Global Health Governance Post-COVID-19
• Do we need a pandemic treaty? A CSO perspective

"Drawing on human rights standards and principles, and on existing structures in the HIV, TB and malaria sectors, we argue that the human right to participation should extend to permanent seats and votes for civil society and affected communities on governance boards. Our argument is informed by an analysis by STOPAIDS, Aidsfonds, CSSN and Frontline AIDS, by consultations led by STOPAIDS, and by the examples of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (“the Global Fund”), Unitaid, and the Access to Covid Technologies-Accelerator (ACT-A)."

• Verfassungsblog

"GoverningPandemics.org is an initiative of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. This online portal launched in July 2021 provides a concise overview of six issue areas where change is needed at the global level to better prepare for and respond to potential pandemics. For each of these, the site offers key official documents, a selection of additional research and analysis, and regular updates on ongoing policy processes. This resource may be useful for a wide range of stakeholders, including governments, international organizations, journalists, civil society organizations, the private sector, academic researchers and students, as well as citizens concerned about building a more equitable and effective global system for governing potential pandemics."

• Governing Pandemics
• New Policy Brief: Factors for the Effectiveness of a possible Pandemic Treaty

"The hoarding of more than 870 million excess doses of COVID-19 vaccines in just 10 high-income countries is likely to deprive hundreds of millions of healthcare workers and vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries of the opportunity to get even a first vaccine dose, according to a new report by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). The report maps doses that will be available until the end of 2021 in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and seven other European countries – even after all people age 16 and over were fully vaccinated and third booster doses administered to those at risk."

• Health Policy Watch
• MSF Technical Brief

Staffel 4 des MMS-Podcasts "Gesundheit für alle" porträtiert sechs Menschen, die im Bereich der inklusiven Entwicklung arbeiten. Sie setzen sich für eine gleichberechtigte Welt für die 1 Milliarde Menschen mit Behinderungen ein. - Diese Podcast-Staffel wurde von CBM Schweiz in Zusammenarbeit mit Medicus Mundi Schweiz entwickelt.

• MMS "Health for All" Podcast
• Episode I mit Hannah Kuper: Why is data and research on disability so important?
• Episode II mit Mirjam Gasser und Chris Heer: Nothing about us, without us!
• Episode III mit José Viera: Let’s stop discrimination and recognize diversity
• Episode IV mit Gertrude Fefoame: “They think women and girls with disabilities aren’t sexual”
• Episode V mit Ben Adams: From disability exclusion to inclusion in humanitarian response
• Episode VI mit Andrea Pregel: Making telehealth services inclusive for all

"November 9 – Glasgow, Scotland. A group of 47 countries have committed to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), in response to growing evidence of the impact of climate change on people’s health. The governments of these 47 countries, which include some of those most vulnerable to the health harms caused by climate change as well as some of the world’s biggest carbon emitters, have committed to take concrete steps towards creating climate-resilient health systems."

• World Health Organization (WHO)

"Countries have begun to prioritize health in their efforts to protect people from the impact of climate change, but only about a quarter of those recently surveyed by the World Health Organization have been able to fully implement their national health and climate change plans or strategies. Countries report that a lack of funding; the impact of COVID-19; and insufficient human resource capacity are major barriers to progress. The 2021 WHO health and climate change global survey report finds, however, that over three quarters of surveyed countries have developed or are currently developing national health and climate change plans or strategies."

• World Health Organization
• Full report

"Partnering with civil society, adopting so-called best buy strategies and conflict of interest policies and supporting safe spaces for discussions with industry are all examples of how countries can address the commercial determinants of health. More research is needed on the health equity dimensions of commercial determinants of health as well as governance considerations, including transparency and accountability, in addition to state capabilities to avoid corruption and steer private sector engagements."

• World Health Organization

"The World Health Organization is needed now more than ever, but it is handcuffed by lack of funds and a structure that leaves it vulnerable to politics. These problems can be fixed, and must be urgently, writes Anthony Costello Debate about the future for the World Health Organization (WHO) has never been more important. The Economist estimates that the covid-19 pandemic has killed up to 18.2 million people. The economic crisis induced by the pandemic is a terrible setback to health, development, and poverty alleviation. The International Monetary Fund suggests $22tn (£16tn; €19tn) will be lost in the period 2020-25—the deepest shock to the global economy since the second world war and the largest contraction of national economies since the Great Depression. Up to 125 million people have been pushed into extreme poverty."

• British Medical Journal

"Das Konzept Planetary Health befasst sich mit den Zusammenhängen zwischen der Gesundheit des Menschen und der Gesundheit unseres Planeten. Bereits jetzt hat die zunehmende Zerstörung der Ökosysteme durch die raumgreifende Lebensweise des Menschen negativen Einfluss auf unsere Gesundheit, zuvorderst durch Umweltverschmutzung, Artensterben und die voranschreitende Klimakrise. Diese zunehmende Überschreitung planetarer Grenzen ist für die Gesellschaften eine beispiellose Herausforderung."

• Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft

"Die Menschheit ist abgestumpft von den unzähligen weltumspannenden Notlagen, die durch einen allgemeinen Mangel an Leadership sowohl im öffentlichen als auch im privaten Sektor noch verschärft werden. Kommt der Weckruf aus «Afrika»? - 50 Jahre Alliance Sud: In der Jubiläumsausgabe von «global» finden Sie spannende Interviews, Beiträge und Grussbotschaften: zum Beispiel von Jean Ziegler (Soziologe), Mamphela Ramphele (Club of Rome) und Guy Parmelin (Bundespräsident)."

• Alliance Sud
• "global" - Jubliäumsausgabe

"Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) hat zum ersten Mal eine Impfung gegen Malaria empfohlen – für Kinder ab fünf Monaten. Was bedeutet das im Kampf gegen eine der gefährlichsten Krankheiten der Menschheit? Marcel Tanner: Die Impfung ist ein Gamechanger. Mit der Impfung wird sich zwar nicht alles ändern, aber zusammen mit den bestehenden Massnahmen gegen Malaria – Insektizid-behandelte Mückennetze, schnelle Diagnose und Behandlung sowie in gewissen Gebieten das Sprayen von Insektiziden gegen die Anopheles-Mücke – bringt die Impfung sehr viel."

• Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)

Stellen Sie sich die Zeit während eines Lockdowns vor: Sie wollen nicht schwanger werden, sind aber mangels Zugang zu jeglichen Verhütungsmethoden Ihres Rechts beraubt, darüber zu entscheiden, wann und ob Sie ein Kind bekommen wollen; Sie sind mit Ihrem Partner eingesperrt, der früher einmal liebevoll war und nun zunehmend gewalttätig geworden ist; oder Sie haben keine andere Wahl, als bei Ihrer homophoben Familie zu wohnen, können sich nicht zeigen und müssen verbergen, wer Sie wirklich sind, um nicht rausgeschmissen zu werden. Diese und andere Themen sind nicht neu. Junge Menschen in aller Welt kämpfen schon zu lange darum, Zugang zu ihrer sexuellen und reproduktiven Gesundheit und den damit verbundenen Rechten (SRHR) zu erhalten. Die COVID-19-Pandemie hat leider nicht dazu beigetragen, diesen Kampf zu vereinfachen.

• Medicus Mundi Schweiz

"The need to strengthen health systems and ensure they work for people in all their diversity has never been more pressing. (...) To obtain insights into how the HIV response might be serving as a pathway to stronger health systems in the context of COVID-19, we conducted 34 key informant interviews in six countries (Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam) in February and March 2021. As the case studies that accompany this report reveal, these countries represent a range of experiences with both HIV and COVID-19, varying levels of national income, and important differences in health systems."

• Friends of the Global Fight

"Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is central to children and young people’s well-being, equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy and responsible choices in their lives. This report draws on multiple data sources to provide analysis of countries’ progress towards delivering good quality school-based CSE to all learners. 85 per cent of 155 countries surveyed have policies or laws relating to sexuality education, with considerably more countries reporting policies to mandate delivery at secondary education level than at primary level. However, the existence of policy and legal frameworks do not always equate to comprehensive content or strong implementation. Most countries report that they have some curricula in place but more detailed analysis suggests that it often lacks the breadth of topics needed to make sexuality education effective and relevant."

• UNESDOC

"Poor performance among health service providers is a key barrier to high quality, adolescent- responsive health services. Collaborative learning has been shown to strengthen health service provider performance, but few studies have examined its implementation in adoles- cent health services. In this paper, we describe a collaborative learning approach for adoles- cent health service providers implemented as part of a project aiming to prevent HIV in adolescent girls and young women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and explore its feasibility, acceptability, benefits and challenges. To do so, we reviewed plans, budgets and progress reports, as well as nested implementation research related to the project."

• Global Health Action

"From the short-term and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to the health insecurities brought about by climate change, health futures are unfolding in an era of accelerating economic, societal, technological, and environmental changes. Digital transformations, which we define as the multifaceted processes of integration of digital technologies and platforms into all areas of life, including health, are central to understanding—and shaping—many of these disruptive dynamics. Because large gaps remain in the current evidence base on the interface of digital technologies and health, taking a precautionary, mission-oriented, and value-based approach to its governance is crucial."

• The Lancet
• Video

"Together with partners, Transform Health has been stewarding the development of a set of representative and human rights-based Health Data Governance Principles. Grounded in UHC, the Principles bring a human rights and equity lens to digital health, and are oriented toward supporting sustainable and resilient public health systems. (...) The current draft of the Principles has been developed and driven by civil society through an inclusive and consultative process. Seven global and regional consultations have already been carried out to gather perspectives and expertise from across geographies, sectors and stakeholders. This public consultation will allow the Principles to be further refined, supported, and endorsed by an even wider audience."

• Transform Health
• HEALTH DATA GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES (Draft for Public Consultation)