Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- 'We squandered a decade': world losing fight against poverty, says UN academicRead
The Guardian – 7 July 2020
- UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off courseRead
UNAIDS – 6 July 2020
- WHO: access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 as AIDS response stallsRead
WHO – 6 July 2020
- Health Experts Call On WHO To Recognize Widespread Airborne Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2, The Virus That Causes COVID-19Read
Health Policy Watch – 6 July 2020
- Ten practical solutions to prevent future pandemics emerging from animal sources - UN reportRead
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 6 July 2020
- High-level event seeks sustained support for Afghans, refugee-hosting countriesRead
UNHCR – 6 July 2020
- ReadDigital Watch newsletter – Issue 51 – June 2020
- UNITAID Aims To Reach 4.5 Million Covid-19 Patients In Low-Income Countries With Life-Saving Dexamethasone; Virus Transmission To Animals Is A Rising ConcernRead
Health Policy Watch – 3 July 2020
- New private sector commitments to fund access to future COVID-19 vaccines announced at international pledging summitRead
Gavi – 3 July 2020
- Coronavirus : l’actrice Yalitza Aparicio appelle à protéger les travailleurs domestiquesRead
ONU Info – 5 juillet 2020
- Conquering deforestation with a pocket knifeRead
With Tony Rinaudo, climate action advisor, World Vision Australia
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 3 July 2020
- ‘Stay the course together to emerge stronger’ from COVID-19 crisis: UN chief’s message to major sustainability forumRead
UN News – 5 July 2020
- The UN is mobilising for the next quarter-centuryRead
The Economist – 18 June 2020 (subscription required)
- What’s on this week?Read
23rd International AIDS Conference and Virtual COVID-19 Conference; 78th meeting of the Standing Committee at UNHCR; Sixty-seventh Compliance Committee to the Aarhus Convention at UNECE; Protecting the environment in situations of armed conflict at the Geneva Academy; Reboot Youth Health and Wellbeing Digital Awards at WHO; Sustainable and just economies - Lessons learned from the COVID-19 Crisis and enabling factors for the SDGs at UNRISD; and more… Check out the calendar
- Global scientific community unites to track progress on COVID-19 R&D, identifies new research priorities and critical gapsRead
WHO – 2 July 2020