Fabian Moser

Opinion: Global health can't run on charity — now is the time for reform As head of one of the world's largest health science philanthropies, we're supporting brave reimagining of the global health ecosystem.

Opinion: Global health can't run on charity — now is the time for reform www.devex.com/news/opinion... by @jarottingen.bsky.social

Next IHP issue: Friday 13 June.

Governance and structure of national public health agencies: a critical foundation for strengthening public health security National Public Health Agencies (NPHAs) play a critical role in national, regional and global health security. NPHAs are national-level, science-based organisations that promote health by coordinating...

Insightful comment taking stock of "Governance and structure of national public health agencies: a critical foundation for strengthening public health security" gh.bmj.com/content/10/5... By @who.int @rki.de
@alliancehpsr.bsky.social @AfricaCDC, @IANPHI
et al.

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the 42nd meeting of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board – 14 May 2025

42nd meeting of the WHO Programme, Budget and Administration Committee has started today.

@drtedros.who.int opening remarks: bit.ly/3S0vNkX

Policy Adviser Salary: £ 61,400 Closing date:  Wednesday, 7 May 2025 Contract type: Permanent The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy a...

🚨Hiring!

I’m recruiting two new Policy Advisers to join my team
💷 £61,400
⏰ 7 May

It’s an exciting time to join this growing and evolving team working on UK and global science policy

wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...

Navigating health financing cliffs: a new era in global health An era in global health, inaugurated in 2000 by the UN Millennium Declaration,1 has passed. This era saw large increases in domestic spending on health and official development assistance for health,2...

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Radical Simplification: A Practical Way to Get More Out of Limited Foreign Assistance Budgets With major cuts to foreign assistance announced or anticipated in the US, the UK, and across the EU, and in the World Bank’s subsidized lending program, we must urgently work to get the most out of sh...

Why are 20 years of advocating for sustainable, integrated systems being cast aside in favor of old-school vertical "do one thing" programs?

Reform, fine—but not at the cost of everything we’ve learned.

The “good old days” of vertical programs weren’t actually good.
www.cgdev.org/blog/radical...

Countries are already experiencing significant health system disruptions – WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) issues warning on health service disruptions reported in 70% of its surveyed country offices as a result of sudden suspensions and reductions in official developmen...

New @who.int rapid survey in 108 country offices: Magnitude of service disruptions due to current health ODA cuts is 3/4 of disruption level at COVID-19 peak.
News story: www.who.int/news/item/10...
Slide deck with details: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...

Africa’s Health Financing in a New Era - April, 2025 – Africa CDC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented financing crisis, driven by a sharp decline of 70% in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2021 to 2025 and deep-rooted struct...

"African leaders, under Africa CDC stewardship, are advancing a comprehensive three-pillar strategy centered on domestic resource mobilization, innovative financing, and blended finance" to counter financing crisis: africacdc.org/download/afr...
Also @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social: t.co/gJylyLXQL3

Excellent piece that grounds frequent discussions and hopes on #blendedfinance for global health in much needed empirical analysis.

“Health stakeholders need to speak more with stakeholders in the financial systems” highlights Magda Robalo
while underlining the urgency of reforms across the global health architecture in powerful plenary at #AHAIC2025 chaired by Mercy Mwangangi.

Attending the #AHAIC2025 conference in Kigali next week,?
Join us for a session exploring how countries are working with partners to implement the #LusakaAgenda and accelerate progress towards #UHC.
You can also register for free to join online: ahaic2025.eventify.io/t2/tickets

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National Academies is altering pending reports to appease Trump administration, some members say Words such as “health equity” are being replacing with vaguer terms, and 100 members sent a letter of protest to NASEM leaders.

SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

Healthcare in Africa on brink of crisis as US exits WHO and USAid freezes funds: health scholar explains why US withdrawal from the WHO and of all foreign aid will have dire consequences for Africa. It’s time the continent took responsibility for its own people.

“It is ridiculous that a continent of 1.3 billion people is reliant on the whims of one man many kilometres away; on his signature on a single document” @ckyobutungi.bsky.social

theconversation.com/healthcare-i...

"If we ignore politics, it eats health for breakfast."
Important reflections by @katribertram.bsky.social on global #healthfinancing event.

One practical tool used to analyze national and global health politics from @harvardchanschool.bsky.social Prof Reich: michaelrreich.com/policymaker-...

African leaders convene on establishment of the Africa Credit Rating Agency

"The establishment of an Africa Credit Rating Agency aims to provide fair, transparent and development-focused credit ratings that reflect the realities and potential of African economies."

au.int/en/pressrele...

Thanks @benphillips76.bsky.social for this clear call. While hope may not be sufficient, it is certainly necessary.

"One response to the current challenges global health institutions face would be to double down on the PPP model: to trumpet its successes and downplay the more difficult questions in a desperate attempt to keep the money rolling in. Falling into this replenishment trap, however, would be a mistake"

I keep updating this. 👋 to everyone new joining. #globalhealth

Strong focus in interventions on #PHC as key vehicle towards #UHC akin to the top priority of the #G20 Health Working Group. Several countries in the room highlight the importance of the #LusakaAgenda, strengthening health financing. #EB156 @who.int

@who.int budget discussions highlight below heatmap and discrepancies in WHO financing levels by major office/region. Alongside: Calls by several MS for strong alignment of resources with country needs and priorities over next financing period #EB156

See report: apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf...

As @who.int Executive Board meeting begins, the Budget Committee proposes "to reflect the current financial and economic constraints by decreasing the base
segment (...) of the budget 2026–27 to
$ 4.9 billion while safeguarding and prioritizing core functions, accountability, and
country capacities"

Done, hope @bsky.app resolve this asap!

Important but insufficient steps to redirect global health innovation to achieve #HealthforAll.

Great piece calls out current model & improvement areas for progressive conditionalities at largest biomedical funder.

Strong links w/ WHO Council: www.who.int/publications...
@mazzucatom.bsky.social

@who.int estimates 4,5 billion people without access to essential health services & 2 billion experiencing financial hardship when trying to do so #UHCDay #LusakaAgenda's 5 shifts recognize importance of working on both quantity and quality of health finance.