Devex • 12th November 2021 Getting the word out on WASH Given that WASH is just one of many competing priorities on current global agendas, the challenge of how WASH organizations can ensure the issue resonates with those who can help advance progress.
Devex • 13th August 2020 Watch: How to move from fragility to resilience How can the aid and development sectors better serve and support some of the world’s most vulnerable populations in fragile settings? Jonathan Papoulidis, executive adviser on fragile states at World Vision, explains.
Devex • 13th January 2020 Strategic investments to support a thriving health workforce Johnson & Johnson’s Ben Davies explains why strategic investments to support a thriving health workforce are critical to achieving universal health coverage. #UNGA #UNGA74
Devex • 9th September 2019 The role of front line health workers and women in improving the trajectory of health Why is prioritizing the role of front line health workers and women so important when trying to improve the trajectory of health? Johnson & Johnson's vice president of Global Community Impact, Lauren Moore, joins Rebecca Root to talk about the work they're doing to improve health worldwide and share a few lessons they've learned.
Devex • 9th September 2019 How can digital health help us achieve UHC? Digital health solutions are helping push forward progress toward universal health coverage - but what exactly does it look like in practice? Watch above as Devex takes a closer look.
27th March 2019 Helen Clark on life after UNDP Former head of UNDP Helen Clark urges development practitioners to focus on the upcoming high-level events on SDGs this year in a bid to push progress around the global goals and Paris Agreement.
Devex • 29th September 2018 Community-based and women-led approaches to preventing HIV What community-based and women-led approaches are preventing HIV in Africa? From the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Rebecca Root asks a mentor mother with the Mothers to Mothers program.
Devex • 28th September 2018 Women are dying in childbirth in fragile settings. How do we fix it? Women are dying in childbirth in fragile settings. How do we fix it? From the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Rebecca Root asks the experts.
Devex • 4th June 2018 Video: A sugar tax to tackle NCDs? More involvement from heads of state and a fund to catalyze financing are among the recommendations in an expert report on combating noncommunicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes. The group stopped short of backing a tax on sugary drinks, a reflection of the rifts between its members. The World Health Organization believes imposing a tax on sugary drinks and other refined sugar products could help tackle noncommunicable diseases. But is a so-called "sin tax" — also referred to as a “heal
Devex • 29th June 2018 Devex World 2018: Protecting pharmaceuticals - YouTube In the era of falsified and substandard medicines, it's more important than ever to have strong regulations. USP Senior Vice President Dr. Emily Kaine shares how we can structure — and enforce — pharmaceutical standards.
Devex • 13th December 2017 Living with HIV as a young mother Rebecca Root speaks with two young mothers living with HIV and finds out what messages their passing onto other young women.
United Nations • 13th December 2017 Transforming our world: Youth Speaks Up - YouTube 2015 is the year for global action towards a sustainable future. We asked young people from all over the world gathered at the UN what they wanted the future to...
BBC • 13th December 2017 Lepra, Radio 4 Appeal - Radio 4 Lepra works in some of the poorest communities around the world taking on the fight against neglected diseases like leprosy. This means improving access to healthcare so that fewer children,...
United Nations • 13th December 2017 What Is Sustainable Development? - YouTube This September, countries will gather at the UN to adopt 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. So what exactly is sustainable development? How can we achieve that? This video explains.
