Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- WHO Nears $675 Million ‘Goal’ For COVID-19 Response – $622 Million Pledged
Health Policy Watch – 30 March 2020
- UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing countries
UNCTAD – 30 March 2020
- WHO releases guidelines to help countries maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic
WHO – 30 March 2020
- Le docteur Tedros, capitaine d’un vaisseau fragile en pleine tempête: l’OMS
Le Temps – 30 mars 2020
- 'We're not ready': coronavirus looms over the fragile Afghan health system
The Guardian – 30 March 2020
- COVID-19: Urgent action needed to counter major threat to life in conflict zones
ICRC – 30 March 2020
- [Live Discussion Summary] - Technology and human rights in times of crisis
DiPLO – 27 March 2020
- Peter Maurer : «L’impact que le Covid-19 pourrait avoir sur les victimes de la guerre est terrifiant»
Par Peter Maurer, Président, Comité international de la Croix-Rouge
Le Temps – 28 mars 2020 - Re-thinking Global Health Security
By Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund
The Global Fund – 27 March 2020 - COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our economies
By Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization
ILO – 27 March 2020 - Back poor countries fighting Covid-19 with trillions or face disaster, G20 told
The Guardian – 27 March 2020
- Global cooperation needed to prevent Covid-19 drugs ‘free for all’
Interview of Dr Suerie Moon, Co-director of the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute
Swissinfo – 28 March 2020
- In response to COVID-19, countries coordinate efforts to guarantee the delivery of medical supplies, including oxygen
UNECE – 27 March 2020
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement appeals for 800 million Swiss francs to assist world’s most vulnerable people in fight against COVID-19
IFRC – 26 March 2020
- Unprepared for the Worst: World’s Most Vulnerable Brace for Virus
The New York Times – 26 March 2020