IWG at the Africa CDC Bingwa+ Y-Health Programme: It’s Time to Trust African Youth with the Power to Lead and the Resources to Deliver
“The Bingwa+ program is not just another youth incubator. It is a bold intervention by Africa CDC, YouthHub Africa, and GIZ, that dares to do what…
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Every Breath Matters: The IWG–EBC Think Tank on Inhaled Medicines and Respiratory Equity
The International Working Group for Health Systems Strengthening (IWGHSS), in collaboration with the Every Breath Counts (EBC) Coalition, convened a Think Tank session to engage with…
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The Pervasive Water Crisis in African Healthcare Institutions: An In-depth Exploration into Its Origins, Implications, and Future Trajectories
Ndyowaawe Arron Bram On the 22nd of March, the world celebrated World Water Day, emphasizing the critical importance of clean water access. Effective health service delivery…
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Rethinking Health Systems in an Era of Shifting Donor Aid
“We have always relied on foreign aid, but the funding was never truly reflective of where the aid should be channelled. Instead, it always prioritized donor…
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Navigating the Complexities of Advocacy in Humanitarian Crises
“Our collective compassion, when sustained, becomes a force capable of withstanding even the most overwhelming crises” IWG Global Steering Group Our current world is marked by…
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Revisiting the Social and Structural Determinants of Health: Reflections from IWG Think Tank Session
Written by the IWG Global Steering Group Lead Author: Zoha Salam The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) have long served as a cornerstone framework in public…
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Empowering the LGBTQ+ Community in Asia: A Collective Call for Change
“I think, as a Transwoman, I don’t have the patience. I don’t have the patience to wait for policies to change. If I see needs in…
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Reimagining the Definition of Health
Written by the IWG Global Steering Group “Ultimately, the effectiveness of any definition of health will be judged not by how well it is articulated in…
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Exploring Our Collective IWG Identity
Written by the IWG Global Steering Group “The IWG Global Steering Committee is a place where we can have respite from our current jobs and collectively…
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Protecting Gaza’s Healthcare Workers: A Global Responsibility and Urgent Call for Unified Action
We urgently call on the global health community to unite in a powerful demand for a ceasefire and an immediate end to the attacks on healthcare…
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Meaningful Youth Participation in Adolescent and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health Programming
When youth are meaningfully involved, programs become more effective, sustainable, and responsive to their needs, while empowering youth and enhancing their skills. True engagement aligns strategies…
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One Health: A Veterinarian’s Perspective
“Recognizing the importance of the One Health approach is just the beginning; it is essential to actively incorporate veterinarians’ perspectives into broader discussions and strategic initiatives…
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Embarking on Your Health Care Transformation Journey? Health System Transformation Playbook is here to help!
Health system stewards must ultimately attain competence in understanding their own systems, understanding the positive and negative effects of change ideas on systems, grappling with their…
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Beyond Rhetoric: Examining the Reality of Health for All and the Future of Health Equity
Health is the heartbeat of society, and only by taking immediate, concrete steps and sustained effort towards investing in healthcare infrastructure, workforce development, disease prevention andcontrol,…
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Youth Mental Health in the context of COVID-19 in East and Southern Africa: A Desk Review
In 2020-21, the IWG started a Memorandum of Understanding with EQUINET, the Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa, which is a…
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Period Poverty in Lebanon: Breaking the Cycle
Period poverty in Lebanon has been skyrocketing ever since the economic turmoil and subsequent healthcare system weakening, where the price of sanitary products has been subjected to…
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Towards Health for All: Community Health Workers as stewards of Health
Organization and management of Service Delivery in Urban Primary Health Care Settings are a critical component of improving health coverage and outcome. Thailand, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia…
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Shadow Pandemic: Women’s Health in the Time of COVID-19
Our countries could not be more different across cultures, income-levels, geopolitical situations, as well as health system capacities, yet we find similarities in issues close to…
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The Climate Catastrophe is not Looming, It’s Already Here: The 2022 Floods in Pakistan
This flood exposed the weaknesses of past infrastructure, leadership, and governance structures and approaches, as well as of resource planning, allocation, and implementation. It has opened…
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Beyond Silos: Making Mental Health and Well-being For All a Global Priority
This WMHD, we call for five actions we believe will make a difference. These five actions, however, need to be situated in a common understanding. Our…
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HSR2020: Global Symposia on Health Systems Research
COVID-19 highlighted a need to rekindle the spirit of international collaboration and leadership for marshaling actions across multiple levels. An organized session was developed by the…
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World Aids Day
To commemorate World Aids Day 2021, Siddharth Srivastava, an IWG member from the South East Asia Region, penned down a thoughtful blog post, drawing together 11…
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A Youth-Led Demand for Global Vaccine Equity
As a network of emerging global public health leaders and professionals, we believe that we are uniquely positioned to demand accountability from leadership and to reinforce the…
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Cape Town Together
“Organising to create a community which must have the goal of creating belonging. Belonging creates the conditions for collective thinking, action, and change.” Screened 22nd April…
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International Women’s Day: Perspectives from the IWG
Everyone loses when the opinions of qualified women are not heard and women are not involved in decision making. BMJ Gender Diversity Group As emerging leaders…
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IWG Fireside Chat: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
As emerging public health professionals there is no time like now to have an on-the-ground lesson on the importance of investing in and strengthening health systems.…
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The Unprecedented Times: Magali Collonnaz
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a challenging year for public health and healthcare professionals. The pandemic put extreme pressure on health systems worldwide.…
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The Unprecedented Times: Tricia Palola
With my career choice, I know that life will always get busy. But I seem to have found a way of managing a balance between work…
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The Unprecedented Times: Laura Haywood
For me, the positive memory of 2020 has been more time with my family. My work, in stark contrast, has been looking at the impact of…
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The Unprecedented Times: Siddharth Srivastava
I think it would be fair to say that 2020 has shifted the collective consciousness of humanity toward realising the importance of public health. COVID–19 has…
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The Unprecedented Times: Malvikha Manoj
2020 has been anything but expected. Back in the day, (aka March!) when the pandemic was first announced, many countries closed down their borders immediately. The…
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The Unprecedented Times: Utkarsha Telang
2020 has been a rollercoaster ride for me. During the early months of the pandemic, it felt like life had come to a halt with uncertainty…
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The Unprecedented Times: Lynn Bust
If I had one word to describe 2020, as an emerging public health professional, it would be “frustration”. I’ve certainly learnt this year that things do…
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