La pandémie et la responsabilité de la Suisse

• Medicus Mundi Suisse

"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

"Anthropologue de la santé formée à l’Université de Lausanne et détentrice d’un brevet fédéral en relations publiques, Morgane Rousseau travaille pour Médecins du Monde Suisse depuis 2013. Elle a assuré la responsabilité des projets internationaux puis la coordination du département programme de 2018 à 2019."

• Médecins du Monde Suisse

Découvrez l’interview de Daniel Suda-Lang, directeur de HI Suisse, pour le site de Genève Internationale. Il nous parle de l’importance d’être situé à Genève et des relations avec les autres organisations internationales.

• 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

Violence against individuals and groups is a worldwide problem and must stop. Young people from three continents and five countries - including Switzerland and Basel - are tackling the root of the violence problem. With the "Global Action Month" (GAM) in November, they make themselves strong for diversity and against discrimination. With virtual actions and physical events, GAM 2021 runs under the motto "No Excuse To Violence". For this year's GAM in Switzerland, the International Youth Network IYN and the MePower project of terre des hommes schweiz are teaming up with imagine in Basel.

• terre des hommes schweiz

"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

Lesotho received the Johnson Johnson vaccine in July. The health management team in Butha-Buthe conducted the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the villages to reach the rural population in this way. SolidarMed was one of the main supporters of this initiative and provided personnel support and vehicles.

• 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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Indignée face à l’injustice des bombardements des civils, qui tuent et blessent des milliers de civils chaque année, Handicap International Suisse appelle les citoyens à se mobiliser contre cette pratique inacceptable, en signant la pétition internationale STOP BOMBING CIVILIANS. Plus de 500'000 signatures ont déjà été récoltées et vont permettre d’appuyer notre combat.

• Handicap International
• Signez la pétition!

En République centrafricaine, un conflit armé persistant et des inondations annuelles ont provoqué des déplacements internes massifs et une insécurité alimentaire. L'accès humanitaire restant limité, nous livrons des marchandises aux zones isolées par bateau.

• 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

La saison 4 du podcast "Santé pour tous" de MMS dresse le portrait de six personnes travaillant dans le domaine du développement inclusif pour les personnes vivant avec un handicap. Elles se consacrent à rendre le monde plus inclusif pour le milliard de personnes qui vivent avec un handicap. - Cette saison de podcasts a été développée par CBM Suisse en collaboration avec Medicus Mundi Suisse.

• Podcast MMS Santé pour tous
• Episode I avec Hannah Kuper: Why is data and research on disability so important?
• Episode II avec Mirjam Gasser et Chris Heer: Nothing about us, without us!
• Episode III avec José Viera: Let’s stop discrimination and recognize diversity
• Episode IV avec Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame : “They think women and girls with disabilities aren’t sexual”
• Episode V avec Ben Adams : From disability exclusion to inclusion in humanitarian response
• Episode VI avec 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)

Imaginez une période de confinement durant laquelle, même si vous ne voulez pas devenir enceinte, le manque d’accès à toute forme de contraception vous prive de votre droit à décider quand tomber enceinte, si et quand vous en avez envie. Une période durant laquelle vous êtes enfermé.e avec votre partenaire qui était autrefois amoureux.se mais qui devient de plus en plus violent.e ou durant laquelle vous n’avez pas d’autre choix que de vivre avec votre famille homophobe sans aucun moyen de vous exprimer et en devant cacher qui vous êtes, de peur d’être mise à la porte. Ces problèmes, parmi tant d’autres, ne sont pas apparus avec la pandémie. Les jeunes du monde entier luttent depuis trop longtemps pour pouvoir gérer leur santé sexuelle et reproductive, malheureusement, la pandémie de COVID-19 ne leur a pas facilité l’existence.

• Medicus Mundi Suisse

"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)