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Climate and health: 20 local solutions shared by health professionals at Teach to Reach
These 20 local solutions are drawn from Teach to Reach 11: Local action to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis on health. They are not a substitute for the report, but a way into it: concrete examples that show what health workers and communities are actually doing when floods, heat, disrupted transport, and shifting…
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Joseph WATO nommé premier Fellow pour la transformation de la santé mondiale
English | Français Genève, le 9 juillet 2026 (La Fondation Apprendre Genève) – Nous avons le plaisir et l’honneur d’annoncer que Joseph WATO a été nommé par la Fondation Apprendre Genève le premier Fellow pour la transformation de la santé mondiale. Joseph WATO : du village à la table du conseil « Vous allez à Genève. Vous…
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Joseph WATO appointed first TGLF Fellow for the transformation of global health
English | Français Geneva, 9 July 2026 (The GEneva Learning Foundation) – We are pleased to announce that Joseph WATO is the first Fellow of The Geneva Learning Foundation for the transformation of global health. Joseph WATO: from the village to the board table “You go to Geneva. You sit in all these meetings. How…
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Climate change and health: how to apply for Nexa’s funding
Climate change is harming the health of the communities you serve. Nexa is a new funding programme that aims to invest money in local solutions to that harm. This guide helps you decide, quickly, whether to apply, what Nexa wants to fund, and how the process works. It is written for a community-based leader who…
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Climate change and health: from flood to funder
The London Climate Week launch on 21 June 2026 of a new call from global partners turned three years of listening to community-based health workers into money on the table. What the room did not decide is whether the money will reach them the same way the listening did. In Fada, Burkina Faso, what happens…
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Climate and health: seven quotes from global leaders putting money on the table for local communities
On 21 June 2026, Grand Challenges Canada and Science for Africa Foundation convened a global consortium of partners to London. Together, they announced a new call to “invest in bold, locally led solutions that help health systems anticipate and respond to climate-driven health threats”. Here are seven notable quotes we wrote down during the event.…
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Climate and health: Reda Sadki’s remarks at the Nexa funding announcement in support of local community responses
The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Reda Sadki spoke on the expert panel at the launch of the Nexa funding announcement in London on 21 June 2026, in conversation with panelists Dr Devotha Nyambo of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania, Dr Claude Pirmez of Fiocruz in Brazil. The panel was moderated…
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Malaria: health professionals from 30 countries start learning from each other to ‘turn the tide’
On 29 June 2026, more than 2,000 health professionals from over 30 countries gathered to launch The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Malaria: Turning the Tide peer learning course. Its premise is simple and, in global health, unusual: the people closest to malaria, the nurses, community health workers, pharmacists, and programme staff who face it every working…
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The Geneva Learning Foundation Scholar Newsletter, issue 5 (2 July 2026)
English | Français Dear Reader, You see that climate change is hurting the health of your community. On Thursday 2 July 2026, you are invited to meet health workers who are already taking action. Bring one challenge it causes in your work. You may leave with an answer a peer has already tested. What do health…
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La lettre d’information du Scholar de la Fondation Apprendre Genève, numéro 5 (2 juillet 2026)
English | Français Bonjour, Vous le voyez : le changement climatique nuit à la santé de votre communauté. Le jeudi 2 juillet 2026, vous êtes invité à rencontrer des professionnels de santé qui agissent déjà. Apportez un défi que le climat provoque dans votre travail. Vous pourriez repartir avec une réponse déjà testée par des collègues. Que…
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