Hidden Dangers: The Implications of the Global Health Security Agenda
This article was originally published by the Harvard International Review on 15 April 2016. On the heels of the annual International Monetary Fund/World Bank conference and an Ebola-ridden year, the...
View ArticlePolio Wars: Conspiracy and Democracy in Pakistan
This article was originally published by OpenDemocracy on 18 September, 2015. Between December 2012 and early 2015, 78 people were murdered and dozens of others injured because they tried to administer...
View ArticleHealth or Defense
Obamacare, now in its awkward early stages of implementation, is the American military’s ticket home. The completion of the last element in America’s welfare state –the last strand of the social safety...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Winnable AIDS Battle
ERFURT – In the battle against HIV/AIDS, South Africa was for many years the perfect example of what not to do. Until recently, the government’s response to the epidemic, which threatened the country’s...
View ArticleDiagnostics for Global Health
CORVALLIS, OREGON – In developed countries, most people take for granted that when they are sick, they will have access to timely diagnosis and treatment. Indeed, while the diagnostic process – which...
View ArticleWhy Should Distributing the Polio Vaccine in Pakistan lead to Death?
The huge rise in militancy across Pakistan (pdf) is also creating a number of hazards for aid workers. On New Year’s Day gunmen on motorbikes ambushed and killed six female aid workers and a doctor in...
View ArticleISN Insights: Look Back, Week Ahead
Last week, ISN Insights looked at: Japanese defense policy in a piece by Axel Berkofsky NATO’s new strategic concept in an article by Timo Noetzel and Adrian Oroz Egypt’s elections, held yesterday,...
View ArticlePolio is Back
A mere two weeks after World Polio Day, a fast moving polio outbreak has struck three central African countries. The first confirmed re-appearance of the disease was reported on 4 November in the...
View ArticleEurope’s Pariah People
With over 10 million members, the Roma (also called Romani) constitute today’s largest EU minority group. Scattered across a dozen countries, with their largest concentrated populations in Central and...
View ArticleConsequences of Climate Change in Switzerland
This week’s featured graphic illustrates the consequences of climate change in Switzerland. For more on Climate Change in the Swiss Alps, read Christine Eriksen and Andrin Hauri’s CSS Analysis in...
View ArticleHotspots for Outbreaks of New and Recurring Diseases
Why has the coronavirus affected some territories more than others? This week’s featured graphic illustrates the hotspots for outbreaks of new and recurring diseases. For more on global health security...
View ArticleWHO Funding
This graphic outlines the World Health Organization’s funding by donor groups, as well as assessed and voluntary contributions. Countries are still the most important sources of funding, contributing...
View ArticleCoordination of Volunteer Efforts in Post Disaster Stage
Large scale events like the coronavirus (COVID-19) and other factors are changing how we volunteer during disasters. This week’s featured graphic points out objectives, principles and suggested actions...
View ArticleAddressing the Coronavirus Infodemic
This article was originally published by the Atlantic Council on 16 March 2020. As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) has...
View ArticleInformation Control and the Covid-19 Crisis
This article was originally published by Political Violence at a Glance on 4 March 2020. Many states have long relied on various forms of information control, such as surveillance and censorship, as...
View ArticleHotspots for Outbreaks of New and Recurring Diseases
Why is the coronavirus affecting some territories more than others? This week’s featured graphic illustrates the hotspots for outbreaks of new and recurring diseases. For more on global health security...
View ArticleMeasles, Ukraine, and Civil War: The Missing Links
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 22 July 2019. In 2018, the global measles outbreak claimed 109,000 lives and sickened 200,000 more across 126 countries. And...
View ArticleCommunicating Effectively in Crises
This article was originally published in the ETH Zukunftsblog on 15 January 2019. To combat epidemics, the local population must be more involved and respected, says Ursula Jasper. This is one of the...
View ArticleConflicting Goals
This article was originally published by ETH Zurich’s Zukunftsblog on 11 May 2018. It is also available in German. Safeguarding both humanitarian traditions and the interests of the domestic...
View ArticleWHO Decision Instrument for the Assessment of Events
This graphic maps the World Health Organization’s decision instrument for the assessment and notification of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern. For more on...
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