US Health Agency Pushed to License Cancer Drug Patents to Cut Costs
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I believe that there is a critical but neglected role of governments alongside other actors in making diabetes medicines affordable. 'If acted upon by policymakers, governments and procurers...' Will there be action? #equity #access reliefweb.int/report/world/n…

Join Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) on April 8 at 11am at Boston University Trustee Ballroom for a conversation with UN Under-Secretary General for Global Communication Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 #Trust #PublicHealth #communications
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On April 8th, we're looking forward to welcoming Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, for 'Building Resilience: The Transformative Role of AI in Global Public Health Communication'. Register to join on campus or by Zoom:
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🌍 Dive into global health #equity with Raffaella Ravinetto! 💊 As Prof Pharmaceutical Public Health and Dep. Head of Public Health, she focuses on access and quality of medicines. Discover her journey with ITM, her plans, and how Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 impacts her work. 🇪🇺🇧🇪 itg.be/en/health-stor…

Explore the impact of Kenya's health purchasing reforms on health system outcomes! In their narrative review, Evelyn Kabia, Jacob Kazungu and Edwine Barasa analyze both successes and challenges, and offer policy recommendations for 🇰🇪 to advance towards #UHC bit.ly/48Sw3IR

I wonder what the results of a similar survey today across the US would show and whether it would make any change on policy making at federal level. #sociadeterminants #inequities #socialpolicies bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Happy International Women's Day from Emerging Women Leaders!

#InternationalWomensDay2024

The Pandemic Treaty: shameful and unjust - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Great honor to be today at the AWER Summit - the Alliance for Afghan Women’s Economic Resilience - at the U.S. State Department. Economic & educational opportunity including mentorship for women in all fields are key for development and wellbeing ⁦Emerging Women Leaders⁩

Fantastic opportunity to listen and learn to opportunities and challenges to promote equity and public health 2024 Africa Health Conference ⁦Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health⁩

Opinion: A global pandemic agreement must include IP flexibilities devex.com/news/opinion-a… #Devex via @Devex

Mentor Academy is here!

For those interested, please register through the QR code provided in the flyer!

#mentor #mentee #publichealth #training #mph #drph #phd

3-day World Health Organization (WHO) Fair Pricing Forum wraps up! Honoured to speak in last plenary on governance & the 3 Cs: Cooperation for norm setting, Clarity on prices, Capacity-building watchdogs to monitor & intervene in pharma market. Veronika Wirtz Zaheer Babar Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud Roche

How has COVID-19 changed the political, legal and technological landscape for trade + access to medicines?

A new report from Rachel Thrasher Brook K. Baker Veronika Wirtz Deborah Gleeson Paul Ogendi, PhD Mike Palmedo + coauthors presents a revised research agenda: gdpcenter.org/3SEGzOQ

In a new report, Rachel Thrasher Brook K. Baker Veronika Wirtz + coauthors present a revised research agenda for rethinking trade, investment and intellectual property after COVID-19, ID'ing 3️⃣🔑 research areas to explore.

Read more: gdpcenter.org/3up90a5

Our #policy recommendations for equitable #access to health products, which are common goods. With Rodrigo Henríquez @prashanthn Hazel Bradley SOPH UWC Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Rwanda Biomedical Centre Wim Van Damme Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Remco van de Pas @rvandepas.bsky.social Nico Vandaele
Els Torreele @[email protected]

Research co-authored by CEID faculty Veronika Wirtz assesses the uptake of orphan drugs into the WHO model list of essential medicines from 1977 to 2021.
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Are you a doctoral student who’s passionate about influencing public policy to create healthier, more equitable communities?

See the link below for an leadership opportunity from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation!

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bmj.com/content/383/bm… Raffaella Ravinetto Belén Tarrafeta