Priti Patnaik

2 weeks ago | genevahealthfiles.substack.com | Priti Patnaik

Hi, Time is of essence. Key institutions and actors are trying to cope with the irreversible changes in global health. Even as the transition of the international order is underway, there is a need to simultaneously rebuild what comes next in this complex field of global health not insulated from such defining shifts. Who should be involved and why?And how could key actors decisively shape this moment?

2 weeks ago | genevahealthfiles.substack.com | Priti Patnaik

Dear Readers, Presenting the first wrap of 2025 that captures the last three months of our reportage. My colleague Sana Ali has compiled this for you. Support public interest global health journalism, become a paying subscriber. Tracking global health policy-making in Geneva is tough and expensive. Help us raise important questions, and in keeping an ear to the ground. Readers paying for our work makes this possible.

3 weeks ago | genevahealthfiles.substack.com | Priti Patnaik

Hi,WHO member states meet next week to conclude the negotiations towards a new Pandemic Agreement, even as the organization itself has been caught up in a maelstrom of a financial crisis that is gaining pace to shake the fundamentals how global health is administered. We have been chronicling these negotiations for over three years, and there is no guarantee that negotiators would succeed even at this stage.

3 weeks ago | genevahealthfiles.substack.com | Priti Patnaik

Hi, Today we bring you a developing story. In the clearest indication of a debilitating financial crunch, WHO has proposed a cut in its budget for the next two years, and a reduction in its workforce. Beyond the here and the now, this will have implications for its activities at the country levels, and by extension, will impact public health everywhere. Thank you for reading. If you find our work valuable, become a paying subscriber.

1 month ago | genevahealthfiles.substack.com | Olusoji Adeyi |Priti Patnaik

Hi, Global health is in the throes of change. Inevitably, nothing will be off limits and everything is on the table. In this edition, Nigerian global health scholar Olusoji Adeyi looks at current events through a critical lens, and asks some tough questions on the fundamental viability of big agencies in the context of dramatic policy shifts that we are witnessing today.