Ilona Kickbusch
Professor Ilona Kickbusch PhD contributes to innovation in global health and health diplomacy. Now engaging in digital health. Always a feminist.
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US blocks African candidate for WTO chief with eye on China
American support for South Korean minister poses headache for Japan
Okonjo-Iweala suggested as new WTO chief, but US vetoes
US says it will continue to back South Korean candidate.
Ilona Kickbusch
Okonjo-Iweala suggested as new WTO chief, but US vetoes – Another multilateral Organisation whose future is linked to the US election #multilateralism
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Here’s How the 2020 U.S. Elections Resemble Those of Fragile Democracies
A veteran observer of elections in troubled countries around the world describes the undeniable parallels.
France prepares sweeping new coronavirus restrictions
Measures intended to tackle ‘massive’ second wave, government says.
U.S. tells WTO meeting it does not back Nigerian candidate as WTO chief
The United States has told a meeting of the World Trade Organization on Wednesday that it does not back Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next WTO leader, despite cross-regional support for her, two sources at the meeting told Reuters.
Merkel orders tough curbs to tame virus
Germany on Wednesday ordered a new round of shutdowns for the cultural and leisure as well as food and drink sectors, in a bid to halt a surge in new coronavirus infections.
Europe is ‘paying a high price’ after relaxing COVID rules too quickly, top EU adviser warns
Peter Piot said too many measures were relaxed after the first wave of the pandemic.
World Health Summit
World Health Summit, improving health worldwide by strengthening the links between research, academic medicine and decision makers in all healthcare sectors.
Corona-Lockdown soll am Montag, 2. November, beginnen
Nach BILD-Informationen soll der von der Bundesregierung geplante Corona-Lockdown am 2. November beginnen.
At the World Health Summit, global south representatives had a message for donors
They have a vision for how to emerge from the pandemic, and it must be respected.
Ursula von der Leyen @Ursulavonderleyen
Press conference on the EU's response to coronavirus
What is considered as global health scholarship? A meta-knowledge analysis of global health journals and definitions
Despite the rapid growth of the global health field over the past few decades, consensus on what qualifies as global health scholarship or practice remains elusive. We conducted a meta-knowledge analysis of the titles and abstracts of articles...
Results & Publications
View all results and publications regarding the World Health Summit in Berlin, Regional Meetings, the M8 Alliance and more.
"We need a Union of tests and vaccines," says President Michel in his newsletter
On 22 October, President Charles Michel sent out the third issue of his newsletter, in which he informs citizens about the activities of the European Council. This time the President focuses on boosting European action to beat the virus.
Syndemic responses to COVID-19 should include an ecological dimension
Richard Horton argued persuasively that COVID-19 should be addressed as a syndemic
of biological and social interactions.1 When planning the “national revival”1 he calls
for, I consider it crucial that this syndemic approach includes an ecological...
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