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Watch the GAP!

Analytic paper

Medicus Mundi International (MMI) “Watch the GAP!” is a task group of the Kampala Initiative. We intend to provide a critical civil society perspective on the “Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All”. We invite interested civil society colleagues to consider joining our group. The Kampala Initiative is a democratic civil society space and structure (alliance, community) of independent, critical-thinking activists and organizations across Southern and Northern boundaries. Within this space, the critique of aid shall lead to formulating, promoting, disseminating and seeking political traction for a new, broadly shared civil society narrative on cooperation and solidarity within and beyond aid.

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Launch of 2nd edition of Trilateral Study on Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation – WHO, WIPO, WTO

WHO, WIPO, WTO "The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) launched the 2nd edition of their Trilateral Study on Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation called: "Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation – Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade" in which the Medicines Patent Pool is mentioned accross the whole report." (Photo by Jair Lázaro on Unsplash)

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Herrscht in der Schweiz Pflegenotstand?

Mit einem Beitrag von Martin Leschhorn, Medicus Mundi Schweiz

Radio SRF- Echo der Zeit "Mit dem Schlagwort «Pflegenotstand» werben die Initiantinnen und Initianten für die Pflege-Initiative. Der Nationalrat debattiert dieser Tage einen Gegenvorschlag. Doch wie gravierend ist der Pflegenotstand in der Schweiz wirklich?" (Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash)

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Digital health: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

Editorial by Riccardo Lampariello, Terre des hommes Foundation and Alain B. Labrique, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Health Policy and Technology "After years of enthusiasm around digital health and its limitless promises, last year a wave of scepticism rose from a strong voice – that of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. In October 2019, his office submitted a report highlighting the risk of a gloomy digital future (or “digital dystopia”) where rampant digital development could rapidly turn to automate predicting, identifying, surveillance, detecting, targeting and punishing. The report rapidly became a reference for many and the debate around digital health became progressively polarized. (...) This article aims to promote a productive exchange by fine-tuning the discussion without hindering the opportunity for a sea-change in global health." (Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash)

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Lower-income countries could soon leapfrog high-income countries with AI-enabled health technologies, Novartis Foundation and Microsoft backed report says

Novartis Foundation "Low- and middle-income countries could soon leapfrog high-income countries in their adoption of new AI-enabled technologies in health, suggests a report led by the Novartis Foundation and Microsoft.

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