funding crisis
Global health architecture: what are we missing?
The 79th World Health Assembly launched a formal process to reform the architecture that governs global health. The design of that process — who sits in the room, what questions it is permitted to ask, whose knowledge it is built to receive — will determine whether reform produces structural change or a more sophisticated version…
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What is the future of International Geneva? Insights from the CAGI report
In April 2026, the International Geneva Welcome Center (known as “CAGI”, its French acronym) published the results of a survey of 108 international NGOs based in Geneva. The findings are sobering for anyone running or working in one of these organizations. They also help frame a broader conversation that The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) and…
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When funding shrinks, impact must grow: the economic case for peer learning networks
Humanitarian, global health, and development organizations confront an unprecedented crisis. Donor funding is in a downward spiral, while needs intensify across every sector. Organizations face stark choices: reduce programs, cut staff, or fundamentally transform how they deliver results. Traditional capacity building models have become economically unsustainable. Technical assistance, expert-led workshops, international travel, and venue-based training…
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Global health: learning to do more with less
In a climate of funding uncertainty, what if the most cost-effective investments in global health weren’t about supplies or infrastructure, but human networks that turn learning into action? In this short review article, we explore how peer learning networks that connect human beings to learn from and support each other can transform health outcomes with…
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