Health Intl., ep. 1: a Conversation about COVID-19 with Suerie Moon

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In this first health-themed episode of Geneva Intl, Professor Suerie Moon, renowned expert on global governance and public health and co-director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute Geneva, weighs in on the COVID-19 pandemic as students Esther Pak and Ezekiel Boro ask about everything from preparedness and response on the African continent, panic-buying (is it helpful or hurtful?), WHO leadership, and practical ways that young people can step up and show solidarity during these trying times.

Professor Moon is a globally recognized policy expert on strengthening the global governance of outbreak preparedness and response, and her work has been widely published in top academic journals and mainstream media. Health Intl. is a student-led podcast at the Graduate Institute.

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Credits
Logo: Stephane Bernhard
Music: Candy, by Patryk Skowroński (CC By 3.0)
Episode edited by: Michelle Olguin Flückliger
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About the podcast:

The Health Intl podcast is a student-led initiative at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Health Intl features current news and exciting research in global health coming out of the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the globe.

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Introducing the Virtual Library InfoDesk

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Starting today, you can speak with a Librarian about any questions or issues you have during the interruption of our regular services.

From Monday to Friday, you can connect on our permanent Meet channel:

  • Mornings, from 09:00 to 12:00
  • Afternoons, from 13:30 to 16:30

You can also obviously still contact us via e-mail at library@graduateinstitute.ch with any questions, which we will answer during office hours.

Book of the Week: “Too small to fail: why some small nations outperform larger ones and how they are reshaping the world”, by R. James Breiding

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“Too Small to Fail analyzes how several successful ‘small’ countries, with populations under twenty million, have made a virtue out of their physical limitations. The book seeks to understand what it is they do differently, and why. What is their recipe for achieving better-educated, more egalitarian and wealthier populations? The book looks first at the forest and then the trees. It examines the characteristics shared by small countries, such as Switzerland, Ireland, Singapore, and the Scandinavian states. It draws parallels and discovers patterns shared among them that are common to each of their success stories. The book then looks at the policies of selected countries that have paved the way for remarkable improvements; and considers the individuals, corporations and institutions that have made a positive and sustainable impact. It further goes on to explain how these small countries are reshaping the World in a never before manner.”

Publisher: Harper Business, Uttar Pradesh (India), 2019
Call number: 303 HEIA 126707

Illustration: book cover.