All posts tagged "Public Health"

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  Harnessing data for public health benefit: Five minutes with Puja Myles, director of Clinical Practice Research Datalink

  This interview with Puja Myles, director, Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) in the Safety and Surveillance Group at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, is part of a ‘Five

  • Posted September 15, 2024
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  Expect the unexpected: the lessons from COVID about public health and preparedness

  At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries. In the third session, they discussed

  • Posted August 1, 2023
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  Were governments right to introduce COVID-19 vaccine mandates?  

  Countries including the US and Canada have mandated COVID-19 vaccines for government workers as part of plans to thwart coronavirus. In this feature, Mia Hunt assesses whether such policies have

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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  UK creates science & tech office with $10bn funding pledge

  Boris Johnson’s government has announced a pivot towards science and technology as a means to deliver “solutions for the public good”, in a bid to capitalise on the UK’s success

  • Posted June 25, 2021
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  EU launches digital Covid certificate to restore free movement

  Citizens of the EU-27 will soon be able to assert their freedom of movement rights across the bloc without COVID-19 testing, self-isolation or quarantine restrictions, after the EU completed the

  • Posted June 17, 2021
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  WHO to recommend a global health board to oversee pandemic preparation and response

  A World Health Organisation commission is set to recommend the creation of a global health board to oversee the world’s preparation and responsiveness to future pandemics, according to a former

  • Posted June 14, 2021
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  COVID elimination strategies saved economies as well as lives, say scientists

  Countries that focused on eliminating COVID-19 performed better on health, economic and civil liberties measures compared with those that opted to mitigate the virus, a group of leading scientists has

  • Posted April 29, 2021
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  Singapore chief on the biggest challenges facing civil servants: learning pace and earning faith

  Many civil servants responded to the pandemic with enormous speed and innovation – and their populations noticed, said Singapore Civil Service Head Leo Yip at the opening session of the

  • Posted April 21, 2021
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  The vacci-nation: how Israel got on the front foot with COVID-19 immunisation

  Israel’s rapid roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination makes it both a trailblazer and a guinea pig for the rest of the world, and presents lessons for civil servants charged with

  • Posted January 25, 2021
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  From reaction to reform: preparing health services for the next COVID challenge

  The pandemic has driven rapid reforms to healthcare as officials maintained service delivery while protecting patients and staff. But exhausted workforces now face new demands: at a GGF webinar, health

  • Posted December 15, 2020
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