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The Language of Power
Global health speaks many languages. It still thinks in one.
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Bullshit Bingo
Apr 28
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Habib Benzian
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The Management of Voice in Global Health
Apr 14
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Habib Benzian
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Fidel Strub
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Tell the Truth. Then Make It Matter.
Jun 4
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Habib Benzian
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Geneva Rules (1): Seeing the World Health Assembly Differently
May 12
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Habib Benzian
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Your Teeth Know What Kind of Health System You Live In
Dental coverage and the limits of solidarity
Jun 23
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Habib Benzian
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Ban This Sentence
Why “more research is needed” is not as neutral as it sounds
Jun 16
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Habib Benzian
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EUGENIO BELTRAN
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Why Today’s Disease Burden no Longer Fits Yesterday’s Priorities
Challenging the way global health organises noncommunicable diseases
Jun 9
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Habib Benzian
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Sudeshni Naidoo
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Tell the Truth. Then Make It Matter.
A response to Richard Horton on the dishonest politics of global health
Jun 4
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Habib Benzian
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The Republic of Coca-Cola
What if one of the most powerful states in global health has no flag, no voters, and no obligation to either?
Jul 7
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Habib Benzian
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The Hope Paradox
Global health’s most necessary resource and its most effective anaesthetic
Jun 2
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Habib Benzian
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Geneva Rules (6): After Geneva
What remains after global health leaves the room
May 26
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Habib Benzian
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The Health Sovereignty Paradox
Global health wants national control. Outbreaks keep exposing shared dependence.
May 24
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Habib Benzian
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Geneva Rules (5): The Human Machinery
The people behind WHO, and the political realities they navigate
May 22
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Habib Benzian
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Carolina Hommes
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Where Is Global Health’s Lobby Register?
A field note on lobbying, disclosure, and the politics of influence around WHA.
May 21
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Habib Benzian
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Geneva Rules (4): The Consensus Machine
How agreement becomes mandate at the World Health Assembly
May 20
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Habib Benzian
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Geneva Rules (3): Power, Proximity, Priority
The formal and informal diplomacy of the World Health Assembly
May 18
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Habib Benzian
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