policy

  • 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…

    A ruined World Health Organization assembly hall reclaimed by jungle vegetation, with the UN emblem on a cracked wall and broken benches overrun by moss and ferns.
  • Towards reimagined technical assistance: thinking beyond the current policy options

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    In the article “Towards reimagined technical assistance: the current policy options and opportunities for change”, Alexandra Nastase and her colleagues argues that technical assistance should be framed as a policy option for governments. It outlines different models of technical assistance: Governments may choose from this spectrum of roles for technical advisers in designing assistance programs…

    Towards reimagined technical assistance Thinking beyond the current policy options