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Event Report – Nobel Forum Seminar on the EU as a Global Health Actor

The Swedish Presidency of the European Union convened a meeting of high level European global health stakeholders in Stockholm on Friday, 4 December 2009.  The meeting was co-organised by the Karolinska Institutet and Global Health Europe. The seminar came at a crucial moment for European engagement in global health; its objective being to give feedback […]

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Open Consultation with Incoming Regional Director of WHO EURO

Mrs. Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director-Elect for the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO EURO), has asked Global Health Europe to host an open letter to the European Health Community on her behalf.  This letter outlines her vision for the future of WHO EURO.  As a crucial part of her transition into the office […]

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Commonwealth Backs Climate Change Fund

Commonwealth leaders meeting in Trinidad have backed the proposals put forward by the UK and France for a global fund intended to build up to a total of $10 billion per year to help low income countries achieve carbon emission targets. They unanimously agreed to seek a legally binding international agreement. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […]