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The Geneva Health Files PodcastWatch: The Story of Geneva Health FilesFor all our new readers, we have put together a video explaining our work over the last four years. Have a look!And for those of you keen on subscribing to us, we are announcing a summer flash sale: flat 40% off on all annual subscriptions! Redeem before September 1, 2024.As Geneva enters into a hectic period of negotiations over the coming months, we have your back bringing you updates from the Pandemic Treaty discussions, and more.This is a fine time to support our journalism!Tracking global health policy-making in Geneva is...
2024-08-2203 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastConsensus on the Historic Amendments to the International Health Regulations: How It Happened.Presenting Global Health As Heard In Geneva.Dear Readers, Listeners,I am happy to bring you the next episode of the Geneva Health Files podcast.WHO member states concluded historic negotiations on amending the International Health Regulations (IHR) in June 2024. We bring you an exclusive interview with Dr Ashley Bloomfield from New Zealand, who along with his team at the Working Group to amend the IHR, led these negotiations into consensus.This episode has been produced by my young colleague Parth Chandna who is part of our annual Fellowship program. Parth...
2024-07-0332 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastPodcasting As a Way to Break Barriers in Global Health: A Conversation with Garry Aslanyan Get full access to Geneva Health Files at genevahealthfiles.substack.com/subscribe
2024-06-1326 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastListen Now: The Geneva Health Files Interview with Fatima HassanDear Readers, Listeners,We are delighted to share the next episode of the Geneva Health Files podcast! In this episode we bring you a comprehensive interview with Fatima Hassan, a South African activist and lawyer, whose efforts have forced greater transparency on how contracts were negotiated and how vaccines were procured during COVID-19.Hassan, is recognized for her work on health and human rights. She leads Health Justice Initiative, a Cape-Town based NGO.During a visit to Geneva in September 2023, Hassan took the time for us to talk at length about...
2023-12-1542 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastListen Now: The Geneva Health Files Interview with Peter Sands, The Global FundPresenting Global Health As Heard In Geneva.Dear Readers, Listeners,Presenting the next episode of the Geneva Health Files podcast!In this incisive interview, Peter Sands, who heads The Global Fund - one of the most influential global health agencies - spoke to us earlier this year, sharing his views on financing, climate change and governance matters. As this episode shows, Sands weighs his words as he carefully assesses the many changes in global health.Also see this interview published in text over the summer: “Some aspects of innovative finance are dr...
2023-11-2429 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastGlobal Health Negotiations in Geneva: What, Why, Who and How [An Explanatory Podcast]Presenting Global Health As Heard In Geneva.Dear Readers, Listeners,I am happy to bring you the next episode of the Geneva Health Files podcast. In this episode we try to demystify marathon negotiations in global health underway in Geneva. I wrote this script keeping my parents in mind, and for people who may not be too familiar with the dynamics of global health politics. I have tried to explain the current negotiations in simpler terms to show how global health policy-making affects everyday life. We hope you find...
2023-09-1713 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastThe Journey towards a Pandemic Accord: Listen to the Co-Chairs of the INB. [Voices from the Negotiations]Presenting Global Health As Heard In Geneva.Dear Readers, Listeners,I am happy to bring you the next episode of the Geneva Health Files podcast continuing with our series on Voices from the Negotiations. Interviews are an integral part of journalism. But as a former print journalist (those of us who worked for newspapers - they were/are a thing you know), it has been a very interesting experience for me to work with the audio medium. An in-person interview provides greater richness to the interview process, including, how we as...
2023-08-2732 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastAmendments to the International Health Regulations: Voices from the NegotiationsPresenting Global Health As Heard In Geneva.Dear Readers, Listeners,I am happy to bring you the next episode of the Geneva Health Files podcast. In this episode, diplomats steering the negotiations to amend the International Health Regulations, speak to Geneva Health Files on the method and the meaning of these discussions. Listen to Abdullah Asiri of Saudi Arabia and Ashley Bloomfield of New Zealand, Co-Chairs of the Working Group for the amendments to the IHR in this insightful interview. This episode has been produced by my young colleague...
2023-08-1924 min
Global Health MattersBonus episode: Podcasts for sparking conversations on global healthThe growing popularity of podcasts as an innovative platform for sharing experiences and views on a wide range of topics was one of the inspirations for starting Global Health Matters. As engaging and learning from our stakeholders is one of our goals, we invited some fellow podcasters and our listeners to join a live Twitter Space discussion on how podcasts are sparking conversations on global health. This bonus episode shares some highlights from the Twitter Space moderated by our podcast host Garry Aslanyan, covering topics such as the unique advantages of podcasts compared with other communication tools, the accessibility...
2023-03-3136 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastListen in: Susan K Sell On the TRIPS Waiver at the WTOPresenting Global Health As Heard On The Street In Geneva.Dear Readers, Listeners,I am happy to bring you the next episode of the Geneva Health Files podcast. Tune in to this episode where we speak to a special guest. Susan K Sell, a renowned academic and a globally acclaimed expert who has shed light on the power imbalances in the politics of intellectual property rights. During her visit to Geneva in July 2022, I had the opportunity to learn more about her perspectives on the TRIPS Waiver discussions at the WTO....
2022-08-2815 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastGeneva Health Files: Behind The ScenesDear Readers, Allow me to gently seize the mic.Two years is a long time in entrepreneurship, but a breathlessly short one in a pandemic news cycle. Geneva Health Files has now completed its first two years - often the most challenging period for any new initiative. This initiative is not fully financially viable yet. But, we have survived. Today we are pleased to bring you this podcast, where I recount this journey with my colleague Kaitlyn Green. She has been a reader, and who first volunteered her time when we...
2022-04-0331 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastPodcast: The Story Of The TRIPS WaiverDear Readers, Listeners,I am happy to bring you our next episode of the Geneva Health Files podcast, encouraged by the response to our first earlier in the year.In this episode we take you on the journey of the TRIPS waiver, how it began and the way it has captured public imagination. While uncertainty swirls around what will happen next in the story of the waiver, let's seize the moment to review and recap in broad brushstrokes, the journey so far and what this means for the world.This podcast...
2021-12-0115 min
The Geneva Health Files PodcastIntroducing the Geneva Health Files PodcastDear Readers, I am happy to announce this introductory podcast from Geneva Health Files. The reasons for starting a podcast are many, including reaching existing readers in a novel way, gaining more readers, making our content accessible in an audio format and bringing you additional voices! Most of all, this podcast has been made possible when a reader, a trained radio journalist, wrote to me offering her production expertise. I know, that is incredible! It has been an exciting, creative experience that I will cherish for a while. Listen in, spread...
2021-09-1213 min
TheSwissBox Conversation[EN] Global Health and Populism – a discussion on science and politics with Priti Patnaik, TheSwissBox ConversationPriti Patnaik, an independent journalist, is the Founding Editor of Geneva Health Files, a website that tracks the governance of global health. She grew up in India, and has worked in, and written about, international development in Geneva, Switzerland since 2010. Her twitter handles: @pretpat @filesgeneva____________________________
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