Ilona Kickbusch

Dec 23, 2024 | bmj.com | Ilona Kickbusch |Rick Bright

Ilona Kickbusch, director1, Rick A. Bright, chief executive21Geneva Graduate Institute2Bright Global Health, Washington, DC USAIn 2023, a disturbing milestone was reached: six out of nine planetary boundaries were crossed, signalling an unprecedented threat to Earth's stability.1 Simultaneously, the world grappled with a relentless series of disease outbreaks—Ebola, dengue, Zika, covid-19, Mpox, and Nipah. This convergence of crises is not coincidental.

Sep 23, 2024 | bmj.com | Barbara Prainsack |Ilona Kickbusch

Opinion BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2076 Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:q2076 Barbara Prainsack, professor of Comparative Policy Analysis1, Ilona Kickbusch, director21Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Austria2Digital Transformations for Health Lab, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandThe current approach to governing digital data is stuck in the paper age.

Jun 6, 2024 | globalgovernanceproject.org | Ilona Kickbusch

Since Covid-19, health issues divide people. Those with the power to make change must consider the establishment of trust as a key public health goal and a critical factor for the survival of democraciesThroughout the G7 members we are witnessing a significant trust gap in government and its institutions, including in public health.

May 23, 2023 | thinkglobalhealth.org | Ilona Kickbusch

by Ilona Kickbusch May 23, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic made clear the need for a stronger and more streamlined approach to preventing, preparing for, and responding to future pandemics. In consequence, the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) are in the midst of negotiating a binding pandemic accord and revising the International Health Regulations, and will be presenting their positions at the World Health Assembly that begins in Geneva next week.