Archive - Global Health Insights

Get Shit Done (GSD) on UHC

The dirty little secret of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is there has been no progress, beyond keeping up with population growth, since 2015. UHC…

May 8 •

March 2024

Does anyone really care about results?

Everyone says they care about results. But most people don’t act like it. Why? I think there are three reasons: Results are hard Talk is fun People hate…

Mar 12 •

February 2024

Improving global governance to Get Sh*t Done (GSD) on the SDGs

You have heard of the G7 and the G20. But what is the G194? For health, that is WHO, which is governed by 194 countries. Before I came to work at WHO, I…

Feb 13 •

January 2024

To GSD (Get Sh*t Done) on the SDGs, measure and manage impact

WHO Directors-General are remembered for the ‘big’ things: eradication of smallpox, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Declaration of Alma Ata on…

Jan 3 •

October 2023

Replace the SDGs with the GSDs

Halfway through Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) period, only 15% of the SDGs are on track. Universal Health Coverage, for example, is going at…

Oct 24, 2023 •

How innovation can speed up the Sustainable Development Goals: implementation, implementation, implementation!

This week I am travelling to Senegal to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Grand Challenges, a happy moment for me since I had the privilege to help…

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

Will the SDG Summit save the SDGs?

Only 15% of SDG targets are on track, we learned in the 2023 SDG report: To address this, the UN will hold the SDG Summit on September 18-19 in New York…

Sep 6, 2023 •

August 2023

“Some personal news”

Today is my last day in the WHO Secretariat. But it’s not my last day with WHO. Because we are all WHO. I want to thank my dear brother Tedros for the…

Aug 15, 2023 •

May 2023

Results-based WHO: Describing results

May 30, 2023 •

Speeding up the Sustainable Development Goals: Partnerships

May 3, 2023 •

April 2023

Happy anniversary!

Apr 7, 2023 •

March 2023

Speeding up the Sustainable Development Goals: Innovation

Mar 28, 2023 •

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