Priti Patnaik

1 week ago | genevahealthfiles.substack.com | Priti Patnaik

Hi,When I started publishing Geneva Health Files, five years ago, we were diligent about having a curated edition for our readers every once in a while. Then we got waylaid by relentlessly reporting on an evolving news cycle, and the curation became irregular. Some readers have suggested that we bring back those efforts. So today, we are relaunching our curated edition as Global Health Geeks: Headlines & More. We intend to do this twice a month.

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

Hi,Twenty years after the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) entered into force, there are new frontiers in this fight. The heated tobacco products is nearly US$ 50 billion globally and is expected to grow at a steady pace every year in the medium term. Further, addiction in youth is fueled by flavors. WHO has called for a ban on flavored products, even as there are efforts to expand the markets for these products.

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

Hi, “Presence is power. Wealth matters, but politics matters even more”: authors of today’s guest essay assert. In their refreshing and lucid analysis, global health experts Jaime Manzano Lorenzo and Adrián Alonso Ruiz from a Spanish civil society organization, have mapped delegation size and presence at the recently concluded World Health Assembly in Geneva. They say that delegation size can be seen as a proxy for political will, technical capacity, and influence.

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

Hi, Presenting the bi-monthly GHF Jobs Scanner for global health. We hope to hear from organizations and companies looking to share their open positions or assignments. Our readers include experts across global health, and we are keen on sharing our assiduously built community to help make connections. The idea is to showcase few but meaningful roles in global health anywhere in the world. Looking to recruit a consultant or advertise a position?

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

Hi, Health is political, and the annual World Health Assembly becomes a venue where this comes into full display. And yet, every year countries contest this, trying to separate the technical from the political. I have often wondered how proceedings would unfold at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, if one could see, sense, touch, feel and smell, the horrific realities of conflicts.