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A network of global health policy think tanks & academic institutions working to advance implementation of health-related SDGs. @GHC_IHEID @IDRC_CRDI @HarvardGH

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Joined November 2016
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Do you want to understand key migration concepts from a health perspective and enhance your negotiation skills in this field? Apply for the GHC #executivecourse on Health Diplomacy and #Migration by 19 August 2019. More Information:bit.ly/2M4mYps @IHEID @IHEID_Executive
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Interested in #globalhealth? Subscribe the @GHC_IHEID mailing list! We send announcements & news on global health diplomacy, policy & research: @GenevaInter @IlonaKickbusch @IHEID @IHEID_Executive Subscribe by checking the 'Global Health' box on bit.ly/2XGzi5z
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Applications for the #ExecutiveCourse on #DrugPolicy, #Diplomacy and #PublicHealth are now open! This course (28-30 Oct. 2019) will focus on current issues related to the international drug control regime & address the future UN governance of drug policy. bit.ly/2JmaZSt
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SDG Lab top tips on building your own Lab-inspired initiative #⃣4/7: 4⃣Dropping a pin: why location matters 🗺️📍 ➡️ sdglab.ch/toolkit#build-your…
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The report cautions that there is “no way” the world can achieve the 17 SDGs without achieving #gender equality and empowering women and girls. Special Edition of #SDG Progress Report Finds Need for 'Trajectory Shift' | News | SDG Knowledge Hub | IISD sdg.iisd.org/news/special-ed…

Special Edition of SDG Progress Report Finds Need for 'Trajectory Shift'

The Secretary-General released a Special Edition of the annual SDG Progress Report, reviewing the past four years of progress on the SDGs. It also observes that the shift in development pathways...

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Will you be taking part in @WHO #WalktheTalk event "The #HealthforAll Challenge" this Sunday? The @GHC_IHEID and many partners (@IFPMA, @UHC2030, SportiGeneve) will be at #VillaBarton on 19May to promote health and physical activity. Sign up and join us bit.ly/2HmqA24
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kent buse@kentbuse14 May 2019
Attending #WHA72 and keen to take great ideas to scale for #SDG3? The all new Health Innovation Exchange is devoting 3 days to connecting innovators with investors & implementers. Check it out at the #UN Palais next week. #HealthInfoXchange #HealthInfoXchange19
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If you missed our event on the #UHC Key Asks from the UHC Movement, the video recording of the event is now available! @UHC2030 @WHO @ifrc @wef @mmi_updates @GermanyUNGeneva youtube.com/watch?v=09kcHqck…
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The world needs a reliable financing system for #healthsecurity as a global public good - the #G20 must address this - present donor based approaches do not work - ALL countries must step up as must business statnews.com/2019/05/03/urge…

Urgent steps are needed to prevent Ebola from spinning out of control in the DRC

Global leaders should plan with the assumption that Ebola will get worse quickly in the DRC. That way they can help change the direction of this escalating outbreak.

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An active member of the THINK_SDGs network, Dr. Francis Gervase @omaswaf was awarded Third Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize. ghptt.graduateinstitute.ch/d…
#UHC has a complex agenda and some issues regarding sexual reproductive rights, the heath of migrants and refugees still need to be addressed more specifically at #HLMUHC to ensure efficient progress, says Ranieri Guerra from @who
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The #UHC movement acts as an umbrella for private sector entities and other actors. «The goal now is to build trust and find a common language in order to move forward» says @Dessi_D from @wef
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#HLMUHC competes w/ other issues on agenda - intergov’l negotiation to start in May: Will it be possible to keep people at centre & focus on social contract? How to ensure political will? @UHC2030 #UHC2030 @mmi_updates @IlonaKickbusch @JemilahMahmood @GermanyUNGeneva @GHC_IHEID
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Professor @IlonaKickbusch just opened the discussion on the 6 #UHC Key Asks at the @IHEID. « We’ve got to move and work together if we want to achieve UHC » #healthforall @UHC2030
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Interested in different perspectives on the #UHC key asks & the UN HLM? Join the event on 6 May 2019, 12:30 @IHEID @GHC_IHEID @UHC2030 w/ speakers from @WHO @ifrc @wef @mmi_updates @GermanyUNGeneva @IlonaKickbusch Programme & registration here: bit.ly/2VDCuxx
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Now more than ever we need to ensure that distrust of pharmaceutical industry does not become distrust in #vaccines
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In an op-ed for BuzzFeed News, @BernieSanders writes pharmaceutical and insurance industry groups see Medicare for All as a threat to their profits — and standing up to them is more important than ever buzzfeednews.com/article/ber…

Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Medicare For All’s Moment Is Here. Don’t Back Down.

Those who make billions from our broken health care system will spend enormous amounts trying to divide us. But we cannot rest, and we cannot back down.

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Apply by this Friday to the new Executive Course on City Health Diplomacy!
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Interested in the emerging role of #cities as drivers of change? Applications are now open for @IHEID's 2019 City Health Diplomacy course, which will explore some of the key concepts of #GlobalHealth 🌍. Apply here before 26th April 2019 bit.ly/2Iz0riN
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Apply now: GHC’s new executive course on City Health Diplomacy, 27 - 29 May! Application deadline on 26 April! #cityhealth #healthdiplomacy #GlobalHealth #urbanhealth
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Some members of the THINK_SDGs discussing how to move the initiative forward and contribute to the “global solutions” as think tanks and academic institutions #globalsolutionssummit2019
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Reflection of the Summit by some members of the @Think_SDGs network, "Universal Health Coverage – the Affordable Dream? - Reflections from the Global Solutions Summit, March 2019, Berlin" graduateinstitute.ch/communi…
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Reflection of the Summit by some members of the @Think_SDGs network, "UHC at the 3rd edition of the Global Solutions Summit and the G20" graduateinstitute.ch/communi…
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