Thomas Gebauer (medico international foundation) on the WHO, public health systems and the creation of a “global universal insurance”.

Forty years ago, WHO adopted the pioneering Declaration of Alma Ata. The promise “Health for all” has not been fulfilled, but Alma Ata remains the reference point for medico and partner organisations throughout the world.

For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health.

Amit Sengupta was one of the most important voices in the People's Health Movement. His death is a great loss for the progressive health movement in India and globally.

The discussion paper analyzes the growing influence of philanthropic actors on global health and suggests ways to limit this.

Resilience has become a buzzword in development affairs and a yardstick for funding decisions. In regard to security, climate change, natural disasters and terrorism, resilience is given an increasingly dominant role in crisis management. By Usche Merk.

Consultation statement of the civil society workshop “40 Years of Alma-Ata: Translating ‘Health for All’ into the Present and Future”, Geneva, Ecumenical Centre, 18 May 2018

Anne-Emanuelle Birn on the challenges of world health, business interests and skewed power.

“We have been doing this work for so many years and we are still called volunteers”. That’s why Community Health Workers in South Africa get organised.

40 years ago, the World Health Organization tried to materialize the Right to Health.