From makeshift clinics in Myanmar to medical training in Syria, healthcare workers are keeping services running and strengthening health systems, despite conflict. Louise McGrath at Global Health Partnerships shares four lessons from their experience for anyone who funds or supports healthcare in fragile and conflict-affected states.
Anil Patil share how Carers Worldwide uses the International Day of Care and Support to make unpaid carers visible. Why does this matter for INGOs and policymakers?
Tom Bashford at Cambridge Global Health Partnerships explores how well-placed partnerships can drive the systems change needed to increase access to emergency care.
Camila Consolmagno at Save the Children UK and Bea Coates at the International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat (IPPS) argue why investing in global health security overseas is the only way to guarantee security at home.
Aneurin, the UK government UN Youth Delegate, argues that the world cannot wait for leaders to wake-up – protecting and furthering sexual and reproductive rights starts with us all.
This May, an outbreak of Ebola was confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has since spread to Uganda. Exacerbated by ongoing humanitarian crises and ODA cuts, it carries a high risk of spreading beyond borders. How are Bond members responding?
Global health is in crisis. As two major international health conferences take place, now is the time for the UK to embrace a different model which recognises the mutual benefits of engaging with other health systems and workforces.
The NHS relies on internationally trained staff, and will do so for the foreseeable future. Ben Simms at Global Health Partnerships argues that the UK government needs to match the benefits it gains with meaningful support for the health systems it recruits from.
