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Addressing Inequalities in Global Health. Prioritising gender equality, power & accountability, digital health governance, and climate justice.

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UNU-IIGH at COP30

🗓️ 14 November 2025
⏰ 13:15–14:45
📍 Side Event Room 9, Blue Zone

UNU-IIGH Director 𝗗𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝘆 will moderate the panel “The Belém Health Action Plan: Accelerating Action on Climate Justice and Health”, co-organised by United Nations University and WHO.
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Yesterday, 10 November 2025, at COP30 Brazil, the 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 officially opened with a meaningful address by 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗸 𝗡𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴, Deputy Secretary General Environmental Sustainability, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES).
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! 𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗮𝘁 COP30 Brazil

🗓️𝟭𝟭 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 ⏰𝟭𝟯:𝟯𝟬–𝟭𝟰:𝟯𝟬 📍𝗖ô𝘁𝗲 𝗱'𝗜𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻

“𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻”

UNU-IIGH Director Dr Revati  Phalkey will be moderating the panel.
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Today at COP30, UNU-IIGH Director Revati Phalkey joined the panel discussion at 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺.

#UNU #UNUIIGH #Climate #GlobalHealth #COP30 #cop30belem
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬!

UNU-IIGH Director Revati Phalkey will join the side event "𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺".

🗓️ 𝟭𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
⏰ 𝟴:𝟬𝟬–𝟵:𝟯𝟬 (𝗚𝗠𝗧-𝟯)
📍 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿, 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗲́𝗺
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📢Happening today! 𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬

"𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀”

🗓️𝟭𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿⏰𝟭𝟯:𝟯𝟬–𝟭𝟰:𝟯𝟬 𝗨𝗧𝗖-𝟯

📍In person: 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 at COP 30

💻 Watch the livestream of the event at the following link: go.unu.edu/cZdVG

𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: Dr Revati Phalkey, UNU-IIGH Director
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
At the 18th APRU Global Health Conference 2025: Towards Planetary Health Equity, UNU-IIGH Claudia Abreu Lopes presented “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙄 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨-𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨: 𝘼 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙈𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙧 𝘽𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙.”

🔗 go.unu.edu/OjdRq
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
UNU-IIGH 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘂 𝗟𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗰𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀, 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗼, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶 & 𝗙𝘂𝗶 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗺 participated and contributed to various panel discussions and workshops at the APRU 2025 pre-conference 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗹: 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵.

🔗 go.unu.edu/Kha4n
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬

This high-level event will explore the role of international climate processes in building climate-resilient health systems on national & local level benefiting the most vulnerable while also unlocking the resources & partnerships needed for real-world delivery. For more details👇
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
UNU-IIGH Prof David McCoy will be participating in the 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 on 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, which aims to facilitate discussions on the evolving influence of private capital & the delivery of healthcare services.

🔗 go.unu.edu/fIp0N
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬

“𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲”

Co-organized by UNU-IIGH with WHO, IFRC & WFPHA, this event will explore the intersection of climate, migration & health & how health systems can be both migrant-inclusive & climate-resilient.

Find more go.unu.edu/Gi8IL
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
On 20 October 2025, 𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝘆 visited the Japan Institute for Health Security, delivering a lecture & exploring opportunities for collaboration.

Thanks to 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗷𝗶𝘁𝗮 and 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 for hosting David.

#UNU #UNUIIGH #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
UNU-IIGH's Prof. David McCoy will discuss the challenges of implementing South Africa’s plans to implement a National Health Insurance model at the panel discussion “𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖” at the University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria.
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
UNU-IIGH's 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘂 𝗟𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝘆 and 𝗙𝘂𝗶 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗺 participated in United Nations University – Macau’s AI Conference 2025 that convened thought leaders, innovators and stakeholders under the theme of 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

Learn more go.unu.edu/sRT58
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
UNU-IIGH will contribute to discussions across multiple pavilions at CO30 in Brazil, between 10-18 November 2025.

Refer to the flyer below for details on our session times and pavilion venues.

Visit our website for ongoing updates on our participation at COP: go.unu.edu/NbLpe
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In their analysis in Advanced Sustainable Systems, Haoxuan Yu (former UNU-IIGH), @rvandepas.bsky.social (UNU-IIGH), and Izni Zahidi (Monash University Malaysia) explore how biodegradable polymers have the significant potential for transforming medical waste management.

Learn more go.unu.edu/hsW7u
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Happy Deepavali from all of us at UNU-IIGH!

Have a happy, safe and blessed celebration 🪔🎉✨
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Deadline extended!

The UNU-IIGH 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗦𝟲 (𝗣𝗦𝗔) application is now open until 31 October 2025!

UNU-IIGH is looking for an 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗦𝟲 (𝗣𝗦𝗔) to support the coordination of daily operations of the Director’s Office.

🔗 go.unu.edu/xDrfx
October 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Yesterday 15 October 2025, UNU-IIGH staff, together with our UNU colleagues based in Putrajaya, joined a training session on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).

This important training reinforced our shared commitment to accountability, respect, and safeguarding across UNU.
October 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
For those who missed it, the full recording of our recent webinar on the critical forces shaping philanthropic practice is now available to watch at this link: go.unu.edu/ZcQxM.

A special thank you to our partner @collectivehealth.bsky.social for helping drive this important conversation forward.
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In a new UNU-IIGH policy brief developed in collaboration with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the authors identify three key pathways through which climate mitigation strategies can deliver health co-benefits.

📄 Read the publication and learn more here: go.unu.edu/m7Pir
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
UNU-IIGH’s Thandazile Sibindi and Remco van de Pas (@rvandepas.bsky.social) recently participated in the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme in Canberra, Australia.

Explore Thandazile's insights from her experience in the programme: go.unu.edu/nb2VI
Reflections on the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme
UNU-IIGH's Thandazile Sibindi shares her reflections on participating in the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme held in Canberra.
go.unu.edu
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
UNU-IIGH is looking for an 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗦𝟲 (𝗣𝗦𝗔) to support the coordination of daily operations of the Director’s Office.

• Master’s degree in public health, global health or related field
• 2–3 years' experience in global health, or multilateral settings

🔗 go.unu.edu/xDrfx
October 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲

We held the launch webinar of a UNU-IIGH working paper, where a panel explored the gendered risks of privatised practices on the predominantly female health workforce.

📺 Webinar: go.unu.edu/GrHMw
📄 Paper: go.unu.edu/xlUIt
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
📅3 Oct 2025 ⏰09:00 AM UTC

Join UNU-IIGH and the Collective for the Political Determinants of Health (@collectivehealth.bsky.social) for a webinar on the forces shaping philanthropic practice today.

🔗Register for the webinar: go.unu.edu/bgO0d

📖Read our new research paper: go.unu.edu/YLcRY
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM